Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-07-30
ALEXANDRIA.
TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 60.

city OF Philadelphia, before the judiciary
Committee of the House q! Representatives..
sitting en the Impeachment Investigations
aTho "hIr. - il &c 81 not know. lie
represents himself as very Intimate with presl-
dent johnson, as being gu his staff IL Tennes-
see, for time, ia 1864 and the published
testimony relates some discreditabie matters OF
q private Misunderstanding an interview with
President j. on the evening of his famous In
auguration speech-a Speech with lis accom-
psniments which be surely must regret more
than any other man IN America. VI couase,
this witness states what he has to say, with
ont cross questioning, or other means OF sitting
his assertions. IF il were all true. the feeling
must be: with every right thinking mind, whit
Napoleon once said in coarse terms-"Why
wash your dirty linen in the face Of Europe ~
Nothing that the witness said. however scan
dalo,1s even If true, could affect the matter If
an Impeachment.
r. s. Since the above was in type and
we iet ii stand because it expresses our views,
on the publication by the Chronicle and Ill
similar publications we lind it stated in tle
National Intelligencer that the affidavit DC - far
az it purports to the testimony before the
Judiciary Committee. is q .iraud-no -u2h
testimony was adiueed' and with respect
20 the affidavit itself, the Washington Express
nails it TO Inc counter as i fabrication
throughout, by showing from the books
Of .he Metropolitan Hotel, snd otherwise, that
IL is impossible to be true.
Thursday re1t is the day fixed fer the meet
ing oi the Radical Coalition Convention in
Richmond In reference 10 thu response made
by the People II Virginia 81 the call fer GO
operation; with this Conveniion and its lead
;rs, the Petersburg Index SAYS that 10 only
some ten CT twelve counties haze meetings heea
held Two Of them, Chesterfield ana fluvan-
ma voted down the propositions 20 send dele
galas In Albsmalle, whuse people took the
initiative. a subsequent assembly. strong in
numbers and responsibility denounced the pre-
yious gathering as not Representatives Of the
wishes and views Of the country people as
mass; and from Buckingham, Cumberland
Amelia, and Pttsylvapia We have undouhted
ty OF the citizens are opposed to the action
taken by these sparse meetings.
We have accounts in the newspapers Of the
detection of foul conspiracy. beaded b. one
Spandour, to appear at the SrrratS trial, and
swear away the lie Of the prisoner b. falsely
testilying that they con7eycd him from Wash
ington after the assassination OF President Lam
coin, &c. 1t seems that atter an examination
before the counsel for the government their
falSity and readiness 10 commit perjury were
demonstrated, and they were dismissed. But
is dismissal all that is 10 DC done, III such a
case? Are 10 further steps to be taken to make
these wTetches sn exam pie for all failure times?
Are would-be perurers and mnrdescrs to 60
''unwhpt OF justice . Are we have second
editions of Titus Oates aud his associates.
There would be two hundred ard forty two
members Of the House of Represent if
Ill the members fro,a ali the States were pre-
sent Oh these Only one hundred members
voted to pass the new Reconstruction bill, oyer
The veto. As a two-;hirds vote, or one hun
,lred and sx'y-odd members, are required 10
reject veto, th;. state Of legislation and con
gressional action becomes evident. 10 wander
50 many Of the public Journals and peop!: Of
the country cali the present The ieumT Cor
grcSs. y What with exclusions, ana rtje"iionS,
and refusals to admit, the representation is be-
ing gradually curtailed just aSwas he case in the
worst days of the Easiish commonwealth, and
during the Jacobia ascendancy ia tn : ation;!
Convention ia France.
The Richmond Wing says: ''Wil Virgin
ians refuse 70 assist IN Virginia restoration"
Certainly they will not In any ;'wa?, saap:,
manner or iorm,' they vii! assist. But this is
another and very different thing, i!om what
the Wing appears to he driving al. Will
firg!nlans refuse to assist in hniiGins nr. es-
tatlishing, and making more powerful than
ever the Ra2icna porty by Co operating with
the leaders? Certainly they Will. Reconstruct
ing the State, and Strengthening the Radical
party, are two dissinlilar objects
The New York Herald has come 10 halt IN
its advocacy of the wild work OF the deS,rac-
tive element in the land Il comments upon
the evident attempt making III the Sonth to
Alricanze the country: ana sees in it danger
everywhere. But what then ? This is the
Herald one dag. Tomorrow i; may exut and
rejoice over what today il Processes to con-
deEu-and may hail the Africani2a tioa a. an
aat Of justice
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