Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-09-20
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.


"fnir RAY" or Cruas Pnfposea In n Fog.
fools an! $ ne o s. az P e g
Pair Play IL the caption aud Signature 10
communication In a recent Issue Of the RFPUR.
LtcAN, hut II Is "a weak invention OF the
enemy" Devoted to municipal affairs, pro.
Tossing great zeal In behalf Of the Board OF
Public Works, and profound regret that Ils
dolnga have been 80 recklessiy criticised, yet In
three Of the six paragraphs tho writer out.
Herods Herod In untimoly, unexplained and
uhfounded assumptions In the same vein.
supposlrg ", 900 TO have been expended
10 tho changing Of grades, he eliminates his
er caihsdra edict that one third thereof would
have answered all purposes and with a
motesty alike peculiarly and unox psctedly re.
ffeShlng At this dry season, sagely admonishss
the board ito accommodate tholr improvements
In future A. hr ~ possible to the present
grades"
Touching the Northern Iiherty market en-.
brogllo," as he calls IT, his ipss dfH 10 not very
kindly expressed, but hos evidently "dOwn onto
IT, with all the superhuous venom Of a new re-
ter pursuit Is abandoned. Like DoEberTy, he
wouldn't Olicr a reason for his belief were
they as plenty as blackbenies." Planting him.
self upon tho negative side OF questions already
settled by superior authority, and, possibly,
wisdom, he virtually insinuatss-"l nm SIR
oracle Slt' and when l oPen my mouth lst no dog
sure and mint praise Of both Legislature and
board his own adverse c0ncoits, In euull prnInr-
lions, he Will not ALLOW that any gOnu can come
out OF Nazareth, save only as biz drrum Il
A. II too good for earth. and not nj for
heaven, like Mahometa coffin, he sooms prone
TO hang midway between each, On that every
good aud perfect gin, whether from above or be
low, may more convenisntly gfAvitato to him.
ignoring tho usual belief that body OF men So
lectod for certain public duties by ths people at
l1TWO. UbeV than "a dfuNv Ar In
terests 10 general irrespective Of localities are
more apt 10 deal Justly 10 all than Is n single IN.
tatss the voice Of Jacob, " while actually pre-.
seating the hand Of Esau. Serious blundefs,"
disastrous errors" "calAmtous cOnaequences,n
so, dance through his dlscontented manifesto
In all the maEes OT metaphoTlcal confusion, lit.
orally binding with the smoke, minus the least
evidence that the frs has existed, unless In the
upper story o. his own shanty. II 90 Il Is to he
hoped the united wisdom OF the Legislature and
board will make the needed repairs.
Two lives were not less unfortunately than
accidentally lost while the old market was being
torn down, an event which said writer Indirectly
Tugs In, as puss does her kittens Hut what has
that to do with tho question per FP Neither
Legislature nor board could have Anticipated
the sad event, nor was either body at fault In
the premises Why then, docs tho aforesaid
mipnOmer rattle his tin kettle over n matter so
foreign To either such " fair play" or lustlhAble
complaint l..
Srcohd District Politics.
Ma. EnlTOR Among your special notices Of
Tuesday last a card was observed, in which the
names Of A, l.. Barber and J. T. u. Hail appear
a. having been put forward ns candidates for the
House Of Delegates.
THIS notice 10 little surprising to the Repub.
lcans Of tho Second district, tor II Is entirely
new to them that A, l.. Barber was even nOml.
mated at Republican meeting as a candidate.
The withdrawal Of his name, therefore, In this
public way, by himself, seems TO be tho only way
by which Ne could bring his name beftre the