Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-07-11
ALEXANDRIA:
FRIDAY MORNING, JULY II, 1884
EDITORS CORRESPONDENTS.
ALpru.nLE COUNTY, Va, July 8, 1881

g., affair. There has been nothing seen 10
a,ual it in this county since Lafaye ties visit
At3 O'Clock, about 400 gentlemen sat down
% the table, Col Preston of the Senate, Gen.
Gordon. Mr.. Rice Garland and Mr.. Mcdowell
Moore Of the House, and Gov Barbour, being
among the invited guests present The cloth
being removed, after several set toasts, one
was offered complimentary to Col Preston
who arose and addressed the company for about
three quarters of an hour with degree OF ehef-
py and eloquence, which unclaimed their a''eh-
ton and wound them up 10 the highes' oes'ee
of patriotic enthusiasm. No man, tha' hau ''e
soul of an American within him, could SIT there'
within sight of the gra7e OF the lliusuious 'ei-
Geyson. and listen TO his glowing descriptions,
nainted 10 the very life, of the corruptons ana
,nisrule of the times, without feeling his ptrgt-
mia blood boil with indignation. His address
was, indeed, a treat; and could II nave oeeh
heard by every man in Albemarle, Jacksonism
would doubtless have been ere that sun went
DOWN, among the lost things on earth, as lar as
This county is concerned. Ali the leading TO-
MICS were touched upon and set forth in their
nroper lgbt;-the Post Office, the Stevenson al
fair. Ritchie's letter to the K. c., and even the
-, au.reciion man of musty documents received
a SC. ratch from his scythe, as he proceeoeu 10
,,o,, down the remaining satellites OF Jackson
IN, I'm the course of his remarks, the Colonel
90. h;s ewes towards the eminence on which
u,,t;earl, is situated and called upon the sp-
yit ,r left, rson to come down and break the
..SslSan calf'' they" were worshlpplng al the
f,ot of the mountain. His style ana manner
were electric al on the audience, and excited the
greatest appl ause. Addresses were delivered
by the other e vests, which were well received
One gentleman called upon the sons OF the Ola
Dominion "to bury all sectional differences
N pl,n, the Star Spangled Banner on the Blue
R;dcs and 10 RAJ lly TO it from both sides of the
r,on,ts;,.n-otbs va exhorted the Wings to "lay
aside All minor differences of opinion, and to
unite in the great work OF resisting tyranny
and preserving tn e Constitution and our loer-
tics from pollution" The spirit OF the fathers
lof ZIG appeared to- tie alive in their children:
all anneared to be, life and animation among
the Whins-while the other party appeared to
he evidently cast down. The company sepa-
rated at about 8 O'Clock in perfect good order,
highly delighted with the intellectual treat they
had enioyed This affair has created great
sensation in the county: people have opened
tn cir eyes at the array of facts presented for
tn cir consideration. and they begin to see the
trick that was played off on them at the late
p 81 sction Depend on it, the cry oil " Bans!
b. ,nkp' will not take hereabouts any longer;-
MIR. Preston has nailed that to the counter ell
fecSualy: indeed, it is the general opinion that
all the musty documents that can be paraded
Though bound in marble paper) will not be SUI
fcient to revive it.
Yesterday, being Court day, Gen. Gordon adj
dressed the people in Charlottesville, He spoke
in a bold and manly style, such as became
freeman He told them that he went to Wash
ington strongly prepossessed in favor OF the
administration, and that he had given it his
support as long as he could do so consistently
with what he conceived to be the rights of his
constituents; but that, when these were invaded,
he felt it to be his duty his pride, to desert Gen.
Jackson. His address was received with mach
applause 1t is understood that real set-to is
to be made at this gentleman-extra pay and
every thing else is to be brought to bear against
him; and as Mr.. W. C. Rives cannot get into
the Senate, he is willing to take seat in the
other House. think, at present, that the tide
of opinion is rising very strongly against the
administration. have conversed with several,
who were up to the hub at the last election,
who, having rid themselves of the bank delu-
SIGN, are decidedly against Mr.. Rives and his
party The people of this county are as patri-
otto as any IN the face of the earth; and it is
only necessary for them to view things in their
proper light, to induce those into whose keeping
rhc ashes of a Jefferson are confided, to come
out calamity in defence OF the Constitution and
their countrys dearest Interests,
Yours, respectfully.
.The Jackson men, with Mr., w. c, Rives at
their head, had gathered about 100 persons to-
ge,her. between Monticello and the place where
the Wing Jubilee was celebrated, under the
rinse of having PEOPLES dinnsr-the number
being too small to call it by its proper name