Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1865-08-21
CHI A1fsanaria G azftff.
MONDAY EVENING. AUGUST e Il.

RrconsrnuorloN 1EsTs Of rHn R'eHsf-
DENr.-Much interest is naturally felt as 20
the exact views Of President johnson IN the
matter. q. reconstruction. recent speech eI q
General .schenck, therefore, at Ch1lhcotne
Ohio. IN which he stated, as is limited, ey
authority, the q pinions Of the Executive, lss
peculiarly important. We find the following
sketch Of General Schenck remarks ll the
Cincinnati Gazette:
Only ten ago, ful and tree lnIe 81 g
with him, the President SAID ne regardeu. ~
local governments setup IN the repeliious osa aL
astemporary experiments, SIMPLY 90 glse -,
neenle an opportunity to show Whetner - 1lley
viii develop the right spirit and policy neces-
cary far full restoration to- their proper POSI- sl
L t;on insthe Government While regarding
thano-7as exneriments he intends that the
military mower Of the Government shall hold.
4haYa ;;ncheck. SO that if they be found straylng
bacL into rabellious ways, the military will be
there to prevent them from again making the
troIlble tEey have heretofore caused.
tThe President, IN this onversation, referred
to the course that had just been pursued N I.
reference to the Richmond election, where the
citizens manifested their rebelllous spirit by
electing to Office the very men who had recently
been In arms against the Government IL was
with his sanction that the military autnorltles
had set aside that election, and he gave THIS as
an example ct what might pc expected 10 othef
cases Of q similar kline. . s.5 sss5a,
General Schenck also referred IN his speech
to tie, question Of negro suffrage, and his
remarks are significant as indicating the pre-
bable polieysof the Republicans in Congress on
that subject. We again quote:
Approaching the question OF suffrage, the
sneaker said it did not trouble him In the least
The only question with him in regard to the
restoration Of the rebellious States to the tull
privileges of citizens, was as to the loyalty. OF
the people. When satisfied on this point,
whether one or ten years hence, Congress
should restore them; but then would come up
the question of representation. Slavery was
abolished. and the rule allowing three-titths OF
the slaves to be represented In Congress, SO
unjust to the North, would have to be abolish
ed with it. and representation must be accord
ing to voters, and not according to population
ssIf no one else did, thespeaker would at an
early day In the next Congress, offer an amend
ment to the Constitution, by which this three,
fifths privilege:should be done away WITH ana
certainly no democrat, any more than repuDl-
cans could object to the fairness OF the principle
that representation should be according to vo-:
tiers IF under such amendment, the South
wished to, have It's vast colored population
represented in the councils of the nation, IN
order to- approach somewhat the political power
of the Northern population sof voters, and
should inaugurate negro suffrage, nobody had
any right to complain, and il they could allow
their thousands OF negroes, under some condl-
tons Of education or property, to vote, there
would be no great objection in the Northif the
few negroes we have among us were allowed
the same privileges but this was question for
the future and for the South itselfto determine,
not for u.s.
- Letter from General Scott.
In the Herald Of the 18th instant Tues