Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-06-30
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10 the reply of 'D' to "Rapp ,hanuock"
he says IF COL Mosby is supporter of Gen
Grants Administration the Conservative p,rtv
is not Then if the Conservative party is IN
opposition to Gru Grant they ought to have
said so 10 their platform last year. Instead Of
doing so they declared they we're not opposed
to Gen. Grant but We're willing TO support him
Were they honest OF not in adopting their plat
form? Louisiana and South Carolina We're in
Just as bad condition then as they are now.
Why didn't the Conservatives then arraga
Gen. Grant for the outrages which ID" now
alleges he has perpetrated on those States If
Gen. Grant is responsible for he condition Of
those States now, he was equally responsible
when the Conservative platform was ioptrd
The Conservatives knew then as they know now
that the responsibility was on the local govern
ments. The negroes are In ma Drlty there:
Suppose Greeley had been elected, would there
have been any more white people and any lr>.
number oil negroes to rule those States Would
Greeley have used the army to disperse Legs.
latures legally elected or To uulllty laws they
had passed? 3D. says he feels the uccess.ly
Of sending men to Congress to antagouiZe the
Administration. Well, We have been sending
just those very kind OF men to Congress ever
since the war. Will "D' point to any good re-
suit that such policy has achieved Why the
white people have been antagonlzing the Adj
mlnlstratlon all the time and they have got
Kellogg and Moses Hadn't they better trv
now the policy Of Cancellation since that of au
tagonl>m has SO utterly failed Of any good The
whole question then resolves itself into this; a.
all confess We are too weak either to fsht or
successfully oppose the COLOSSAL power which
ID. says has SO long been expressing Us, would
1t not be better now to change our tactics and
make friends with ii ? II such au alliance could
be formed based on the condition of mutual
protection aud support, would not the aivan
tage be on the side of the weaker party? Now
this is all Col. MoSbs's purposes; he says to
Gen. Grant: Il will give you my support if you
you will give protection to our people. Who
can object to that? That Gen. Grant is will
fact he is now warmly supporting Col. NioShr
for Congress on that platform. Just here |
will dispose OF an Objection have seen urged
against Col. Mrsby, 1t is thls that he canuot
maintain his influence with Gen. Grant unless
he gives Radical votes. Now Gen. Grant un-
derstands Col. Mosby position as we'll As any
one 10 Virginia does. lie Is satisfied with that
position now. Then all he will ak Of Co.. Mos
by in Congress Is to Continue To stand on the
platform on which be was elected ID IN
sists that the miserable condition OF the South
crn States is due to the hostility Of the Admin
lstratiun. L"t Us then cure the disease by re.
moving the cause Instead Of hostility let u, ,uu.
sttute friendship. This very thing Col. M">by
advised the Southern people to do IN the last
Presidential CANVASS; to 90 Tor Grant aud make
friends with Grant and the party who WELD a
power that eau either save or destroy you. Some
say this waSn't Jrure We ought to fight 1t ont
on the line on which We started. Ii may not
have been b7ure, bu we think very few will
now dispute that II was sc'Se advice I'D.
thinks it would be IA great sacrifice of prlnc
pie" on the part OF Virginia Conservatives TO
elect Col Mosby aud thereby secure the power
ful Friendship of Grant even II IN consideration
of this Grant should veto the Civil Rights
BILL Now there are Two kinds OF principles,
right and wrong. Any principle, therefore,
which would be sacrificed III securing the defeat
OF this iniqulty must not only be wrong but
very bad pruci pie, aud the sooncr sacrificed the
better We advise "D' to iticc his prn-
cipl, and help to save his country. II he Will
undergo little sell, examination, however, We
think he will ind that lie is only required 10
SaClluCC SOulc vi HIS pi' JUICES. - says 'h'i
We know who are tie congressman who ar"
"chcck by jouI' with the administration. We
will name two OF the worst 49, l'att and Stow"lI,
who recently attempted the outage on the
citizens Of Petersburg Both OF these men are
working for Gen. llunton against C"l M">by.
And why? Simply because they know that
COL M6sby possesses the friendship and con
6dence of the President, and will he able to
counteract their powerful Influence. They know
that their power will wanc whenever the South
adopts new policy and sends Il different class
of men to Congress Men like llunton, with
out intending 1t, help to build up the powsl
aud influence Of men like Patt. llun,"n aud
the Conservative press exert all their ntuenc"
at home to arouse the anlmo>itcs of our people
against the administration. piatl rxcrls all hi
Influence to array the influence Of the AlmIn
is,ruion against our people. In this way the
ultra Radicals aud The ultra Conservatives give
TO each other aid and comfort. The people are
the sufferers to this selfish war OF politicians.
RAppAIlANNuCK