Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-10-26
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! Whatever may be the actual majority ofthe
& Radicals in West Virginia. they baVe,any
majority 1t is very evident that tie Conserva,
otives have gained upon them, and have made
most gallant. contest. We had 10 hope Tor
Western Virginia, at present lit has gone
for the Radicals we shall not be disappointed.
But, if the Radical majority be not more than
two or three thousand, it shows that their
power has been shaken-and that Conserya-
tive triumph there will come in time. The
government of West Virginia, as now consti-
tuted and administered, is the meanest, the
most tyrannical, the most oppressive, almost,
upon earth The State organization, as effect
ed by few of the leaders in the Northwest
was ''born in sin and conceived in iniQuity."-
The establishment of the new State, sa it was
accomplished, was unconstitutional and unjust.
It's laws, many of them, are harsh and cruel
and many Of the legislators and officers, execu
tive and judicial, proscriptive and malignant
When we see in the face of all this, the inde-
pendent people standing up for their rights,
and, in despite of every difficulty, nobly con-
tending for constitutional government, we hon
or those thus engaged-and indulge 10 the
fondest wishes that they may ultimately sue
ceed. Truth is mighty-may it prevail.
Some of the leading Radical journals-the
N. Y. Tribune at their head-are quite exer-
cised on the subject of the y. S. Minister to
Great Brtain-princi paly from al! that we
can see, because he is making friends in the
country to which he is accredited, and is appa-
rcnty successfully proceeding 10 the negotia
lions for the settlement of difficulties. Instead
Of giving the Minister support, aid and en-
enlargement, they are "back biting him, with
cut cause, and attempting to destroy his inau-
ence. This is curious way to show the
patriotism Of these Every dear lovers OF the
Union. 10 ipjure the u. S. Minister to
England on account Of his not being Radi-
cal! That Mr.. Johnson has been respectful
and courteous to all, without distinction OF
party, was his duty He has done his duty.
as far as we know or believe But we have
fallen on evil times.
The Baltimore Gazette remarks that if the
Radical leaders prevail and obtain political
triumph it is more then probable that it is their
intention to force colored suffrage upon all the
States. irrespective of State Constitutions and
State Laws. ALREADY quite number of their
party journals are preparing the way for this
revolutionary movement. They claim that the
Fourteenth Amendment gives Congress full
power to act, and the election OF Grant and
Colfax will be taken as expressing the popular
will on the subject. If the Fourteenth Amend
mcnt-bogus though it be-gives to Congress
the exclusive right OF control over the elective
franchise, it's authority extends to the whites
as we'll as to the blacks, and by thus wrestling
from the States another prerogatlVe which each
State has exercised within it's own borders
ever since the Federal Constitution was first
promulgated, another step will have been tax en-
towards that Capitalization OF power in the d.
rcction of which we are SO evidently drifting.
All the. speeches delivered by Mr.. Seymour
and Gen. Blair, since the recent elections. have
been in good taste and temper manly, but
,aoderate-frm nddecidea and hopeful, with
out foolish boastiag or unnecessary anticipation
Of the result. Gen. Blair has successfully vim
,icatcd himself from the Radical attempt to
place him in the light of revolutionist The
Conservatives have reason to be proud Of their
cause and their candidates.
The Richmond Enquirer says that some of
The Radical leaders still contemplate the calling
together Of the late Virginia Convention this
winter, and it calls upon Gen Stoneman to
spoil this programme, and spare us further
modification, as well as the means necessary to
pay the current expenses Of the State govern
men" We hardly tbilk it probable that Ger.
Stoneman will allow the Identification of de-
funct body. .
Wepublish in another column, to- day, an able
letter from President Johnson on the subject
d the National Finances, which will be read
with attention by rejecting men Of all parties,
and ought to have weight in determining the.
opinions Of those who regard the interests Of
the country as of more Importance than the
success of party. We commend forlt care
full perusal 40 ss
The United States, Great Britain, France
and Italy have recognized the revolutionary
Government of Spain Disturbances have ia
ken place in some Of the Spanish provinces and
troops have been dispatched from Madrid to
suppress them. But, we suppose, it is too
soon, yet, to bring about counter-revolutop.
MIR. James Brooks, of New York, has re-
ce;ved the unanimous nomination of all tie Dem