The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-01-31
AErA!R.S IN WASHINGTON.
yrorn Our Regular Correspondent.

gro,n Our Regular Correspondent.
WASluSGTON, Jan. 2G, 1873.
This has bce.i in some respects an
eventful week in Washington, with
mirth in funeral and dirge in marriage"
we have beheld tho imposing obsequics
of one Catholic king, and the celebration
Of the nuptiala of another; while in tho
Senate there has been the always inter
estng entertainment of Senator Blaine in
his great role Of Hercules Jurens, pitching
into Boston, Plymoth Rock and every
thing else that 10 sacred, stirring up the
enervated conceit OF the old Bay State to
something like resistance. 1t had been
supposod that the most popular Of Re-
publican leaders, broken by disappoint-
ments, failures and i'll health, had lost
his prestige aud his fire, but those who
know him best, with tho many who wit
resaed his attack on Massachusetts, are
convinced that there Is much Of the
Phoenix blood in him yet. Certainly, no
man of our times succesds in keeping
himself so continually alive in public
interest as me favorite at the Cincinnati
Convention. His antagonists in the re.
cent joust were not Ben Hill and Ben
Butler, o fact not much in their favor.
Massachusetts, in the Senate is not that
heavy mental force that the high pres
sure culture of Boston might be supposed
to evolve. Senator Davis, from being l.
leader in the House, haa becomea minus
quantity in the Senate, hidden in the
un't,ae cast by Conkling, Blaine, Thur
man, Bayard, Matthews. Voorhees, and
others. Senator Hoar givea the impres.
sion OF snfe lawyer, with village rep
utation, having an instinct for minute,
bus not for the comprehension of general
principles. Shades of Sumner and Web
ster, can it be that these are all that
rolcain of thee?
The entertainment given by tho Span
ish Minister in celebration of the mar
ringe &C tie King Of Spain .ins been the
social event VI the sl.Aon. It was atten.
ded by a brillisnt .hrong of diplomats in
full court dress; army and naval officers
in uDiform, snd many Senators, Represen-
tatives and distinguished personages OF
the Cabinet, bench, bar, politics and
lobby, 1t 10 o signifcans fact, and one
that will be considered soon by the press
and people, that the old legitimate occu-
patton of tho diplomatist Is gone, end
that now instead {. being up to their
eyes in intrigues, involving frontiers and
thrones, they have become mere masters
of ceremony-calling and receiving calls,
giving and eating dinners, while the ex-
quisito attaches of legation devote their
time to Irritation on Pennsylvania Ave-
nue., wearing exquisite gloves and eye
glasses, but il. fitting coats over corsets,
all imported duty free. +,
Mr. Hewitt viii soon introduce q bill
In the House for the consolidation of our
entire foreign service. Il s.ill be quite
feasible with one foreign minister ia
Paris or London, and With branch off,
ces at the moro important capitals of
Europe to transact all necessary business
and keep posted o5 to all the secret ma
chiuations of our enemies, if we have
any. But the Ssct is the day of machi.
nations 10 passed. In modePh govern
ments of respectable power all foreign
relations and measures are disguised In
the journals, aud debated publicly in
Houses Of Commons, Corps Legislatif,
and Diets, In full time for other peoples
to take. cognizauce of them. The most
accomplished diplomatiss would never be
ablo to compete with the modern naws.
paper an knowing and making public the
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press has usurped the place of diploma.
cy, ard any man who can buy q paper
may be better posted in his day than
were Talisrand and Matternich in their
time. M 80 s
There were two other entertainments
that must not omit in a history of the
week. refer to the lectures of Bob
Ingersoll and Senator Voorhees,. The
lecture of the former was an attack upon
hell heaven, the past and future. In
deed, he denounced pretty much every
thing except the present and tangible.
:. ssii.iao SsiaaI pSEFo, re-
peats. His last lecture was, in soma
parts, the hash OF, n lecture delivered
hare o few. weeks since. He presented
nothing new under the sun on either oc.
casion, but fos thossez Nit n no oaFu 70 study
the tendencies Of contemporary thaught,
tits worth while TO observe the effect OF
the ideas of Voltaife and Paine, rehabili.
tated la the skeptirism Of modern science.
upon an epitome OF o nations intelligence
90 seen in It's representative men, His
audience was the largest that ever filled
the. hall. Maay ladies were compelled
70 stand, for every seat had, been pre-.
essssd. A Asreference to Tom Paino was
sht occasion for prolonged cheers. The
remark that he would not drink skim
milk in this world that he might have
butter in the next brought down The
house; and every attack npon tho church
and and rlegIyy sgaa yes l..,. les..,s.l!5;- !5 aaPpfauded.