Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-01-05

threat at the close of his dis ,stch. Senators?
What did he mean wi en- he asked the Prr>l-
deht to issue proclamation declaring these
citizens bandl,ti, and thst no further action -
taken except that a0hich mould deuoloe upon him?
| confess " y u Is | read this dispatch my blood
curdled in my veins
~ wish it ended there I wish it ended with
him but, alas alas here we fad, on the 7th ..
January, the Secretary of War answering in
the following phrase:
''Your kilograms all received. The Pr,s1en.
and all OF US have full confidence and thorough.
~ approve your course.
II know not how itly to designate such
communication, except to say that every ak.
preston OF disgust, OF horror, OF antsgplism
that I have expressed towards the action Of
General Sheridan in his dispatches is rather in
creased towards those who could pen or concur
in such Al answer as that The American pec-
pie must answer it. They must answer it from
their hearts, and believe there is after all in
such natural love Of justice, inst they vii! r..
pudiate Mr.. Belknsp and all of US to whom
he so loosely aad generally refers, should .hey
undertake TO endorse the action of Gen. che7.
dan in New Orleans and his dispatches to the
Department of War"
Thus eloquenty and robly did the Senator
from Delaware, before the assembled Senate,
vindicate the majesty of the law from the ruth.
less attacks Of this moss trooper and OF the al.
ministrstion-hs hackers. That Mr.. Belkn .
and "al of u.s. did indorse the action OF Ge..
Sheridan the I. merican poop well know. 4e,
condign punishment then be visited upon 'sIi
of u.s." particularly upon Genera Grant, who
was the soul of U.S." No membc; Of either
| house of Congress equalled MIR. Bayard in his
| determined opposition to the WlckedLess %:
Grant and his henchmen dispaye ed y the l.ouIsI-
| ana case. They attacked the keystone Of the n.cu
| OF our Liberties which Mr.. Bsyard rc.o.u.e.y
and heroicaly defended. Were this hi: oay
eminent service for this alone he merits ar.
should receive the highest reward tina! people
z-alously watching over their i.nperl!ei free.
| dom can b. STOW upon Its defender. Bu. more
than one Instance of such bencEcent use o. lis
| extraordinary powers will occur To the thought.
full student III the las! even,tu! decade OF ou.
| countrys history.
The President ut length discovering tha. III,
people will not support him in the at1ociou> cru.
| SADIE which, by mesns of the Force Bill, and
| other kindred measures he hoped ~ way
against the States OF tue South, hiss, with ute.
want of principle and infinite crst changed
| front and proposes 10 ride again into power ~
the seethin5 pillows Of religious bsu.ry, snd :.
may we'll be Of ;ra.ernsl blood People q.
America, shall it De SO? Now while there J.
time choose ye whom ne will have. On the one
hand, in living light, in the bright foreground,
| there stands n Statesman fresh from bloodl.>s
| trumphs won on c Il 'oT OF your Senatc-
| trunphs in which ne successfully vnGca'ed
| your civil law from the mailed hand OF Ia" rtdr
soldier lifted 10 strike il down, and p.uck!ag up
drowned justice by the locks placed her csct:
within the walls of your Capitol and the sscreI
| precincts of your Court Houses. Into The lnari
mate form of State Sovereignty be brea.hed
| anew the breath of life, and shifting the !al!en
Rock Of the Constitute n its living waters again
| burst forth TO revive aiming people. On the
other hand, in the dark back ground there !ooa.s
the ominous appariton 0; the Nan On Horse
ack-silent-unsy patne.ic-insc.utso! e-sn-
| II sb.. f,r.. h,lrl ia
| some State House, rs in Louisiana, over which
! flies the American flag, under whose pesccili
folds are gathered tae Legislature o! 3 common
wealth His we'll trained my:miious spring
| forward to do his ruthless bidding. sardonic
ally smiling he dsmounts to disappear within
some bacchanallsn hail. there TO drown IN I'M
American liberty People of Americs look
upon this picture, then upon that. Which viii
| We have2 HYperion-or the Satyr? Il.