Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-05-18
CONGR ESS.


This venerable body is Just now com
posed OF n class OF men somewhat mixed
The sovereign people send whomsoever
they please, and if the whim took them
they would as soon ms not send man from
the tombs or from Blackwell's Island or
from the Dry Tortugas or anywhere else
under heavens-either the prince OF gam
blers or the prince OF darkness, no matter
what crime in the dismal catalogue he
may have committed. So let every man
thank his stars, II he has any, that our
boasted Congress is no worse than il is.
That 1t contains stock jobbers OF all kinds
together with murderer now and then
just for sprinkling, Is due the exalted
state OF piety in the different parts Of the
country. We should expect Massachusetts,
would send a Hoar or Butler. Why not
Hoar represents the Puritanic spirit and
Butler was criminal lawyer and knows
how to catch rogues. South Carolina is in
for another Butler who thanks God and
the President that hemp does not grow
South OF Mason's and Dixon's line. He
can shoot niggers and say his prayers
before and afterwards without any to mo-
lost or make him afraid. Maine, the lum-
Der State, sends Blaine and Hamlin who
have considerable timber in their constitu.
tional make up. Ohio sends Charles Foster
and JnoSherman. They call Foster, ,Ch arley
at home. Everybody knows John. They
are both household names. Ohio makes
no discount on either whatever others may
think Of them. Charley holds that all will
get TO heaven at last though they travel
through some mud. This accounts for his
tenderness toward 'rebs.' He will save them
il it is possible. Nevertheless, II any man
thinks Foster is soft he will meet a Tartar.
When he was born he opened his eyes in
good will for the whole world. He knows
no North, no South and scorns party or
petty lines. Conkling Of New York, Cam
eron OF Pennsylvania, and Barnum Of Con-
necticut, each have some peculiar ch aracter-
istic which secured for them the votes of
'"N'' NS""t'NuShNnJ anu % WIN All lne OtHer
actors ON this national political stage.
Among the number Of Speakers, we miss
the Pathos and charm of Patrick Henry,
he scholarly sophistry OF John c. Calhoun
and the stately eloquence of Daniel Web
ster. The peroration Of his speech inreply
TO Haynes ON the dissolution Of the Union
cannot be suppressed for the grandeur Of its
snblimity. What bold depths. What
What broad heights OF patriotism are con-
tanned in these words. when my eyes be-
hold for the last time the sun In the heay.
ems, may they not look upon the broken
fragments Of dismenibered Union. upon
States rent and dismanted, nor that false |
entiment-Libcrty first and Union after. |
wards, but that other sentiment written out |
in full characters and spread all over with |
living light, Liberty and Onion, ona and |
now aud forever" These |
brilliant nlleranees vii be our watohword |
as long ms the American people have a
name. But while we miss the charm and |
'taielinoes Of the fathers Of the Republic |
we have a cln's OF men who excel IN bnsi-
neGs tact, and do not fall behind In patriot
Ism. in this respect the present Congress
will meet the demands OF the Republic and
ave theUnion. For such a vital consuma-
lion the nation will not fail TO express q
dsyout and profound gratitude, EI.