Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-07-10

mnn, under the command of q Northern sol.
dior, Col. Ordway, had matched II The Centcn,
NAL nrocess;or to the tune Of Dixie amid
the pplsu its of the crowd. These incidents;
he thought, showed more fellowship than all
the Trades of Blaine and others could over
brow in years. Ii the proper efforts were
made the election of Tilden was certain. Wheo
on the Eastern Shore some years ago ne mad
heard an incident of q mariner who, on fetlr
ing to rest, had left an old negro to steer lis
vessel, first pointiog out to him the pole star
as his guide. The weather became cloudy and
| the negro confused, and without knoWing II ne
changed the direction Of The boat. When the
clouds passed away he looked Tor the star aoo
finding it behind him instead OF before ne ran
in great haste to the N .rIner, and told
him that be would have to give MN d
new star to steer by, for he had sailed clear
mas, that, This, said the speaker, is the con
dition of the Republican party who had lost
si1ht of the constitution, the pole star OF the
patioo, aid had sailed past it, and now
the people must wake up aud bod a
holtcr mariner. He believed that Alexandrla
and Virginia would do their whole duty IN No
vember. u ~
Gen. Hutton pext Introduced Hon. W: W.
Warren, of Massachusetts, and said that Mas
sactusctts and Virginia had stood side by side
in the Revolution. and so be hoped they would
do in The present campaign. MIR. Warren, he
said, was a descendant Of the great General
Warren who fell at Bunker Hill, aud was a
representative of the Democracy OF his State.
Here the speaker was Interrupted by 4 storm
of applause, aud the band St. uck up Yankee
Doodle" auidst great enthusiasm.
Mr.. Warren, upon coming forward, was
greeted with three cheers for the Democracy
Of Massachusetts, gives by the entire audience,
led 10y eg Mayor Latham. He said he knew 90
better sign Of the reformed Union than the
coupling of the names of Virginia and Massa-
chusetts, whom the people seemed to look TO,
to lake the lead 10 all measures OF reform and
walk side by side. He had been present at
the Bunker Hill Centennial and nothing could
be said too stloug to express the warmth OF the
reception of the Southern soldiers spoken OF
by Senator Withers. When the cry of the
bloody shirt had been raised Ia Congress, ne
was Indignant, but not frightened. His peu-
pe would not believe anything of that sort.
The ouiy show of success for the Radicals 10
Massachusetts was in persuadlng the people
that they had cut loose from Blaine, Nor
ton and company, aud were striving tor re-
form, He hoped to succeed IN coOvlUc-
ing his people that reform could only be
expected 10 the democratic party, and under
the banner of Tilden and Hendricks. Reform
with the democratic party meant something
more than mere reduction OF expenses; 1t
meant opposition to ce1trs Ilzatlou, which al
WAYS cad to corrupt administration. Govern
ment must not be permitted to Interfere with
the private rights Of the "cilizens and the sacred
rishts Of States. If We would preserve our
liberties, we must retain the power where We
could best coutrol it ourselves. This could be
done Only IN the municipal and State govern
meuts, where everything was familiar aud un'
der the immediate supervision Of The people.
The great principle Of the radicals was to Gu.
trial &c the pow Of the government. Thus we
nusl change. II there was any trust 10 Prov
idepce. then there could be no doubt Of the
success of the nomination of Iilden aud Hend'
ricks. He again repeated that The old war
prciudices could cot now he brought to bear, and
thai that great weapon of the ra iicals Was thus
rendered useless. EIe likened the position of
the democracy to the position OF the French
~iniantry a, Borodino, who stood all day uoder
fire without A~inchiDg, and finally, at the word
of command, had swept forward and carried all
b fore them.
Hon. j ,hu Gooie, jr.. was oext introduced,
and was received with applause. He said he
Was clad TO be present. Oh this occasion, and
especially proud to fo.low the noble son of Mas.
sachusei,s VII had jus! spoken. He was pruul
to speak to them here 10 Alexandria, under
the shadows Of Mount Vernon asd Arlington.
He Congratulated the democracy of Alexandria
that they had baen the first to fling out to the
breeze the banner of Tilden ard Hendricks.
He did not want them now to dlsappolut the
people, by not making good the promise Of tie
telegram sent to Gov. Tilden on that occasion.
ln the overthrow of the radical party were
bound up all our hopes and interests. The
radicals who believed ip the election Of Hays
were like the man who did not believe 10 tu
ture punishment, but who. after his death,
sent TO his wife, through q spiritual medium,
for his summer clothes and a barrel OF ice
water. ILaushtcr. They ,uld have to be
convinced. 70 doubt the result of this contest
would be TO doubt the intelligence aud problty
of our rcoplc. The radicals had had control!
for sixteen years, and what was the result (
State governments overthrowa, military made
superior to civil authority, trial hy jury deuied,
the writ Of habeas corpus Overruled, and every.
thius done to keep alive the hatred and bad
feelings of the war. He illustrated by retor.
ring to the condition of some Of the Southern
States a! present. lie charged the radical
party with being responsible for the staguation
10 business aud the want of employment for
laUQr. lucy uau lulClSuCu uothioS oul
40 example of corruption wherever they
had bad %control. He referred to the Bel
KNAPP and Babcock trials and the disgrace
of Schenck, and said comment Wis
unnec ssary. He further rehearsed the
the many cases Of persons 10 high official posi-.
uon, under the radical rule, who had been dis
covered 10 acts of official corruption. These
thiugs, be said. callsd for a change, lest the
corruption infect the whole country. He ridi-
culed The IDEA of reform Inside the radical par.
ty. As he heard Senator McCreery say, a few
days since, the only reference to economy in the
radicl | platform was that to the ECONOMY Of
God" daughter No matter if Hayes and
Wheeler were houest men, they we're the stand.
ard bearers of "a corrupt party, and judging the
future by the past nothing but corruption could
be expected from their election. In this con
test, the people were on one side aud the bread
| and butter brigade Oh the other. The bread