Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-08-28

WAS t!'lS nero tlill uOtHtS was tpo 'SiotAouS III
hun To say, and no arrow tlat could De launch
et at hlIU could penetrate his cbOry arulor.
The covrcd brethren were deli ghtCd Aitcr
hlr. Chandler spoke Col. Wiiher: make re-
ply. | wish could give some idea OF the mas
tcrly { Hort of that chlvarou> gen. culan. Every
joint IN Hughes ani Chandler armor VA.
! pierced ~ his c;cctrir arrow; every rotten
place II their platform WAS prub;L by HI, uh :
>parlng spear. The effect produced by Cul
| WlIhcrss speech w%S perfectly enthu a-t!c.
Cheer after cheer ana applause after applause
sautcd him time and again throughout the
hour and half that he spoke, aud when he
concluded nearly he entire white portion ct
! the audience amid resOundlng cheers, left The
meeting and Mr. Chandler to reply tn the
| ncary empty beuches. After Chandler had
gone on for half an hour one + att. VI. c.,
with much voice aud gesture held forth to
these who remained Mr. P.att speaking, no
DOUBT, h" aud his audleuc" were mutually
| pleased. l..
Politics aud Parties Then and Now.
In looking back upon the odeu, golden days
when there was really AZ much, or more Of
mere sentiment 10 tue politics aud parties Of
the times than cf actual earnest interest arising
from calm conviction Of the absolute pract!-
cal import.pcc Of the questions 10 controversy
We are brought to reflect seriously upon the
contrast between public measures as they We're
then aud as they are now.
Our fathers and their fathers were more ar
dent and enthusiastic 10 their devotion to the
political parties to which they respectively be
longcd than are the people Of the present day.
They adhered with incxorable lcriLalty to
the tcnet> OF their schools they felt high pa
trOtic pride IN The stcadiaStncss with which
they followed the faith they profe>>ei. They
| talked politics, with an intensity OF interest
that denoted an unseliiShncss Of public spirit
and lofty love OF country, worthy Il racc Vi
patriots still remembering the wrongs that
forced the republic into existence, aui s'lll cher
i>hng the rights which were asserted il the t.
adjustment Of our government.
When the old Wing party and the old
Democratic parry were the contestants for pow
cr IN the administration OF the general govern
lncnl. an 10 the several States, everybody on
| both sides imagined that uocss his party sue
cccdei. the county, when the election vas ma.
tioua. and the State when there was Sta.c
election, would suffer, and suffer seriously from
the result But after the ell elton was over
whether The Wings or the Democrats wcIc
victorious, there was little or 10 charge per
ccptlbie to the masses OF the people 10 the
operation Of the policy Of the party iu power.
| Everything appeared to 90 % pretty much
as it bad gone before Nobody was oppre>>ci
nobo4y was distressed The liberties Of the
people we're not reduced the rights OF the pcO-
pie were not iupailcd tie sovereignty Of the
people was not threatened: there was litie OF
10 important difference discovered in the prac-
| teal worklrgs-thc substantial results 81 thu
principles OF one party or the other. l. wa>
not thought 81 then by the pubic mcu, be
cause our people were 30 prosperous politically
SO safe IN the possession OF all that was qua
ranced 10 them by their free institutions: 80
iar removed from the remotcst suspicious Of
danger to the safeguards of their rights tina!
il the height and heat Of their party PERU
dies and passions leaders Of the people really
regarded the distinctive political principles OF
the lmes-as they We're cspous d on the one
side and opposed on the other-as involving
issues too grave TO be considered otherwise
than Of the most momeutous mIortauce. The
American people: the Virginia people, did not
know then how happy tt cy We're.
Where is the man who was once Wing who
would not be delighted COW to have our State
Government in the hands Of such Democrats
as We had in those days? And where is the
| iIdll W III NdS iIlSu IpclIDCIdl WIZ "ouIl Ubl
wngly checriully, ioyousy assent that Eir
GINA should now add forever be governed by
such Wings as were known then? The times
| have changed. There is less OF parioric virtue
than there used to be- Here in the Old d.
miniou we have one party, it is true. composed
Of the best material Of both Of the Old parties
of other days: and our only hope of happiness,
Of prosperity, of progress, Of security, is in the
the couriauance of the prcdominance Of It's
principles and lis policy. And W. have anoth-
er party made up mostly of colorei p~opl,
and but comparatively f:w whites mixed iii
amongst them, which menaces not only the
material interests Of all the people Of all lie
Commonwealth. but strikes straight at the very
soul and centre Of our political system. 1t Is
no mere matter Of sentiment now whether the
one party or the other shall succeed. 1t is a
matter of incalcu|ahle conStq ucnce: a matter Of
veal or woe; Of life or death to Virginia -
| RicInond EuqurT.
MILK.-The question Of pure milk in large
cities is one that, Notwithstanding the seeming
unimp9r:aacc of the subject, has excited the
attention at times # the leading metropolitan
journals.
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