Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1859-01-31
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Edward C. Marshall, ESQ.

The glorious response sent back by the
Wings of Virginia, to the buglc bla>tui rfa
gallant editor of the Richmond Whis, h.
excited the admiration Of the Opposition firm
one end of the nation to the other. Tie
spirit of Henry Clay still lives in the bosom.
of his followers, and will continue a. long.
the Constitution is preserved in its repuIIi.
can purity. But we desire to speak upon 4
different political subject, than that Of tn.
nomination of State ticket opposed to the
present majority. The Wings of TIL, STAT.
have spoken from almost every county. AMI
the same response has been made bv er.7,
Wing paper-To fight the enemy where.
his crest is reared What we PROPOSE =.
sneak of, is in reference to the proprletv ~
nominating Il WING CANDIDATE for Congre,,
i'm this District: and while We decidedly
favor such a step, we believe that nine-tcn,l.
of the Wings of the party, are with Us In
1851, the dominant majority Of Virginia ;,
qerrynaandered the State, as To deprive ,i.
Wings of the Commonwealth Of a single Rep
resentatiye in the Congress of the United
States, although but three months bcfor.
Geo. W. Summers had received, as the VIII,
candidate for Governor, more than siyty
thousand votes, and was only beaten by the
Legislative canvass thrty-eight hundred ami
seventy majority. BY this outrageI> a,,
ON the part of the Democratic party in the
Legislature, the Wings of Virginia, although
numbering half of the sovereign people If
the commonwealth, were most uniustiy de-
priyed of any representative in the NatiOna.
Council. Since 1853, We have been repr.
scented by gentleman who has been at van.
Gus times returned by both political partie,
and Democrats as well rs Wings now oppose
his return to Congress. In the person Of an
able. talented, and veteran Democrat. Gov.
Smith is opposed by Henry Shackelfori, e,q.
Both gentlemen are against the party now
proposing to run ticket in opposition to III,
Petersburg nominees. Neither of them will
vote for the ticket to be nominated in Rich.
mond. on the 10th of February next. Far
these reasons. and for the sake of our party
and it's organization, we call upon the Wig,
and Americans of this District to meet al
once, and appoint delegates 10 Il District Con.
vention, to meet in Alexandria, on the l,ii
March. to nominate candidate for Congrcs
Should they think proper to do -, aud We
hope they will. We desire to bring to their
consideration the name of gifted, popular
and estimable gentleman, well known to the
people of the whole State; one who has rep.
resented Fauquier in the State Councils, AMI
who now holds prominent civil position.
The gentleman To whom we refer, Is EDwAgO
C. MARSHALL, esq, the accomplished Pres
dent of the Manassas Gap Railroad. 4 ma.
tive of Fauquicr, Il son of the great and Illus.
trious Chief Justice Of our county, Edward
&. Marshall combines in his character every
element Of personal popularity. In Eau.
quier, Rappahannock, Fairfax, and Al"zan.
dria, Mr. VI. will run far ahead Of his party
strength, and will receive such vote as will.
in all probability, secure his election. !;
the Recommendation which we make Is seq.
onded, let Alexandria take the first step, AMI
we venture to assert that her example viii.
at least, be promptly followed by
January %, 1889. "FAtQUIER.'