Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-11-30
ALEXANDRIA, VA.
THURSDAY EVENING, NOV. 80, 1852.


pondencc of the GAZETTE some days ago,
rs a ru,nor from Richmond. that Captain
John 5. Wise, US. Attorney for the East
ern District Of Virginia, and counted-in Con-
gresham at large for this State, though lie.
gally defeated, intended to summon before
the grand jury Of the Z. S. Court at Rich
mond, 10 testify concerning the recent cleo
tlon frnuds committed in Virginia, gentlemen
from various parts of the State who he
knows, haveno personal knowledge Of those
frauds leaving unsummoned those who
have such knowledge. The rumor has
since been verified. The parties the Cap
tain has summoned in this city only know
about election frauds what other people
have told them, and rs they were not at
the polling precincts longer than the mo-
ment required to deposit their ballots, ii is
impossible for them to know more. What
they could tell the grand jury. there
fore. nhou, the frauds would he ON.
ly hcaisay evidence, which, however
true 1t may BIZ, Is not admissible in courts
whose h,,@iueSs aud duty compelled them TO
be present AT the registration rooms and 1T
the voting places, who have personal
knowledge Of tho frauds, whose possession
Of such Knowledge Is n matter Of town talk
and upnn whose testimony indictments
would hn tound. but not one Of those has
been ,inmoncd If Captain Wise he as
anxious u prosecute parties guilty OF cleo
ton fraud. in This city "a he would have il
appcar. and rs he really is to pcrsecutc dem
ocrats in Richmond on trumpcdup charges
let him do with his subpnnas rs he did
with his tay-ccftiiicates send blank ones
here and they will no tillcd,,with the names
Of reliable witnesses who have personal
knowledge Of enough election frauds TO
satisfy everybody else except himself that il
such frauds were general throughout the
Stale lie has no more right to The certificate
'f nlnr.inn he holds ihnr hn hos 10 he vainly
attempting Ten validate that certificate
by summoning people to testify that though
they arc convinced that fraui5 were com.
mtted, they have no personal, direct and
positive knowledge to that effect.
-
SOME or the so-callcd independent press
of the North, especially of the class tina,
supported the negroes and the repudat
ing democratic Scalawags at the recent cleo
ton. are alarmed lest the democrats iniurc
their present favorable prospects by allow
ing. their partisan and spoilloving in
stinct" to induce them to oppose the bill for
relieving the Supreme Court. until II demo
cratic President shall have the appointment
of the new judges. OF course it WASH II
partisan and spoi-loving instinct" that has
prevented the republicans from appointing
a single democratic judge during all the
twenty-five years they have been in power
And the recentexposures of the true in.
wardness Of the republican party
satisfactorily demonstrated that no matter
how strong the partisan and il-ovine
instinct" may be developed in the democrats
they could not possibly work greater in
jury to the country than that inflicted upon
1t by their political opponents. The repub-
llcans and their allies. the so-calcd indie.
pendentS referred to, in defending the scan
dalous outrascs committed hy their party,
have as much work as they can well attend
to- without bothering themselves with pre-
venting democrats for committing mproba-
bic errors.
HE RICHMOND Wing says u marked feat
ure of the proceedings of Mahone's return.
ing board was their "unAinchin. assumption