Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-02-20

He had not read Mr. Summers speech tho,
roughly, but from his knowledge OF the man
he was willing to endorse his views. lie had
heard piece Of news that had greatly disturb
ed HMM fact he had not intended coming
out, but as he could not sleep or stay II the
that the President had vetoed the Freedlnan,s
Bureau bilI-he had come up to see if he could
not get some consolation from his brethren.
If the news was true then there was harder
work to do than had yet been done (NoW,
notwithstanding the attempt on the part OF the
chair, to quiet the fears of the the Speaker,
by asserverations that the Presidents objec-
tons to the bil if he objected at ali, would be
so slight that they could be easily overcome,
We are Of the opinion that the Major will re,
quire narcotic tonight to quiet his pertur1ed
spirits, after careful perusal OF the "s(lgAt
objections, to which, with all due Difference, his
attention is called. At this stage Of the
proceedings the Majors feelings 50 tar
overcame him, that forgetting his equ-
ibram, and the subject under considerations
he pitched into the Gazette, and It's reporter
for doing just what they ought to 90, to place
himself and followers; just where the 'Lelr!-
torialists" want them. Alexandra was g tar
sample of all the Southern cities-rather bad
sample too he thought. lie compared us to
Pharoah, who, when he thought he had the
Isralites in the right PLACE, was swallowed up
with all his hosts in the Red Sea. Never mlnd
how bad we treat our 'Loyal' brethren, our
children will bless the 'Ferretts' for what they
are doing-so thought che Major, and he seem
ed sincere in his expression, however ludicrous
it sounded to other people He was also OF
opinion that the negro must have the right OF
suffrage, unless we ''advance backward. The
Major said that he used to be violently prejudl-
ced against the negro, but as q penance ut must
have been worse than walking with peas IN his
boots) he taught negro school tor several
years. = ct is to be hoped that they lmpro-
we'd under his tuition) The Major again
'wayed wroth' on the sub ject Of a meeting OF
the Sons of the s'Emeral Ise," held in " ash
ington, at which Mr. Adams had not been
complimented- he knew there were no
Protestant Irish in that meeting.-His opinion
of the Catholic portion Of our popula-
ton, as far at least as the Irish co. is anything
but exalted, Judging from his remarks. The
Major having rambIed through long rlgana
role, wound up three or four speeches with an
anecdote to prove that he could not make
speech-a fact patent to al his hearers-after
which he quit
MT Lazy Was ieluGeCeC " AeiA0 0oiAi0 ~
marks, but nal tAclt
An Englishman, who had left his country
for his country's good, and joined the Federal
army as chaplain, and is now engaged IN es-
tablishing schools for the instruction or the
Youthful Americans OF African descent-pltch-
I'd into England and ancient Rome-eulogized
the negroes, and of course had several hlngss
at the South, and Virginia in particular; and
wound up with slight allusion to the reporter
Of the Gazette, and then took his seat.
Judge Underwood essayed to make sundry
| s'soromolous'' and 'cathartic' remarks about
the reporter, but they were 1eluno 1Ha6cNe
sine 5ctu.
The resolution was finally carrled-no one
voting in the negative, and but few IN the ar
frmative.
Mr.. Dayton wished to know if the meeting
was not going to take action IN relation to the
coming election.
Mr.. Hunter remarked that 'the rebels were
Going to shake us out Of our boots. and he sup
Dosed we could do nothing.
The Chair thought and said that Il the peo,,
ple here acted as they had in Richmond. and
other places, the election would be set aside
which was what he wanted.
On motion the meeting then adjourned to
meet next Monday night, to take INTO consld,
Grafton the subject of the coming municipal
election, and what is to be done IN the preml-
ses by the ''Territorialists =,
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