| Show witty but bat not wise deport of or U st s marshal arshal Bi Fredt frid moui Doag basss offensive speech nt at baltimore washington washinton ton was not a good city it has a good many churches but it is some distance from the spot to which their spires point it had a bad beginning and had never produced any great statesman or philanthropist anthro the descendants of the old families make no mark it sided with treason against loyalty a and nd its selection was a great mistake being sandwiched between two alave states and the headquarters of the slave trade where the boys were sold as swine it was cruel without reason and indecent without shame freedom of speech and the press was unknown and its idea was slavery john adams was threatened with death for advocating the right of petition drinking and gambling we were a prevalent re under the dome of t the e capi apito toj the duelist was in repute and the place filled with poisonous p onous weed weede and serpents moral life was a shame all was fair without but foul within its boasted chivalry was to challenge a northern man to 10 night fight and to help whip a negro with his hands tied the people applauded breckinridge in his treason stood between andrew jackson and impeachment and in their midst was hatched the devilish plot that robbed lincoln of his life have pave been more welcome than lincoln lee than grant and the stars star j and anci bars more than the star spangled banner applause parson brownlow made an apt remark on his way to he said that he felt he must be getting near the city as he began to feel aa as if he wanted to edeal something laughter washington society fanned into a fury the passions of men and much of the old spirit was left the portraits of giddings giddinga Gerri gerrit smith and such men had no place on the walls of the Corcoran art gallery but the calhound Cal houns and mc tc duffies were numerous they toey to make nort hort northern hern bern men with sout kout southern hern bern principles principle and that class was reappearing now how it was again getting dark for the colored race rice but the shadow would ultimately pass away applause the old maryland and virginia families always had bad the best pickings and the tibe offices and slaves but virginias glory has departed instead of the mother of states she she ehe is the grandmother and occasionally one sons appears 9 kirer kiver tobacco his dignity gone slaves lords without lands the I 1 ia 9 indolent in all his movements step into a store and you will wait five minutes before bedore you jou are noticed every one of them has bus been or expects to be a great man laughter they walk slowly bu t not measured meir their arms hanging listlessly by their side sides he excels all other american s in sitting sitti sitt lag sg and can remain in an easy chair longer without any fatigue than any aby other man laughter he is fully equal in this respect to the turk re he carries a cane ile he walks with ifsits it sits with it stalks with it like the tho swords of the knights of old they are more for ornament than r support U pa rt they wear hats pulled d down n over their eyes like the thieves 0 v v 3 and robber they think if it gives them a congressional look looks there Is a class called poor wh white iab trash who never held office these were the slave overseers catchers whip watch dogs dogg they make some sort of a living b by hunting and fishing and yet they h y are not happy Laugh laughter tu j they talk of the lost cause as if they had had millions in it tile the city is filled with schemers of all kinds and both sexes who strive to get something for nothing to be honest is to b be L a fool the place is filled tilled with duplicity and servility the change in the condition of the colored peo pie was remark remarkable abre their schools school were among the best and when hei hel visited there and found bright and I 1 i intelligent children doing the tho most difficult mathematical problem ghe she felt there was a future for their race baltimore gazette may 10 |
