Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1866-08-14
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EDITORIAL BRByITIH5.
The National IuteAigencer says Sc Accord
ing to wellauthenticated statements, the
scheme for converting convention whose au-
thOrity had expired, and employing its ma
chinery for the purpose, of forcing upon the.
people of Louisiana negro suffrage and negro,
equality, under the nero color Of law. origiis
mated in the recent Congress, at the late ses.
sion. A full investigation will prove this
by the same evil Vaccinations the Radicals
may excite revolutions in all the Southern
States and cities, as they would have done in
RICHMOND butfor the recent orders of the
United States military authorities"
- Thomas Jefferson, in letter to John
Taylor, of Caroline, Virginia, June 1898,
said q It is true that we are completely un.
der the saddle of Massachusetts, and Connec-
ticut, and they ride us very hard, cruelty in
sulting our feelings, as well as exhausting our
strength and subsistence" This was in 1898.
Il is strange that many people think pre-
cisely the same might be written in 1866
isn't it2
~ The President on Saturday last, adj
dressed, by telegram, to Gen. Sheridan, GER
tam lnterrogatories concerning the late New
Orleans disturbances, with the view of OBJ
tanning brief statement of the material fea>
lures of the affair, commencing with the
meeting of the revolutionists on the 9th of
July, and ending with the riots of the Both
and 3lst of the same month. Yesterday. a
telegram, in answer to this, was received from
General Sheridan, informing the President
that the required statement would be snea-
Oily furnished.
- Chester D. Hubbard, member of
Congress from West Virginia, declines to ac-
cept his increased pay, as provided by the act
of the last session of Congress. The United
States Treasurer yesterday received a letter
from Mr.. Hubbard, in which was enclosed
the order of the sergeant-atarms of the
House, emitting him to $780, Mr.. Hub
bard says he voted for the bill because he did
not expect to draw his increased pay.
- A white woman, with two children,
has arrived in Lynchburg from Indiana, in
search of relatives in Virginia. Her hus-
band was Federal soldier, who died, leaving
her entirely penniless and homeless Failing
ing to obtain assistance from the {" soldiers
friends in Indiana, she has come to Vir-
GINA in her restitution. Charity always
finds sympathy and assistance in Virginia,
and this case will doubtless receive it. The
people of Lynchburg have already helped
her some.
- There seems to be general misun-
Outstanding in regard to the bounty bill
passed by Congress the last day CT the ses-
sion, which grants 500 extra bounty to
three-year soldiers and $50 to two-year men.
By the passage of the bill, members of Com
gress secured an increase of their. own pay
from $4,000 to $4,000 per annum, beginning
with the first Monday of December last.
This large increase of salary they have al
ready received.ss sBut when are the soldiers
and seamen to be paid and who is to re-
ceive the increased bounty? are questions
not easily answered.
-One of the Radical journals, in its
melancholy howl over the failure to enslave
the people of New Orleans, exclaims, with
soul,subduing pathos, q Oh for an hour of
Butler" We dare say that venerable pa
triot responds from the bottom of his honest
heart, ooh for hour of New Orleans"
The Crescent city, having laid in a fresh sup
ply of valuables, presents most tempting bill
of fare. AS Butcher. said, when he visited
London, "What city to sackv' Isn't it a
great pity that Andrew johnson and United
States Grant stand between New Orleans and
an hour of Butler"
- The late dcceasc of Col John RutlIer-
f9ogrd of Richmond, deprives that city of one
of the few remaining links between the pres
eut and the most illustrious era of Virginia.
Col, Rutherford was the worthy contempt
rary of constellation of bright names in the
past, and was himself noble exemplar of the
virtues of Virginia's purest and happicst
days.
The President and the Neutrality Laws.
In his eagerness to find fault with President