Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-05-23

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s1sis9 THURSDAY EVENING, MAY III s2s. e &
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d copy Of "a speech delivered at Blooming ton,
s Indiana, by Me- ames Hughes, whosisssaidto
4 bea'one Of the ablest and most prominent 81
s9the RADICAL leadersef the West. IT,, ~ In this
speech he boldly declares his OPT position to
negro suffrage not because hans. opposed to
the blacks but because he thinks the ghtsof
suffrage has been already oosmuch extended
inthis country, and thatsi it oughttobe restrict.
z&edrather than enlarge goes for disfran.:
S.chiissing one-half :of the white population
rs thinks that property alone can be entrusted
with the. governing poRe rzand holds thatEou
b ancestors madeaa fatal mistake in e2 tending
suffrage as they did, He argues that uniy ersal
: suffrage, black and white, will ultimately ruin
the country, and that as things are now going,
:. the British Government the best and most
q reliable:in the world and he finally sums up
2 his opinions with the ayowal Of his belief mo
q matter how unpopularit may be, 1thatlt the
negro race and one.hallff Of the white race had
:. good masterssor mistresses,s they would pc
much better&off, aud the Government would be
! safer and stronger As Mr.: Hughes. the au-
thor of these sentiments, is, az said above, re-
Q portfolio Be. a RADICAL, his political friends
.seannot1aise The; cry Of ''copperhead venom
g rebel treason They must take them as
: they find them. . Mr. Hughes, probably, dis,
rdipg alltheories ot. the abstract rights Soi
3 mar, goes,upon the ground of experience
land comes tot the conclusions hehas reached
from observing the workings OF Radical doc
,.trines and Radical measures, as they are. now
: !. progressing, to their Gnal ation9 =
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81 THE Washington GO rresp ondent Of the Char
. lesion, onrier g,oyernnr Jenkins of
Georgia proposed gto:resign his Office aseP Pro,
vsional Governor Of that State il ease the In
Junction asked for by him against the execu
tion90f the NJ Hillary act should not be sustain
ed It is said that he will accordingly resign
I and General Pope viii appoint his Succession
a91who will serve till an election shall take plac
"s2 under the new Constitution of the Stats. So
!. The, Philadelphia American is opposed 7
the Reconstruction acts being considered an
held out as a 1. fnality' on the part of Con
agress, and as preventing that body from turthe
Legislation ong the subject 4of reconstruction
either as concerning heloyal ".or late rebellion
States 1t wants some measure adopted lha
will enfranchise the }colored men of sucl
States as Kentucky, Delaware and Maryland.
Senator Wilson fhas returned to the NORTH
from his recent visit to the South. Notwith
standing his having passed through "rebeliou'
States witlia sshostile population, Bespoke
where Re! pleased, said just what he pleased
y was treated with courtesy and peileness, ane
finds himself neither skilled, Wounded no
missing e, s 4 llt-i.ssE ga k&-1
aluat1e glandssadiYided into jnstsass small
farms as will suitspurchasers, can be purchased
Eat ioasratessin almostany seetioaaof Virginia
The Holders large estates are generally, will
,et ing 70 sell land, in small quantities. Persons
Who wish to buy from so to 200 acres, more o.
a can procure land il any county il
the a .tlas.. (. -. -. a user ts3
The next monthly statement from the Treas
: pry Departments will show IAN increasesof thu
public, debt, owing to large amount recently I
paid out as interest on Govern men, securities
The statement that Congress, must meet ilr
July to relieve the Treasury is, says says Wash
ington dispatch, mere speeuiat'on.
Whilst the, German and Irish immigratlontt'
the United States has beenyyery large, aud ha
attracted general, notice, it is estimated tina
more thai QUE million French people, have
quietly come into the country, and are nov
Settled ID various parts, chiefly ia he North
..Iuesf.:ziasla ss:fEvlass7 ss&.sea go 81" ---s
= Z x letter from Paris, speaking IF The fashions
says: ''As for bonnets, they continue tt
Battle DESCRIPTION they 50 queer, small
and Rithal SO pretty; q mere ornament Of lac
and flowers, with floating. strings of lace o.
tulle, which adda new charm to a youthful
J.,thop ailzN aEjfs 3atGsaa -. tsek& EfsS
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Gov Andrew, 9of Massachusetts, declare
that the prohbitory liquor law in that Stated:
"a complete failure, and ought to be repealed
1t does tie cause Of temperance, he says, nc
good. land is productivesof great evils. :"
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Even. the New York Herald condemns the
political campaigning carried on at the South
by emissaries from the North.
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Another Fenian invasion Of Canada is ru-
mored at Che North; but there is, probably,
nothing in the report ls,....94 ssst.