Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-08-05
ALEXANDRIA GAZETrE AND VIRGINIA ADVERTISER:

TI0N.-lne ItLelSUuIS lhutA gives tlir i'l"" !
ipg sketch OF the late Radical Convention III
Richmond: I'VE stood and looked in silent
thought upon the conconrSc OF '"Iore' ptopi" !
who formed the sea Of humanity Snrglng aid
,pething around the old capitol. What what"
men we're there, whose names were IN IN" past
Of Virginia, whose lives had been such, before
The scum Of The cauIdron had h1lIrd to IN" t"l'
Ia make them known and respected ai""a
their fellows?. Where was The lntelltgeEtr'
the culture, the property representation o. me
| State? Where its men OF cultivated mimi. OF
business caracity, OF known intellect, of SpotcS$
integrity? And the echo OF The ten thousand
voices rcsounding in dscortlant Changers
through the square gave back the answer,
| "Wherc - Here is assembled Il lnaSs wan
the object of layiGm the iouu !atOn9 Q! 'ir
uinia' future government, securing frccunm 10
her coming generations, arranging the balances
| oi law so that in the scales no man Shtll DE
subject to The oppression OF! his ncshbor; $500
| For this purpose it would seem requisite that
there should be brought together the talent,
| and study, the interest, the reputation (Wh'ch
creates responsibility and ensures hdehty,l thr
| influence and the honesty OF the lane: ANA
what is here? Who arc here? The trckStcrS
Of the day, the skuGScGS OF ycsterday: ne
hypocrites Of the past, The mountcuant3 OF
politics, the adventures OF business. the !aIiat-
| les the designing, the ignorant, the law!csS
and goddess Of this people whose interests are
at stake There are souc exceptions. AeS.-
We sec foremost in the leaders some Northcrn
men who fought tor the principles they w1nid
now infuSe into Nlr2lna politics. FOR them
| we have no word OF cenSnre or rcDTOach no
! thought Of contempt. We sec some men, II
einian born, who have been long ADD really
| infected with this pestcnt spirit OF Radlcalisin.
For them We have only pity. But the mass OF
| the whites are what We have described, shit
less, brainlcss charactrrIc>s adventures, aud
upon their shoulders (Iorhld il, Heaven IS t"
dtvo!yr TIE high work OF preparing Virginia
| for reconstruction
| Another class was aEIDnilr''t 10 nave hc'i
here. Another sci Of names were reEl9tric"
IT the citv hotels last niehl. Alnar" thea,
Randolph, SouthaN, Alexander, to'"man,
prctInw, and others, who came IN the express
cd belief that their SELF immolailon upon he
altar Of radicaIism would tend 10 save 'r-
einia. But where are they to-day? We see
none Of them upon the speakers stand. We
have heard nothing Of their reception hy the
Convention BIT We have seen some ni th''ln
hanging or tic skirts Of the crowd rs II
ashamed of the lroic to which they have come
unbiddcn, and we have seen them III ahXlG'i-
and gloomy consultation aIonnd The private
caucus rooms down town
And now what shall we say Oh those who
form by far the prep0nderaung element u! TINS
mcetiug--the bucks? That they are ignorant,
and easily led passionate, and easily Incrn>"d
and that Tor this, nature an,s Their past con
diton lprrharsl are responsible, amt not lie'h,
selves. BIT they haYe found their power and
seem determined 10 ne it. for their ""n adTan'
| ni' H., 4. and