Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-10-27

lOllUWluR lto" t"S
We have seen nothing equal TO this IN tone
and spirit, since the battle sommenced:--
"No, content with attempts to lorestaii
public opinion 10 favor Of Mr.. Letcher, by
most uu warrsntably attributiDg 10 elm a Co
pacity and popularity over other men who
are his undoubted superiors 10 both respects,
the Letcber iactiJo have ATTEMPTED T. repre's
by every species Of Misrepresentation, and
malicious yituperstiou, all attsm Dts, however
moderate, to d .m0nstrate wherein s0me other
candidate is to be preferred to MI. Latcher.-
They il is who have initiated all uDtrieudiy
contest, by attempts to broW-beat aud sup
press the open aud fair discussion of the re.
s~peotive merits aud demerits Of the several
candidates for the GubernatOriai nomination.
Determined to push their own candidate on
the choice If the party, they have not allowed
the harmony # the rarty to stand between
the effort and the object. "Rn!e Or rum,
has been their watthword from the start
The friends of Me.srs. EImundson, Hopkins,
Brockenbrous %, Smith OF GreenbrieT, Faux
ner, Jackson, Tucker, James A Seldom, 80,
90, were rot to be allowed aoythiog more
than demure expressions Of preference. The
Letcheri,es were to be tree to charge them,
or any one of them with unpopular'ty; lnieTl-
ority TO Mr.. Letcber 10 amount and value ot
public services-even with a want OF patriot
10 loyalty. II, on the contrary, 1t was at
tempted fairly. to show wherein Mr.. Letcher
was inferior TO his competitors, no Vlii!h9a-
ton was too much for the devoted head OF the
anti-Letcher advocate. Every man Who would
avoid violent abuse mus. beware how be dares
to detract by ore 10, or title from the absurd
Qualification of Mr.. John Larcher. lostead
of ",eu pluck one," il has been a game OF
"one pluck teu."
SNOW, in the name Of all the gods at once,
Upon what mea' doth THIS our Cesar iced,
That be Is grown 80 great?
Again, is it for Mr.. Latcher or his advo-
Gates to deprecate the tree discussion OF the
dement's OF a candidate for nQn'naiiou? Dti
not Mr.. Le,cher in 1854, 60 hand III baud
With the Examiner" Itself, III urging v'D-
d~ictively every species Of objection, as,lDsta
candidate who proved. too, the successful
candidate? Did he rot DO this, too, for 2
more selfish motivs-hecause he was himsci;
q background candidate? Did be stop his
objectionable course even after the nomlaa-
ton Was made! Did he not hold 4 and tenn
poriza with the spirit ct keow Nottingham,
until a 'sea Of up-turned faces" IN the Tenth
Legion warned him back to Die duty? Add
has be not ever lately boasted that although
forced to on unwilling support Of the tick
ct, be abs.aibed from using the name OF the
candidate from the stump during the whole
canvas?
Thus Mr.. Letcher himself has furnished US
With a precedent more than ample for the
free expression Of opposition TO an objection
able candidate. Let the public judge wbeth-
or our grounds of objection are not more va
lid than his OVID. We prefer to support q
mar whose previous record on the slavery
question admits Of defence. Certainly, the
man who endorsed abolition sentiments and
sustained an emancipation candidate IN 1911,
who coud sneer at "negro-o!esy" in 1851,
until he became personally offensive to slave
holding colleagues; who, W 60 the nn!e OF
the late repeal If the Missouri Compromise,
never engaged 10 the active advocacy OF a
great pending measure for the proteclnn OF
slave property from federal encronchment--
surely this man is not to be selected, In
preference to a gallant host OF competitors'
az the standard bearer OF Vi'giuiaD mocracy.
II anything were wanung to demonstrate
the partisan nature Of the "Ezaminer's' SUI
per-serviceable fort in tehalt 81 MIR. Letcber,
il would be found in the expressions "explo.
ded aud forgotten charges" early ana
harmless ipdlscretions." What! when and
by whom was the charge Of MIR. Leicher's en-
dorsement of the Rutfner pamphlet. aud his
subsequent vote for Mcdowell Moore, Eek
plodeG7" How ~"early" did these occurren-
ces take place? Just early enough to be ii
years ago. when MIR. Letcber was already o
middle uged man. in the prime OF inteiiect
and experience. And the Harmless lndis'
crerions" are, indeed, mere t%ritles; criy a war
against the institution If slavery and a vote
in favor of a red hot Wing emancipatioDist
candidate.
As for the sweeping charge. that Mr..
Letcher's opponents have kept their motives
and names alike concealed from the party"
we hove no necessity TO rclute It. Our names
and cur motives are plainly set forth, SO that
he who runs NAV read. One prominent mo-
tive which actuates Us is a determination t"
tbwsrt the moveu.eot OF q few ihirisuipg pol.
~iticiaps. who, for two years past, nave he!d
secret caucuses, and subsidized village news
papers, 10 a systematic attempt to ioresl'i'
poblic opinion in favor of MIR. Letcher. ISIS
for this that the Examiner" threatens Us,
in common with our associates In this Sool
work. with a "wholesoms lesson" should
MIR. Letcher succeed 10 Obtaining the nomi-
nation.
Now, We tell our c~otemporsry, plainly,
that We have assumed the proud position vi
q tribune of the people. We stand between
the people and the politicians. to thwart tue
intrigues of the latter. Whether Mr.. Leich'
er ia nominated OF defeated, " will MAINTAIN
this position to the eut-to The "bitter end,
if necessary. And whenever a politicians
attempts. to intimidate US with
threats, we will only rise stralghter and high
err in our s,irrups, and sound II fuller, louder
clearer note of entire defiance"
We think our readers will agree win
Us, that the above sounds like anything
but "barmouy," either DOW or m me .l""'e'
Mr.. Letcber's friends, Of course, cannot re-
main quiescept under such attacks upon bim'
And it is likely, that such assaults WALL OILY
rally his advocates frmer around him.
The Richmond South enters a most en-
phatic protest against the course of tho Ad-
ministrstion in removing Democratic oAiee
holders in Illinois. because they are in favor
of Douglas. 1t declares that "the result OF
.,;n thu Nnrth at,ests the