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

regular monthly Court Gay. tie town was nllGu
with people from the country. many hundreds
being brought hitler, aS ii was understood that
to-day the Conservative party would organize
TO carry old Augusta for kcmpcr By Il telling
ma,rity. Owing to the sudden illness of tie
County Supcrnrendput, Hon. John b. Bald
win, it was feared that the meeting might
lack the spirit which should characterize it,
bur the result showed the people Were already
aroused, aud that the meeting Was but Il natur
al cLr'tition Of the enthusiasm already Infused
iuto the people Of the valley. Alter the pre-
limiuary organization: and the appointment of
township and ward Committees, Capt. James
Bungarduer, jr., Offered the following rcsolu-
tons, which were adopted nen, con'
RcsolycDl, That this meeting ratfy the nom
iDatiou Of James l.. kemper. for Governor,
Robert +. Wlthers. for Lieutenant Governor,
and Raleigh 7. Daniel for Attorney General,
as made by the Conventions which assembled
at Richmond on the Oh day Of August, 1873.
RcWirol, That each member Of this meeting
will contribute all III his power to secure the
election of said nominees
Gen John lichoiS being called upon spoke
for half an hour with great earne>tnc>s and e!o-
qucncc. He urged the people IN u passionate
appeal to rise aud acI in his contest. He would
| not drtlact from the government OF the |. 3;
| he claimed to be a good loyal cltiZ ~: but |lr-
enans must rule Virginia. There is no warn
| ing more significant, no incentive more earnest
and Inviting TO Us than the condition OF our
! poor, suffering, down-troddcn brethren Of Lou
isiana Let Virginia be warned IN TIM" look
at the difference oflaXatlon between Virginia
| aud Louisiana. met an intelligent gentle
| man from Louisiana the other day. and whe1I
| asked him how much they were taxed III hi.
| State he said, The newspapers do not tell one
halt Under late assessment my property has
been reas,cssrd at much higher price than
| could sell i, for. 1t is uothir . but certain con-
| iscaton" The Conservative party III this State
hangs upon the present issue Look for one
moment at the magnitude and importance OF
the result Louisiana l. looking TO Us Poor
| ruined South Carolina looks IL W. with mp!ur-
| il = cycs-that gallant State which has been
etcctually AirlcanIz ID; the property Of whose
citizens has been virtually cOuhscatcd. Texas
| is uSt commencing z l"rouS campaign.
| which we are assured Is IL rc>u IN the triumph
of the Conservative party. We ought to feel
gratctui that we are III Il position 10 accomplish
50 much good. Our people would be rccrcanr
to the trust which has bccl coLli led to them
| if they fail now to d. their work manuIiy and
faithfully. And the c5uutcDanrcS II this great
crowd, here in this mcering uow assures me
| that there will 81 TN Il Shout Of triumph for
kemper. Withcrs auI Daniel, which *il shake
| aud crllmhlc 10 the dust the Sirongh0I1o ct
Radicali-m, 81 that NC will never - troubled
| again. Prolonged cheering.
| Capt. james Bumgardncr, being caih'd upon,
| 81, L., -,
| people that now Tor the first time since the
war. they had an opportunity Of voting for a
ticket Of their own selecting unbiased b. views
of expedeucy and urcocrced BY threats from
the government at Westinghouse ticket of
| NirglnianS which meets the tut appreciation OF
every true EirgiGian throuyhou; the length and
| breadth of The State He then alluded ,,artcu-
| larry 10 the heroic agnanlmlty OF Col " lthcrS
| in allowing his name 10 be brought from the
| first place Oh the ticket and placed III he second.
| But independent of having IN the field ticket
such a. scarcely was eecr presented Tor the sui
frages Of Virginans bltprc, there are Incentives
that ought to be sufficient to induce u: to vote
| for our Dominees. 1t was said ages ago when
the civilized world was convul>cd by the con
test between the cross and the crescent, that
wherever the Turk planted his foot thereafter
grass never grew: and We can say Of the lead
crs of the Radical party IN the South snce the
time they have taken the field and have been
proceeding in their career OF conquest. wherever
they have prevailed there The very sources OF
prosperity have utterly dried up. They first
took poor South Carolina and they have left
it waste and howiing wilderness. They then
advanced step farther in their clrecr-MiS
| si,sippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Florida: and in
every one of those States there is nothing like
pros perity to be seen All Of them are crushed,
| down -troddcn ruined, every material interest
PROSTATE in the dust: their FARMS lying Idle,
commerce still. manufactures dead the people
| desparing, li>tcsS, helpless. La those States
we can scarcely hope that they will recover FROM
| the footsteps of the Turk and that grass will
| ever spring up again. And now these conquer
| ing Icvons of destruction have turncd their
eyes upon Virginia, and in this clmpaga seek
to gau possession OF this beautiful aud prosper
Gus State. If they succeed here the result will
be the same as in other Southern States.
Can't. Bumgardner was followed by Col. NJ.
G.. Hartman, Mai. j. Marshall Hanger, Mai
L. G. Elder and Absalom kolrcr. esq. in
patriotic addresses which heightened the en-
tbu>iasm Of the masses.
Mr.. J. Davis Craig being ctlIed upon, pro,
posed three cheers for the Conservative ticket,
which made the wekin ring, and then the
meeting adjourned. :.
Political Discussion Eli WarremtOn.
Correspondence Of the Alexandria Gazette.
WARRESToN, Aug. pa large coucourse
of people were assembled to winess this first
tilt of the campaign, and the interest became
the more and more intense Us lane after lance
was shvcred by opposing champions.
The Radicals claimed it as their meeting,
and that they had the right 70 open ana con