The Morning herald., 1877-12-06
wA,.lzaroN LErrEs.
From our Special Correspondent1


half q generation ago, when Washingte'
I and its life were new to your correspondent
i: b. passed every day on one Of the city,
wide avenues sturdy musician. who upos
bright new sccordeon played the MARTA
airs then 20 popular. The players object
was gain, and hts vigorous and noisy music
: was hardly more constant than the fall Int
: his ample plate Of the shining nickle and
! the rustlipg of, bits OF fractional currency
He WAS in the high tide Of popularity and
success. As the years went BY he Kept hii
accustomed place, and regularly, but with
gradually falling fingers, gave us the old,
old music. Later, his instrument was
cracked and discelored, bis hands were
weak and trembling. and those who paused
to listen remained to pity but not to admire.
l passed him the other night at the same
old spot. The fragments of the accordion
had dropped from his nerveless grasp, and
Law before him he was withered ard sunk
en-: there wss no tokens of life about him
save when his hands inveluntsrily attemp-
ted, now and then, In an aimless and un.
certain way, to make again the motions thai
had once given the listening crowds the
notes Of " John Browns Body" or his form
swinging weakly to and fro. A penny or
two had been csrelessly thrown into the
the once prosperous plate, as some citizen
had FASTENED bis footsteps in passing by.
l though. II this wreck of another time
could for moment have aroused 10 his
broken body the strength Of earlier days,
and have expended that dying energy in At
tempting to repeat the music Of the past,
succeeding In bringing forth only noise and
horrible discord, how like would that ex-
hibition be to another even then to be seen
In the Senate, where Conkling and Edmunds
in pitiful imitation of that which had been,
were vainly striving to force what was lett |
of Republicsnism to produce the well known |
parry music. The old musician In little |
while will be buried in Potter's Field. The
party of hatred and violence-it is already |
desd. The very ferceness of its late strug-
gle has histened the inevitable hour"
As you know the last important act of the |
Senate, st the extra session, was the ad- |
mission of Butler and Kellogg. The pro>
per committed favorsbly on Eustice, but |
too late to secure his admission. The sub
iect will come up early IN the regular ses> |
sion, and Matthews, David Davis, Patterson,
Turnover, and several others, besides Demo
ersts, will vote to seat him. There Is no
doubt of the result.
The message Of Mr.. Hayes is not all that
could be desired, but what an advance 1t is |
upon lste messages. There Is not, from
beginning to end, that emphasizes section
or centralism-in short, that speaks of Re |
publicsHisn, ss now understood and |
preached By its Blsines and Conklings. It's |
financial features will be looked upon with |
favor or dislike, according to individual
ideas Of what is desirable, but this Is no. |
now, and is not likely to be, party quess
tioH. 1t is not as decisive as one could |
wish in speaking of the Mexican question I:
it should have made sdvepturers and specu-
lators understand at once that they could |
not force the country into war for their own |
sggrandizmen'. 1t modestly and most cor.
rectly omits to claim any considerable sue,
fnr te w rifop'c ntpi1 |
efforts. As to the Treasury, there enor- |
nous abuses in its management, well known |
to Nj Hayes, which are not alluded to- |
The recommendatiods IS to the army and |
navy follow pretty closely the ideas of the
Secretaries. There is good and we'll de-
served word for this District. Let US.
whether he is really and rightfully Presi-
dent or not, thank God tba. no worse man
than Hayes occupies the seat.
OF what will be done by Congress in the
early portion Of the regular session, no one
seems to be certain. Probably the holiday
recess will be taken early and the considers- -,
tion of important matters be deferred until |
January. The Senate, If not the House, is
In condition to enjoy rest.
The Daily Post will appear this week |
under excellent management, and promises
to be, what we never have had here, a |
Democratic paper, at once lively and able. |
hear Of many business men who will give |
1t helping hand from the frat, and among
newspaper people tht re Is more than ordi-
nary confidence In the financial success of
the enterprise.
Huron.