Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-03-02
ALEXANDRIA.
MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 2.

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ident of most of his authority, will proceed,
now, to bring him out in the Capitol to make
sport for the people. The Chief Magistrate
is to be arraigned, as spectacle, and prepare
tions are making in different quarters to come
on to Washington, in crowds, to see the show.
1t is stated that the crowd expected is to be so
great that the Senate Chamber will not hold
the half of those who will flock there and
TICKETS" will have to be issued to the favored
and selected curiosity hunters, who desire to
see an Impeachment We are reminded OF
the proclamation at the door Of the farley ex-
hibition described by Dickens: ''Be in time,
be in time: remember that this is Jarley's stu
pendous show-and that it is the best show in
the world-al others being impositions and de-
ceptoDs Be in time, be in time -
An immense Conservative meeting was held
at Philadelphia on Saturday. Resolutions
were passed denouncing the attempt Of Con-
gress to destroy the constitutional powers of
the executive department and the judicial de-
partment of the Federal Government they be.
ing coordinate and coequal with the legislative
department., and alike beyond its control sup
porting and sustaining the executive and judi
cial departments against the usurpations of
Congress in all acts which are for the defence
of the Union and the Constitution against leg
islative treason, aud also bitterly denouncing
any attempt on the part of Congress to give
the negro race either political power Or social
equality.
The London Times says that Disraeli has
won his position fairly. He is the Times
adds, the first man in power in England who
obtained such Office solely by the exhibition of
personal ability in Parliament and the Cabinet,
and who won it despite of disadvantages of
birth, education, youthful position, and at one
time, the actual distrust of his party. He does
not boast ofa line OF ancestry from "distin-
guished torefathers, nor the Inheritance Of
ancestral honors, as have been generally vaunt-
ed in such cases. His contributions to the liter
allure of the country 60 to make and emblazon
his escutcheon. The Times concludes by re
minding its readers that Mr. Disraeli has fire..
auently defined himself, as gentleman of
the Press"
MIR. JOHN NJ. BoTTs, in letter to the
Richmond Dispatch, says:
In the brief report given of my speech De-
tole the Convention, as published in your paper
there is nothing Of which can complain, ex-
cept that your reporter grossly misunderstood
me it he supposed | was in favor of repudia-
ton Of any debts, private or public. No man
can be more opposed to reputation than L am,
and [ have honored the Convention for the
large vote by which they repudiated repudia-
zion.
We are glad that there is this much SHOW
of reason" left. But apart from 'repudia-
lion" Mr.. Bolts takes back nothing that the
leport of his speech contained.
The law just passed by Congress, authorizing
the State Conventions to provide for the cleo
ton of members Of Congress and of all State
officers at the time the vote is taken upon !he
question Of ratifying the Constitution, was no
doubt drawn up at the instigation Of the Radi-
Gals of the Southern States They hope to
enlist in favor Of ratification all the candidates
whose prospects for election are good. and
whose ambition induces them to desire seats in
the House of Representatives, or the Virginia
Legislature, or whose love of ease makes them
anxious to fill Offices of emoument. The
scheme is cunningly devised.
At Radical Caucus of the members of the
House of Representatives, on Saturday night,
the following persons were selected to conduct
the impeachment trial of the President before
the Senate on the part of the House Stevens,
Of Pennsylvania; Butler, of Massachusetts,,
Bingham, Of Ohio; Boutwell,, Of Massachu-
sets; Wilson, Of Iowa; Williams, Of Penn
sylvania, and Logan, of Illinois. There were
about seventy members present The nomi-
nees, of course, will all be elected, in open
SESSION Of the House.
There was meeting of the National Cheap
Freight Railway League, in Washipgton,o n
Saturday, at which Gen. Samuel f. Cary, a
member of the House Of Representatives spoke,
and avowed himself to be in favor of 'cleaning
out the banks OF the country, as he believed
the present banking system to be net work Of
fraud and robbery
The Richmond Dispatch says it is reported
that Mr.. Bolts thinks Congress ought not to
have passed the Tenure of-offce bill, and is OPP
posed to the impeachment programme. This
does not tally with the report of Mr.. Is. S late
speech, in which he spoke of Congress as at
last waking up to realizing sense of the
condition of affairs.
1t is understood that Gen. Hancock has ask
ed to be relieved from the command OF the
Fifth Military District. The President has re-
ceived number Of dispatches from prominent