Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-12-22

FSSOEeQ. 1QaL We iSCIEJ!L- " u -i"P
| SOC, and zone other. as the Lawful! Lieutenant
| Governor Of South Carolina, and that we re-
| cognize the House of which Hon. W. q. Wal.
lace is Speaker as the illegally constituted
| House Of REPRESENTATIVES" OF South Carolina.
Rts0lyed, That y. H. Chamberlain having
been defeated a. The polls as q candidate ior re-
| election, and placed 10 Office upon the declara'
| ton of an illegal General Assembly. BY the I'D,
garrantable use Of military force, is regarded
BY US as an usurper, and We here avoW our No.
chapeeable resolution never to recognize BIN
as Governor, and our iofexibie determination
to repudiate bis every act and every act OF the
nretanded Lieutenant Governor, and every act
| Of the preterded General Assembly, as being
without authority Of Law. and null end void.
Res0lrsl, Tha, while We, by these reso!u'
| tions. assert cur riph. aud determination 70 be
governed cnly hy officers whom the majority OF
the people have chosen, and while we are h1ed
in rurposc 10 oppose 10 the uttermost the e.
forts Of D. II. Chamberlain and bis associates
to usurp the t~u1c.ions ct the government 10
this State, We expressly dlsc!alm any ln1ent 70
resist the execution OF processes OF the Oolteo
| States courts, however harsh they may seem,
or to resis. under sny circumstances the MILL
tary force of the Uoited States. .
Re0Erad, That the pretended goVeTnnec! VI
which D. II. Chamberlain is head has 20 pow.
or, force or authority, save what Is given TO It
he .ha continuous support aad actual use OF
| United Statcs troops. It is i creature OF po-
Iitical fraud aud armed force; without that
armed force it IS as inpotant as II IS audacious
and unlawful. r,.
The Columbia correspondent cl the DAHL
more Sun under date OF last night. says:
Chamberiaia's new programme. II ls sad, Is
to issue a proclamation On Monday for Hamp
ton ard SiEpsoa and the constitutional House
to disbsnd within three days. If bis proc!ama.
ticn is oct obcycd Chanber!air, it is claimed,
has the assurance from the majority OF the
Cabipe, AID from Grant himself that the Presl.
dent will follow it up with q similar prociama-
ton Immediately, announcing that if this TOO Is
disobeyed be will bring the whole land and na'
val force OF the Uoited States, il necessary to
crush tie iasurgents''-!n short, Chamber
lain and Grant intend 20 carry out exactly the
same programme they did with reference tothe
rife clubs.
1t appears .tsl Chamberlain has given up
the idea Of passing the treason bill, as the COM
pittoe made no report upon It to-day. hI5
pIan Is to sake c7ery;hiog upon 40 effort 10 go.
force b. the bayonct, Eithou! additional lcgls'
latior, The recognition Of his authority
as Governor.
There has been a lumor ahoat that the troops
are to be removed from toe State House, bu'
it is probably premature. One OF the repu6ll'
can ergeanss.st-srm asserts positively that they
will be removed 90 Tuesday next. The Cham
beriaiu crowd evidently anticipate so immediate
use forthem after the publication OF the pro,
clemalion C the sham governor. The Cham
berlain Legislature Will probably adjourn s!oc
die to morrow. Hanpton's House Of Repre-
teutati7es Tiil probably take q recess.
The Congressional Committee is still engaged
IN procuring evidence concerning the missing re-
turns. The result is expected 10. morrow.
Thirly.fve Of the E!leu,on negro field hands,
brought here by District Attorney Corbin aod
used by the Senatorial Committee, have also
been summoned by the republicans on the
House Committee, and have thus bcco paid 5:
a day and mileage by both committees. Thes:
negroes have thus been getting an average OIL
SIS Der day each, and have not even testified
$ before The House Committee.
The meeting OF conservative cltlzans al
!; Charleston, last night, was as remarkably for
: its solidly representative character as its mum
!, bers. Most Of the leading merchants and bank
I ers were present, aud every class oil property
} holders, including colored people, were amoDl
its officers. The temper OF The meeting VA
uDmistakable. Every recommendation that Dt
taxes &c paid the Chamberlain government va
? apolaudcd TO the echo, and whenever Hamp
ton name was mentioned, even accidentally
: the hall resouldcd with cheers.
Hitherto tho taE-paylDg classes here, ,~b'
} psy 0na-tourth the whole, State tax. have beoI
l reluctant to take aoy step looking to a re!us
, to pay taxes, however oppressive, but they nov
l feel they have the law 90 their side and are re
solved to starve out the inimical government
At the same time they will respond to any cal
made by Hampton for the means Of carrying oi
: his government.
!, The investigating Committee Of the Hous
: of Representatives has made a clear case o
fraud in the canvass Ct precinct No. Il, Leol
: county. Hlr. Hopkins, democrat, OF PcnDsy!
-, vania, said 1T is So complete a case that Mr.
! Dunnell, republican, abandoned it alter tn
first witness vas heard. He never asked anoth
cr question or put in another witness. lie vii
concur with US 10 our report on this case. Ill
told o friend today that it was a piece OF trans
! parent fraud" The N. Y. HeraId's correspon
) deot asked Nlr. Du0ucIl his opinion oftbis case
He laughed aud said: why, there can be oni!
one opinion on that" He pronounces 1t
fraud. One hundred and scventy-six republl
can votes arc involved 10 this precinct. Tht
DOlTu CdNpaESSu IL HituOul uI5CUSStOui
WE MUST FkATERNIzE OR FIGHr.-1hi
t solemn truth stsrss the American people il tn
face to-day. No other Interpretation can be
, placed upon the events that are passing:
!, The South, under the guidance of Southern
democrats and with the advice Of the Northern
Bourbo1a, 1ebolled, and the North, led by tn
republican party, annihilated that rebellion
J Ever since then the Southern people have beer
t laboring under deep chagrin at their overwhelm
, ing defeat, and the North has been viewing theil
!, every action with suspicion and distrus.. ThiI
condition of things must ceaae before prosperity
and permanent peace can come to the country
The people Of the two powerful sections con
stantly looking at each other through iaundiced
eyes means ultimate internecine war and disin
tegrstion. How, then, can this dangerous state
OF affairs be reconciled? There is but one way.
That is tho determination in sincerity and hon.
esty of the two elements which met face to face
on the battle field. These two elements are the
Southern democrats and the Northern and
Southern rao1iinens- The Connnrhead dem