Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-03-06
Letter from Washington.

and wealth of illustration. for it has sung
for three weeks Of q Arms and the bellicose
lawyer who came from Ilion'" And this,
too, when the hero of Virgil was the son of
goddess, his lion the famed city of which
| Homer had sung, and the lawyer whom the
Senate have discussed is only an humble in
dividual from lion. N Y.
The last week of this brilliant but entirely
needless discussion was opened by Mr..
Nye, the jokist, in the presence of an i'm
mense audience But the - silver tongued
orator, as he is called by his admirers, was
more serions than usual, and in proportion
as Mr. Nye is serious he is destined to be
uuapprecieted Mr.. Frelinghuysen followed,
upon the same side, and as he alluded to the
war record of our Executive was rewarded
by that much-coveted recognition the . sub
dued applause - of the galleries. This was
the day of panegyric. Mr.. Wright of Iowa,
and West of louisiana, made premeditated
speeches on this and all other subjects, de-
claring themselves unequivocally for General
Grant and against the spirit which is moving
the present investigation. Mr. Sumner be-
gan another day with summing-up argu
ment in which he washed his hands Of all
responsibility for the political turn which
the debate has taken, and brought back the
attention Of the Senate once more to . arms
and the man.
And then came Mr.. Harlan with remark
able speech the tenor Of which seemed to be
that the New York Custom House, which.
as a matter of course, had to be brought into
the debate, was not nearly so bad as had been
represented, and that its abuses, whatever
they are, can in no way be charged upon the
President. Mr. Carpenter made an able legal
argument against the resolution, and was
followed by Mr.. Corbett. The Senator from
Oregon is like Burke in one respect, he
speaks to empty benches. When Mr. Cor
bett commences, Senator'S 20 to reading the
paper and conversing with each other, and
the people in the galleries file out through
every door Through the whole week SIR
Sehurz has been in his place, ever ready to
turn point against an asslilant OF patiently
to bear the interruption and badsering Of
those who seem not yet to have learned that
he can neither be confused OF beaten down.
The debate has ended as was apparent from
the start, by killing the preamble-in which
Nr. Sumner joined-and adopting the RESP
luton
An a,n,sir, er,,s,4, occurred me r,orni,,
in the Senate during the hour that is devoted
to bills, resolutions, reports, g. Mr.
Chandler rose. with indignation frowning
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The BavfaIda = CROW railroad .,be..o
ON which Mr. Mott Of Ken+ncly daliyc-ed
bi- celebrated Duluth spescb durin, the last
CONGRESS. has a,ain been br,ngbt m before
the Uouse The hin ba. bseo systs7,,+i,
aIly lobbicd and a very small majority secured
in It's favor Tho democrats who r,,t,o ,
b,bhy If o,nositi,n - land Grant. ,.,,. hon
verv severe on those Of their number ,yb,
have espousei the cause Of tbi. hin iny,Iv
ing as it does about two million acres of
valuable timber land ia Wisconsin. The
enemies Of the Grant have made a sbarn font
and have succeeded wonderfully as obsrrnc-
tionists. Thew have commenced in the morn
ins to call the yeas and nays on motions TO
adjourn, and have followed up their monoto-
nous mode of warfare till the majority BEGAN
to diminish, and for fear Of something worse
consented to rccommit the bill with instruc-
t0ns that it BE- reported again the following
week
The long expected japanese embassy has
at last arrived. They wcrs met at the depot
by the japanese minister, several resident