Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-05-29
ALEXANDRIA.
WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY %.

WEDNESDAY, EVENING, MAY 20. -
The opinion Of Mr.. Attorney General Stan
berry, on the Reconstruction Acts, may be
cited as ON illustration Of the euils of prolixi-
ty' in public document, designed for the
information Of the general public There is
not one in q thousand who will read it, and
many will be more perplexed than enlightened
by its perusal. We think, with the Richmond
Wing, that it is not marked with the clearness
and precision which are particularly desirable
in the case. The opinioa should have been
more concise. and more ''determinative'-i
we may coin a3Word to express our meaning.
Asto the most numerous class Of cases in the
State ofN irginla, and the only ones in respect
to which there was much room for doubt-We
mean the large number usually denominated
cou6ty officers and officers of the courts Mr.
Stanberry reserves them for. further considera-
tion-so that very few of US in Virginia will
for the present, be any wiser after reading the
opinion than before s ~ s.-@, see
The Richmond Dispatch 81" Numerous
applications, both from white citizens and from
the colored people, are received almost daily
at the Freedmen's Bureau, for the establish
ment of colored schools in localities in Virginia
where hitherto there have been none A
number of Southern ladies' of the highest
social position have engaged ia the volunteer
labor Of teaching the colored children
Whafavar Az Ia fhn,nht 4 tI,a bonostu ~.
dishonesty Of the proposition, there is no deuy-
ing the fact that some people are beginning to
discuss the probability of q reputation of the
national debt. There are indications which
lead us to believe that the suggestion may in a
short time be popular, especially in the West
Mr. Henry Clay Deane lately made peech in
Iowa, looking to reputation.
The New York Herald, tackled ship" for q
day, last week, and said, 'the bad policy of
the Radical party, and the headlong precipi.
fancy Of its frantic leaders, have driven the
white men hopelessly beyond the Radical
reach We hope so We wish there was
not man in the South. at least, who would
affiliate with the Radicals in their present po-
ltleal course
1t will be found out. after while, at the
North,..that the prosperity of the South is
highly important to althe best interests Of the
country, North, as well as. South. Z That con-
viction will come first, to the business men,
They will see the effects upon themselves Of
Frustrating and crushing the hopes, energies,
ord ind of vDbol, ,,onulo
Judge Alexander RiVes, OF Albemalls, is
highly respectable gentleman, aud his views
and opinions entitled to just such weight as are
accorded to any other gentlemao of the same
worth aud the same abilities Politically, he
is no '..orace, aud cannot be regarded as
likely to torn OF direct public opinion.
Mr. Horace Greeley after giving quietus to
the New York Union League, turns round upon
another of his assailants, Wendell Phillips, and
mauls hin, numerically for. his Infamous by
pocrisy." Greeley seems to have determined
to let these people know that here are blows
to be given as well as taken
The recent authoritative declaration of the
Radical Congressional Committee, requiring
the guarantee of Radical ''majorities' before
RESPONSIVENESS" will be allowed, has caused
some, at least to excaim-" Blessed are they
who expect nothing-for they sail not be
disappointed.
1t will be seen that Mr. Thadieus Stevens
again presses his Coafstatioo scheme lie
finds that the advanced Radical column adopts
and approves the scheme, and, as for the rest
he hopes they will march up'' in due time.
BY persistence his idea Is, that ''Barkis will
be wilma il a,F .; 5a-a So sas:ass'-ss
The Washington Chronicle says: Serious
apprehensions are felt that we are On the eve Of
fearful financial crisis, sni while some per-
sons affect to scout at any such idea the more
prudent and experienced are evidently sprepar-
ing for the worst go, :. '',i
s'Justice and Humanity are honorable snd
commenla blea virtues whenever they are ex-
hibited.s2 In.the case of Mr.. Jefferson Davis
how much better would it have been had they
been extended two years ago! However,
'better late than never.
The Secretary of State has received a dis
patch from London announcing that the CAPT
tai sentences of the Fenian leaders, Burke and
McCaferty, have been committed TO lmprlson-
ment for life.
The New York Sun thinks that at no period
within the last ten years have there been So