Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-06-17
.fSaSe Rail-

The correspondent; OF the 18th instant gives
M ''co1sclcntious >crupcs," aud reserves Tor
himself ability as writer. thank INC geotlc-
uau heartily for the award Of virtue wIrici.
neither his tairuess nor hi, gouercsi,y as set
forth IL his article allows t;m - caiu tor him
SET. Certainly 1t is u!ore blessed to give thar
70 receive. caunot say that ne W!cdS tine
pen OF ready writer but surely he has the
wi' of ready invcotor.
Who claimed Tor the Hcw,rds the champions
snip CT Firgn If the Independents di ppt
after their victory ct the 18th utt. In Order 10
transfer th.t ilU1ur 10 themselves? The How
ards never claimed It. As 10 ''U0asts' aud the
like they are neither here nor there; made or
Dot made i, 1ua;ter> not The only printed or
official clam OF cham ronshir -ver made Tor
the HowarJs Was maze '.y the Independents,
who thus constructed q crown OF w0ntr us
beauty 10 aGorn The brow 0! their 0wn cut.
And all the budding honors t;y crcs,
III! crop, IL make 3 garland toT my hc=Gi .
As to he so.cacd Selling ouJ" Gu IL 27 Il.
The thing IS 100 absurd to demand uolc-, Dut
word or W,l may not DC anls>: uence
comes the rig Il; 10 GIake "a accus :ilpn with, ut
particle OF prooi2 n lew "acrupes' retniu
ed aud put just along here would have helped
the able correspondent greatly, but he has
given them all away auG kp: only ability,
quality good enough 10 ls Way but which some
times sips up % tii2 polished su'tac; ot tic.s s.
There was % earthly reason wig the luiep.a-
dents might uut lave proved a bargain aud
sale had such existed. 3 til c;uos, thei- friends
and umpire, were oG the Srcu;!i, ana in Ch"se
times OF general aud par; .cuiar Investigations
10 cue hcsitateS 20 root ui he SOL 0t bis ign
boris character The In!ep~poeuis Aucw
be ter They saw :tLat ther were desilu-
h- i,.1l nj far
set their wits IL work 10 lnrcut suiut tX-
clse therefor Itn rc,ui. OF the labor was
that thCy cuaIgCi u ir!, ia, WHO haa srtVtd
on thCIr niue III The previous game and whose
enrrgy, d2yo;iOii and cIusnmatc xii had cou-
,rlhutcd largely, ii not chstt,, 10 tieir
SUCCESS on that occasl ~ with dcscItioD to the
cocmy, not r. Il ct!ug tat the diShOuor ui de-
scrtion rests with the t"*eT;ar AID WITH h's
triauJs and comrades, not wstn The party 10
whom he goes, Thcy oiie;es! and could oter
no proof and the subject OF accusation naau!
ly denied The charge. L may be wise, it may
be allie thus to hit up the heel against i
tricuJ,' to uss him first 10 wiz a v.ctcry aud
then to cover deleat by castlo&. dlss;ace up'ii
HIM, but my vls.oa Is 100 short aud my
"scrupes" are too 'couSclcutious' o see the
Eepcrusity aud manhood II this. Olhe:S seem
capablr Of doing so, however, and vii net
d,nur. de u !lou> non dispntanduu.
Wha. woudcr hen that The II w"rl>, wiIn
Ike IL y, L. unfortunately have tEcIr >crut'ias,
should hesitate 20 meet cue on dhy G!HuidS
who have showu disposition 10 have 9lct0ry
at any cost, even al ibe disgrace ut cumratt
who IS abscLt aud caunOt defend himself. "lhcy
did not kutw his when they were GcclUng TO
pay u last Spung,' the Independents will
affirm. True enough they did not, but no one
bccumca suddenly wicked, aud the ii wards
cannot tail 10 .l,b,r, that IN the report OF
the draw game, gwen by the lnicpc udeuls, not
single word was Said Of the knocklng down
anG disabling OF the best man oi the Huwad
nine by one OF the undergraduates before the
game commenced. This Was regarded as an
accident. as udaed 1t was, hut morc nollity
aud lever "scluplCs' would have calDed aud
with force that this was put up JOB, done to
secure victory, ,and now. after the pnonc Charge
OF what is style" selling out, the Towards, 10
justice to themselves, and iu justice 70 the 1900
con' man whom ne correspondent hasattcmpted
todsgrace should take the ground dthatthcchaIse
must either BE- proved or withdrawn or thIy
will never meet the Independents on any held
Hga,n The attempt to gain victory by accu.
satiors ent,rely grouDdless and without PROOF
is bur The bllud striking vi an awkward oupg
er The Howards nave sport enough ln play.
iog clubs that are not so easily bjught and |
sold, and who do not attempt to coIuec them |
with knavery aud I lnkee trlcHs.
It. however, the ladcpead ats, through the
correspondent, still nSlst that tney nave oeen
sold, and alege that they know the fact, then
| can only say 80 te it. The position never.
the less is subject to the following analysis
Every bargain aud sale must. when the thing |
bought and sold. is reasonable being, or ST |
of such beings, contain three ctcncnts or par
ties, VIZ: the seller, tue buyer aud the person |
or persons sold aud bought, and each OF these |
parties mas have a certain aud particular |
knowledge OF the transaction TO the exclusion |
of one or both of the ot!iers-that Is, the BUY
cr must know the price paid, the seller
must know the price recelVed to the enllre |
exclusion Of the party sold, and the party sold
eau oulr know the fact of the sale. Now theu
rho cas-, stands The Independents knew the |
fact of the sale. The H,wards knew, ard
herewith gives the price paid" Nothiog.
The Seller knew, and herewith gives the price
received No;hlng.'
Aud tn SUM up 10 order this sklltul CONNER
cial matter, We f1d that the lniepehdeos are
sold, aud sold or naught, price doubtless en-
tirciy commensurate wltn aun In tul or the
value OF the goods 10 this market; aud Just
here, since the c.rrespnn lent his made me
lecturer too, may mod ly su gest that the
Independents "have taken th II ducks to a
poor market" aud miebt possibly do better il
another towu. extend NV sincere sympathy
70 these artless innGceniS who have been thus
betrayed by their owl familiar FREUD and sold
into the hands of the euemy. But cannot
bsllcyc that the correspondent is a represents
tive man of the l.d"p Jndeut cuu Men who
have played with much skill. to which We
AL can testify cannot seriously take position
50 absurd uuju,, aad unwise. They fairly
heat tine HoWards 90 the 18th ulto., and the
H,wards fairly beat them on the 9th and
short cuts, sharp cornels back steps and an
kee tricks aside, this is the whole thing in
nut she'll.
have taken much of your space, and can
but off ameuds by the promise hat, unless
forced, shall not again appear. | hate public
controversies and do not intend to be seduced
further INTO one. YLLEK REB.