The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1876-12-02
Letter from Washington.


Correspondence Of the Democratic Advocate,
Latest Intelligence BY Balloon from the
Beseiged City--Grant Studying Geography
"A Powerful Reinforcement from the Mis-
souri, Penitentiary-More Expected from
Columbia, ETC., etc.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20, 1876.
Gay, adolesccnt Washington oscillates
between revelry and artillery, sgrim yisag-
ed war;" and the lascivious pleasing Of tho
glide waltz. True there is nervousness
in the complete rythm, caused by an ON
inous rumbling on the streets, and sug-
gestion Of dynamite in the political strata,
but, son with tho dance !" The rumbling
is nothing but heavy ordnance. innocent
cannon. "Cam pede H6ero p,tlsonda tel
tus." Drown the noise All is safe in
Washington. Let the country be reassur-
ed were not Grant and Sherman closeted
two hours yesterday studying geography
One Of them, at least, knows the Gins and
outs" of Washington in more senses than
one. Moreover, two or three hundred
government clerks said, weeks before the
election, that Tilden should not capture
Washington, that they would shoulder
muskets before he should come here to
ruin (their living) the country.
Eight it out on this line'(?) 'sLet us
have peace"(2) "Let no guilty man es-
cape"Q) "Do everything to insure fair
count"(?O Next / think it will be
reconnaissance in force, an enemy turks
somewhere, and tho seige Of Washington
must be raised for winter is upon us, and
the supply of buckwheat cakes is short.
/ send this letter in balloon please send
me something TO eat.
There is nothing so admirable as pres
ence Of mind in emergencies, and there is
no man like Grant to grab the unicorn by
both horns of his dilemma while Chandler,
Chamberlain, Spencer and Belknap, stand
by in sublime apotheosis. / have been
studying military works, for | realize that
it is the duty of your correspondent to be
up with the times, and that / may have to
write about heroes. / have been reading
"Kinglake's Crimean War;" Napiers Pen.
insular Campaigns" and Paradise Lost
Meanwhile let US all congratulate ourselves
that, in this centennial crisis, we have very
few of the qualmish namby -pamby states
men of 1776, but President who means
what Chandler tells him to say, and is,
moreover, a great, silent, sagacious partisan.
Though cut of from the rest Of the
world, with bowling majority without
the wall, the work cf Republican govern
ment glides on, and the National Capital
is still the sweet refuge of the government
thief be he little or big. Avery has just
arrived, and we are in hourly expectation
of being reinforced by the Returning
Board of South Carolina, that issued GER
tifcates and "slid." That they may soon
be safe under these guns, is the wish Of
every patriotic government clerk who has
settled down in the downy delusion that
he will not be disturbed for four years at
least, and that he may now enjoy the fruits
of heavy campaign assessment and oner-
GUS repeating.
Tis true there is an element in our
midst no quite congenial, an element
canting about reform, publication of the
civil service, economy and the constitution.
But this sinister crowd is prescribed, it
shares none of the government patronage,
and is regarded with suspicion by Mr..
Chandler, Mr.. Shepard, Gen. Belknap and
our great President. There is no reason
to fear anything from them, provided Mr..
Hayes is seated, as he certainly will be if
the "bull-dozed," intimidated, army pro-
tected, brave and overwhelming Republi-
can majority is counted by the Returning
Board, and, provided further, as Mr.. Potter
suggests, that the President of the Senate
has, by dint of lung, precedence over the
precedents, the constitution, and the rep
resentatives Of the people. There is Of
course great indignation here among those
who hold the fort, behind rosewood desks,
that the great Republican majority, backed
by the U. S. A., should have been intimi-
dated by pitiful minority, thus reversing
a physical law SO venerable that the mem
ory Of man runneth not to the con-
trary, as well as q political arrange
ment of Messrs. Chandler, Packard and
Kellogg; making it necessary for the Re
turning Board to restore things. Il is
we'll known that Louisiana is naturally
Republican, that the colored population
outnumbers the white. We have the word
of Mr.. Chandler and the New York Times
on this point, and if any one desires furth-
er evidence, let him read any newspaper
edited by post master, and he will find
that it agrees with the New York Times
and Mr.. Chandler. It is true the last
census does not sustain them in this asser-
ton, but then the census is mere mathe-
NAUTICAL, unideal enumeration figures, iig-
ures, fguresl as Hamlet said. Did he
Congress viii assemble in six days, by
the grace of the army, and this beseiged
city will enjoy sensation. It's said that
Mr.. Sayler, Of Ohio, will be made speaker
Of the House, and there is, in spite Of de-
mails, serious purpose TO elect president
Of the Senate in place of the amiable Mr..
Ferry, who is reproached with never hav-
ing set river on FIRE. Il is important.
in crisis like this, to have man with
some fire in his belly, and with lint Of
lung to encourage the army and oyerawc
the intimidators. Mr.. Blaine, Of Maine.
can do It. After these officers are elected
we will have the counting Of tho electoral
vote, question about which / hear there
is some interest manifested outside. Then.
till the fourth Of March, there win be
much calling Of the roll, rising to 4 point
Of order, or to make motion, interspersed
with words, words, words, in tho House