The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1879-02-06

as zooD &C The nation shall find out from
the law Of national growth that Il is
better to have the 'hub' Of the wheel
at the center rather than at tie rim. the
capital will be changed again. Wash
ington is the heart Of the nation, aud IL
it sends out good blood there will be
good national health, but if il sends out
bad blood there will be bad national sick
ness. 1t is TO me one Of the most fasci-
mating cities in the world u is a city
of palaces. lie who has seen the Treas
ury building, the National Post Onice,
the Capitol aud Department Of the lnte-
rior has seen the grandest triumphs Of
architecture. It is laid out more evenly
than any other city in the land. y city
Of national sacrifices, patriotism and de
bauchery. IL is city Of corrupt lobbies,
emancipation and Credit Mobilier,' and
a city Of the hest men and the worst. !
have watched that city while Congress
was in session, and when they We're
away, aud the morals of the city are
fny per cent. better when Congress is
away. Men entirely absent from ele-
waited female society are naturally bad.
/ Men are better at home than they are
away from home. 10 is said that minis
tiers Of the gospel, during their sum mer
vacation, attend the Saratoga horse
races, and it is said that Congressman
during their term give their vacation 10
religion. There are iniquities in Wash
ington not associated with office; iniqui-
ties that stay all the year round. There
are plenty of drinking establishments,
plenty Of dens Of infamy, and the police
in their attempts TO encourage order, do
not get as much encouragement as they
ought to. The same sins which are
rampantin New York and Brooklyn are
rampant in Washington. There are ten
Thousand places where they sell strong
drink in Washington. Ifyou should go
iu twenty gambliug-houses in the city
Of Washington, you could see clerks Of
departments, bookkeepers and conf
Dental aud private secretaries, while in
more expensive establishments, near
Pennsylvania Avenue, and Thirteenth
and Fourteenth streets, you would find
members Of Congress, gentlemen Of
the army, and distinguished men gam
bling. l think the reporters Of Washing
ton are not as wide awake as our report
ers, or they would give TO the world the
names Of great representatives, in Con-
gress and where they are accustomed to
spend their evenings. Before you send
a man TO the city or state legislature, OF
10 your national council, go with a
/ lighted candle aud find out il that man
swears, If he lies, il he Gishonors family
relations, and If he keeps bad company.
/ II he does, let him stay ath home. Scratch
his name from the ticket with the black
est ink and put blot on 10 after"
The last Of the week has given U.
about the coolest weather ever known
in this section. a soft snap is a good
thing, but a cold snap is something t.
be abomiuated. = movements on foo
since the increase Of this fierce, frigi,
weather, 10 lynch Bob Ingersoil for abol
ishing hell. Il is a capital otIense, an,
the criminal merits death. The river Is
frozen, the water-pipes are frozen, the
people are frozen, the ice-man SMILES
the plumber chuckles, aud the good cit
izen puts oil On his ears aud howls.
AUGUST.
New York. Jannary 6. $50.