Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-08-16

THE NAME OF w. n. BACON is present.
Il ed to the Conservatives of Alexandria a.
one OF their candidates for the House of Dele
yates by aug 1881 MANY VOTERS.

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A CARD-At the request of many voters, l
"A otter myself candidate to represent Fair.
Ia9 county IN the next House of Delegates of
virginia will not submit to the action of .
county convention, which, according to the pre-
sent organization Of the Conservative party, is
only calculated to defeat the will of . majority
OF the reople; but ~ I fully recognize the i'm
portance OF securing Conservative represents
ton ana maintaining the unity of the party, I
am ever ready to submit to . primary election,
where every voter has q chance to cast his vote
for the candidate he prefers.
1eel IL Ilght to state the general principles
Wnlch Will govern my action, if you should
think proper to elect me-. I consider ours con-
federated republic. ALI power emanatinE from
the people, tho government officers are the ser.
wants OF the people, and should ct oil times feel
their responsibility and duty to serve them for
the public good. The General government ~
well ~ State governments, ara bound by written
constitutions, and have no right to exercise any
power not therein delegated
The State policy should bs 10 shaped a to
give 81! possible encouragement to the business
interests OF the State. Agriculture, commerce
Anu manufactures constituting the basis Of all
prosperity in country, should DO fostsrsd An
encouraged by the laws of the State. A free
school system is indispensable to free country
and should be sustained by an amendment OF
the law dividing the townships into school dis
tricts OF proper size and electing three trustees
for each district by tho patrons Of each school,
sston and without county superintendent savina
all the school tax for the benefit Of the children
The commerce of the State should be secured
as much as posi- bile to our own cities.
Public and private credit should be sustained
as much as possible by law.
Reputation OF the State debt has been talked
of in some quarters, and should be condemned
by every honest man. It would be Z crime and
curse upon the State from which it would never
recover.
Interest on money should be uniform through
out the State, and should be so fixed as to secure
the money of the State for the business interest
of the State.
TIE present rate of taxation is ample to carry
on the government and pay off the State debt i
J.R PUGH.
Centrevlle, Fairfax CO., aug l2-lws
MY NAME HAVING been announced a. q
~ candidate for a seat in the next House Of
Delegates of Virginia, avail myself of THU
method of soliciting the suffrsges of the voters
subject to the decision Of convention.
aug Off HUGH LATHAM.
ITO TILE VOTERS OF FAIRFAX COUN
l. TY-At thu solicitation Of many friends,
announce myself candidate for reelection t.
the next House of Delegates of Virgins. Re-
cognizing the importance to the best interest o.
tie state and Of the success of the Conservst
party, make this annuncation, subject t, the
action of the party in determining who shall b.
their candidate, believing that the harmony sni
success of the rsrty can be best maintained by
organization anil / trust that at the meeting t
be held at August Court some satisfactory mode
may be sd 'pted by which, in the selection of
ca. didste, that result may be attslued.
Conservatism, in the darkest days of our his
tory, saved US from the fate of our Southern sis
ter States and it ia at this time our strength snt
hope, and l sincerely trust that its harmony
may be preserved. If I shall again be nomi
date, can only promise that, as in the past, my
beat abilities will be directed to the mantsinance
of the hon1r and integrity of our beloved com.
monwealth, and to the adoption of such meas
ures as will tend to the material prosperity Of
the county and State.
r. Il. COCKERILLE.