Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-03-28
Sneeches i'm the Va. s'ReconStruc1i0n''
Convention.

The subject of disfranchisement was resumed.
Lewis Lindsey spoke loudly on this question.
He wasn't able to quote wild dose gentlemen
yersifed in the Latin larnin' and tact Of the
university in Charlittsville whar he hoped one
day to go, or else his children. | don't like,
sab, to disfranchiss dose gentlemen who has
been descended from thar glorious fathers who
endorsed and ratified dc Cornestution in dc
Cornyention of 1910; which they dcmcnded in
1850 But they had have rebeled against it;
thev had ceased to dat allegiance to de general
government which they did ratify; and now
thew came to de Convention which they deslr-
ed to defy their power and qualified as illegal.
To disfranchisin' desc white man don t per-
pose that desc men Of Egyptin-Atrlcln hue to
rule and rome around Ferglnny; and you need mt
be sceercd about dat. You're sceercd before
You're hit, becase, do you Suppose dat four lnll-
lians of onedicated people can compose wild de
scientific 'tainments an de university tact, and
de great forefathers' eliquence Of de arristcrats
OF 80, 900, COOS? And suppose, besides dis, all
dar wealth of minral resource. And ylt we
must not disfranchiSc them when dey come
here and say dat dis body is an illegal body,
and now that it is legal body, and asks US not
to disfranchise them. [ is not like those black
man who goes back on the interust OF thar
party and of thar race, becasc they has been
home and been smiled on, and grinncd and
shook hands, and shook hands and grlnrcd
agin and tell you, sab, you don't cove me oft
by dat sort of rcsauce You needn't fear but
dat the statute power of de Government will be
exercised.
| might say right here that | ain't a new
married man, and dat l. hasn't had no dreams
of de beautiful fair wife of Pontrus Plate. II
[ stood here to control de disability, would
not say, Don't disfranchisc no man but put
de State in dc hands Of loyal men.
And Mstar President, while Is stand here
on my feet, I shall endeavor to speak piece
Of poetry, which | shall cndcavor to be very
brief:
''Some say thar is nothin' made in vain,
While others to de reverse maintain,
And will prove it here with ease
By citing men who change thar minds from
right to wrong
Fer poplar chance to please;
And that class Of mon who seek and doudge
thar trust
Are worse than those animals like mosquitoes
bed bugs, crickets, and tleas.
But O, man, fling not de receipt away
One given by one who trusted thcr confidence
in thee
But mistakes will happen every day,
however RDleSL sOllo AS hih0 P0il'@@ w
be-"
Sab, selt-perserfation is de first law of ma
tons. daughter, Yer may lart; but self
presentation is the fust law Of nations IL
dorse the Great Father in the case of Adam
who loved God which was the Lord; and told
him eft he ate dc forbidden fruit he should die.
Charity begins at home, and den goes abroad !;
and | will vote for distranchsln intel dose
gentlemen who has disowed allegiance and re-
belled against de best government that ever
was, and fought, defines thar positions and re-
turnes from the violent statues to which they
has been edited.
Mr.. Clements spoke in opposition to further
distranchisement. He said that nineteen out
of every twenty of the Republican members in
Congress We're opposed to any, dlsiranchlse-
ment further than that comprised 10 the recon-
struction acts He said this upon his own
responsibility, and defcd any one to deny it.;
Moss, of Buckingham, spoke in favor Of dis
Reimbursement He said when he was 10y,
and used to play marbles and put 'em in de
ring de boy whar won de marbles nuver gin de
marbles back onlcss he see good cause dartor,
and he nuver knew any boy to see good cause
yit. De rebels had done bin distranchlsed,
and he warnt nuVer gwine enfranchise en-
intel he could see good cause for il. $50
much for Buckingha ham J
JAPANESE CUCUMEERs.- The manner OF
cultivating the cucumber was to Inc somewhat
novel, and it appeared to me in some respects