The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1870-08-19
wAsH1NeToN LETTER.
wAsH1xerov CITY, Aug. sth. Isl

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last, there has been no abatement in
the heat, the warm spell continues,
the weather is 'red hot and still a
heating" keeping almost every one
within doors, and giving pedestri
ans no chance for exercise until the
wings of night cover old mother
earth, and the rays of the scorching
sun for a time are withdrawn.
THE sCHUETzEN FEST.
The several German Societies of
Washington have been holding their
annual festivities at their grand
Park, containing about dozen or
more acres, situated in the midst of
a fine grove of old oaks, about one
mile beyond the city limits, and up
on an elevation overlooking the en-
tire city, where, may say, every
body and the "rest ofmankind," have
been in attendance, your humble
correspondent among them.
No more pleasant pastime, at this
season, perhaps, could be found,
than visit in the evening to this
famous German resort, remarkable
for the order and quietude prevail
ing where 30 many are congregated,
beautifully Illuminated with thous-
ands of variegated Chinese lanterns
covering the massive trees, "that are
old, and had been old century be-
fore my day." to their very tops. 1t
presents to the eye, a scene at once
pleasing and beautiful. In an open
pavilion, built about the center of
the grounds, the prizes are on exhi-
bition, all Of them articles of use
and value, among which are, silver
ware of chaste and elegant design,
furniture Of unique patterns, and
costly manufactures, with many
other articles too numerous to men
ton, for all of which the members
of these societies are competing; the
principal and most valued one being
for the best marksman of the shoot
ing galleries, open to the ladies as
well as gentlemen, and it is not un-
frequently that the fair ones, by their
dexterity, and skill, carry off the
coveted prize.
1t would be useless for me to at
tempt to enumerate the many means
Of harmless enjoyment, devised and
used by this class Of people, and en-
ioyed by all classes of their country
men, no matters what their condition
or position in society, while clinging
to the customs of their Fatherland,
the last but not least of which is:
"One flag, our country, and zwei
lager, Ever true to their adopted
country, the Freedom of which they
wish to enjoy undisturbed, and ever
willing to protect her liberty by the
ballot and bayonet.
TUT OTrrrprDcr
Were all the foreign elements
among us of this character, no act
Of Congress would be necessary to
enforce the rights of citizens to the
ballot, or to protect them in the free
use of the elective franchise. Nor
would there be, as in our sister city
New York, a vote of forty-seyen
thousand in ward, where the whole
enumeration of men women and
children all told, was but thirteen
thousand, and as in a certain pre-
cinct in Newark, n. j., whose entire
vote was but two hundred and thir'
ty-seven, but which returned De
mocratic majority of one thousand
THE CENSUS.
The organization of the Census
Bureau is almost completed, and the
work Of taking the Census has com.
menced in good earnest. The act
providing for the decennial emu
meration of the people, as required
by the constitution directs that {
full account be gathered of the pro
perty industries and resources o.
our country, which demonstrate the
incontrovertible fact of the growth
and power of Republican institu
tions in spite of the most adverse
circumstances of a protracted anC
expensive war, which affected direct
! ly and indirectly the whole ma
ton, and taxed their endurance, anC
resources to such an extent as would
have inevitably worked ruin ant
subversion of the government upoI
any other than a free people. Toe
much cannot be said in support O
that party which, through all thost
bitter struggles, carried safely oul
whole country on the high road tc
prosperity. Compare the present
prosperous condition of affairs, witt
the four years preceding admins
tration, whose revenues and taxes
after being collected by the dishon
est and corrupt officers of A. J.
dwindled to sum, "small by de
crees and beautifully less" ere they
reached the treasury.
Ny POLICY.
Nor did the waste there cease
Through all the various hands, arms
and ramifications of the civil depart
ments of the government, thousands
of dollars were squandered in sup
porting and keeping in place the sup
porters and adherents of "my policy
who, when in one of his happies
moods at best, but called them hi
Satellites and Satraps." No re
trenchment was thought of in any
department of the civil service here
but instead, the clerical force wai
increased to point far beyond the
number provided by law, and tn,
services and abilities of many o.
these were only known in signing the
roll and drawing their pay.
INFRINGEMENT.
However, is now the constan
watchword, as you will have noticel
in the passing events of the day
The clerical force has been reduced
to the very lowest number possible
to the performance of the current