Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1866-03-14
wAsHINGTON TOPICS AND GOSSIP
yI,TToEs AT TuE MITE HOUSE.


The President was literally overwhelm-
ed to-day with visitors. Audience was
granted to a few, among whom were
Senators Lane of Kansas, and Cowan, OF
Pennsylvania
THE KEYsroNE's NEXT GOVERNOR.
Bets are offered by Pennsylvanians to-
dav that General Geary will sweep the
| State bv 10000 majority-possibly ten
more added TO this. They say he will
carry the blue blue jackets with him en-
mGSSe.
REBEL vICTORY AT ALEXANDRIA.
The late electionin Alexandria resulted
in the overwhelming defeat of the Union
ticket by men who have been VIGOROUSLY
secession in their ~sympathies during the
war. Several of the successful candidates
are returned rebels. A few votes were
challenged BY Union men, but the judges
in all eases received the votes, except that
in q single ward nine were objected to by
the judges, but were counted the next
morning by the Board of CanvasserS.
BIZ FRED. DOUGLASS.
Fred. Douglass delivered a lecture here
last night, which was attended by quite a
number of Congressman. In abiding to
the President he said that perhaps it
would be better to leave Mr.. johnson to
speak for himself, as being the most dam
aging thing he can do for himself. But
what, he asked, shall be said Of him who
told US that traitors must take q back seat
in the work Of restoration, if he now in
vests these same traitors with the supreme
control of states in which they live ?
What shall be said Of him who promised
to be the Moses of the colored race, if he
becomes their Pharaoh instead? Why,
this must be said "that he had better
never have been born" Senators Yates
and Wilson, and General Howard, each
came forward and made a few remarks
expressive of their earnest sympathy with
the cause. Representative Kelley said
that Samuel Houston, in disbanding the
Texan army, dismissed his troops with the
Injunction, "Go home and plant corn, y
and he would say tn the present audience,
go home and sgitate, agitate, agitat0 for
the truth, until the truth prevails"
TEE TENNESSEE CASE
viii come up next week. A number
of conservative Western Congressman,
disliking the resolution reported by the
JOluL NDluullbltt, III ICAdNAOA W z AUB
resentatioz, have agreed on the following
resolution, which they will urge as a sub
stitute fer the one reported by the Com
mittee:
"RcsoLoed 6y the Senate and House Of
Representatives. of the United States,
Whereas, the people of Tennessee have
made known to the Congress of the
United States the desire that the Con-
stitutional relations heretofore existing
between them and the United States, may
be fully re-established, and did, on the
22d day of February, 1855, by a large
popular vote, adopt and rstify a censtitu-
tion and government, republican in form,
and not inconsistent with the Constitu-
ton and laws of the United States, and a
State Government has been organized
under the provisions thereof, which said
provisions, and the laws passed in pursu-
ance thereof, denote loyalty to the Union;
and,
"WHEREAs, The people of Tennessee
are found to be in a condition to exercise
the functions Of a State within the Union
therefore,
"ResoErea, That the State of Tennessee
is hereby declared to be fully restored to
its constitutional relations with the
United States, and entitled to be repre-
-ented in Congress on the same footing
with other States