Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-05-15
unse6sh as ever burned in the breast of
Robert Bruce or William Wallace.
SENEX
PARIS, FAUoUIER Co., Va, Nay ID. 1874.

SENEX.
PARIS FAUoUIER Co., Va, Nay Ia. 1874
COMMUNICATED.
WooDvILLE, May 13-Our County Court,
Judge Strosher, adjourned after few hours
session on Monday last there beiog no bust
ness before it save the granting of several licen-
ses for keeping ordinaries. The entire court
business is now before the Circuit Court the
first term of which, under the new law giving
three terms 10 the year, instead of TWO, will be-
gin on the second day Of June, (Tuesday) and
save that our County Courts have name and
being, they seem to be of but little practical use,
and return to the old County Court system
is advisable.
The event of the day was the presence of
Col. Mosby, and though but few of our citizens
were present, the coming of the Colonel not
having been known, yet those who met with
and conyersed with him became his supporters
at once with but very few exceptions that we
heard OF, and even these few have not express
ed themselves as opposed to him, or to the
course the Colonel has inaugurated. There is
90 doubt of the fact that Mosby stands We'll in
this county, and We were particularly Impress.
ed with the great unanimity existing among
the young men on court day for square out
aud out fight on the Mosby basis for the COM
ing campaign. We noticed some thirty Of the
members of the Mosby Battalion circled around
their old leader gu the court green, and the
evident satisfaction with which they listened
TO his views on the situation plainly told they
were In favor of him to man. There are
hosts OF his friends herein fact the ma ority
of the young men are with him-mauy OF
whom are active workers in his cause, aud
without the addition Of one vote it may safely
be reckoned on that RappahanDock will cast
its vote for Mosby. The utter uscIessness OF
the Conservative party to place itself III direct
antagonism and hostile attitude 10 the admin
istration is seen aud felt here as esew ere in
the State, and after the experience OF the Gree
ley aud Grant campaign, in which the same
bravery to oppose Grant and take Greeley,
would now incline the Conservatives to mis-
taken policy and certain failure. True wisdom
and sound Judgment leads to course of recon-
ciliatiou and perfect accord in the very lice of
conduct pursued by Mosby when he voted for
and supported Grant whilst others equally
Conservative did the same for Greeley The
result has been Mosby was right. Whether
the others we're wrong we do not say, but the
men who preferred Greeley for his southern
sympathy can now support Gen. Grant, who
really and practically has gone further in his
efforts to help The South than even Mr.. Gree.
ley did.
We are not Of those who feel our position to
be the same as that of Longstreet six years ago.
He first OF all declared himself Radical as the
party then existed and the motive for 80 doing
is found in the good Office given him, and be.
sides all that there is wide difference between
the party which Grant now represents and the
Radical party when Longstreet joined his for
tunes with. He adhered to and advocated
the terrible reign of military rule in the South
as then ordered by the terrible Congress which
soon afterwards attempted the impeachment OF
johnson and spread ruin and desolation over
all our fair land who sent carpet. baggers to
ill our every Office and to pluuder our every
dollar; who placed az army officer as the ruler
over ever State of the South, AID whilst all
this was being enacted Longstreet became a
Radical Did he support johnson chen? He
did not, aud yet johnson broke loose from the
very party which Longstreet joined, and by his
friendly course to the South became the object
of the direst prosecution at the hands Of the
very party who had elected him to his Office.
LoDgstreet to have taken the course claimed
10 be the same as that of Mosby and those who
support him now should have been 10 afflia.
ton with Johnson, but Instead of that we
know be did the very opposite-join the Radi-
cal party at the time when it was the most
bitter and violent towards the South, and for
the sake of Office. B.