Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-03-02
The A1exandria Gazette
FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 2.

FRIDAY EVENING. MARCH 2.
JUDGEsH1P OF THE eIH JUDICIAL DISTRICT.
We are informed that The members Of the.
Legislature from the counties composing this
Judicial Circuit, after the defeat of b. K.
Snead, recommended to Governor Peirpoint
for nomination the name OF James Y. Brooke,
Of WasTentQn; and that until the day before
the nomination was sent IL they thought their
suggestion had been adopted. In the voee "a
ken in the House Of Delegates upon the cleo
ton or rejection of Judge Thomas, Messrs.
Bentley Tsixey, and Hansborough voted for his
election, Messrs. English, Turner and Dun
nington against him; aad Messrs. Marshal, Gray,
and Robertson refused to vote. D. E. Lewis
voted for e.. K. spead
Mr. Bolts, as far as We see, has been entire
~ mistaken in his anticipation of violent denun
citation aud abuse Of him by the press, in con-
sequence of his recent letter to Mr.. Muscoe
Garnett-w letter and all its accompani-
ments, that gentleman has promptly repuaia-
ted The letter was the weakest, the most un-
tenable, and the most i'll natured Of al the nu-
merous political productions of the writer-and
the most Of the Virginia newspapers, that we
have seen, regard it in that light, and do not
seem disposed to initiate its bad temper. The
Loudouu Mirror thinks the contents Of the let
ter may be briefly summed up as follows
" GU ought and ghtn t-you should and you
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can and you can t-you will and you Won't
YOU would if you could and you'll be 4 ID if
you don t.
4 large meeting Of the citizens Of Baltimore
in favor OF sustaining the course Of the MAORI
ty in Congress, was held last evening. The
resolutions passed were moderate in their tone
with regard to the President. Senators Crei
well, of Maryland; Trumbull, Of Illinois Nye,
Of Nevada; and Representatives Mckee, Of
Kentucky, E. Thomas and J. L, Thomas of
MARYLAND, and others, addressed the meeting.
Mr.. Rumbu|l reviewed the recent speech of
Secretary Seward in New York.
PRESIDENT JOHNSON yesterday received the
Committee Of the Baltimore Meeting, recently
held to support his policy of restoration, and
in reply to an address from Lieutenant Cover
nor Cox, said:
'sMy policy is not the result of impulse, Or
one adopted ad captanduu but it is the re-
suit of reflection and conviction, and [ believe
it to be the best policy. That policy is the re-
suit OF my sincere convictions; it is before the
country, and as such it will continue to be, with
out being swerved from, on my part, in any par
ticular. say this simply to give assurance to
the country that there will be no abandonment
OF or shrinking from that policy. feel and
appreciate what you have done; and in this
connection may be permitted to say, that [
will continue to perform what I believe to be
my duty, without regard to consequences.
Your WORDS Of commentator and encourage
ment inspire me with new confidence. stand
now where | did in the Senate Chamber Oh the
18th and 10th of December, 1850, and have in
nowise changed. 1t has been said, land it may
be there has been a desi gn in saying it., Here
is a man who has been elected by g party, and
has abandoned that party; he has been Tyler
lied, lthey call it, and he has joined the cop
perheads. :" These things have no effect what
ever upon me; | care nothing for them. My
only work is the restoration Of the country
the thorough harmony and reconciliation Of the
Nation. have fought open and armed rebel
lion, and now that it is ended, our business is
to reconcile, conciiate, and bring back the mis-
guided ones; and toward that end we aredoing
great DEAL
IF know myself desire above all things the
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