Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-07-12
General Eppa HuntOn

The Richmond Wing OF yesterday pays the
following wcmerited compliment TO the able
Representatives in Congress from this strict !:
No representative OF Virginia 90 the adjourn.
ment of this session of Congress will deserve
the plaudlt well done good ADD faithful ser
want" 90 the part OF bis fellow citizens, more
than the distinguished gentleman wnose uamc
heads this article.
Chairman of one of the most important spe
cial committees which has been raised at
this session, and which was charged with
the investigation of The relation Of the
Urion and Central Pacific Railroad With
the Government, and the expenditure oi
It's funds, it proved, under the perseverng Ell
forts, activity, tact and wisdom OF General II.
aud his colleague, NJ. Ashe, one of the graud
est cess pools of corruption which hi-tory pre-
seo.s, with one OF its richest odes Of official
peculatioa reaching the most prominent radical
leader of the country, the Hon. James u.
Blaine.
II required, therefore, all the equipoise of a
mind iudlclally trained, with all The hrmness
which spring alone from conscious rectitude Of
purpose, to 50 discharge this delicate aud re-
sponsible duty as to give 90 just cause TO Mr..
Blaine Or even to the republican party to c0m
plain.
Mr.. Blaine never complained of the action
of Gen. H. until the debate with regard to the
famous caldwell dispatch" which be charged
Mr. Proctor Knott with suppressipg.
But this most remarkable debate in which
the great but guilty radical leader bore hiusclf
with au audacity. ability, parliamentary tact
rarely ever surpassed, might, in reality, have
been triumph, as claimed on the republican
side Of the House, but for the calm aud quiet
but most manly speech of Gen. Hunou. who
bore himself through that trying ordeal 10
manner TO elicit he frequent commentators
Of not only his colleagues from VIrslnla, but
the leaders of the democratic party OF the
country.
NJ higher service could have been rend red
in this juucture of public affairs than that
which the &c mmlttee achieved 10 presenting
Mr.. Blaine, DO; only IN his true colors tn the
country, but showing that this OH 'lal dl,hon-
esty in ooe Of its most houored leaders was but
the legitimate resultant of the practlc. OF thar
party, whose acts, for the last sixteen years,
have brought official disgrace on the civil ad.
niuistratioD of the country.
There is auother official act Of General Hun
ton $ which, while not calculated - attract the
general pubic attention 10 so eminent degree,
is yet Of great importance to the State and S
pecially to the legal profession. 10 the bill TO
reorganzo the Circuit Courts OF the United
States and determine the PLACES of their SESSIONS
il was entirely through Gen. Huutnp's eff ,rts
that Richmcad was selected as the p0lut il this
the Fourth judicial circuit, and the powerful
Influence Of the bar Of other States could no.
countcract his successful efforts Tor Virginia.
We have not epdo,s Gen. Hun on S course
with view to his RECONCILIATION. He is not
our Immediate representative, and We have no
intention of oblruding our advice upon the
conservatives Of the Eighth district. What
we have said is simply 10 recognition of the ct
fcinnt services of one of VIrgria's able, true.
and ID 1st faithful public servants.