Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-02-14

representation, evil %c)unsels, wicked designs
and destructive. doctrines, that Is poured oleE
the coaasry from the ultra leaders and ultra
newspapers, there are some public j%onra4l.; at
the NoG;..:. ana elsewhere, who .reso;itely %
pose me proposed measures OF tre railea's,
and ma fully expose tnelr errors, and enteaVo:
to reS;s. the schemes now afoat To c)nt1Due
DISCRIMINATION ana strife. This resistance
mas, cone, 10 b. IF C ual now, from thos5 to-
whom We ref.r. We FEAR from any other quar-
ter it is and will be, for q time yet, OF no avail
We here can only aid in holding up the hands OF
those who are striving to stay this food O
"bitJer waters" Of which vi have spoken.
With us, we must adopt the mourntull anguag'
of Tacitus, and reserve much OF what we Ieel
and would say, to those times when we shall
be blessed with the privilege ofth'nklng with
entire freedom, and uttering exactly what we
think without doing injury to ourselves, 70
our ~peighbors, and to our country. Especially
fortunate is it, that at the seat OF government
there is an atle and influential Conseruotrc
press, engaged ~zealou>ly and fearlessIy, IN the
good work OF preservation. We have not
agreed with all the political opinions, or en-
dorSed ali tn political sentiments, orapproVed
OF all the views Of public policy, Of the Nation
al IntelIigencer for the last four or five years,
and i, uuay be, will not approve Of all the posi-.
lions it may take, for the future. But we
cordially approve of, and warmly applaud, its
present course, in relation to the great subject
which engrosses public attentlon-the res,ora-
ton Of peace to the country, the restoration OF
the rights as well as the duties of all the States,
and the restoration of the Constitution under
the altered circumstances produced by he
observation-disclosures submitted to, and accepted
by all the States, under the full belief that the
strife Of arms being ended, there would, als,,.
be al enc Ct civil strife, leaving all thus submit
ting TO the laws, TO the full enjoyment Of their
privileges as citizens, according to the laws.
We read the warnings Of the Intelligeneer, It's
and its exhorta: ions, to this end,
with infinite pleasure, and with the sinceresi
hopes, chat they may influence the minds If
those VINO have the "poWer,' and can exercise
it for untold good, or uncalculable evil. Nor
would We omit to thank that paper for the man
ner In which it tears the veil from the designs
Of the leading ultras, and shows that whilst
they pretend to be engaged in manacling the
South, they are at the same time forging chains
for The North-S'sowing the wind that they
may reap the whirlwind." Thus much is due to
our appreciation of the merits and services OF
the Intelligencer in this crisis of our counrry'>
history, and on the particular subject to which
we refer. s.
We have often, and do now, daily, contrast
the old times with the new-as far as we are
personally coucerned-aud the contracted d-
mansions which necessity, stern and unyield-
ing, has forced upon us-when compared with
the 'ainple verge and space enough in which,
in former days, we could select from others Or
express our own thoughts, just as we pleased,
as We fondly hoped to the edi6cation Of cur
readers But a copy Of q bound volume Il
the Gazette, which a friend has shown us. from
the time Gifts revival after the destruction Of the
establishment, by a brutal mob-during what
was stlgmatized by q late q. S., Mil. Governor
as a reign Of terror'-to the LIST Of January
last, has almost reconcllea US to our fate. We
were, ourselves, forgetting the daily labor and
pains bestowed upon it, surprised to see hon
we have contrived in it's diminished space, TO
keep up a full history of the events of the times,
with even some of our own thoughts and Iucu-
brations, to say nothing of those Of our friend>.
But what, says one Of the old English writer's