Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-11-12
Political Outlook.

Ecolored suffrage. At 1rst the act of polling the
colored vote en- mssse merely stunned US. An
election in 1867, another in 1859, another last
spring, and now the fourth experience, enables
us to measure calmly precisely the momentum
of what is termed reconstruction u In the
first place, we havo ascertained that the blacks,
| with rare exceptions, are IL disciplined army
which newer .disband4, 1t y9ses IS ,solidlys to;
man who has the boldness, even now that their
rights are provided for TO cast q Conservative
| ballot is regarded as q renegade, and ncurs
| the settled displeasure of his whole race. In
| the second place, we realize the fact that we
| have entered upon struggle which is not to pc
settled BY q single campaign, but which has to
| be fought over at least once every year: Our
elections were great nuisance under the OLD
| state of things, when every community from
| time to time was convulsed with the upneaVhl
of the whole society to select our public othcers
| Now. il is infinitely worse. The multitude or
| petty officials created by the new constitution
| the continually recurring elections in the state
at large, the Congr essonal districts, tho coun'
| ties, the townships and the cities and to|nsE ,-
| all under system of universal white and BLACK
suffrape-is enough almost to weary any quiet
person with free institutions. But to all this
| there is added, under the peculiar circum:
stances of our situation, state OF teverlsh ana
terrible anxiety ABOUT the result Tn1 Sov Yor
| has been agitated to its centre on the issue
whether Tweed or Greeley shall prevail IN that
| State-how profound must be the sonc'tuoe IN
VIRGINIA whether educated whites or Ignorant
blacks shall run our State government. ours
! is contest to save the government OF our towns
| and counties. and the State from tho rule OF
| the negroes. Every white voter in thn Com
monwealth has to be brought 10 the polls-oVe
| ry effort has to be made to roslst the Drloes OF
| Office held out to interruptions white men--ln
| order to save ourselves from government ad-
ministered by Lewis Lindsay. Joe Cox ana 10
| sish LYONS. The fate of South Carolina stsrss
us in the face regularly every year
Unless We preserve our ulsc,pmno, 9ni IN her
ness, we shall be liable every year to defeat
| Should we fail in our duty. our dlseipl!n9d op.
ponents may next year carry the Legislature,
and if they should secure that, burdened as We
already are with Federal ana Sta' bajinn o
| ruling BODY which has everything 10 gain
! and nothing % suffer from the most onerous
| levies?
Tho hopo of the advocates OF Ge'noc5Aiic gov-
| eminent rests here on the idea That tho citizen
shail bo intellivent and moral. It is not con"
tended that any race is prepare! Tor sell COY
errment: hardly any candid thinker could Dc
| found who would contend that at TINS HImehI
the Spanish people are fitted for Republic,
But here, in this State on! o some no, 6 69vOoo
voters there are, perhaps, 1l5 Geo or 12o,Coo ne
| GRO yoters-nesrly solid mass OF ignor.nco
Left to themselves, they could not run gov
eminent for ten years. The only hope IN the
| case is in the virtue and Intelligence OF tho;o
| yery whites whosa power they arc Pef:!ssently
and steadily attempting to break; If they
should get tho Government. 1t would only So
cure their own ruin as we'll as that oil the whites
Instead Of realizing that our Conservatism is
| the only guarantee Of their salvation, they
seize the franchise OF the baliot only W p'oan
| down the only bulwurk against the common
ruin Of both races alike.-Rich' RhIg.
WASHINGTON ITEMS. MIR Joseph 4. Bail
| w. the artist who has tor some time been en-
| gaped on the model Of the bronze equestrian
statue of Gen. Grant, has completed his work.
| The atue when finished will be erected IN
Washington, n the public square south OF the
! Presidents house. The artist will now SCI 10
| work to make the plaster cast, which VIII be
sent to Philadelphia, where the bronze casting
! will be made. -,
A rather curious confidence game, in Waich
coIorcd man named Louis Moore is alleged to
| be the principal actor, has just been developed
bv the detectives 10 the Treasury Department;
! Mr.. Mooreit is said, has two aliases, ones and
| johnson, and is charged with having obtalnod
| altogether some six hundred dollars from Varl-
| GUS other coored men, under the false prctcnSc
| of having Influence with officials in the Ireasu.
ry and War Departments to secure messenger
ships, &c.
GEN. BUELL,-::Gencral D. &. Buell. has
secured a lease of 40 years on the Alexander
coal mine, near Paradise, in MuhleDburghl
county, Ky: General Buell. is said to intend
locating in Bowling Green
The officer above named was the Federal
| commander in Kentucky during the late war
and was a courteous gentleman, besides being
| military Leader Of great responsibility. lie
| saved CRAFTS army from destruction at tlIe
battle Of Shiloh by forced march to Ills relief,
| arriving lust 10 time to attain his PURPOSE
Some how or other, he afterwards lost the Ia
| yor of his government, was superseded 10 his
command aud his military career was thus
closed. -Pslersburg Courier.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES. -
| In the Virginia House of Delegates, on Thurs
day, Mr. Kelley offered the following rcs1lu-
| ton: "Resolved, That the thanks OF this
House are hereby rendered to Hon. He2h.
| Turner for the conspicuous ability, courtesy
aud impartiality with which he has discharged,
during the present session, bis duties as Speak
er of this body"
MIR. Kelley, in offering the resolution. spoke
| in complimentary terms OF the Speaker The
| resolution was endorsed by MIR. Jackson from
the minority side Of the House, after which it
was unanimously passed. The Speaker IL
| brief terms returned thanks Tor the honor done
| him.
! C.&O. CANAL TRADE-The Transportation
Of coal upon the Canal has been quite brisk Tor
the last two weeks For the week ending on
Saturday !ast, $50 boats departed from Cum
berland, laden with l9,77l.O4 tons For the
| month of October embracing the period OF sns
pension by the repair OF breaks) sill boats,
carrying so, 442. Oh ton, were cleared.
Supervisor Tuition, of Philadelphia, yesterday
directed the seizure 10 hat city of the d!stl!lery
of II. g. Thompson, the rectifying house OF
| Peter Kline and the liquor store oil Philip
Kline, Tor frauds Oh the revenue, committed
during the last winter and spring. The amount
OF the seizure is very large.
Singleton Ryan, colored, who Was convicted
| at the late term OF the Circuit Court Tor Fred
erick county, Nd, Of perjury, in sSTgcarl,nfg be
tore the registration officer OF New Market
.l,t manor enrpnu q tCrm IN he