Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-01-22
V,,e New Reconstruction bill.

ported ly Mr Bingham from the Commit tee
Ga Reconstruction, which has just sone through
.rhs H.use, shows how an uage can ae PEI 7erted
ID lis All LEGATION TO PARTISAN measures. This
bill has a title the very reverse # It's character
aud object. It's proper title VII d be: A bill
to,dis,olve civil society AID abolish the. Exc
cutiye''' ..~aa.---s~.---s.,,
First it declares that in the S su'h IN Sta IS
there are no evil State governments an thar
the so called civil Governments IN SAID stare
respectively shall not be recoen@z d as eahdur
!. cal Sac gov, rnl ents either by he cNecu we
or Judicial power or authority al the United
States This sw eeping reyou ionarg mea>uiG
disso yes al! civil society, makes all laws Invalid
aid imperative abo lshes the right OF property,
ayes the people without municipal or l0ca
laws for the !,rotec ION OF prof ert me- ana IL
berty, ard ,educ. over tn mi hons OF pepc
to a Gisorsanzed condition wor5.: taan that
the barbarian lribc Of Africa ,r the South > a
islands. What chaos what !i,lstttul con u
ton Tor the South and the Southern People to
be p aced IN! But the Sou heiners will not be
the only suf,r,rs Northern debtors Norsh
crn merchants and CAPITA lists who have invest
ted in the South Or who aye.dcbts owing to
them there, nay G GU eff from lcg ll means
of recovering III If roperty Ali bust ess must
be suspended co fdencc wi i be destroyed and
the whole south. area " 1T the point OF star
ya.io0, will lie turned Into {; wlldGrn S.
The autho~itg o. the P;c-id t, which the
,e3p'c of the t. =, r. II HE foundation Of
the government have arded as constitution
ally vested ia him, is 4 ,shcd. Congress pre-
surnes to say that he shall not be commander
in Chief OF tie ARM, though he constitution
saws he shall This is what this act drc'ares
''The Gen of the Army Of the u. s.,
Grant Is hereby authorized and required 20
cuioin, by special ord rs, upon al officers III
mmand withia the several military dcpar;-
nents within said several States the pcriOr
nance of all ac's authorized by said several
laws above recited, and to remove by his order
from command any or ali Of said command IS,
and d: tail other officers OF the 3 S. army, not
below The rank Of colonel, t. perform all the
duties and exercise all the powers authorized
by said several ac's.' Thus Grant is made
Commander n-Chiet in place Of the President,
and the constitutional functions Of the Prcs-
dent are abolished
But this is not ALL The third section Of the
bill says that the General Of the Amy MAY
remove any or all civil officers and appoint
others to discharge the duties. Here the mil
itary power is placed strictly over the civil! and
executive rover Of the Pr sldent both in the
matter OF removal from and appointment: 10
purely civil Offices This il going further even
than the Jacobin Go 'ycntion OF France in thc
assumption Of desr0lc authority AID subuga-
ton of every other bra&ch OF government. In
deed, the conduct OF Congress IS more Criminal,
tor it pretends to be acting within tn" limits OF
its legislative cipaciiy, while the French Con
venlion was honest enough 70 avoW primary
powcls above ale nstuulIons.
The cap This Climax Of tt is revolutionary mea
sure it is mad u,lawful for the President OF tie
u S. to enforce the civil Iaw, and 1t IS provld
cd that any infe rfersnce by any person (by he
President with intent to prcvent by force the
execution 0; The orders Of the General OF the
Army shall b: h"ld to be high misdemeauor
anl the party guilty thereo' shall, upon con-
victon, b. fnei not exceeding hive thousand
dollars and imprisoned not less than two years, .
4 penalty is imposed upon the President, q,
upon some burglar or other vile criminal for
any attpm,t to execute his c1nstlt utional iunc-
tiUns as H.: Executive and Comm ander-in-
Chief U>urpation and revolution cannot go
further short Of arrsstlng and deposlng the
President and q 81 ring the office absolutely
abolished N Y. HTuld
Va. DEMONSTRATION Convention.
The Convention spent yesterday in s!e5a:lng
and Adopting sections Of the bill Of rights 4
committee Of three white men and one colorcd
man was appointed to wait on Gen. Grant and
invite him to visit the Convention. One Con
sentative declined to serve on the c0mmlttie
because a negro vas on j.. This announce
ment Was received with Kisses from the negroes
in the galleries. The member was EXCUSED,
and another Conservative appointed, who con-
seEtrd to serge.
On Mr. Andrews proposed in the Conven-
ton Yesterday hat no man convicted Of felony
in Virsinia since the act Of secession shall ;e
disfrauchi>ed unless his conviction shall be re
affirmed by he c}ut, after the State recon
structed." This is a sort OF jail delivery to
swell the Radical vote at the polls
Lindsey proposed to dsIrauchise all officers Of
Government, all officers OF corporations, and all
in milirarr service who aided the Confederacy.
Massey, his white coopcrstor, proposed to
amend by DISTINGUISHING all who voted Tor the
ordinance Of secession Hunnicutt being in
that catagory, this must be amied at him.
Richmond Dispatch.
. "CApTURED OR ABANDONED PROPERTY. -
Col. Lowe, OF Huntsville, Alabama; says that
the following receipt was placed in his hands,
as chairman Of committee, for publication. =
The following is the receipt:
Jacob Thompson 2 ct. Int A. j. Apologize
VS.. Revenue hereby acknowl-
A j. Applega;e Stamp. edges to have re-
ce,ved OF Jacob Thompson by the hands of
Walker, Brickell & Lewis, three hundred $500
dollars for Certain patents, papers: notes; deeds,
&C., &C., which fill into The hands Of the said
Apologize during the War, and ere now return
ed to said Thompson through Walker, Bricke;l
e. Lewis on payment of the aforesaid three
hundred dollars. June II, 1856.
[Signed A. }. AfPLEGATE
''The proposed Radical Governor fora Alabama,
says the Montgomery Mail, takes private "a