Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-12-15

D5 Gg2tb', DEUSUUSI 1ltE.
Mr.. Speaker-Wc arc so near the c}cse OF
the first act of bloody f6rce that hoDo you
and the House will pardon me for approach
Ing the main object q my speech 10 Iny Owl
desultory way.
When The lnamber ir1i: Augusta (ueneTGl
Echols) alluded yesterday 10 tue tarTennces OF
our session, FROM i.s comme ucameEt 10 the
presen. time, could but recall psryllc! pas
sage in E1elish history which records that upGn
ono occasion tho Virgin Queen for whom our
State is named, a1d who always haG q keen
eve Tor business. asked my Lord Baeop, What
had passed 10 Parliament :" and no OF Fcru-
lam, with Wit az keen a. his intellect was
grand, replied, "Plcaao your Majesty, sX
weeks lave passed J. Preserving the proper
ton between on Imperial Parliament and c
State Legislature we have already wasted SIX
days. With wfal prospective tiit!iag no ono %
this side Of the House can undertake to lore
scl7 I1Gecd, Fir, from the beginning OF the
81 sson we have hccn treated less like legisa
t0la and moro like prisoners on perOlc-order
cd to report here runc!uallg every day ct IL
n. merely TO chow, presume, that We had aot
stSconded to our Respective constituencies.
This vas tho GGst, though far frcm btlng
tho Gully disillusion which fell upoa young
lcsisla;or-ycuuE, | mean, 10 respect Of ser.
vice, Ter | hagc TOO maDy oi The insignia Of
age to "n!cad iD!aucy" in any othir respect.
Why, sir, the nov!cta OF th4 side Of the hall
had supposed that the eager patricia TN the
other would hardly nave allowed tic bcn2Gic-
lion Ct the Cody man to be over JUDGED they
imagine that whilst his amen WA still Viz
bratiug 10 tho air like some Il j!ian latGnaitn,
that at least haif dozen irrerrcs-lbl9 Ecad
juslcra would havo laapcd to their f,ct to hurl
defiance at tho Mctuiiooh FcttlcMcnt--ard
Some Ct iho moro timoICua OF Us had dr aided
tho issuaEct q Z Legislative warrant Tor tho ar"
rest OF that arbitrator, the aforesaid Hugh
McCullocb. Who Tas stupid enough to mistake
our sarcastic Invitation to Richmord last winter
for bGns fdc profession OF hospitality, ana
when caught. that ila waa 10 be tied 10 Z stake
ia tho Capitol Square hnd slowly rcaHtcd 90 q
burning pile Of ptclcr bonds aud past jue cou.
pors, alopg with poor JACK Nlaryo and soiDc
other Wrotchcd iuEGcrs. over whose dcllat
thoro has been such savage CLEO Il do not in-
ciudo EhG Lee 10 this category because | an
jealousy txo!iiirg anything that you'd wound
the scEsib,!itics OF cur brclhren,) but the SGT.
roTlul aisl;;siCn was forced upon u; that
a.! the n0iSo Ct lilo canV2ss ahGu. the State
dtb., AND al he aatiiGtic tCci;a!s Of iLo "hur.
dcDs r;sicg Ga E!rsiris,' OILY meant that the
rtaGjUsGr5 we're moun:tG CT popular hobbies
IS CO stalking her;c5 20 ride iato bower. They
were 10 truth scvamp:GG tie ED, t!l story
Of the nan WHO undertook 10 eGlltc! debt Ter
half Of TIC cmcurt and Rhcr tie GlxCus
creditor met him s9Co tine thereafter, aud
a:ked him hog he was getting a!olg with the
business io c)0iy replied thst Tho had collect.
very good care 10 Ioi!;Zc ca tho tEiccs at onoo.
oIu "a nnIn rcf Slf,, t,r;ill
zee her later"
But whilst We cherGc thst vtEy little has
been toDc bare. We 10 net mean 10 say thlt
The oiEer sidc has been altogether IDLE. for no
were constantly 10 TIC receipt Of oniGtus ~
mors OF the dire Go12s inst we're being enact
cd mysteri0usy, wondtrlal!9, fcerfuily, clso
where. Wo had "strDrgo stories" CT a caui-
Gron tu3biirg in the third, fourth, or fifth
story (perhaps 10 all,) of sonc huge building,
aDG that lis ocntc5'3 Teio IS oo2gomcrac
and heterogeneous as that OF tho witches Of
Macbeth.
Ego oi rcw! and toe oi ifog.
Wool of bat lnd tongue Of deg,
Addcr'5 lork and bind worm 5 sting,
Lizards head anG cwlct's wing,
and !or still moro powerful charm,
Uottr.ira lnS and Hills right arm T.
Wo 9oon lcarGcd that victory has i!s trials
AID difficulties 20 lsj ttaa dciaat. Indeed,
sir, W. OF on this side ere enjoying q hec5oD
CAIN. willis. the disturbed b!ows Of the majortY
and tho Touching. almost ra;hclic. al.u2oEs
which tho leader Ct tho rcac instcrS. tho MEM
tcT from Rock}ridsc, has made 10 the condition
81 the libby demonstrate that there is iilrc1i
cncl csi!omic. fearful rrlxi;Gily 10
-That climax Of I'll carth'yi!Is
jho lillian lla;itn Ct their weekly bis.
lhcro IL Cvideniy q tremor in tho camp, c
danger 81 disaiftcirn among tho crowds that
have assembled to ei:'ch st tho smaller sp0iIs
which tho lmpCrIa! iulture cannot Or docs not
caro- to gorge. TIC lOavta ard fishes ere OBJ
slousy anu grossly inadequate, nnd az thorc is
nqthus IN tho surroundings to invoke or even
justly &c hops Of miracle, ttcro wiIl be 70
compromising 'ht ske!s ct fragments" Indeed,
The wholn Fl; uaion iorcl6ly recalls the dilemma
whl3h otca hot2il on old clerk Of the Church OF
Eug!En1. lie had tcan accustomed from time
Immcmoilal 70 chant shG psalms under the d 5
pcEsiton ct Stcrohold and lIopkca, hut
cEagga-a "IcaGGsmGnt. IS wo would sag
nowacays--"as ordered for the !. rics OF David.
Tho ol: clerk, alter making il iruitcsi protest,
agreed 10 make s. tiia Of tho DOW version tho
next Satbaii With what Gutc ~ you may indga
W'CH SIu ucbT lllat aUt IL inc COsU OIL tho Hist
sint2: nc Iock2d up at ii,n parsou with mingled
anger aEd d pair, tzelaiminr. "Wha,s to ho
dohn nuw p
The tune iGi sivcn tui, aai Sill hero IL tho
Whcla OF C IN s0-la~tiun uuSunp and if ty
chance, there be nry political "i.cvys sitting ut
;he reoeip: Of cGs:am' nader cur now aispen-
satioE. they will !iad ii equally difficult l,o#,
10 furnish "con'sc-iG ;iun' to tho crowds of
hnogtY and clGEi2rOu7 applicants. lsadiuagc
apart hlr. Speaker. Was thCra ever moro
mourniul spcriaclc than that Exhibited hero last
WcdE ca3ay, whoa that file Of mgimCd soldiers
wa, asit waTr, ordered Out this Elous,. a5 VINO
should sly, "ua W rripplse!" aad 'slard
cot unon the order OF y5ur going, but 20 ct
otce turned out, as lar rs cruel and heart.
less mtl nifty w:ro c0rct rncd, to do or to solicit
tic cold chaIiias Ct tho weird; fJs nast OF
them ere utterly irc'r:bl, Ct maintaining them
selves. Sir, thc,e has not been inorc igaoblo
v'ctary Won si:c0 that imaciaary scano wherein
the great lgamaiis. makes Ta!s!elt lack AID
hcw the dead holy Of Harry lIolspu- on tho
field OF batts-another rroot that Shakespeare
had sounded tho depths CT human denrgyity