The Lake County star., 1877-05-24

Fred Douglass, the marshal Of
Washington city, delivered In Balti-
more on Thursday an address about
the capital which has created great
cxcltemsnt In Washingtop society and
10 considered an outrage In view OF
the Official position OF the speaker.
Some things that he said Of the WASH
1nktDn Of the past are perfectly true.
Heelosed his speech with some hope
full remarks about the future Of WASH
ington, hat the body Of the address
was Of the character of the following |;
AfWashingtOn was not good city. 1t
had good many churches, but 1t was
some distance from the spot to which
their spires pointed. 1t had bad be-
ginning, and had never produced any
great statesman or philanthroplst.
The descendants Of Its old families
have made no mark. 1t sided with
treason against loyalty, and it's selec-
tion was 3 great mistake, being sand
wiched between two slave states, and
the headquarters Of the slave trade,
where boys were sold q swine. Itwas
cruel Without reason and Indecent
without shame. Freedom Of speech
and OF the press was unknown, and
its Idol was slavery. John Quincy
Adams was threatened with death for
advocating the rightofpetitiOn. Drink
ing and gambling were prevalent un-
der the dome Of the Capitol, the duel
ist was In repute, and the place filled
with poisonous weeds and serpents.
Moral life was O sham. all was fair
without, but foul within. Its boasted
chivalry was to challenge northern
man to fight and to whip . negro with
his hands tied. The people applaud
ed Br ckeDridge In his treason, stood
between Andrew johnson and inn
peachment, and In their midst was
hatched the dsvilish plot that robbed
Lincoln Of his life. During the war,
JEFF Davis would have been more well
come than Lincoln, Lee than Grant,
and the Stars and Bars more than the
Star-Spangled Banner. [Applause.]
ParsOn BrOwnlow made an apt re-
mark on his way to Washington. He
said that he felt he must be getting
near the city, a. he began to feel as II
he wanted to steal something. Laugh
teri Washington society famed into
q fury the passions of men, and much
of the old spirit was left. The por-
traits Of Giddings, Gerritt Smith, and
such men had no place on the walls Of
the Corcoran art gallery, but the CAL
h0uns and Nc Duties were numerous.
They knew how to make northern
men with southern principles, and
that class were reappearing now. 1t
was again getting dark for the colored
race, but the shadow would ultimately
pass away. (Applause. The old
Maryland and Virginia families al
ways had the best pickings, and held
the offices and slaves. But Virginia's
glory has departed. Instead Of the
mother Of states, she Is the grandmoth-
er, and occasionally some Of her sons
appear chewing James River tobacco,
their dignity gone, masters without
slaves, and lords without lands. The
Washlngtonian Is indolent in all his
movements. Step into store and
you will wait five minutes before you
are noticed. Every one OF them has
been or expects to be great man.
CLaughter.J They slowly walk, but
not measured, their arms hanging list
lessly by their sides. He excels all
other Americans In sitting, and can
remain In an easy chair longer with
out fatigue than any other man.
[Laughter.] He Is fully equal in this
respect to the Turk. All Washingto-
mans wear their hats over their eyes
in s0mbre, unhappy, and sinister
way q fashion probably learned from
members OF congress, who wore their
hats I'm this way sometimes to avoid
recognition, and sometimes because of
intent thinking. The WashingtOnian
has q strong negro pronunciation,
learned from the slaves. There Is also
class of moor white trash i'm Washing
ton who fn slave days were drivers OF
the negroes, but live now by huckster-
ing, fishjng and hunting, and though
they make better living now than
before, still they are not happy.