Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-10-02
Proposed Legislative RciorEs..

The following resolutions were olferci by cE-
Gov. VIM. Smith, at the recent Conservative
Convention in Fauquier county, and adopted:
Whereas, the people Of Iauquicr. here as
senlblcd, have met to counsel with each other
a. to the policy to be pursued under the enor-
nous burden Of taxation. which is low grinding
them into dust and ashes In view Of tie dread
calamitics OF war, which have swept over our
fair land and reduced Us to want and poverty.
it was 10 have been expected that our Iloglsla-
ture selected from among IL and thoroughly
convcrsant with orr condition, would have abb
stained from multiplying Offices, have carefully
avoided the expenditure OF every dollar not
called for by some urgent Necessity, have
hurried on their business with attention and
industry, and have in all things p.lctlceu the
most rigid economy; and above all that It's
members would have manifested :; patriotic
disinterestedness and earnest sympathy Tor
their constituents by reforming themselves.
But Offices have boon multiplied, expenditures
authorized, without precedent or necessity;
time wasted by Incidence, nattcntlon aud de-
sim, and the Legislature so tar from reform
inr itself. is seen to vote to itself on two Occa-
sions large sums to which in the opinion Of
many, it had not the shadow Of Il claim. Con
stituted as our Legislatures necessarily are, We
cannot hope they will reform themselves; and
the only chance is for our people to meet. as
now. before the election, declare the reforms
they demand, and to require the persons they
may select for their candidates to pledge them
selves in writing to Use their best cNcrIonS to
carry ont such reforms rs may nc designated !
therefore,
LIST. Br It R,sIrol, That the I.cSiSlatHc is
unnecessarily large and must be diminished.
The Radical party which framed our present
Constitution, contemplating lis continued as
tendency, provided fer 4 Legislature Of Isl
members. This WAS :; more numerous body
than we had before the war, and before We
were deprived OF one-thrd Of Our population
and territory.
2nd. BE It Rcwlrcl That Legislature of
10Y members, - Senators and 81 Delegates Is
sufficiently numerous for all useful purposes,
while it would diminish taxes $lOn.uOu 1T least.
This number would give 4 constituency to
each member of ,23S only with Us while i'll
Ohio each mcmbcrhasa constituency OF l'.ii9.
in Pennsylvania .h.5l5. and i'll New York
> 800, showing that with LOO members our
representation would hc relatively much n.'r,'
numerous than that Of either oil these g"rat
States.
3rd. BE- Il ReSoI,nl, Tina; the per diem now
be reduced To 81 q day. Saving thereby with Il
LEGISLATURE reduced IL li'J members, II h'I>t
$4,000.
This per diem is Us much ~ W. pail before
the war Is as much is Ohio now pays hrrmUnl-
hers, while New York pays hers - !, day only.
lth. RrsJymI That member; &hou!I only be
paid for actual attendance upon the business ui
their r,sncctive Houses, except when detained
thGrrlrun Ivy sickness 1T the s"at ri! govern
mrnI.
The allowance Of the per diem to mrlnhrr<.
even with leave. when absent on their own
business or pleasure, IS wholly inltm'*hic H.
it nallirsty tends to the ncg!art ri tn" public
business
9TH. R,M,i,4,i, Ihat miicagc >h"uhl 40 longer
be allowed, but in lien thereof the necessary
travelling EXPENSES upon IN art0luIt stated,
verified bv affidavit .llnllii in allowed
9Th. RcSoir,i, That al! attempts to in!lm
cncc members by any one interested in Il bill
before either House, Sholl,lh be severely punish
cd and thereto the necessary laws should lie
enacted. And any member accepting any ad-
vantage from such person shall he liable 10 OK
pulSion.
7th. H,.mlred, That the Nominees ri our
nominating Convention shall put themselves in
writing upon the platform and faithfully Gil
leavor to carry out its provisions.
The DRAGoNADE IN NORTH CAEGIINA.-
The Southern Home, printed at Charlotte and
edited By Cen y. II. Hill, contains the io!-
lowing, which will give the reader some Ilca
Of the sort oriusticc dispensed in sO!nc plates
by the best government III the world
"On the 9TH instant, ninety quiet, respectable
farmers, OF Rutherford, Cleveland and Lincoln
counties. were marched through our streets by
the lowest and vilcSt Of dirty tnlcd States
mar<hal<, and placed on the Ra!rlsh tram t"
attend the United States Court. Some OF the
prisoners were carrying their bed clothes strap
ped on their backs because too poor to pay
hotel bills some were accompanied 10y their
wives, some had their friends and neIghbOrs,
&c. The entire crowd amounted to 2I0 per
sons, all torn from their business TO be drag
gcd 300 miles to attend Il court, which, but
for malice, might have been held within 4 few
miles Of the homes OF the prisoners. Gangs OF
negroes followed laughing at them. lierc
the insults became more provoking, and cries
went up from the excited mob; "Damn tic
Ku Klux, hang de last one Of dem, 'dcy 5
gwne to ketch hell now, &c.
This Wholesale arrest Of people on SuspIcIon
has lltU llO DdIulCl SlIllS Wv N'l' ~
and the dragonatlcs in former times Though
thus arrested and dragged 600 miles from their
homes, when armigued, nota particle oIcvidcncc
wax alduccd against many Of them, and even
the relentless prosecutor and rjindlclivG judge
were constrained to dismiss them. But no
rnnoration was made to them Tor the gricvuuS
outrage inflicted upon them. They had the
misfortune of being white men, and laborlng
under tic suspicion of not loving the hand that
oppresscs thcm-and their arrest and lmprl-
sonmcnt wills very triA!ng wrong -R@hn""t
Wing.
THE LATE RADICAL CONVENTION IN RIcn-
MoND.--Thc Richmond Wing speaking OF the
concluding proceedings of the late Radical Con-
vcntion, say The quarrel between the two
factions over the spoiIs during the clos Ing
hours of the Convention on Wednesday last
WAS as bitter rs SCOT The two wings, one Of
which is composed Of the carpet baggcrS, and
the other Of the native whites and blacks, were
+),rovrn into tlo most violent antawuuIsm over