The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1872-03-07
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WAsInNGToS CRY, !
Mart.l, z 1879 {


Mr.. NcCoRD Since l wrote You
last ms experience has brougle me
to two unaiterable conclusions nd
+ they are that job was never beiOFe
Congress, and that great (2) men
never do anything in haste Wien
fed at the 81 public crib. . Fhesgal-
leries continue to be filed to repIe-
tion with spectators who glory in
listening to any debate calculated
to make a breach Of parliamentary
diguitF . The sale OF arms to the
French government, lie majority
and minority reports of the ku-
klux Committee, ~CiYil Service,
and s. Amnesty have drawn sharp,
l9eerating words and epithets, new
er to be forgotten, Or forgiyen),
from the lips Of those. engaged in
the debates. For instance: Mr.. B.
OF Kentucky calls Gov. b., of Ten
nessee, q liar and 4 refugee from
the penitentiaFy" :. :. Cox digai-
fes Gen, Butler as a cock-eyed
hypocrite," and. Farnesworth de
nounces him a scUundrelly COW
ard" while the Hon SIR. Blaine
breaches the funeral Of tbc curly
headed Mr., Conkling by compari-
sons" Hyperian to Satyr, Ther
sistes to Hercules, mud to marble,
dunghiu TO diamond, a grandilO-
queut swell" etc. Thus time flies
and work remains unfinished, while
the country groans to be relieved Of
the ills that bcset her.
The men who can he utterly in
different to the wrongs Of their own
race, yet OVERLOOKING with synpa-
thy for an inferior race, pI esent n
a strange and somewhat oppressive
spectacle, a moral paradox to the
world. ] fear, if coming events
cast their shadows before" the
Southern people viii have to under
60 extraordinary patience waiting
for amnesty. Even the amended
Constitution" is put ont, digusted
While Mr. Sumner was using his
best efforts to rear a sort of Da-
homney pyramid, with himself at
the apex for q monument to the
coming eyes, two civil rights, set
Just back of as, engaged upon the
Questions of the day, :" Mister
Sniff, dats next to de onpossible
dat pussops of color gwinc to mix
wild. de whites, Mister Sumner he
be arter fixing de trap to cit some
gemmeR oh coler's neck broke, by
habbing him pitched out pom his
he'd! Sar, dis ling not gwine
to. do"
q grees wild ye, Mister Kemp.
lie hab better desert, hisself to git
us sum OBJ dat forty acre of land
.dey used TO be arter gibbing. I III,
through de war, while Mister Sum
ner, he stay at de hun up norG and
holler lay on, Nancy Ha : ha!"
~ +" Oats jis so, Mister Smitf, and
Use a peace. man now. and he gwine
TO distarb rs agiu by discomtitting
us to sociate wild de whites-tO
tend dc grand deceplions Of de
President gin out revolution, and
he, ,snlted,aud sot back. OATS gin
mater, Mister Kemp, and next. TO dc
impossible. Use a cuIlud pusson
and a gemmen, and Ise agin Mister
Summers bin to Git us suited and
fit with; got enuG OLD dat.
And the two +" gemmen of color
with their red crayats and bamboo
canes, swung themselves out in
rather a &" cantankcrOus'' manne-!
This is not the session for law
making, you will observe, but max
ing and unmaking Presidents. 1t
is rumorcd ia the city, and be
1 licyed, that Gen. Sherman was sent
to Europe to see the Pope and
have him control the Irish CItho-
lie vote in America for Grant!
while it is given out that he was
sent there (at the expense of the
country with young Grant for the
purpose of acquiring military info"-
nation. Things willleak out when
the secret is known to more than
one! This is something for an
ovartaXed and an oppressed people
to think about, and seriously.
The. chime bells ut The MetropOli-
tan NJ, Z. Church aunoun ed the
advent of Lent precisely at mid
/ night on the l4th nit. The Admin
istFation attends this church, and
all the undeveloped and unfl~dged
Webstcrs OF Congress that are strug
Cling to be recognized. Just think
iof, such pieces as "Old john
Brown "Rally Round the Flag,
and yankee Doodle" being per
| formed ON church chimes. Ny vii
/ lage ideas are fcarfully shocked.
IN extenuation, Henry w ar q
Beecher says the d. should not
monopolize all tile good tunes!
The Rev. Or. Newman occupies the
pulpit, and on last sabbath preached
I from the text, " The Lord loves a
cheerful giyer." lie forgot to say
whether he loved a .hee1ul taker, or
aot.
The most Measurable treat that
/ I've had in Washington was an eve
ming spent at the Hon. Horatio
Kings. The best society is to be
met in his brilliantly lighted rooms,
and not only is the mind Tasted
with rich literary treats, but the eye
is charmed with exquisite paintings
by the Old Masters. Among them
is a rich. old poitrait Of the keeper
Of the Bastilc in Lafayette's time
The face is bold. strong, with large
black eyes instinct with life.
But my letter, dear sir, lengthens
/ beyond my Intention, and hart is
not told. +. Y.
I g NorE.-In the description OF
Mrs. Grants dress in the letter be
fore this, read rose for rare, and
orsrSkiFt for underskirt. +. Y.