Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-06-26

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TEe Omnibus DEMONSTRATION Bill
aH. .;.,7s zioa,'.2t1 Vetoed. - Is2-s,
-: The President, yesterday, sent the following
message to the House Of Re prcsentatiVes, re-
turning, with his objections, the bill generally
I known as the omnibus reconstruction bill ~
To the House OF: Representatives: a%3y :
4 In returning to the House OF Representa-
tives in which it originated, a bill entitled
.'An act to admit the States OF North Caro- Eina
South Carolina, Louisiana, Georgia, Alabama,
and Florida to representation In congress, 1
do not deem it necessary to state at length the
reasons which consrain me to withhold my ap
prevail, | will not, therefore, undertake, at
this time, to reopen the discussion upon, the
grave constitutional questions involved IN the
act of March g. 1867, and the acts supplement-
tary thereto, in pursuance of which it's claimed
in the preamble to this bill, these States
have fraraed and adopted constitutions OF
State government, Nor will peat the OBJ
jectlons contained In my message OF the 10Th
instant, returning without my signature the
bill to admit to representation the State OF Ar
kansas and which are equally applicable to the
pending measure.
Like the act recently passed in reference to
Arkansas, this bill supersedes the plain and
simple mode prescribed by. the Constitution
for the admission to seats IN the respective
Houses Of Senators and Representatives from
the several States 1t assumes authority over
six States of the Union which has never been
delegated to Congress, or is even warranted by
previous unconstitutional legislation upon the
subject of restoration. 1t imposes conditions
which are in derogation OF the equal rights OF
the States, and is founded upon theory which
is subyersivo of the fundamental principles Of
the Government. In the case OF Alabama, 1t
violates the plighted faith of Congress by, fore
ingupou that State constitution which was
rejected by the people, according to the express
terms of an act of Congress requiring that
majority of the registered electors should vote
upon the question Of its ratification
For these objections, and many others that
might be presented, [ cannot approve this bill,
and therefore return it for the action OF Con
gress required in such cases by the Federal
CONSTITUTION. - y y. ANDREW JOHNSON.
'.--,a a. : WASHINGTON, D. c., June 25, 1868. !
~ The message was read, after which the ques-;
ton was taken on the passage Of the bill, the
objections Of the President to the contrary not
withstanding, and resulted yeas 105, nays 80.
So the bill passed. e.as-gaJa.
It was then sent to the Senate, and that.
body passed it by 35 yeas to nays. 1t Is there
fore q law. ,ts,. -. -.z-- e.,r 9Gy att> +
THE ARKANSAS MEN IN CONGRESS. The
delegates we're hardly sworn in before they
showed anxiety about their pay, and made ap-
pcation to the sergeant-at-arns tor tunds- -
The subject was referred by him to the Speak
er who decided that they were entitled to pay
from the date of their election, March 18th,
1868 They claimed, however, that the same
rule should be applied in their case as had op-
Grated IN the case Of the tennessee members,
who were paid for the whole session OF the
Congress at which they were admitted. They
therefore ask compensation from March 9th,
1867, when the Fortieth Congress met IN spe-
cial session. The Speaker would not take the
responsibility of deciding as requested, and, as
the question is legal one, he referred the
whole subject to the judiciary committee.
Generat II. y. laws, IanOuS lol LIP gAuai0
tiyeness and spohations during the war as
Colonel Of the ilst Texas Cavalry, composed
chiefly Of Mexican renegades, who spared
neither friend nor foe, has addressed COM
munication to General Grant, asking to be al
lowed to organize military force in Texas for
the purpose Of enforcing loyalty. upon that
State. General Grant regards this as propo..
sition to govern Texas by guerilla bands, and
has positively refused permission to- organize
such a force. t2s@5.. ~ tg@'z ~.
"Hazing the Plebes'' is no longer to bo an
amusement at West Point. Every cadet before
he gets days leave of absence must sign the
following ge:-'tUp the honor OF cadet
and gentleman, [ certify that have IN no man
ner or way improperly interfered with or mo-
lested harrassed or injured new cadets, from
my admission to the present time. ta ,,:H %
The Commissioners of Antietam Cemetery
on the 18th instant, at a meeting held at
Sharpsburg, reconsidered the vote by which
the resolution authorizing the burial OF the
Confederate dead in the Cemetery was adopted
some months since. X The subject was then
postponed until the 17th Of November next
The ladies of Atlanta, Ga, recently held .
fair, at which they collected two or three e hun
dred dollars, and sent 1t to the LADIES' OF opots-
sylvapia county, Va, to e used in aid OF the
funds of the cemetery where the Confederate
dead arc buried. ~ 80 -
The bill removing the legal and political dis
abilities from the one thousand four hundred
Southern radicals was on Wednesday signed by
thepresiding officers of both houses and present
cd to the President yesterday. -
Byron's ''Maid Of Athens became Mrs;
Black subsequently to becoming immortal, and
Professor Boise, of the Chicago University,
who saw her in 1851, reports that she was very
beautiful even then, t.s.LIH
Charles Tucker, alias Mason, was lately tried
at Niagara, New York, and sentenced to be
hung in August next for poisoning bis wife, SO