Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-09-11
Gov. SeyInOur's Views.

In an Interview with a reporter Tor the New
York Herald, at Utica, last Friday, Governor
Seymour said cit was clear to see what motives
lead Inc republicans to excite the public mind
by side issues, by personal questions and at
tacks, by magnifyiDg The incidents of State
dominating convention. This they must do to
turn attention from laborers out of work, from
business which sinks into bankruptcy, from
careworn men and from homes punched oy
want, Hundreds of men have died from poV
erty and Gre at the North while one has been
killed by volence at the South, admitting
every statement made by interested partlsaDs
TO b. true.
"Yuu speak of violence at the South what
do Won think OF the South Carolina massacre!
said the reporter.
On its face it shows that ten or more men
were shot down. Unless those who perpetrated
this deed can prove that it was jusiihable act
they must be looked upon as murdercrs. Unul
there mas been full, fair trial they must be
regarded in that light II they are guilty they
were cruel, not only as regards the negroes,
but also toward the white men, women ana
children of South Carolina They lncted the
negroes, who outnumbered the whites, TO
aycnge themselves with the torch, the kolie
ADD all methods of destruction Wlthin ther
reach. This act was committed IN Cta'e
where the republicans have majority Where
they eli every of6ce-State or na'lona-Where
| they control the executive and Judicial power
whey they can command the assistance OF the
armies of the Uniou. Ii this affair is not fairly
dealt will the guilt will rest upon the rcpubll'
can party.
Why,shen, do their Senators aud leaders;
when speaking at the North. where hundred
men have died from anxiety and want where
ten have persisted by violence at the South,
turn their eyes away from the distress which
surrounds them and talk Of wrongs elsewhere.
which will BE- punished if they will d. their
du,y? | will show you why. Did you ever,
| when YOU VIZ k down Broadway on a moonlight
night, notice a man with a telescope inviting
| ;h,: passcrs by to look at the moooI You
| heard him talk eloquently Of the earthquakes
| thai have convulseu its surface and made 1t 30
| sad ana ISOLATE; you soon notce that those
| who yielded TO his solicitations, while their
MINDS and eyes VIZ occupied With that dis
tan. orb, had thslr pockets picked here on
earth. If our republican friends Can amuse
the people by fighting over the battles OF the
rebellion, or Gao excite their passions by eVentS,
| real or fictitious, in distant States, they may
hold tLei! followers. Ga the other hand, II
| they are f'rc2Q 10 discuss ltc sIatc Va q 1iiH
| now about The bones Of their hearers, where
the truth is seen aud Iet, they are lost. | can
not tniuk that the American people will put
every branch of this government into the hands
of those who cannot give a vote tor reform or
economy without self condemnation. | believe
| the best aud most thoughtful of the republican
| party wish to get our of this dilemma; that
they will be glad to have political power so dis
| tribut.d shat needed reforms can be brought
about They can get their party ioto shape
| where it will be IN re scrvceatIe to the public
welfare. With democratic Presd aud
House Cd tue one hand, and republican Sep
! ate aud array of officials upon the other, there
| will be discussion with regard to public at
| fairs which would compel both organizations to
! elevate their standards of patriotism and pub
lie virtue with view of gaining the confidence
oil the American people,