Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-07-02
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20 E9;fOr of tAe A2ernu1riu Gazette.

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To avoid the imposition upon you, OF long
numbers, stopped at the point OF reference 20
the fourth proposition, in the series submitted
BY the President OF the United States to- his
cabinet councillors. 1t Is brief and explicit
and contains two plain and dlstinct propositions
as the d liberate aud well-studieu opinion or
the eminent lawyer who holds the hlSh office or
legal adviser in chief to the President ana his
cabinet. ~, 9...s,.a til
It reads an unnaturalized person cannot take
The oath, but ar alien who has been nathfa-
lied can take it-and no other proof OF natu-
raIization can be required Of him.
There is not another word submitted 10 'he
vote in this particular proposition. an uHh"'-
uralized foreigner cant reglSter-a nat
uralized foreigner can-and 10 either case
the oath of the party (takcn OF course win
the usual penalties is all the proof required on
the application to register On this propose
ton the President and Cabinet coneurred unan-
imousy, as, of course, they were bound u 90
with the exception OF Mr.. Secretary otah-
ton, who voted no.
Now it is perfectly clear that the Hon. Sec
rotary could not have given plain, 1at, negative
vote to that proposition without meaning 10
affirm, that in bis opinion, an unnatural'zcd
foreigner had a legal right to vote, but nAtu-
ralized one had not; or that the oath OF the
party tof course subject to all the penalties
against false swsaTlng) is not preSumptiVc
proof Of the existence OF the right to register
and was not SO intanded, as the Attorney zen
eral decided it Was, II he means either the
one. or the other, and will say so, it IS not tor
me to declare that he does not speak the truth
but it is nv right TO declare my amaZement
IL. la q
spectacle lawyer should make such spectacle
Of himself. The vote itself viii be thought
By any one, with less confidence than | have in
the honesty and wisdom OF the Secretary, a
mere spiteiul and foolish manifestation OF ms
PARTISAN rancor againsl his official asaociate;.
[ know of nothing in the personal history 81
Mr.. Stanton, or Of his professional reputation,
las Il statesman | am not aware he has any
history, that entities him 10 assume supc-
riority, on a law question, over Seward. STAINS
hery, Browning, aud the others.
1t does not seem his opposition was With
drawn, but it is published, and presume per
severed n At the ssmc time it should be re-,
membered that he (Stanton) is at the head OF
the Department that haa the cnel direction OF
this business Of reconstruction and that even
in the last few days one Of his Subordlnatc9 IN
hestating about oheying all order received, a.
he coniesscs from the President direct, has the
folly to state very coolIy, doubtful IL to The
cool that he, subordinate OF Grant VII" ~
subordinate of Stanton, whu IL hnnctIi \
subordinate Of the President: II rcGret /
should have 10 differ will The President, but 1t
should be recolleced that have been order
ed 10 execute law to which the President has
been IN bitter alitagOnlSnl.
If "litilt Phil, 1o-caied, wrote thls- which
for the credit OF the service hope he did not,
| suppose he al least read it, aud il he was $"
tckIed with the exploit Of pennng that wise
sentence az % cause it 10 be published before 1t
reached bis official superior, the President OF
the United States, you may rely upon it, Mr..
Editor, that the renowned hero OF the Shcnan-
doah Valley is setting up Tor himself. So look
out for new edition Of "Shordan'a Rad,
with an authentic history Of the life and al
ventures OF the aforesaid little Phil, prepared
By some reverend divine IN advance OF the
next Natiana Convention of the Republican
party--and if his competitors should be Wade,
and odd Thad, ;" and Ben Butler, | hope lit
tie Phil" will have his usual luck, and carry
the day-for take him to be the lucEieat Of
all the revolutionary brood.
If Mr.. Stanton and little are allowed to
carry on in their own way, they vii! doubtless
bag Louisiana for certain: and probably all the
other States BY reducing the vote to the three
classes lst, of unnaturalized foreigners; I'd,
the free negroes, and last, and least, as i'm
measurahly tie meanest and most contemplate
OF the allies, the Southern LoyaIi=ts, 5o-callcd,
or rather so-cane themselves.
J. will refer briefly t. one, and 1T thi: TINE
only to one one more instance III which .Ir
Stanton shows his inveterate ha&tlity to pol
icy avowcd to be the policy Of an admlnlstra,
ton to which he Processes to be loyal, and to
which he holds on. apparently, with an invlnc-
blc tenacity Ii is the ninth article, and 1t
reads militia officers OF any State pllor 10
the rebelonarc not subject TO disqualification.
On this proposition President johnson and the
SIX cabinet ministers who are in harmony with
him vote aye Mr. Secretary Stanton again.
solitary and alone, votes NJ.
But, Mr.. Editor, it is an idle labor to pile
PcIion on Ossa, in order to prove that MIR.
Stanton is the worst and the most dangerous
enemy President johnson has--a fact, not
doubted by any sensible man in America who
reads the newspapers, unless it is by Mr.. John
Son himself; and if he does not doubt it, as /
suppose he does then he is himself the least
fit man IN all America to carry to any success
full result, the most important work that ever
devolved on an American President.
| never expected as you may readily believe
that | should live to see the day when would
regret thai Andrew Jackson is no more in au
thority. He would have made short wor k of
our great man Mr. Stanton before he had done
half the mischief he has; Tor if he couEd nor
have been coaxed our, Old Hickory would
have kicked him out, long ago--though he
held On with the grip Of a logger-head turtle,
which it takes thunder 10 make let 60, accord
ing to the settled faith Of our fellow citizens OF
African descent. For without much personal
knowledge of Mr.. Stanton, and in fact without
any at all since he set up to be great man, |
am very confident that he has done the country
more harm than Sumner and Wilson togethcr
or than could possibly have been done b. &
thousand such buffoons az old Wade. ...
He is not like Wade, who really knows but
little, and has not capacity enough TO learn any
more, but lie is a man in his prime-Wlth
snme educati0n and much talent, he rniteS to