Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-12-23
ALEXANDRIA,.
MOUNTAINEERING, DECEMBER %.

great deal OF discussion, aud, apparently,
with but little opposition The time, has ar
rived, however, when public attention is be-
coming awakened to acalm consideration of the
subject; and the more the matter is examined
the greater will appear the objections. in the
minds OF calm, thinking men. Mr.. Seward,
and his allies, expect to dazzle the eyes OF the
people with these vast acquisitions, so rs to
hide the Inherent evils of the system for sys
President johnson adopts Mr. Seward $
schemes as part of the policy Of his admins
traton. While the Hexpansionts are
stretching the limits of this government over
lands aud seas, aud making the country an
Empire, they are (not Intentionally, we be-
leve,) weakening the bonds hch still remain
10 hold it together, and pursuing just such a
course as is likely to break the back Of the
ship OF STATEN tempestuous weather hereafter
The warning will be diSregardel. zee know !;
hut it is warning which faithful Lookout
should give. When Mr. BIT, during the wars
of the Frepch Revolution, was sscki0g to in
jure France aud agsrandiza England, by con
.uelng, and acquiring, and taking hold O.
the possessions of Frame in the West Iudies
and esewhere a friend conveyed a iu>t satire
On his policy, in that respect, by ve"tur!"g to
say to him: Il protest, Mr. Pitt, it you 60 on
thus, you will soon be master q every island
in the world-ercept the tloo little ones OF Eng
land and Ireland - The application is ap
larent.
The iterls of news which we have collected
in to days Gaze.te, under he head IF Affairs
IN the South, will be read with melancholy 10
terest, aud with deep grief Is all who have
hearts to ieel. To see the !airest portion Of
our country thus desoated ard refined, is, III
Iced, most mourniul spectacle and then to
turn from he sad sight, and witness the con-
r1ued expressions on the white people living
in Geor2ia, Mississippi, Alabama. and Others
ut the Southern States by the Ra :ical n,sjori-
L In Congress, ought TO excite the Syrupathlos,
j seems to us, OF every human being, ~ho is
I Ut dead 70 tn best feelings which distinguish
Car race How long, Oh Lord !" how long
j. this aoar. not war OF sword, and hay' net,
aid cannon but OF mental torture, and physi
cal suffering, to continual When will tyranny
exhaust itself, and oppression cease to u" ex'r-
S.',u W. Wy
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r. IS now said by some of the intimate
friends of Mr.. Stanton in explanation of his
remaining in the Cabinet af,r he had discov
cred that his con inuing there was against Mr.
.'ohnsons WISH that ne "ouu 'onS since
Lave resigned his poSltloa as secretary OF war,
bat for the fact that he received ietter signed
l'y most OF the hadlcal Senators anu h'pre-
sentatlves IN Congress requesting him to re-
main in the Cabinet, as they ali'ge, 'or the
good OF the country, and the rreserVatin OF
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intelligence from Tortola to the 18th lost.
represents that the people are suffering great
,r privations than those Of St. Thomas The
dead lie unburied, and a pestilence was threat
ened, which could only be averted by burning
the corpses. The inhabitants are almost entire
,ha, -, 80 .ouorod ~; Il v,ter--not Torto,,
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The report OF Il. NJ. Manly, Superintendent
Ct Freedmen's Schools for the State Of Virginia
for the month ofNovemoer, just forwarded to
Headquarters shows that there are l2'22o,
co ofeo chiuseo '''i'ef 'u',o" \" ',' c. =.
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