Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-07-20
In giving, place to letter setting forthfhe

who claim to be most orthodox manifest us
satisfaction with what on their own showing Is
great moral triumph OF Republican princi,,
Piles" leads u.s. in spite OF all professions ana
protestations, to doubt the motives aud sincerl'
ty of their present course. we cannot help
iancyiug that this parade of anxiety respecting
the future action Of the Walker party pro.
ceeds more from sinister and even treacherous
feeling than from disinterested regard Tor the
welfare of the Republican party in the State
or elsewhere.
Instead Of cherishing suspicion aud trying
to disseminate it, We think that the part OF
every true Republican is to accept gratefully
the Virginia situation, and to profit BY the
splendid opportunity it affords. We will not
justify others distrust by being the first to dis
payit.. The opposite method may be more
cousonant with the views of disappointed as
pirants for place aud power, but II is neither
generous nor just. ,-, -......
Mr.. q. G. Walker, Governor elect Of Viz.
GINA, 10 his recent speech at Binehampton,
New York, said: !
''The late issue was not sonIuCh contest as
to whether republican or democratic sentiment
should prevail in the State, but the issue was
whether the virtue, property and intelligence Of
Il
| nriocrance and poverty, should misrule it. The
| virtue and property AID Intelligence have, tri
umphed. The poverty and Ignorance party,
organized into midnight. ASSOCIATIONS, appfalet
TO- low passions and niisfepresenta tions, ant
cast their votes Ter Wells and against the ID
ministration. We have won the victory ovs'
them, and Virginia is to day July up to the re-
ouirements Of the Psas5dent, Ahd will stand b
| the laws a (yongress She has gone for tip
government and tie admi1iy rdtio6. The vie
tory is a reliet IRON carpet ba /fule, md thai
| is the reason il has creAtedso much epthusiasm
The triumph was victory for the principle
that makes all men equsL We have knocked
| the sheckles off of tho white men and given the
blacks their equal rights. We have ven every
white man his rights under the laws, md the
rights of eolored men are now better protected
in Virginia than they arei in this, my native
place. We are reconstructiug on the right ba
sis-thc principles OF justice ond equality.
In North Carolina it would appear that any
thing but harmony exists in the Radical party
A dispatch from Wilmington dated yesterday
says:
"The Republican party in this county i
divided into two formidable factions. Eaot
wing has candidate in the field to fill vacancy
in tho Legislature, and the contest is the mos
bitter known in the history of this country
One of the most prominent leaders IN one SEQ
ton in a speech to. day predicted boodshed be
fore the campaign Is over.
The most extreme faction is led by George
H. French, and other Northern whites, wht
nominated negro candidate. and tho othel
faction is composed almost entirely OF negroes
who nominated a white candidate. 1t wa
found necessary to station strong torce o
police at all the meetings held in the city. Th'
most bitter personalities were INDUCED 10 b.
many of the speakers, and several slight col
lisions have already occurred"
What would be thought of Southern mai
who should 90 to any town in the North, anC
after two months residence seek and obtain al
appointment TO the position Of Recorder o
the town, in violation of its organic law, anc
impudently declare that he intended to take
his seat OF the council board in defiance Of the
decision of its members. Yet such case ha;
| occurred IN Fredericksburg.
| The Washington Chronicle says "A gen
tleman who was actively engaged in the late
Virginia canvass writes from Richmond, under
date of the 18th inst, to friend In this city,
| to correct the popular impression that Or.
Norton, the colored independent candidate for
Congress in tho lst district, was elected He
asserts that the successful candidate is Ayres,
| the regular Republican nominee, whose ma
| ority he says, Is at least > 900.
Mr. Clement Hill, jr., was drowned yester
| day morning near his fathers residence, in
Prince Georges county, Md, while bathing in
the Patuxent river 1t was MIR. Hill S custom to
bathe in the river, and after being in the
water few moments, he was, it is thought,
taken with the cramp and sunk. Mr., H. was
in the 2lst year OF his age, aud was young
gentleman of foe attachments.
The Colorei Educational Convention OF Ken
lucky which met in Louisville last Wednesday,
adjourned sine die ON Saturday The delegates
in attendance numbered about two hundred
and fifty, and represented nearly every county
| In the State The sessions We're harmonious,
| aud the business transacted Of u character tend.
| iug to educate and elevate the colored race.
The Lynchburg News says that it under
stands that Governor Walker has invited a
number OF the most prominent \irglnlans, in
Guiding Gen. r. f. Lee. to meet him in consul
taton upon affairs of interest to the State, at
the Montgomery White Sulphur Springs. The
meeting will take place at an early day after
Governor Walker return from New York.
The delegation OF Mississippi radicals now
in Washington has had an interview with
Secretary Boutwell,, and in the name Of the
radical republicans of the State protested
against the administration in any form support
ing or giving countenance to the cause OF Judge
Dent and the conservative republicans Of tie
State
In view Ct the publication in the New York
Tribune Of the names Of lsree number OF re-
puted wealthy men in that city who, it is al
legged had not retr ned an income tax, insh NC,
tons have been issued from the Internal Reve.
nue. Bureau to the assessors in that city to-
tborouoblv investigate the charges apainst the