Historic sketches at Washington : containing a full record of the origin and early history of Washington City and its founders, together with a detailed account of its growth, its public buildings, the style and extravagance of living there, and a description of the inside workings of the lobby, and the various departments of the government . o see the infinitevariety of race or station, or behavior of passing people. Brightpaintings encircle it, for height and admissible enterprise aresuggested there ; something curiously instructive, some problemto the thought, is everywhere. Danger and powe
Historic sketches at Washington : containing a full record of the origin and early history of Washington City and its founders, together with a detailed account of its growth, its public buildings, the style and extravagance of living there, and a description of the inside workings of the lobby, and the various departments of the government . o see the infinitevariety of race or station, or behavior of passing people. Brightpaintings encircle it, for height and admissible enterprise aresuggested there ; something curiously instructive, some problemto the thought, is everywhere. Danger and power, suppositiousaccident and vivid carnival, fill up the hours. It is one of themost curious studies in the world, and destined to be the sceneof vital conferences, wild collisions, perhaps of solemn ceremo-nials, sometimes of happiness, sometimes of anarchy, sit here,under this high concave; and, while the feet of the perpetualpassengers fill the void with echoes, you may interpret them tothe coming of the mob, when legislation is too slow for brutalparty rage, or some unflinching Senator may hear from hencethe howling of Public Opinion. Here may some brave act thebest assassination; here may be promised the price of eminenttreason. Here may some conquering army, mastering theCapitol once more, unfurl their foreign standards, and with. THE DOME AND ST1RAL STAIR CASE IN CONSERVATORY,AT WASHINGTON. THE CAPITOL. 99 their enthusiasm or orchestras celebrate the fall of the Repub-lic. So long as the people reign, the Capitol of the UnitedStates will not be distributed between the wings, but concen-trated under the dome. The rotunda is western human naturesamphitheatre. Here will stroll the chaotic dictator of Democ-racy, with its hundred hands on the wires of the a fair face will do temptation upon patriotism and publicduty in the broad sounding area of assignation, typical as it isot the arcana of the earth, where the individual voice but rolls;into the general echo;
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