ABOLITION MEMORIALS.
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Correspondence o. The Richmond VEG


In The House, the reference Of petition
from New York for Abolition in this dis
Hlct was silently fought and carried bv
yeas and nays only. | saw, of he iate A,
larmists neither Valour nor Despair; v hen.
the deed was done, faces were as smothe as
ivory. The vapoury Mr.. Holmes, spouted
no column of steam: Mr. Burt looked not
aghast MIR BarnweIl Rheu was probably
engaged in adjusting his hair with poche
comb; and your own highfier of political
tFanscendenlalism. Gen'l Bayiy, seemed on.
~ more than usefuliy absorbed in the de-
lighItul contemplation Of his own genius
and political virtues | witnessed no "such
tears as patriots shed for dying laws" /
heard no such eloquent lamentations as Iso>
cFa'es must have uler,d when Athens and
be bad received their death blows am sure
saw fifty ti.nss as much interest upon The
same doughty patriotic countenan ce. at each
annunciation from the telegraph last Spring,
while the 'ctuating votes of The Democrat
Ic Convention Were going on.


Let me, however, celebrate Speaker.
Jones, ia hose eyes the AboIiionists found
so liule grace last winter. that be diiecily
and positively (ls members informed me OF
their knowledg,) excluded Leavnt of tht
Emaucipator from the floor To day
fad that he has asst gntd him a choice desk
Reporter. Need | say that be is one o!
the most ab1ndoued knaves of that crew.
would call no man so, except upon con
6rmed observation IL LSECRETARIO


The New York IT. ibune, in speaking of
the late ection, remar ks.-"It has often
been remaT ked. both by our own and Eng.
lish writers. as peculiar fact 10 our history
that our heTcest political excitements end IN
mere smoke. when the battle is over. But
he who has held his hand on the nations
pulse for the last two weeks, and watched It's
steady and resolLte throb will feel that this
statement IS Eo longer true. o. the contra
ry. If a thoughtful man, he will feel that
there is something more ominors and start
| ling IN the present quiet, yet profound feel-
I ing, than in the heat and tumult Of the con-
test Never before has there s1ch a contest.
/ ia which the defeated were prouder than
/ the victors, as In this. To US this uncon-
scious expression of fee ing. uuers louder
than all the prote stations during the whole
campaign, the high motives and virtue OF
the Wing party. A man beaten 10 noble
cause, ty foul means, never feels humbled,


With an open bosom and an open brow. he
| stands face to face with his foe. asking noth'
! tao hni fair field and fair fight. IL then
heiS struck from behind, be a miserable
scullion. and disarmed. he walks away with
a burning sense of wrong. yet with a glance


before which his victorious enemy qualls


and is silent.