Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-02-04

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The reiterated and continued statement of
gatha Radical leaders, that the people of the
ID a7tSs southern ernl $ ST. States. are hostile,tos ssthe Govern
$50 ment. y Ito be explained BY recolleeting that
sssssthelonag possession of power in the hands OF
= 1Ssfheseleaders,, and their complete control OF the
administrative OF affairs for seven years, have
! induced them to assume that they actually are
.e the government, = and, they, therefore, expect
~ 3 and require tealty and allegiance tosthelr FAC
i, dftion, sjjusstaassif It were an organized lnstltu-
-a@fttii o a5a recognized BY the Constitution. The
Southern people ar, and acknowledge them
selves to be, in opposition to the poitlcat SEN
sgsstiments purposes, policy, and designs or the
ysaRa,aicoz kaqders--aEs are, a large and respectable
portion. of the Northern people thus tar
they sgo-Aannds DC; farther. This opposilon IS
: reasonable, legitimate, legal, constitutional
It is not, and cannot be prohibited, except by
brute force, OF the exercise of illegal military
.51sa authority. 1T lis, simply, the excise Of what
a. isleit Of the right Of speech, Of the liberty Of
the press, of the privilege Of forming an opinion
= and expressing it, with regard to public matters.
Is IT sno hostility to che government" DO breach
of faaith-no severance; Of allegiance. Those
who represent it otherwise, do so for purposes
ssof wrong, oppression, and tyranny.
-. Mr., Reverdy johnson, 10 the Senate yester-
day Just. previous to the adjournment, said
tibet on. Friday he had given notice that on
yesterday he would call up the case of, his col
league Philip F. Thomas, and endeavor to
~spressAit to q decision but, on reflection, and
with the approval Of MIR. Thomas, he would
mot ask the Senate to consider the subject un-
iii the debate on The Reconstruction bill was
terminated. The debate will continue for
sUStut io 80 'sa#--
Statements have recently been made in the
sNortheru newspapers relative to alleged i'm
prophecies, to call them by no worse name,
Iperpetrated ats.the West Point Academy
These allegations are denied in letters from
1WestPoint., But the denials and explanations,
show that there are certain customs and prac-
tees at the institution, in reference to the
treatmentof young cadets by the older ones,
which ought to be reformed and that, at
once. - ~.
The Warrenton Index says that the Fauquier
County Court was, last week, entirely oc-
cu1pied with the ''colored' criminal docket, to
the exclusion of civil causes, the cost Of which
must necessarily fall upon our now overtaxed
people. Quite q number of citizens were for
days, on expense, hopelessly dancing attendance
on this delay in the new order of things.
Mr.. Ware, of Mass, Military Secretary of
the late Gov, Andrew, has beeen appointed to
the position Of Chief Journal Clerk of the
u. s.. Senate, made vacant by the death OF MIR.
Noah Smith. It is the usage for Senators in
turn to. make the nominations for positions
under that body, and the present appointment
is made at the instance of Mr.. Sumner.
Capt. James Mcdaniel, late Of the I'd Indian
regiment, u. s.. volunteers, died on Saturday,
the LIST instant, of pneumonia, after an illness
of three days. He was a member Of the dele
CATION Of Cherokees at present in Washington
on business forthe Cherokee nation. .
1t is said that all appliances are used, in
Washington, and elsewhere, in aid of the Rad.
icals, for the approaching election in New
Hampshire, and that the late Assistant Secre
tary of the Treasury, Mr.. Chandler, is espe-
cially busy in the Radical interest. s.
An alleged $4,000 Accident and Lille In
surancel case isureported in Savannah, where
the claim was made by the representatives of a
man said to be drowned, but who was discov-
cred to be alive, aud well. or course, the Insur-
ance off e declined the '"claim,"
The. First National Bank of Sing Sing, N.
Y, has sent "a first instalment" in aid Of The
funds for building the Washington Monument,
in Washington. - -. !.
THE#PoToMAc CHANNEL.-Mr. Koontz,s OF
Penn, has introduced a bill to- provide for
dredging a, part of the channel of the Potomac.
The bill provides that the. Secretary, Of the
Navy shall designate some y. s.. vessel to, serve
as aprison ship, to be located between the Navy
Yard and Georgetown; and that the Secretary
of5thesInterior shall appoint a warden TO take
charge of the criminals committed to it. It
authorizes the judges Of the Supreme Court,
instheir' discretion, to substitute In lieu of con-
fnement la the Washington county Jail, con-
fnement on board u. s.. prison ship at tie
labor OF dredging the channel of the Potomac
river. The warden OF the Jail is authorized,