Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-03-14
FROM RICHMOND.
LEGISLATIVE.

RICHMOND, March Is This has been an
exciting day in the Legislature.
In the Seuate, the body 10 which originated
the bill granting new charter to the CITY OF
Petersburg, the veto OF the Governor, OF the
bill, was taken up and elected an animated and
somewhat exclsed debate.
Mr.. Huudley, Of Buckingha severely crti-
ciscd the message aud accused the Governor
of playing ty,ant, aud Of being cocrced by the
powers at Washington.
Mr.. Cunoiy, of Richmond, replied to Mr..
Iuud!ey, accusing him OF attempting to do
mat of which he accused the Governor. and
sustained the message.
hlr. Cochran, OF Au.usta, anlmatvrrtcd up.
on the rcuaks Of MF, Huadley, sustained the
veto, aud charged that The proposed charter
look the UGwrr Of the government out vi THE
hands u' the people. :,
.Mr. Thouas, OF Fairfax, hirhlr commended
the Governor for his hUidnc>s IN takiGg he
stand he did. aud fully sustained the ulcssage.
Nlr. u tfut, of Rocking l,au, cxplaluei his
positou in reference to the bull, aud why H.:
lad advocated its passage. aud regretted the
course that the Governor had seen lit to pur-
sue.
Mr.. Macm, Of Shenandoah, concurred, 10 the
views of Mr.. MJtIctt in reference to the mes
sage. resryttiug the Governors position.
The pending question then being ordered,
and the question being shall the bill pass not
wirhstandlns the veto of the Governor, was
nut by ayes aud nues aid resulted as follows
Ayes -Mcssrs. C,itchcr Dutficld, Eastman,
Fluuey, Hvaduy, iundiey, kirkpatrick, Law
son. Meem, Motfc!t, Patterson, Smith Of Mel
sou, Terry IL.
N,cs-Msssrs. Allan, Clark, Cochran, Coo.
naliy, Dawson, EubaDk, Evans, Grahau, Gree
yer, Grims ey L4ckiand, Llthrop, Maddox,
Massey, Nvwlerry, Npwn, Penn, Pridem IRE,
Qlescuberry, Rag!and, Rue, Smith of Russell
Stevens, Thomas, Ward %.
| There was nothing else of interest done the
| Seuate adjJuruug upon the announcement OF
! the vote.
In the House Of Delegates j. B. Sypha1,
colored, oil Alexandria county, offered the fol-
| lowing preamble aud resolutions III relation to
the death of Mr.. Sumner:
| Whereas it has pleased Almighty God in His
! providence TO remove from th life Charles
Sumner late United States Senator from the
State of Massachusetts and whereas the prircl-
| piles of Christianity and enlightened civilization
| commands Respect and reverence at the brink oil
the grave; therefore, b. it
| Resolved by the General Assembly of Virgin
la, hat ali the people through their representa-
tves in this capitol assembled, DO express their
deep sorrow l,r the loss Of statesman, philan-
tbropisl, PATROL true cxpounder OF The prln-
ciple of kcpub lean government, the Declare
ton OF Independence, the constitution of his
country, and martyr TO the cause OF human
| freedom
Resolved, That copy of these resolutions,
properly authenticated by the proper officers OF
the General Assembly, be Transmitted to the
Legislature Of the Commonwealth Of Massschu-
Sc Is. token OF syElp thy IN THIS the hour OF
general mou ning; also that they be spread upon
the rurnal o: the Two houses of The Legislature
OF Virginia.
A motion was made by Mr. Bagwell of Ac-
comac, to lay the resolutions on the table, but
the motion was Withdrawn in order to give the
mover aud r. L. Page, of Norfolk, au oppor-
tuuty to speak, aud at the conc >iOn OF the
iatter's remarks, the motion was renewed aud
the resolutions were tabled.
j. B. Syphax said Nh. Speaker. if the
circumstances under which | rise upon this
floor at tits time may appear extraordinary, |
can ouly say that the occasion is extraordinary,
aud, sir, that shall be NY apology. But a few
hours ago the distinguished member from Au-
gusta rose FROM his seat aud announced the
death Of an e1-Prtsident OF the United States,
aud this HGusc, by uuanlnoua consent, paid a
proper tribute of respect TO his memory. Fol-
lowing swiftly upon his heels 1t lie my unpleas'
ant aud melancholy duty to announce the death
of Charles Sumner Mr.. Speaker, Charles
Sumner is dead. [ shall say but few words
about him | ask no Phldlas to perpetuate bis
memory in parlan marble; 10 Angelo, with ar
tstc genius, II quickru upon canvas his lnl-
moral talue. NJ, slr, deep In the hearts OF d
fee people, aud all lovers If right and true
glory, hi, name viii he houored wherever civil
Ilzation exists. and where lea>on Is not warped
by p1Ssion aud pr JUDGE. Sir, | may appear
TX rava gaat, but, III MY judgment. the only
man VITO, like the great Edmurd Burke, knew
the Constitution OF his cuuntry, who c0mpre-
hend, Tie true spirit oil the Declaration of lu-
deluEd:uce as taught by j, tt,lsou, that all
ulvrr arr CIR a ca to: and quail, and are endow-
Ell b. thclt tGcanr with cGral> iLalenabie
rights among witch is life, liberty and the pur-
suit Of happiness, ans thar governments derive
their lust powers from the CONSENT 1T Tie gov
erncd, is .ow dead. Match HIM il you can,
Washington won the independence Of America
from the proud Erctcr of Hanover Sumner
has died 10 thu i.arue>s battling 10 pcrpet uate
tie victory which lie achlcvedl He is not dead;
10 sir, he is not uead but only converslng with
the great Washington wrapped in b!az, Of
ituln T;aI g'"ry. When Alexander was born,
Philip of Aacodon said: i thaDk God not so
much Tat he has given me sDn, but that he
has given him me at an age when Aristotle
lived The Aristotle Of America is dead. Dis
;iugui>hcd gcutl"meu upon this floor may be
surprised When tcll them how often | have
listened 10 his golden words IN the interest OF
liberty and lis coun!ry'S c1use, aud more sur
priSci, perhaps, whco tell that 10 his own
private chamber ! have listened 10 his rich
philosophy, as he lead we in the misty paths OF
lcgisation aud how to understand the Con-
,tltuiiou of my country. am not ashamed to
drop tear here ard now to his memory. Mr.
Speaker, this, perhaps, will be the last request
;lal shall ask OF hi, House. aud since there
is u brighter Gay dawuIug upon our Common
wealth. | ask that those resolutions be entered
upon the Journal OF this House.
4 joint resolution was introduced extending
the privilege of taking fish lrom the waters of
the Potomac river to the citizens Of Westmore-
laul
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