A DIARY IN AMERICA, WITH REMARKS ON ITS INSTITUTIONS. BY CAPT. MARRYAT, C.B., AUTHOR OF "PETER SIMPLE," "JACOB FAITHFUL," IN THREE VOLUMES. VOL. II. LONDON: PRINTED FOR LONGMAN, ORME, BROWN, GREEN, & LONGMANS, PATERNOSTER ROW. DIARY IN AMERICA. CHAPTER I. WASHINGTON. Here are assembled from every State in the Union, what ought to be the collected talent, intelligence, and high principle of a free and enlightened nation. Of talent and intelligence there is a very fair supply, but principle is not so much in demand; and in everything, and everywhere, by the demand the supply is always regulated. Everybody knows that Washington has a Capitol; but the misfortune is that the Capitol wants a city. There it stands, reminding you of a general without an army, only surrounded |