Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-02-01
ALEXANDRIA:
SATURDAY EVENING. FEBRUARY ]


], a Universal Peace Convention has be- in
4 session IN Washington. Elizabeth Cady Stan
ton entertained the assemblage yesterday with a
speech in iavsr Of peace; and upon herimotion
earesolution was adopted declaring that the
/ .principeIo of inequality has been tried in gov
ernment' over and over again, and uniformly
failed let us demand in the, reconstruction Of
our government ''equal rights to all, irrespec.
tive of sex and color Mrs. Stanton said she
protested against the extension OF suffrage to
negroes atonc-7that il, manhood suffrage, and
!! Ignorant manhood, at chat but that the right
of suffrage should be given to all men and wo-
men together! 9g&d - s-,'.t3 - sl5s.4,
-. The New York correspondent Of the Phila
delphia Ledger writes, on the 30th, as follows
s:There quite astir in political circles, over a
Z letter which Commodore Vanderbilt has just
addressed to Mr. A. IT, Stewart, giving notice
that he (Vanderbilt) has withdrawn from the
Cooper Institute movement, which had for its
object the nomination of General Grant to the
Presidency The reason assigned for this un.
expected detection is the course the General
saw fit to adopt in regard to the reinstatement
Of Mr.. Stanton in the War Department The
letter is very sharp. and there is loud ca for
Mr. Stewart to make it public 52ai"
The scenes in the Virginia Cow ntion
are creating disgust in tho minds Of intelligent
men. of all parties. They are increasing the
desire beginning to prevail generally that the
Conservative members should abstain as far
as possible, from controversies with the domi
nant party. In the Convention, aud even from
alldebate, which is not absolutely necessary.
Where there is a!chance to do good, certainly
that may be used but, we take it. these chan
ces are very rare. indeed There are many
intelligent citizens who doubt the propriety or
expedieney Of any speeches by the Conservative
members. ,e,s,...i .a.,f.n.y.g isHi r. - sst'i &
Argument was commenced yesterday 10 the
Supreme Court in the McArdle case, which in
wolves the constitutionality of the Reeonstrlc-
ton laws. Judge Hughes, one of the counsel
on the, part of the War Department, entered q
motion for the dismissal of the case, on the
ground Of the Court not having jurisdiction.
Hewa followed by ex:Attorney Gen Black,
who opposed the motion. :. During the argu-
ment Chief, Justice Chase announced that tho
case would go over to next Friday. i a.
:s@ The Constitution Of the U. S. provides that
each aud every State shallshaye two Senators
In ten States we'll, that's nothing, We go! on.
Maryland, which never ''rebelled
never s'seceded which furnished troops and
arms to the government during the late war
which was f'Union" which is as much, and
always has been, as much q portion of the
United States" as Massachusetts lis allowed
but onesSenatorl The other stands knocking
at the door nothing morel! -
1t is now reported from Washington that The
impeachment of the President has been BY no
means dropped Legislation to That. end is
now pending in Congress- The permission
granted'by the House:..to the Reconstruction
Committee to inquire whether any obstruction
is Offered to the execution OF the reconstrluc:
tion laws, is intended to catch the President in
the commission of any overt act of that nature,
when he will instantly DO impeached and re-
moved .s,gg,, s .s.ns n t.,as t,..fis.y
1a The Washington Star Of yesterday says.that
the story in relation to remarks alleged to hsve
been made by Judge Fields in regard to- the
Reconstruction. measuresof Congress, is likely
to prove a SELL 1T claims that it was not Che
Judge, but a gentleman who bears considerra-
BILE personal resemblance to him, that used the
language attributed to him. How this may
be-we shall soon know ,:y = ,3.fs z,s g
The, value placed by the Radicals upon the
speech Ex-senator Morton, on the Reconstruc
ton bill, may be learned from the statement
that the Radical members of Congress, have
subscribed for l00, 900 copies, for. distribution
We are told that theargumsnts of MIR. Horton
have been ,ritlcllea by the replies Of Senators
I johnson and Hendricks. ~, f!!ss4., ia .a,Gt
The public debt statement for January, tits
said, will not present very encouraging .ex-
hibit as The. total will be increased to about
twelve Gore fifteen millions This increase lis
caused chiefly by the payment of warrants for
army expenditures. on the frontier The pros
pect for further reduction of the debt, at
present, is not good. K s'i@t}
Prof, Goodwin Smith, of England, has an
nounced his purpose to visit this country in
order to take up a. residence OF some months
to secure material for history Of the late war
He is not the man nor are these the times for
him. 1910 ..s.
The death Of Seen. Washington body ser
want" it Is, Is said, has been recorded, annually,
from 1909, up to this date He has died in
many places, too, from Maine to Georgia also,