Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-04-28

ests of the South. and thought hr va. ...
tied to a renewal ot the confidence ., ..
peoplc of the District.
Mr.. THOMAS asked. what points had .,,l
Of the gentlemen raised, To- which h.. ....
reply. The Walker letter would MT D.
subject of discussion in Congress. Wheel
either of hi- opponents had Know \ .fH,
nr,cliyities o. not-hr did not dim. v.
be a matter Tor discussion before Conm,,.
Neither of lis opponents hal mentioned RI.
subject Of rational politics, and wha, lat
been said n that subject be- himself i,,
spoken. The glorious Democracy an. h.r.
discussing through their champions. va,,I
wing has been holding the lantern ,r 81
and he advised them TO drop both. aud r,..
nm the old Coon. whose principles urr. ,.,
known 10 all. and who had no secret, r,,
ceal. He had been called upon BIZ thar .I.-
Gus old Wing party I" 90 i"rth and DO fa~.
for those principles W" 50 dearly chcri,.
and he now called upon them to rally gr.
he believed that an the ith Taur,Ir /,
Nav there would b. & Response. wn b v.n
he heard from one end If the Union % H..
other. and which will do much To cncaura,.
our cause in the other States. - lone =,
the Union and d. Constitution lasts. :, Ion
will the Wing party and its principle. live
1t is the golden thread which bind, thi>
Union, and has saved the country in many
an hour of trial, and is destined now to re-,
cue it from the difficulties into which W.
have been plunged by misrule and corrun-
ton. The Wig party yielded to the ru,rca.
ties of the Democracy, and gave up fr a
while to them. but they had managed ;, bad
" that in l2r0. il would be found urrr>,ar,
again to rail- the Wings. in order 20 beat
down fanaGclsm and Scrtionali,m. The
sneaker then referred to the cXtrnyagauce,
Of the pre.ent Administration, AMI Gale!
upon Mr.. Smith to account for the va.
amount OF money that has been exprnir!
asking The people. have You received Il c"u,
when bis time being out he had o. coli
clude, sui Mr.. Shackelford again addr">-
sed the people for a quarter Of an hour. llr
said that Mr.. Smith thought it strange
he, (Shackelford) did not answer Thorn.
as. Now, according 10 hi, own showing.
IThomss) is dead-and Thomas says himself
he is ghost, therefore he did not see the use
of replying to II dead man. He. tShack-
elfori. was after the living. lie was al
ter Mr.. Smiths place, aud he meant t.
have it. The speaker again referred 10 Mr.
Smiths utilization with the Know Nothing,.
AMI his opposition 10 Gov. Wise. lie had
voted for Smith three times, and against him
twice, and he warned Democrats who did 10,
want to endorse Gov. Smith not to vote for
him, as Mr.. Smith considered and claimed
that all who voted for him thereby endorsed
him. Mr.. Shackelford cOntended that got,
ing for a man and endorsing him were very
different things. The speaker said that Gov.
Smith had never voted but once in the
and that was for a Wing Sheriff.
when there was no opposition-and contend
ed that Messrs. Leake and Letcher had 80.
ted aud worked for Gov. Wise. Will" The
gentleman had done neither. He. Nj
ShackelfordJ had always voted for the DEM.
candidates, even in %, which has
Gov. Smith, had not dared u Do
Mr.. Sharkelford concluded by reading let.
ter in the Richmond Enquirer from GOV.
Wise, contradicting II statement that h..
Gov. Wise had expressed a preference 'or
Mr.. Smith over .Mr. Shackeliord.
Mr.. Smith concluded the discussion wiki
remarks tending Ia contrOyert the stat.
.ents about the extrayagances of the Al
ministration. His reply 10 Mr.. ShackeI'"rd
was, as he considered him ont of the qurN-
ion. requiscat in pace. He then Appealed u
The people Ia stand by him. and give him 1
renewal of their confidence by Il reelection.