New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1874-05-28
Notes from the Capital.
To My Tovasfoiks cAfar.-

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Not only Ethiopia, my dear Townsfolk
Aiar,' now sits here, in the councils of the
nation, but the Jew, too, occasionally finds
d seat among the Gentiles in Congress.
Now, one Bromberg, member of that once
CHOSEN race, sits there. Bromberg is Jew
OF the straightest sect. l have no reason for
peievlng that Bromberg is a liniel descend
ant OF the impenftent thief on the Cross ::
nor have L reason to believe he belongs to
That straightest Of the straight sect, who
lhihk 1t no robbery to finger the gold and
silver OF the Gentle. But Bromberg is
jew; and Bromberg did make a desperate
ehort, IN his place in Congress, and out of
his place out of Congress, to crack open a
bank-eyen the Freedman's Bank. He.
bromberg, did attempt to crack this bank,
after the fashion and in the manner that
boys crack mt, to, get after the kernel.
My dear Townsfolk "Afar :" do not saw
bromberg, member of Congress, was after
the kernel; but he did have his ugly ham,
mer raised to do this thing. Whatever may
nave been his motives he, Bromberg, was
interfered with, was prevented, was defeated
by his fellow Congressman, who would not
allow him to do this evil in their sight.
AND Congress did more. 1t has thrown
round this valuable institution such safe
guards as will prevent such attempts in the
i'iture, and thus give it new lease, and re-
! start it upon career of usefulness far greater
than hitherto. s.
The three thousand dollar triple commits
sion clause provided in this amendment ought
to be, aye, must be, printed in a separate
volume, and upon iron leaves, and locked
up in an iron chest, and the key of iron
thrown by an honest hand to the deep salt
seas bottom, to be fished up only by reason
OF the sternest necessity and by the most
dlsinterested of persons, should that sternest
necessity ever arrive. For, as you know,
my dear TOwnsfolk "Afar," there are two
ways OF burning mans house down. One,
from without, by enemies and the other,
from within, by inmates, generally to get the
| insurance, whether that insurance be three
thousand dollars or three thousand cents.
Let all the wicked howl, and all the good
rejoice; and you, my dear Townsfolks
'Aiar,' rejoice generally; for General o.
y. Howard is the strongest man, morally,
aud the best man, religiOusly, that walks the
streets of the Capital to-day. He has been
weighed in balances and found not wanting.
AS lamb before her shearer is dumb, so he
opened not his mouth in all his trial. Three
Daniels was he, rolled into one, and cast into
q Of nj
and received not scratch.
Three Hebre children into one was he,
and cast into the fiery furnace, heated ten
times hotter than it was in the days of old !;
! and he has come forth with not so much as
a hair Of his head singed.
a modern Mordecai is he and if the good
King at the White House here does not hang
the modern Hannah, who has so prosecuted
this meek and good man, if his Excellency,
the King, does not swing this IIaman upon
a galows-a political one, l mean, higher
than the gallows Of old, and Immediately
thereafter proclaim Oliver Otis, commonly
known as the Christian soldier, and better
known as o. O. Howard, Secretary Of Var,
you, my dear Townsfolks "Afar," you, as
well as myself, will surely feel disappointed.
Not being overburdened with weight of
brains, or ovcr-imprcsscd with the superb
oity of that do possess, am compelled to
use the more my eyes and hence rub the
Oltener my glasses and so note many little
nothingless incidents which escape my better
associates, but which bring me into many
difficulties, from which make as many hair
breadth escapes.
| recollect once, early one morning, four
or five little colored girls, each looking
fresher, and more beautiful than the morning
itself, came tripping by me, and each one
with span new doll, whose little faces were
as white as chalk from the Bolkin noun
tains.
l, in my calfshaess, 1 said: "My little dears,
your babies faces are too pale, by far, for the
freshness of this glowing morning; they
should have compilations more like your own
healthy little cheeks"
At this, they each tossed their little heads
like so many offended mannads, and Rugged
more closely their precious little treasures,
as they quickened their steps by me. One
of them only-the smallest and prettiest-
deigned to say, please mind your own bust
ness, won't you and she pouted her little
month SO bewitchingly at me that wilted
like mellon vine on a sunny morning.
Now, this little occurrence, though years
back, and away in our 7own "4far," came
nigh being reproduced here in some of its
parts the other day.
On my seeing mother purchasing doll
for her little one, l in my usual petty ven
turesome way, said, "Madam, that doll is
too pale-looking, 1 should say, to please your
little daughter!"
At this unfortunate remark, one glance
from that lady's eye settled me, and began
to feel along the counter for the door, and,
on reaching the street, thought how silly
| was not to have recollected that no other
styles of dolls were ever made or thought OF,
or even dreamed of, for this market; that
the power Of habit insidiously forbade it.
A step so firm, and a tread SO heavy, that
set the car in which was seated the other
afternoon, all a-totter, announced new
conner. ''That is the City Register whis-
pered gentleman to another next to me,
and who evidently was a stranger.
On looking up, found the new passenger
to be one of our young men Of the heavy
weights, avoirdupois, (say $50 pounds,) and
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