Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-10-28

Ia" Stht,chi ~ whose name heads this a!ti..,
rs yi.l''cI t. tie solicitations of many v,,.'
(?) and consented to run rs an intrnn1It.,, ',,
!ld"!e IT," the Senate 81 Virgins I:n,,, ~. =;
trIct. Having done this, he has. in nr,,,rlsnoa
with the we'll known rule in such c,seS n,.,in
his political record public property, and given
nis opponents the RICH: to su jret that record to
fair criticism.
IT will require bu: q few words and q sb,,,
sHa''" ot time to show that he is unworthy OF tie
pcs ton I" which he asp.reS, and that his canti
dscy Is the perfection OF cheek and tho essence
OF impudeuce.
And now, III fvrtherance of a lau;lable decr-
minatlun to furnish the voters with reasons for
permitting Mr.. Mckenzie to remain in rctirsry
l propose TO Take HIM up and examine him with
reference 10 two pertinent inlerrogatories.
FIRST. What right hAs he to be candidate,
ut al?
None, whatever
Ho has not yet announced himself, bat leaves
the Inference to be drawn that lie is entirely in
the hands OF his friends. This may be true, and
If true il only makes the matter worse, for If
they were animated By an earnest pure lruenI-
ship they would never, by their endcsvo.s
place hum in position which must inevitably
sink hun low in the estimation of all men who
have even an average S 'nsc Of honor They nrr
not friends in the beautiful Significance OF the
term Non such would, care ess Of his reu,It4
ton, take advantage of the old genteman's ,lc-
sire for conspicuou$nesS, and urge him TO vio-
late his solemn plctgs
1t may not be generally known to the com.
munity bat it is nevertheless y fact that Lewis
Mckenzie cannot become a candidate for the
Senate OF Virginia, either rs xn Independent. or
upon the Republican ticket wit%oM stuttJqi ,q
hims"t Thi is strong language, yet the writ
is satisfied that all who admire the jewel of coa-
sistency, hate the dissembler and regard honor
Ms one of the first qualf atoms for office Mil
echo the sentiment and endorse the language
when they are ut in possession Of the following
f cts:
At the primary election held in this city
short time ago TO determine whether Edgar
Snowden, jr., esq, or H. o. Caughton esq.,
was the choice OF Alexandria for the Sena,. III
Virginia, Lewis Nckenzio went TO the Srrund
ward polls and offered his ballot The commis-
soners of election declined TO receive it on tho
ground that none bat Conservatives were AL
lowed to vote he replied tnat he had voted
the Conservative ticket It the last election The
direct question WAS then II; TO the hero of this
Sketch DO You intend To support the Corser
vatlve nomi'.cc>?H %na he answered, according
to several witnesses, Certainly do profess
TO De gentleman )" and, according 10 smother,
Il am gentleman" -wh creupon his vote WAS
received
And now, although he makes no charge that
| the primary election WAS unfair and although il
left him without wrong TO redress or gricv-
ance to svenge, he Is, in violation o: that eX-
pres pIomlSe, running against those very NOM
lnees.
Second. What clsms has he upon the people
Of this district Tor their votes?
With the report Of the Congressional Joint
Committee on Reconstruction containing his
testimony lying before me, l reply, none, what
ever.
Because in it he exclaimed agains. the resto-
ration OF his people 20 their political rights and
their being pardoIcd for alleged political of,
fenc"s
Question: In gcnera terms, what is the state
81 feeling among the rebel people Of Viruinia
towards the government of the United States
Answer: l will toll you. a great many rcn-
pie called upon me- to recommend their pardunS
and l, having been 2omcwhAt OF Il prominrn,
man in that part OF the State, recommended ~
| great many Tor pardon, ana The pardons were
ohtAlnrd but J. Am sorry 10 say, from my eypr-
Renee OF things, that this policy h,,s not hsd u
good fleet. AIN satisfied that the ndscrlmi.
nate pardnnlng SvStnln u ;orted By tho preSi.
dent has protiu ed very bad effect, and that
the State 81 Virginia Is in worse condition
| now than it WAS last Apiil. Then they have
been s@oilrd and ruined also by the policy of
the President Of the Unisrd States
Qnnstlon: hat IN your Judgment has been
President of the United States in extending p,r-
donS nnd amnesty 10 r:hGl>?
Answer: Decidedly unlavorahl" [Testimo-
nya,p IL
ing Virginia from tie list Of States and reducing
her IN the condition al n territory.
"Wu hat meeting ut Alexandria the nigh.
before last, and we are goiag to mcmorialn,
Congress to put Virginia in territorial conIi.
ton. | do not know whether Congress Will
have tho power to do that, and | suppose tho
President will be opposed 20 it. The PROPOSE.
ton is pretty radical, but the evil requires u
radical curc.-[Tcstimony p IL
Because III 1t he mlsrcp scented his people
and displayed feeling Coward them so malicious
We to pass understanding
II had hoped myself, that the rebels would
have left the Ntatc--woui have gone to MIMI
Sofa, Iowa, Illinois, or Mexco-ard that IT,, r
places would be supplied with honest. indus
trlous Northern settlers; but the rebels are coa-
! ing right back, and do not see any hope in the
world for the Union men without the Immediate
aid of Congress Or the Prcsider.. l 90 not
know what is to become of them" -iTestlmcnv,
page r.
All these things b. did in the dark days that
succeeded the late civil warwaen Virginiaw was
in the lowest depths Of humiiation-whcn She
needed MS much us in the hour the battle RACED
that her sons should stand sroilder to shoulder
III the eadeAvor to pro,ure from the General
Government 4 recognition of those polital riyh.s
which, Tor the most criminal and unconstituttnn-
III ends, were withheld from Eeraad her citiz.fs
In those day he shared none Of the burdens
OF his p ople, Strovc not to alleviate their con-
dltlon, nor to lift his State from TIE mire of her
degradation bat was al active wu. kcr in the
ranks Of hor opprcssois, and we know not that
ne has yet rcpented him of these things.
These are the answers TO the Undergraduates,
ana they co stltuto an indctmel on which,
the I'd day of November, Lewis Mckenzie viii
D" tried by scrutlnIz,ng jury--thc people Of
this district-upon the charge of conduct unHe-
Coming u gentleman, Virgnian, ard an asrir-
ant for "l!lcc, with specifications " above AMI
the verdict will be "(uilty, continue to pursue
your peaceful aVpcutions vt homo MI NJ