Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1865-12-20
VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE.

Ia the House Of Delegates, on Monday the
unfinished business Of Saturday was taken.up,
viizks::| The preamble and resolutions OF MT
Woodson, proposing a reunion or west lr-5
ginia with Virginia proper, the leading question
being on referring the resolutions to . select
committee. After discussion the resolutions
we're referred to . select committee.
Mr.. Robertson, of Alexandria, offered the
following as a substitute tor Mr.. Woouson
resolutions which was referred to the same
committee That torasmuch as the people OF
this State ha7ing ever tet and continuing TO
feel the. most sincere affection for their breth
rem Of West Viirginia-the truest. anxiety ior
establishing and perpetuating the re union OF
the State, doth solemnly and confidently ap--
peal to the like disposition amongst the good
people .ot West Virginia; that they Will concur
with us in dc larlng, as we Go hereby declare
every desire, as soon as practicable, to adopt
proper measures CT cooperation to re-uulte
and maintain unimpaired the original integrity
Of Old Virginia Resolved, That the e5oV-
ernor be requested 70 transmit copy OF the
foregoing resolution to the Executive authorl-
ty Of West Virginia with the request that the
same may be communicated to the members
Of the Legislature thereof as early as possible.
RICHMOND December 10 In the Senate.
II,
the bill relative to the status Of slaves and free
ne grntS 70 the lfttnmit1ee or ours OF Juetlc~
with INSTRUCTIONS to revise every law uow IN
force in relation 10 said classes aud to provide
for the fullest, most exact justice and the AM
plest protection OF the persons and property
of men of color in all respects. Messrs. Lee
and Gilmer advocated the resolution. 1t was
adopted without opposition.
Mr.. Bentley, from the Committee on Banks,
reported a bill restraining the banks OF the
State from making any disposition Of their
assets, until otherwise provided by law.
Mr.. Lee, from the minority Of the same
Committee, reported bill concerning banks
of the State, and providing for the liquidation
Of their liabilities Both bills were ordered to
be printed.
Mr.. THADDEUs STEVENS delivered, on Mon
day, in the House Of Representatives. it is said
the most ultra radical speech yet put forth and
party. He started out with the broad declara-
t'on th~t the States lately at war with the gov
erhnent We not in tie Union, and that if they
were admitted a&~in, they must come in asnew
States or conquered pr: -;~ces after passing
through ttIritU;la condition.. Tic ~i.,},o,ate,i
the argument that the so-caIed Confederate
States were be)ligerents, and that during the
war according to the decisions of the United
j States Supreme Court and international law,
the respective parties stood In the same rela-
ton to each other as if they were separate
nations. Having conquered them as public
enemies he maintained that the government
had the right to treat them as conquered pro-
vinces Among the requirements which he
advocated as precedent to the readmission of
these States was the amendment of the constl-
tuition SO that there could be an election for
! President and representation IN Congress on
the basis Of population. This, by recognizing
the colored people of the South, would give the
new Stases an increased re presentation in
Congress- # the present basis we're not
changed, he CHARGED that the democrats would
soon lay hands oD the " bite House and the
halls Of Congress, that they would therefore
repudiate the federal debt and assume the rebel
one In such an event he claimed that if
the Southern States should then repudiate the
constitution lately forced upon them, it would
be right and just.
He proceeded to assume that Congress should
control the freedmen, for if left to take care Of
themselves their present condition would be
worse than bondage or the horrors of Ander
sonvil|e. He made liz bit Of the ratification of the
constitutional amendment atolishing slavery,
by the Southern State legislatures which he
denounced as illegal and dcusiye, and declared
that this was not a white mans government,
and looked upon Chief Justice fancy virtual
declarstio that it was as the most Infamous
doctrine of all time He added that it was for
tunate that the whole question of restoration
belonged to Congress.
A dispatch from Washington to the Phila-
delphia Ledger says that Secretary Stanton
has again rendered hisresjgnation to the Pres;-