Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-10-24

When some Of the Northern utraiSts de-
nouncs the people of Virginia as "Rcbcls" -
and Gen. Lee as 'rebcl," for the course tax.
en- BY them during the late war, they cit er
forget or do not know, that the Virginia Con
Vention which accepted and ratified the Con-
sttution of the U. S., expressly declared 10 the
ordnance of ratification as follows
I'VE, the delegates Of the pco pie Of Virginia,
duly elected, &c, do in the name and 10 be
half OF the people of Virginia, declare aDd
make known that the powers granted under
the Constitution, beiog derived from the peo.
pie OF the United States, mag be resumed by
them achensoerer the same shall be perverted to
their INJURY or oppression.
This, says the Richmond Dispatch, was the
doctrine in Virginia from the o5th of June,
1885, to the day when, in like Convention Of
'',he delegates of the people Of Virginia, duly
elected" &C., it was resolved that The pow
ers granted under tho Federal Constitution"
had been "perverted TO their iriury and OPP
preSsion,' and that those powers should be
resumed by the people who had granted them.
1t was doctrine 10 which, nine tenths of them
believed and were educated. They believed that,
after the ordinance OF secession, they would
have been rebels" TO their own State, if
they had acted otherwise han they did.
The cable dispatch published on Saturday
announced that the steamer Cambria, bound
from New York to Glasgow. went down at sea
off the Irish coast, bearing with her, it is fear
ID ~, nj,
rle'l 43 first cabin, IS second cabin, and e.
storage passengers and she had, besides, q
full complement OF officers and men. which
would show some two hundred people on
board. When 1t became apparent she would
sink, only four boats We're filled with passcn.
gers, and OF course many persons must have
been left upon the ship. One of these boats
capsized, and but one man was saved. What
the fate Of the other boats has been, we can.
not tell
Judge John I. Harris is the regularly nom
natod Conservative candidate for Congress,
from the Rockingham district, and should re
celVe the support OF all tho Conservatives,
whoever may have been the choice of ndivid
III. w.. ~. Y,
Of Rockingham, announces himself as an indie
pendent candidate; Corbin NJ. Reynolds, of
Botetourt, is also an independent candidate,
and g. Douglas Gray is Radio Il candidate.
Our Conservative friends in that district should
unite and harmonzc.
1t Is said that in response to complaints
from prominent German citizens OF tho u. S.
President Grant on Saturday explained the
position Of this Government in relation 10 tho
purchase of arms in this country and their shir-
ment to France. The President stated that
they were not bought by Frenchmcn or French
agents, and that when purchased by private
citizens they might DO transported anywhere
without hindrance from U. S. authorities
1t is said that recent examination shows
that the floor of the library room, at the CAM.
to at Richmond, is very insecure, and liable
at any time to fall in. The room of the clerk
of the Senate is Immediately under the floor of
the library. Prompt measures will be taken
to remedy the defect.
Leonard Scott j. Co., New York, have re-
published the October number of Blackwood's
Magazine contents Piccsdilly Earl's Dcnc,
continued Fiction as an Education Boating
on the Thames Strangers in the House
Canada Cornelius O'Dowd's Papers The
European Hurricane This number is very
interesting one.