Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-04-03

,(H, been as cool as be a. land his clerk, dur
Inc tie interview, he would not have left the
office chagrined and indignant, and his mind
sswouldjnot have. been troubled with other po- |
liticaI anxieties, so that he would have misun-
derstood him as he did. But the strongest
minds would often become distorted by poEtl-
cal ambition and anxieties The good qualities
that adorned the character OF his friend d. |
were andjappreciated, but it was general
,Iv-copeeded tbat-hez was defective in memory
lie knew enough of his good qualities, howey-
pr to remove all suspicion that he intended to
do:him; U. any injustice: = :. t115g,
- He had been referred to by his frlehd as be-
inc an aristocrat, and partial to moneyed men.
he could remind the gentleman of one thing,
and that was, that he had spent more days and
money for him III. }, not to get him an office. |
but to retain him in one, than he had ever done
for any other three men. Shortly after the
declaration of peace, when the Secretary OF the
Treasury had recommended the removal OF the
tag commissioners he .(U.) had the 6eneht
every morning of a visit from bis friend, VINO
beseeched him to go to Washington and ask
Congress not to do this. He consented, and,
at his request, spent several days IN Washing
ton at that disagreeatle business OF lobbying.
The recommendation of the Secretary OF the
Treasury was not adopted, and through his in
Auepce the gentleman from Alexandria was
permitted to retain his office for another year,
with the comfortable sum of Sd, 1000. For THIS
nor for anything else, had he ever accepted
farthing. ......., ..........
This was not the first time he had been
called an aristocrat He had been called an
aristocrat, and almost rebel. In denying
this, and asserting his Republican principles,
he would not say, with orthers, TO the colored
people that he loved them better than his own
wife. He would not say that he would give
them farm apiece, however idle or vicious
He would not 60 to the national poor-house at
Arlington, where there we're 600 inhrm, lmbe
clio men, who we're the controlling power IN
| that county, and say to them that they were
the best men that lived, and should all have
farms. He would not say all this, though he
would grant to every one OF them liberty, the
| right of suffrage, and equality before the law.
| Hawxhurst: "Did the gentleman ever hear
that said these things %
Underwood did not make reports upon hear
say. He hadn't said that the gentleman said
these things but he (U. would remark that
| the inmates of the national poor house voted
to Il man for the gentleman (H. under the I'M
preston such remarks would convey; lie w.
had been asked by an old negro there, 50 old
| were not all going to have farms.
In conclusion, [ would remark upon the
| following sentence L was afterwards told that
| it was understood that if Chase should become
President, Judge Underwood was to take his
place as Chief Justice Is this the language
Of candid mnd-or downright chivary? 10
say that he was told, and not by whom, that
it was understood, ETC 1t is the language Of
an Iago attempting TO excite suspicion with
pocket handkerchief Surely none but jaun-
diced mind, distorted with political ambition
and uncasincss, could have conceived Of such
futile iDsinuatinn as this 49,.
lIawyhurst arose to L privileged question.
lie denied that he had asked for letters OF in-
PRODUCTION TO Chase, az he knew him already.
lie denied emphatically that he had appealed
to Judge Chase more than any one else Tor as
sislancc AS for the charge that he had oE-
tanned his election by advocating contscatlon,
he would say that all the doctrines OF confisca
ton he had ever heard came from the gentle
man himself. Hc UI always spoke against it.
AFrGKNooN Session. Mr. Hawxhurst ask
cd leave to cOrccct some things ID his per-
sonaI explanation OF this morning
After some discussion this was granted him:
He said he desired 10 reallirm what he had
published in his card, distinctly and positively.
His visit to Judge UndcrwoOds office was
made after dark and out of office hours, and by
invitation. He had never besought Under
wood ''to lobby" at Washington. He (H.)
had been accused by him of being desperate
office seeker, and Underwood had denied ever
having sought Office When he (U.) received
the appointment of judge of this district, he
had on file in Washington an application for
the position of marshal of this State.
| Underwood said that this was John Under
wood and not himself
Hawxhurst said the name was that Of John
9. Underwood, and John Underwood, of Occo-
auan, had not then made his appearance.
| Underwood has told him out of his own mouth
that he wanted to come to this Convention,
and asked him not to get in his way in Alexan-
dria He III. had never bought office nor
given fifty dollars to the poor on the election,
| nc he learned had been done in Richmond!