The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-06-03

Of His Counrrg.
special to the Sentinel.
WASHINGTON, May % = Kleiner, Ward and
Lowery ere the only Indiana Congressman
remaining in this city. Meeting Ward to-
day he told me: 81 have no further bnsi-
ness here OF which 1 am aware than to rec
ommend the appointment of Postmasters in
Upton County" Statesmen in the corn
belt and on the water shed seem to be IN
usually backward this season.
The average caller at the White House
has but little more to say than, Mr.. Presi-
dent, called TO congratulate you" NJ.
Cleveland is evidently getting enough Of this
to give him strength.
The average Indisnian in Washington is
making still hunt, snd asks as a personal
favor that all mention OF his name bs
avoided. There are a great msay
parasites that distress toe progress of
Journalism, and the fend who devo.es him
self 10 the suppression of intelligence is the
most detss,able. He has connection with
the personal-iriend oi-the editor-iend, who
buttonholes and embarrassss g reporter a.
every point. The Indisnisn in Washington
is indirect, invisible, subterranesu, aud al
together an undressing creature for
newspaper interview.
A lazy rain is falling. which imparta an At.
mospbere OF sloth to political interests. which
s1e already distressingly slow. Since the st-
terncon of March the Democrats have bsen
in power, and yet no negro has been returned
10 slavery, 10 rsbsl soldier pensioned and no
Confederate bonds purchased by the Govern
ment.
"lf Cleveland is elecle y sad an Indian,
spolis Republican, with emphasis in No
vember, There will be trouble"
"If cleveland Is elected" !" replied Demo
crat, land you Republicans go 10 making
trouble, we'll hang you. Wen make short
work OF the next rebellion"
After s'shorfSun through the departments
this nornirg. which sppsarsa eminently
satisfactory, Mr. Voorhees, visited his com
mittee room, where a large crowd OF Illinois
and Indiana people awaited him for the sole
guIpose of paying their respects. A general
conversation followed, embracing a variety
of topics, sitter which Mr.. Voorhees, was
drawn to talk on the subject Of the Amer
icaR Presidents. God raises up men, he
thlDBs, for the sole purpose Of accomplishing
certain results. The three most suspicious
Characters that ever crossed the threshold OF
the Wbile House were Washington, Jeffsr-
son and Lincoln. The sword presented
Washington by Frederick the Great is in
scIiSed: From the greatest soldier in Eu-
rope 10 the greatest soldier ia the world"
Where is there another great Captain IN al
history who ever kept such an Ermy as the
American volunteers in line for seven years?
Yet Washington would have proven as mad
equste to the performance OF Jsffsrson's
work as Jefferson would have fallen short of
performing what the e rst President achieved.
Jefferson vas the first Of the AbOliionisis,
leading WilbefioTce ten years. His srTEign
ment of King George for allowing the
African save trade was terrific. at that,
time DO Federalist or Euglishman either had
ever thought or written on the subject. The
Srst measure he ever introduced In a lsgisla-
tive body provided that the people Of Vir.
ginia, of their own free will and accord,
might 2IaDumit their slaves. or course, it
was first voted down-p1blic sentiment con-
tsmplzted free negroes with feeling OF re.
vuision-bUt at last il became a Law. His
hatred of slavery did not stop with tue
Afriesn, though il included him, but found
expression in broad opposition to every
wTOrg shat oppresses. the poor. There was
no limit to his sympathieG for the French
people, among whom he sojourned 8od
whom be studied in taa huts of the pessantry
as well as in the halls OF the rich. Journey
ing IN Disguise, and with concealed
rank, he discovered the crimes sgsinst
the working classes that must inevitably
lead TO wsr-lab0ring men al SIS year aud
laboring women At one half that amount
Plainly seeing, in the language of Ben Wade
that hell is no more than half mile fro "a
here-fIom Nice he wrote q letter to La
fsyeite pIopLesying the bloodiest revolution
in all history. He lived TO see 1t come Ike
the wrath OF God-the streets of Paris
drep ched with blood, and the Bsstile, that
he'd withsto0d the assaults of armies with
cannon, razsd to the ground by unArmsA
men. Goaded to desperation. an infuriAtei
people, usually quiet, orderly people, with
no desire or ambition beyond being allowed
10 live, doing what no disciplined eoldiery
bad ever been potent 10 do That the Frsnsh
Rt tvolution came, carrying Kings from their
capitals to the executioner's block was NJ
surprise to Jefferson. He brought TO
and would have returned to that
country. but yielded TO the solicitations
Of President Washington aud became Sscrs-
tsry of State. In addition to Greek and
Latin, Of which he was perfect master, he
spoke an accurate and fluent French and
German. He also conversed with the saYa-
ges Of America in seven tribal Languages. To
but lew men OF his day did so many sciences
yield their secrets. He invented the curve
mole board for plows He corTesponded with
Humboldt concerning the practicabIiity OF
turning TIE waters OF the north into the
Mississippi. and this correspondence uIti-
mateiy lead to that vast canal.
once had occasion to solicit Information
OF this illustrious American from Judge Tur-
pie, and asked him, What life of Jefferson
is bestT'
"PaTton's is as good as any" was the re-
ply, "but really no lie of Jefferson exists.
There are but few minds capable of grssping
the man."
Lincoln, Mr.. Voorhees, thinks was called
and elected to lead the country through the
most try ing period OF its history. The popu-
lar conception of him-a plain, blunt man,
who concealed nothing and whose motives
were always open, is absurd. He WAS the
Innsf Admit Of men 2 diatincf charanfar and