Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-11-08

his influence is nearly gone The correspond
ent of the Cincinnati Commercial, however,
has collected some OF his recent utterances
which will attract attention, and are curious 1lo
enough. This corres pondent had long talk
with the defeated Senator, and reports" him III
IS, J; I5.sts,ss,.f,5
I &In reference to the election in Ohio, he said
s.The niger whipped us. Y We went in on
principle e. and whpgsd ,afy sAsa9 6a at
been a far the suffrage issue Sill am not sor
~ we made the issue. If it was TO 90 over
again I'd be. for putting it.again, and IL be Tor
tkeepinp it up until we DOWN ! for by the etcr-
'nal tGod. they cant beat us all the time on "a
question like; that. / had NO. idea that there
were 50, many Republicans IN Ohio who were
wiling to see negro suffrage in the South, but
wouldn't lett the few niggers Of Ohio vote
That's what Got me. They all seemed to bcin.
favor of it as measure of, reconstruction, just
as much as was. didn't dream that they'd
be mean enough to vote against it here. t..aJ5
y On the subject of impeachment, Mr. Wade
said he wished to beildis,inctly understood as
expressing no opinion SO lar as Mr.. J Johnson S
guilt or innocence was concerned. S He would,
however, answer my question as to whether ye
the late elections would have. any effect upon
that matter He thought:they would: ja' You
see; said he, | 'thesetWesk kneed brothers are
taking the back track already Well, now,
with the matte? II. Andy johnson IS guilty,
but him out # not, acqIt him s; that 3 the
way to do it, They ought to have pressed the
iinvestig ation right along after they started IT.
And SO they would have done last winter, ar
there hadn' t been SO many men IN the Senate
and House who wanted to keep on good terms
with the White House. -, oEre.J
7 Referring to-; Sumner 8, suffrage bill, MT.
Wade said he had not made up his mind ex-
actly whether he Dug ht TO vote for. 1t Or not.
He believed that under the last clause OF the.
thirteenth amendment, giving Congress power
to enforcethe abolition of slavery by appro-
pirate Legislation, there Was'Iample, authority
for the passage of the BILL for no man was
really free in this country unless he had the
right to vote. But he was a believer In State
rights ina proper and legitimate way, and did
not know but that this bill was in violation Of
the right of EACH State tto regulate suffrage
ny Mr.. Wade characterized Ihad. Stevens
pending con6scation bill, as id toolery.i Ihe
time for confscation bills, he said, was during
the war, when they could be OF use IN prevent
ing men from going into the rebellion, but to
think of passing SUCH measure now was sheer
folly and nonsense. IT, the negroes OF the
South wanted land, let them work for it.
With reference to Cen Grant, Mr.: Wade
thus spoke:-"W i saw the popular cur
rent appearing to run 10 his favor Thought L
would like to know how he stood on the great
questions before us-whether bejwas for John
son or Congress, orwhat the devil ne waStor:
but / never could get anything out OF him.
AS quick as I'd talk politics he ID talk horses,
and he could talk for h0nrs on that without get
ting tired Well, horses are very good, but
in these times man may be all right on
horses and all wrong oo politics Grant may
be all right for what [ know, but then again
he may be all wrong. If he wants to be Pres.
ident by my voice and the voice of the men |.
act with, he must not only be right but he
must prove that he is. We must have his
word backed by some official act showing him;
to be in sympathy with us. and in favor OF the
doctrines we advocate We won take any
man word after what we We gone through.
Grant must come out and show his hand as
pronounced Republican,, or be can't GIT my
support Idon't know that my support amounts
to much but what little there is Of it will 60
i'm the right direction. y
According to the reports from Washington,
Gen. Grant forwarded to Gen. Emory ,he
Presidents order for the disban5mont of mill
tary or CARNATIONS In the District Of Columbia,
with directions to execute the order. General
Emory, on it's receipt, took measures to pre-
vent any mora public parades of the troops,
and then called the attention Of the Secretary
of War to the fact that the District, being no
i'll inu ho ~,
what authority such an order could lie carried
into effect Gen. Grant referred Gen. Emory's
endorsement on the order to the President yes
terday, and there The matter rests 5s. >.
Msesrs J. H. Gilmer, L. G. Jackson, and
Others, in Richmond, have issued an address
to the young men of Virginia, urging them to
unite with the older citizens in the Conserva-
tive effort now being made, to oppose and de-.
feat if possible, the Radical designs in our
State, and not only to register and to vote,
but to be active and earneatin the good work.
Many young men who have not voted hereto
fore will be qualified to vote on the adoption or
rejection of the Constitution, which the Radi-
cal Convention will frame. f.4a
Several of the radical newspapers at the
North which have stood up to, and defended
all the proceedings Of the Radical party, and
all the designs of the Radical party, up to the
first day Of this month, have suddenly found
that many of these proceedings and designs
were, very injudicious and reprehensble-in
deed altogether wrong, The late elections
have let in light upon dark places. ..Ts
Panama is becoming one Of the great COM
mercial ports of the world twenty-five
steamers a month arrive at and leave it for
different parts Of the world Only a few years
ago the pace was nothing more than wretch
ed hamlet
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