Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1865-08-22
ALEXANDRIA GAZETTE AND VIRGINIA ADVERTISER

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Gen. Harris, aF thes invitation Of tha=Na-
ticnal Union Assoc citation of Virginia addressed
thsypeople in Richmond last Saturday n1ghf..
He spoke in complimentary terms OF the valor
Of many of the Confederate Generals whom
he had met. and awarded a. need OF praise to-
the soldiers 4or. the promptness with which
thew exchanged the 'bayonet and the sabre after
General Lee surrender for the pillow and the
hoe. and set, to, work eultiYating crops OF
cereals. 81 which to live. He also took oeca.
sion to allude to the. fire eating 'bombproofs,
who pushed everybody toSfJhe front during
the war, Eut themselves and their sons, and
advised the people. to lay them aside In their
efforts at reconstruction as unit leaders for a
democratic people He advised the election
of representatives who were ready to accept.
the situation as they found it, and who would
20 to work at once and abolish slavery by icon.
stitutional enactments, thus putting to rest
forever the only question that could possibly
create. sectional discord, political strife and
civil war. So interviewer, said Gen Harris,
will soon be the monetary interests OF every
section. by the extension of the National Bank
system, that slavery out Of the way, no other.
questions can arise to divide the country and
ALLEVIATE the people from the Government.
The National Intelligencer has an address
5sTo the people of the SOUTH advising them
to,ac,cept the new condition Of things-to go
to work, actively and unanimously to restore
our common country land to decree the ex
tinction OF slavery by positive constitutional
law tt also counsels them not to elect to office
men whose names have been connected with
the late secession attempt and It's consequences.
In this address the Intelligencer "aAirms, from
the public acts of the President, tina, he has
no design to force negro suffrage on the South
On account of the manifestation OF consider
able INSTRUMENTATION among the blacks IN
some of the lower districts of South Carolina
the officers of white troops there have joined
in memorial to Major General Gilmore set
ting forth the condition of things, In conse.
ouence of which great caution should be exer
cised as to any change in the troops there. :
Tn Mississippi Gen. Osterhaus, by the action
of the Constitutional Convention has been
requested to present to the PRESIDENT tnelr
memorial adverse 10 the garrlsonlng OF the
State with colored troops.
Tn an article on the ''Conditlon OF the South,
the Washington Chronicle says. =" The revol
ted people of the South fought with unpar-
alleled courage and fortitude for four years,
and thew only submitted when their resources
were. exhausted. The absoluteness OF the
surrender is explained by the desperation OF
the contest and the submission to the Govern
ment is all the more perfect because 1t proceeds
from anintelligent understanding OF the stu
alton. a. -.
Anumber Of residents Of the city OF Boston
have prepared letter to President johnson
for the purpose Of persuading him>to abandon
all thought of restoring the Southern States
to the Union for an indefinite time to come
The grounds upon which these persons prefer
this request are these :athat the war cannot be
held to be at an end until the right of suffrage
| is settled in the Southern States in such
manner as to meet the appreciation OF these
residents of Boston; and that while the war
lasts, President johnson. possesses a perfect
right to do anything which the safety and
security ofthe country may require.
A system of horse. stealing has been organ
lied in Howard county, Md, which is causing
serious trouble. Mr.. Tabb lost seven horses
in one night, from his farm near sElhcott S.
! Mills His oyerseer pursued the thieves and
/ was shot at by one Of them, a negro, whom he
shot, and from whom he re covered two horses.