Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-09-28
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ALEXANDRIA,:
TUESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 2s, 1888.

General Fuote delivered d speech OF Prem
tiss, Mississippi, on the 5th Of the present
month, ct the solicitation Of men of all par
ties, upon the political questions Of the day.
Referring to the Kansas difficulty, be say,
chad Mr.. Buchanan remained where he was
in September last, in regard to the suoriis-
sion of tho LGcom pton Constitution to the
people OF Kansas, before the new state should
be admitted into the Union, he would have
been able to have kept his party united durirg
the whole OF the last Congressional session..
and no issue between himself and Douglas
would have necessarily arisen. BY pursuing
e. contrary course, the General continues
"by Welding to the silly and Indecent men
aces of the most shallow, selt-suficent, and
really impotent demagogues that the south
has ever known, he has etfeo,ually broken up,
and destroyed his party in the north
In regard to the Charleston Convention,
the General thinks there arc serious troubles
brewing He believes that it will be impos-
sible for the democratic party to agree upon
either platform or candidate 10 that Con-
vention, inasmuch as it will DO insisted upon
by the friends of Judge Douglas, and the
advocates Of bis policy in that Convention,
that resolution plainly, and cmphatica!ly
assertige of the great principle for which he
is now contending be embodied in the plat
form. General Foote has no hope this will
be DONE and hence the opinion, that no "a
greene Mt as to the candidate for the Preslden-
CIV is even possible. except by the froe use OF
money, and the lavish employment Of federal
patronage" He does not believe, however,
that "aspiring demagogues" can so manage
for Presidential and Vice Presidential ncmi-
nations az to insure success. Millions may
be expended in buying nominations at
Charleston, he says, but this will not do"
In this connection the General gives King
caucus some hard knocks. Hear him:
"The mind of the country is aroused to the
danger OF the hour. Patriots are everywhere
on the watch to descry and counteract the
plottings Of political managers. The daring
corruptions which have recently been brought
to light, have awakened almost universal dis
gus, and indignation. Other and more start
ling unfoldments are yet to be made, of IA
ture calculated TO bring every man who truly
loves bis country to the rescue OF our imper'
lied institutions. The employment of fede'
raj patronage in elections, or 10 the proceed
ings of legislative bodies, will be no longer
borne. The nomination and virtual appoint
ment, of the first officers Of the government,
BY irresponsible men, assembled IN caucus
end convention balls, will no longer be toler-
ated. King caucus. that netarious robber OF
popular rights, is about to be dethroned. The
people Of America will his overthrow, and
their will is irresistible. The old Congress
sionsl caucus system which worked well for
more than twenty years grew corrupt; its cor
ruptions were exposed; the people took Jack
son as their leader and champion, and put 1t
down. The present caucus system worked
also we'll for while, and the people approx
ed it. 1t has fallen of late into the hands d
vile unscrupulous tricksters; it Is notorlousiy
and uudenlably controlled by federal patron
age, and by outrageous pecuniary bribery
and if longer submitted to, will be fatal t
all that lie dear to US as republicans and Tree
men, To be longer patient is inglorloesiy e
submit to seryitude-a servitude the mos
debasing that has ever found record among
men,"