Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-01-23
ALEXANDRIA.
THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 49,

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- lathe course Of Mr. Doolittle's speech in
!, the Senate, yesterday, on the case Of Mr.:
Thomas, the Senator not allowedto take, his
seat, because he is suspect, as the French
Jacebins used to say, he showed how the rule
asof excluding man for his presumed sympa-
] thies, or even words, might be made to work
both ways. Hscited! the case oi4M Mr.. Wendell
Phillips, who 1860 delivered public speech
! declaring that for twenty years he had labored
fora dissolution Of the Union. He referred
TO Horace Greeley's editorials in 1860, declar-
Ing that If a majority. of the people in some
fve9or six States desired . separate government
they should be INDUCED and, lastly, the case
of Mr.. Edwin NJ. Stanton, who, according to
public speech of Mr.. A. G. Brown, Of Mis-
.sissippi, met. Mr.. Brown in the winter Of 1860
and 1851, endorsed his course in leaving the
Senate, and urged him to make his people
stand up to the work. Here Mr.. Sumner in-
terrupted he had seen no denial, it seemed,
but MI. Stanton sswhole life denied it, and
'4he fact that the statement proceeded from
H rebel seemed to strike him as peculiarly aw-
7 full MI. Conkling also made deniaI, and some
Senators went so far as to say that Mr.. Stanton
was not even thenain the city !! We believe
that Mr.. Brown, Of Mississippi, told the.truth'
about, Stanton. Every body knows, be formerly
was extremely" State Rights, aud extreme,
ly"'lzSSouthern.. 5a. 81 a-.....3. a
7 The following extract from private letter
written by Gen. Hancock, and dated New Or
J leans January 5, is published in the New York
Journal of Commerce ISL always objected to
being placed in command here, when consulted.
When, 10 obedience to orders, it became neces-
{ sarysto occupy the position, / came determined
I to carry out the laws-not to make new ones,
4 unless, necessary, and only when civil ones,
failed. u shall always regard the law, actin 6
inside Of it, not outside, If new Ia VS. are re-:
quired, ) it is for Congress to make them. -
Those in force I,,shall not executein partisan
spirit sIl t. al q .---:-=. '''."@
al The Washington correspondent Of the Cir
cinnati Commercial, radical, takes the liberty
j Of reminding the Radicalsl that there is a
tide in the affairs Of parties, which taken at 1
The food, leads to the devil: and he adds the
expression of hisoWn opinion that while they.
have frequently: drifted toward It'll they have
never ..sauarely struck that tide at its flood till
now. This sentiment, says the New Y ork
Times, tafso Radically would not be OF any
great Importance if it we're simply that OF an
isolated correspondent, but there is good rea-
son Tor the belief thata very large proportion
sof the people are thinking the same thing
/. aud this fact may make it formidable. mr. -.s1
ss4 A large meeting on hessubject Of protectic
10 American citizens abroad, was held in Balti-
more yesterday evening, VIM p. Preston in
the chair. Speeches were made by Mr.. VII
: son and Mr.. Phelps, members of Congress, and
strong resolutions were adopted, demanding
the release, of Col. Warren and other Fenians,
now. in. confinement in England, in violation OF
their rights as adopted citizens of the u, S.;
eensuring Mr.. Adams, the y. s. minister, TOR
not sufficiently protecting the rights of our cit,
! liens, &c, &c .,'5 TO-, dir, Iii.
The Cincinnati Commercial says:i seen.
Washington, on Friday night, took occasion
: to say he hoped the, pending reconstruction
,abill would not rass, and that he saw no neces,
= sity for it. Y s and it is quite probable
: that some other paper,to morrow, will say that
: at large company in Washington or small,
: as the a5t case may be-,Gen Grant stock occa
asion ito say that he hoped the pending recon
s struction bill ,oould pass, as he saw necessity
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bold Simon draws near'. A remenis-
eence Of Mr.. Simon Cameron Of Pennsylvania,
3 to show how prophetic:he was before the war,
is published. He thought million Of men
would be required in the war! Wonderful
s''prescience," truly. Bold Simon has other re-
!, markable public qualifications besides pres
. oience, "and the spirit Of prophecy. He knows
how to manage legislatures, and feather his
nest ;" -
Nj. Thad Stevens, :" norated'' on econo-
N.Y." on Wednesday, from desk nearly in
front Of the Speaker Of the House Of Repre-
sentatiyes, the National Inteligencer says, his
Radical friends, as usual gathering near to
catch the gems Of wisdom as they fell from his
lips. This man being the incarnation Of
Radicalism, his followers regard him as the
Mahomet of their party. "a
Some Of the best informed of the Radical
Senator'S, in Congress, have resisted the at
tempt-we consider, nefariuus attempt-to
prevent Mr.. Philip Francis Thomas, one o.
J. the Senator'S from Maryland, from taking his
seat. Amongst them Mr.. Fessenden, Of Ne
The attempt we refer to, is without law, reason
sense, or Justice