Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-05-19
ALEXANDRIA.
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ilTU ESDAYi EVENING, May 10.

puTposely limit the time because it would be
ludicrous to attempt parallel with those who
made their mark in their oountry's history be-
fore that period. The standard Of men has
beenlowered, herequirementsle ssened, the infu-
ence Of mere miserable faction increased. Who
now recognizes the truth of the noble sentiment
of the French historian, that "a man is not
GREAT CITIZEN only to please the people; but
to defend, serve, and, frequently, to resist
them, when madness rules the hour. "
Why, to entertain and : to act upon this
principle, would be considered by the poll
ticians of our times as something almost be-
yond their ideas of possibility Aud, yet, it
has been the doctrine of every truly great man,
and every true patriot, who has lived in stormy
and troublous times, in every country, where lib
erty and free Constitutional principles, We're ever
contended for. A true statesman and an honest
legislator, is one who is. a counsellor, and adVi
sor; mot a tool and slave. He knows the dis
tiDction between representing free constituen-
cy, and being an instrument Of faction
va The vilest accusations continue to be made
10 some of the Radical presses against the
Chief Justice. He is accused of dishonesty
and corruption in theirwors forms-a Judge
seeking to procure a verdict from q Jury in a
.hcase before him. It, tsmpering with them out
of Court! r And, this, without the slightest
) ground for the chargc-Witbout a scntlilla Of
evidence to support the allegation Low, In.
deed, must be the condition of things 10 this
country when such canmnies and SANDERS are
listened to with any degree ofpatierce, or when
the slanderers are not shamed into silencc-so
say the least. There has been nothing ike
this since the foundation of the government
l2s Mr. Harlan in, the Senate, yesterday, posi-.
!. lively denied the truth Of the statement made
in the Washington correspondence of the Bal
timore Sun (which we copied yesterday rela-
+ tive to telegraphic dispatches between himself
and Bishop Simpson, concerning the vote Iof
Mr. Wiley on the impeachment. Washing
ton. correspondents should be more careful
about giving currency to the reports in Wash
y ton, than they are though We have 10 doubt
81 that the correspondent of the Sun was imposed
I, upon by soma one upon whom he thought he,
could rely. The story was laughable one
, and 1T is remarked that when it was read,
Il. & Mr.. Wiley was. observed to smile, for the
first time, perhaps, Ibis Senatorial career"
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This is what the New York Tribune thinks
,ij Of the situation Of the impeachment affair
''Tne eleventh was deliberately, and5we doubt
/. not, jndiciousy, selected as the article that
would command most votes. This failing, all
fail. There may be those who deem it wise
., and well to admit Senators from the recon
IL strueted States, and force verdict OF guilty by
their votes; but we cannot concur 1t Mi ht
. have, been well to defer the impeachment until
those States should be represented in the Sen
Il ate; but having initiated il, We think it would
not do to admit new Senators to vote upon it at
80 ter the testimony was taken and the argument
u;sc!esed2'hgd st.,. sa did 4a.ss5
It is probable that the belief generally enter
taiaed throughout the country, thatthe I'm
peschment matter is virtually at an end, will
d: contribute very much to peace and quietness,
and the subsistence of political excitement In
all quarters of the land. If any fuss is
made, any clamor raised, any attempt at dis
turbance, any effortto create additional il!-wl,it
will be by the blatant and disappointed Radical
d leaders themselves, who have heen predicting
4 that acquittal would be prejudical to orders
= They are now the only mischief makers.
...s z. A correspondent of the Richmond Wing
from Caroline county strongly advises the peo-
pie living in the country against spending more
81 time than is absolutely necessary at places OF
public resort to hear political discussions, and
ptostalk politics. he thinks the people have
9 made up their minds-and will act when the
time comes. But still, it is proper that occa-
sionally the people should be addressed and
urged not to be lukewarm in their determine
q ton. A good speech now and then does good
d Geo. Wilkes, of the New York Spirit of the
Tiaes, impudcntly charges the Chief Justice
with 'devoting himself to the corruption of
Senator'S; and the Washington Chronicle
charges a Senator who voted not guilty, with
corruption, because he was seen in converse
ton with leading member Of the whiskey
ring, a few minutes before he went into the
d Senate on Saturday, That sswhiskey ring,
it IS probable, includes some who voted gully
Thaddeus Stevens, yesterday, after losing pa
thence at listening to a running debate about
sending sartsubpena for a witness to be sent
& before the Impeachment Managers, called out,
5:aSaHithls is mere twaddze-moVe the previous
g question. The amount of "twaadle' in the
House of Representatives., is, indeed insosense.
'4a The Constitution Of Arkansas, adopted under
Congressional legislation,is said to provide that
the white people shallbe compelled BY law to
send their children TO; the schools to be estab- I