Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-01-09
ALEXANDRIA,.


ALEX A.NDRIA.
4 soq thursday q EVENING, JANUARY 9.
1ehb EHE EIGHTH OF ANuARY BANQUET. The
lsa Conservative Banquet 10 Washington, syester-
70 day,l3iwasI largely attended Judge Dunlop
e presided. The President Of the U. S. was
present. Letters were read from ex presidents
: Buchanan, Pierce, and various other distin-
= .guisbed men 10 different parts of the country.
Speeches. were madsin response to the regular
s. toasts BY Judge Black, Messrs Boyer, Rever-
dy Johnson, Stanberry, Doolittle, Gen. Thos.
Ewing, Judge Marvin, and Others.
20 The chairman: In some Ecxtem pore remarks
. proposea the health Of Andrew johnson, Pres
7 .identf of tue United, States. The toast was
~ received with loud applause, and MIR. johnson
!. arose and spoke astoNOws:d 'Gentlemen: 1t
bsappear before iyouin response to the sentiment
u1jusf expressed sit is not for the purpose OF adj
dressing you, and /, shall do nothing more On
the present occasion than to repeat what
gave suttefance to Just twelve months ago, on
an occasion ikethis. . / have spoken in vari
Gus ways which think are Ineligible and un
,sderstood blythe whole country Cheers Col.
: Florence, in behalf of the President, then read
1.-the: remarks made by him on the occasion of
the last anniversary, to the effect that no State
had right to- renounce It's place In or with
d~aw from the Union, and that Congress
!, had 90 power under the Constitution to cx
s6clude or degrade the people of any State by
reducing them to mere territorial dependency
ION theaFeseral head:.2 . &c.,
- The conclusion Of EXP resident Perces let
a. al lonp,
y You, at least, will welcome the conviction
that the tine IS at hand when craftsmanship,
humanity and patriotism will better meet the
demands ofthe nation than wild theories out
oside of the constitution, wicked malevoence
toward neighhors if they happen to be Of our
race, and a selfish clinging to power place and
plumber
:; The Banquet was decided success in every
way--the speeches were far above ordinary
dinner speeches and harmony and good feeling
prevailed. The following were among the
regular toasts, responded to with great enthu-
-,slasm:s aiG.ia
The Conservative Members of Congress-
The faithful and viglant guardians of the con-
.stitutioD. s.,r.l. y "a s.a
d The Army and Navy; Whilst subordinate
to the constitution they will be cherished and
relied upon by their countrymen; should they
ever become the instruments of usupa ton, their
scountrymen must rely upon themselves.
:; The Thirty-seven coequal States of the
Union: No power can rightfuly displace one Of
them from;its orbit; sThe Union must be pre-,
served"
THE Constitution: A compact Of perpetual
Union; when disturbed, it needs no RECONSTRUCT
ton, but only the removal of an obstruction.
- Representation in Congress: Not only right
but duty-each as sacred and imperlshable as
lis the obligation 70 allegiance.
- =, The Inauguration Of Gov. Oden Bowie, as
next Governor of Maryland, to succeed Gov
Swami, when his time expires, took place in
Annapolis yesterday. In his address he con-
demned the Radical reconstruction policy of Con-
gress. In the course of his speech, Governor
Bowie thus feelingly and beautifully referred
to Virginia:
whilst this should be the feeling Of the
whole North for the whole South, how much
more intensified must it be with us in Mary
land for our neighboring and sister State OF
Virginia, united to us by all the ties of con
sanguinity of social intercourse of business
relations, and the proud and pleasant memories
of thelpast? The overthrow of her white pop
ulation by a black minority, led by men who
are a disgrace to their race the loss of thou
sands of her people and millions of her proper
ty; the severance of third Of her terrlt,ry
after in her exuberant patriotism and gener
Gus greatness, she had voluntarily given to the
country that immense northwestern territory
outof which have been carved the States that
have! become the seat of empire, and which
would have so Inundated and destroyed her;
herdegradement from the Mother OF States
to Military District No. l, are circumstances
that we most keeny feel.
We cannot cease to remember and to partake
of her PRIDE tat hers is the land of Washing
ton, the Father OF his Country, whose birth
and whose burial places our cltizens daily look
upon; OF Henry who demanded liberty for the
country or death for himself of Jefferson, of
Madison, of Marshall Of the Lees and a host
of otter worthless to whom we are so much in
debted for our national gaeatness.
AS Mary then, we must feel a pecu-
liar sympathy for Virginia, which we co I'D not
repress if We we would, and would not if we
could. AS people, we will gladly cont,i
butte out of our abundance to the wants Of hers,
and as State we will bid her take heart 10 the
sympathies and returning good sense Of the
nation, and we will not cease to maintain and
defend her rights until they shall have been
restored, uncurtailed."
Inthe Virginia Reconstruction" CONVEX
ton, on Tuesday, in the midst of discussion
on the Bill Of Rights, one Holmes got up and
said: Mister President, eff this is the House
of Delegates, moves We go on but ef it is a
photographers gallery, l moves we adjourn.
Mr.. Chairman, / moves that you look at de
papers il that man s hand at your side (point-
ing to the Agent of the Associated Press
A reporter informed Holmes that he was