Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-12-06
ALEXANDRIA.
THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 6.
Tue RADICAL PROGRAMME Nearly one


evening. The following measures were agreed
upon: To pass bill excluding from the roll
of the House the names of all the States not at
present represented there, ana prohibiting any
electoral votes from being counted from any
State not represented in Congress. Second
To pass bill remedying the defect in the law
which may prevent any State canvassing the
votes for election OF President and Vice Prcsi-
dent. Third-To pass law changing the
time of meeting of every Congress, with view
to assembling on the 4th of March Fourth
To appoint special committee to invesi-
gate and report upon the causes Of the riot at
New Orleans, the number Of lives lost, and to
what extent the Government officials were
involved therein. F,tth-The appointment OF
another committee to report upon the proceed
inss in relation to the collection of direct taxes
Ia the Southern States, snG the seizure and
sale OF abandoned lands and other property
Sixth-A committee to ascertain whether
pensioners 10 the disoyal States have had
their Dames restored TO the rolf violation OF
law. SeGenth-A specialcommit:ee to enquire
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convicted by military commission Of killing
some Federal soldiers 10 South Carolina: and
recently set at large under writ Of liabeas
corpus in Delaware.
The members of the caucus appeared to act
upon the assuu ption that whatever was done
in caucus would be ratified without doubt by
Congress.
1T IT AGAIN The Washington Chronicle
advocates Reorganization Of the District
Of Columbia, in thorough Radical form the
vacation" OF the charters CT Washington and
Georgetown Governor and four Commits
sioners to be elected by the Senate, as the To-
cal Executive CT the D;strictthesc otS;ceTa to
be 'seiected from aug portion - he lnlon,
but to reside in the District while holding their
situations; and nearly all the local patronage
and Offices aud tae general regulation OF affairs
70 be under their entire control, &c, DC.
and as Il part Of this. scheme, the retrocession
of Alexandra to the District This, with ne
gro suffrage, to be adopted by Congress, will
complete the plan We presume that even
those few citizens Of Alexandria, who last win
ter unwiseIy assented to the attempt to dis
member Virginia, will now, after this develop
ment, hasten to express their disapprobation
Of the present scheme, which will place their
rights and their interests, under the power Of
few politica! managers; probably to be ia
ken from the Northern States, and 10 be
brought there to rule over or people, Of
all the measures heretofore isiuted at, or
threatened. this would bo the most ruinous to
Alexandria The broach;ng OF such scheme,
will, of itself, do Us much injury, in The prop
erty aud business Of our citizens # conSuma-
ted, Alexandria would in all probability, be the
decaying suburb Of city seven miles oiti;, on
the other side Of the Potomac, Oh verse.
The Washington Chronicle says tina. the
retrocession OF Alexandria in 1916, to its
parent state, With tho consent c: the Executive
OF the /. s, the Congress, Of tbs u. S. the
State Of Virginia, ard BY the nearly unanimous
vote of its citizens, was done in The interest
of projected secession" Many CT those who
in 1861 were the strongest secessioniSts, in
cluding Jefferson Davis, opposed retrocession
in 1916 ''Secession'' had no more to do
with it. than wi h the movements Of the planets
Mr. Forney writes thai ''all the Union T. en
of the South are in favor OF dismantiing the
State organizations and establishing republican
governments under the authority of Congress"
Many OF them, doubtless are But We do not
believe that al of them will consent willingly
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however, much they fer With them
The House Representatives has passed a
bill protecting the rights Of action Of loyal
citizens who SHALL bring actions TO recover for |
injury TO person or property, and providing |
that sucl, actions shall not be defeated on the |
ground that the acts complained Of were done !
By authority of the Confederate States
The Southern ChuIchman, published in this |
city. has been enlarged and improved. Rev. |
Philip Slaughter, is associated with the Rev
Mr. Sprigg, in the conduct Of the paper Mr.
Slaughter's salutatory is admirable The cir
culation Of the paper is increasing among Epis |
copalians and other denominations.
Gov. Peirpoint's message makes an octave
pamphlet of Al pages. 1t is two Or three times
az long as the Presidents message, and could |
have been condensed into half the space it oc
cupies, with great advantage
Robertson, the murderer of the Limerick
family, in Stafford county, Va, is 70 be hung
on the 28th of this. month. He was to have
been executed some weeks ago, bnt was respit- |
ed by the Governor. --.-.---.-.-.- ---
The Circuit Court Of Prince Georges coun
sy, Nd, adjourned on Saturday evening last,
having disposed of number Of civil and crimi-
nal cases.