Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1874-06-02
COMMUNICATED.

COMMUNICATED.
| have rcct ntly noticed communications 10
the Gazette from gentlemen who reside in the
Eighth Congressional District, dcrlecating
convention for the purpose Of selecting canIi
date Of the Conservative party of the district
tor Congress; opposing the reelection OF Gen.
Huntnn; Insisting that Col. Musby is about the
only mad for the place in the district; eulo-
glslug Col M"sby as one of the staunchest Con-
servaivcs in Virginia, yet as the peculiar favor
lite OF Gen. Grant, ami whose election is ardent
~ desired by the President as peace Offering
to the party 10 power from the Eighth District
Taking 1t Tor granted that this is true, it is the
first time 10 our history that the executive head
OF one party has manifested an ardent desire
for the election OF an opponent to place OF
such importance. Uuder the circumstances
people are naturally suspicious that the Presl-
dent must look upon the Colouel as an adher-
cut rather than 80 good Conservative. But
take it for granted that Col. Mosby's euIogists
are correct, and that be is as good and true
Southern man as when at the head OF his bat
taIlion he defeated Major Forbes at Mount
Zion Church, aud that the President FROM "a
| freak of fancy desires to see whether the Colo
| Del will make an average Conservative Con-
gresham, the question arises what are We to
gain by indulging this fancy? Will MIR. Grant
10 payment crush with his veto the pending
enormity to the South, the negro and the
North as we'll, the Civil Rights bill? Certainly
not. Who can afford to lose 100000 votes in
contest for the next Presidency We can ex-
pect from him nothing further than that hio
executive patronage 10 the district will be ex-
| 4 no {,f IN ba
Verts to his party, who will be sou6ing around
for the spells Of Office, macy Of WHOM, perhaps,
will be able only to bring such recommenda-
tons tor office as the Hoosier did; uamely, that
he Was too lazy to work and afraid to steal,
and this can do the rank aud file of the distric.
no good unless the President will take them all
from among US aud set them up in Washington.
1t is generally admitted that the Eighth Dis.
trict is suffering under some ills present aud
some looming up in the near future, tut it Is
not thought here that either Col. Mosby or
Gen. Grant will be taken as panacea for those
ills, present or prospective. "Serex" seems
to think the Conservative party of the Eighth
Distric is sick. The disease is certainly Radl'
caism. They are taking periodical doses OF
convention to prevent the spread of the disease
and finally to effect complete cure. The old
superstition that THE hair of the dog will cure
| the bite is long since exploded, and we will
not be apt to take RadicattSm to cure it, We
do not know who the authors OF the various
| articles referred to are, and are unwilling to he
| understood as chasing them or their tavorlte
as Radicals. The tactics Of the Radical party
in Virginia are opposed TO conventions IN the
opposite party, however, and the gentlemen
must acknowledge that their course will raise
the question; are they not 10 bad company?
| Louisiana aud South Carolina are to day
bound hand aud foot and prosperiug under the
| tender mercies Of Radical domination. They
were brought to their present condition by
| resident aud imported Radical majority, aided
by the strong arm of Gen. Grants government
at Washington. 1t is more than limited to us
that if Col Mosby were elected to Congress
| from the Eighth District, Virginia would be at
once the recipient of inDumerable iavors from
the executive. This idea must be based upon
the theory that Gen. Graut would at once
change his politics. or regard the Colonel as
convert to his political views aud reward him
accordingly. But why is Gen. Graut so anxl-
Gus for the election of his friend from the
| of the woodman who asked the trees for a little
piece of wood to make haudIc for his axe?
| The Conservatives iu every Congressional
| District 10 Virginia will doubtless hold conven-
tons TRY another dose OF the medicine whi:h
has heretofore proved so beneficial Any gen.
tleman desiring to represent his district and
coming before the convention as q thoroughly
pronounced Conservative will, no doubt, have
bis claims properly considered. He who calls
himself Conservative and yet ruus as an NJ
dependent candidate will, to say the least, be
considered as keeping very bad company.
Nothing is more certoin than that Gen. Hun
ton or any other gentleman as we'll qualified AS
be, and as acceptable TO the party, who recelv-
es the nomination Of the Conservative coDven-
ton Of the Eighth District, will be elected to
Congress. u.