Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-09-15
lReported for the Alexandria Gazette.
CANVASS IN THE Sth DISTRICT.
discussion Between MesSrs. Barbour
md LIumtOn.


ion and Barbour at Salem, Fauquier county,on
the 18th The agreement was that each should
speak 40 hour and have r,jolnder OF halt an
hour. About 800 persons were present as
auditors The place OF meeting was IN a grove
on the suburbs Of the village.
MIR. BARBOUR SPEECH.
Cant, Glascock introduced Mr. Barbour, who
led in the discussion He said he was there
under somewhat embarrassing circumstance
but according to old Virginia usage. He did
not claim to be candidate vi any Convention.
He was there because OF the injustice OF the
Alexandria Convention, to claim the support nt
the people. 1t had been alleged that he Was
disorganizer, but the allegation was unjust
Before Convention had been called or had
met 10 Alexandria a struggle had been going
ON between two prominent Conservatives. Que
of these, whose abilities he respected, and
whose chivaIry he admired, had possibly forced
| the other to bow gracefully to i call Tor Cou-
| yeution. 1t was called, but IN no hot haste.
| The speaker went luto 1t prepared to abide It's
decision: but himself and his friends had been
prescribed by il. In duty to theui as we'll as to
| himself he thcreupon felt constrained TO appeal
| to the people. He was the more Inclined to
| this course because TWO years ago he was de-
prived of nomination BY trickcry. All he now
asked was judgment by the popular voice. "A
| Convention might be packed, but the people
could not be hug -muggcd When political
managers had gotten him out of the Conven-
ton they thought that would be the last Of
him. for they imagined that Barbour was SO
good party man that he would submit to any
thiug--even to be kicked and cutfrd about
What was done in Scott Township? y meeting
was held there by appointment OF the County
| Superintendent. Ii Was called to order by the
| Township Superintendent, who nominated Mr..
| Braw0er for the chair; one Of Barbour friends
nominated Mr. Turner; Il vote was TAKEN and
the latter was elected by vote OF II TO II.
! Thereupon 3 Of the II scampered out, went
through the draw bars into the bushes ADD
elected five delegates, two Of whom voted for
Abraham Liucou The fl also elected dele
gates Both appeared before the Alexandria
Convention coutestiug the right to seats III that
body The Convention rejected the dccsat
elected by the majority meeting aud admitted
the delegates elected by The minority meeting.
| basing its action on evidence Of the COnScrva-
tism OF the two sets Mr. B. called the roll
| of the contestiug delegatiouS and proceeded 10
run parallel between them. Iu the course Of
his remarks he assailed by name one OF The adj
mitted delegates, charging that he voted for
Lincoln during the war aud for Soloman lloge
| since the war.
| The delegate being present confessed that he
had voted Tor his friend and neighbor, Mr. lfoge,
whom he believed to be no Radical, but stated
| the charge that he voted for Lincoln to b.
false.
MIR. B., rcsuming, said if he did not vote for
| LiDcoln it was because he could not get to the
! polls, and that the delegate : own church had
dismissed him from It's membership on that
charge
Here gentlemen in the meeting arose and
stated that he belonged to the Church of which
the delegate was deacon, and that he had never
| been arraigned by the Church on any charge
whatever.
When Mr. B. had concluded his parallel he
proceeded to speak OF the action OF the Con
venlon on the case those delegates presented.
| This he denounced as outrageous aud dlsOrgan
| zing. On consultation with friends who Lad
retired from the Convention for consultations he
| agreed with them in the action they subSe-
uueutly presented, to wit: that he could not
without dishonor permit his name to be placed
| In nomination.
Mr. Barbour cnqurcd then, who went to
| Bcalton? Did not Gen. llunton 20 there III
violation OF an order OF the Conservative Tx
|
| lation of courtesy by not serving notice OF an
intention to 20 upon him? He did, and by SO
going he was the first to violate party d>c pine
Mr. B. charged that Gen. Hunton was not
in sympathy with his party or with The MASSES,
| 10 that he had intcrposed captious opposition
to the administration by voting for the caucus
nominee of the Democratic party for Speaker
of the House Of Representatives; and with a
minority for an amended salary grab bill, while
he voted also Tor the repeal vi the bankrupt
law passed lii the interest of the poor man. The
speaker referred to the Congressional Record,
and concluded by an appeal tending to array
the debtor class against the creditor class
GEN. HUNTuN's REPLY.
Gen. H. said he appeared before his fellow
citizens as the unanimous nominee of the Con
sentative Convention which met in Alexandria
on the 10Th ut. The day will never come when
he would dare stand before them to raise his
voice 10 opposition to that of the great party to
which all good citizens Iet Indebted for cXcwp-
ton from the corrupt rule OF the carpet Dagger,
scalawag and their allies la the future, as in
the past, ne meant to bow to the action OF that
party to whose arbitramcut he had but recently
submitted in good faith his claim respecting
nomination Tor Congress from this C0ngrcsslon-
Ill ulSlllCl. LIZ llall Uctu DS II tWD-
third, VOTE and believed that the Alexandria
Convention was the ouly one that had adopted
the two-hirds rule. His competitor had in
simulated that he was forced to bow to a call for
a convention. On the contrary, he had been
solicited by leading Conservatives throug bout
the district, aud, even 10y some in his compcti-
tors own county, who thought party usage was
opposed to calling conventions on iucumbents
the first term tn RIM WIt hOut a convention II,I
was grateful for such expressions of uDmpaircd
confidence, but esccmug the unity and sue
cess of the party as OF paramount importance,
determined to lnterpoSe no objection to call
for convention. If in the convention the
choice had fallen on his competitor Instead of
himself and he had bceu here to-day, his role
would have been that of au advocate of his
competitor election
The Beaton Township meeting had been
postponed in consequence Of the absence OF all
voters from one Ut the two prcc its OF the