Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-08-22
Letter to Col. MOsby.

fully Affected Uy the lOtrlDS:c beauty 0I your
epistle-lts Incompatible styie-or whether lis
lofty subject matter has excited me; or whether
again | have gone aud caught the prevalent
itch for letter writing however this may be,
feel myself lrrcsisti!ly iu,pcllcd to address
you this communication. And 10 another par
tcuIar AN going to follow your example
10 measure, knowing that then | cannot lie
far ia the wrong do not give the public my
name, as you have withheld from it that of
your remarkable correspondent who has views
10 regard to the relations existing, aud that will
exist, between MIR. Tilden and the South which
are ali his own, except that they are entirely
shared BY you Ii you could truly find one
other man in the South, or the whole country,
holding these opinions, what an opportunity
for immortality would then present itself just
you three get together and issue warning adj
dresses to the nation, commencing, we, the
people of the United States, &C.. &c, &c. |
need hardly suggest Colonel, TO al intcilIgcnt,
wclI-brcd man, like yourself, who has Burke
and Juuius at his fingers ends, that you would
have well.known historical aud English prece-
dent for your proclamation.
You say 81 know nothing Of Governor Til
den, except that he has long been leader o!
his party in New York, whose colossal rob.
berries have been the opprobrlum of American
politics" But the people OF the United States,
who are q newspaper. roadiDg people, know 4
great deal more OF him than this. They know
we'll that he vas the unrelGutlng leader OF that
sternjband who brought these colossal robbers
10 u ,tcc, aud that their Chief escaped, not As
Won WouI have y@ur rustic correspondent be-
lieve, by bribiug the New York judges, but by
the adroit use OF his wits and his hccls-two
articles, Colonel, not to be dcsp!sed, even by
gallant Confederate horse, lrregulara among
| the number. The American people also know
that Governor Tllden has never been parucu
lary aft lated with the people Of the South, or
her institutions. They knew the contrary to
be tho fact. They know that in 1913 he left
the democratic party to support the free solers,
Van Buren, and Adams. They know that in
| 1860 he iaincd the Northcru wing OF the dem
| ocratic party in advocacy OF the election of
| Douglas. They know that he was Union
| man and var democrat Iii 1861, and that he
| i,incd Lincoln 10 cmaGcpatlng tho saves TO
| break down the Southern ConicdaEacy. All
this they know, and as you say you don t know
| il, why then so much the greater reason Tor
your joining with your correspondent, whose
nam you won't give, and who don know that
YOU AMI he are 10 longer Confederate s0!dicrs-
| 20 much the greater reason, say for your
Joining With him and the other man Id l:suIog
that famous proclamation which is to lmmor
taze the three of you. Embrace this oppor-
,uulty as life is short, aud sou may not have
| anol her one. But if life Is short, thank God,
art is long, SO dout forget to A0re y0ur pictures
taken, Colonel That done, aoI l. acolu aud
| his proclamation won't be a circumstance TO
| you.
You tell your correspondent 10 one breath,
what dreadful bad thing it will be for all the
Southern people TO support lliden, because OF
| The Icy to arouse sectional feeling at the
North. Then sou say II suppose they 1.-THE
negroes and the carpet-baggers) support Hayes
because they think it is their Interest do do
So, aud 10 the very ncxt breath you add, u
think il would be tqlaily to the Interest ol all
the Soulicru people 10 do the slme thing.
| Woudu' it Be just as bad for all the Southern
| people to support Hays as to support iildeD :!
| Nay, wouldn't It BIZ rather W'rse, as Hayes Is
a Western man aod has Southern Wits! Con-
siscucy, you know, & l,nel. .: is 1t the old,
but ever new story, of the cunning old tox
who had los, his tail. You add, but suppose
Hayes is elected, with solid South against
| him, what ale you guInS TO dn 'iicG Why
| JUS. what we are duing noW with GRAFT elected,
and solid South against him. b TIE way,
Colonel, that lofty culoglum you have paid
Grant icxcuSe mr, that's your way OF speaking
oil him) in his present fallen condition, Is very
high-struug 10 you, aud must be placed 10 the
credit side of humau nature. I gu will have
to pardon the Southern people, tn, ugh, Tor
not seeing him with the same eyes that you
do, not having the same reasons Tor doing SO,
/ possibly. They caDDnt forget that he has sleadl-
y refused 10 cone among them during his serul
Of uttce; nat he grossly lbsuIcd delegation
OF the best people Of South Carolina who were
| ,t;p .lo. hn h.. ta1
| iuger iu their BEHALF % tie contrary fhat he
sent his armed nyrnidons among Leglsla-
ture of sovereign State, 10 session, j citing
various members therefrom, while the f.g Of
the Uuitcd States waved from the come under
which they sat, 10 solemn guarantee of their
sacred Constitutional rights.
| In speaking OF the Southern people (your
own people, you say, from chroulc habit OF
| complaining they TOO often l. Jare good cause
| BY mixing up real with imaginary wrOngs Eur
Instance Mr.. Lamar, III the very able spe, Oh
he recently delivered in the House Of Repre-
seutatlVes, said that what the South waited
| was loca sell government. thought the South
had it. II it has not. how did he get into Con
grcs-. II Mississippi has not local self govern.
mrni, what sort ut 4 government Is II which
controls Mississippi and has just elected him 10
the Uui'c.i States Senate Y-ut ng at the
| lnng suffering Mi>sissIrpans aud the gallant
Lunar Is fully upprrcIar"d. Colonel. Mr.. La
ular is believed 10 be uuwrIl, SD with profound
Difference, will venture word Tor him, even
against his doughty antagonist. 1t Is The fact
that the true people Of Mississippi elected him
TO Congress list rs the tru' people Of Vlrs!nia
elected you ~ stay at home. But for long
time he was the only true representative OF his
State Cd the fl ,or OF either House Of Congress.
The carpet boggers and scalawags, and the poor
dcluded negroes, led by the Infamous Amrs,
and barkrd by u. S. troops sent The RESI-. 1T
last the blacks were aroused trrm thelr foolish
dreams, and fl ckiug 10 the aid Of the rcsp.c
table native whites, they routed the carpet
baggcrs and scalawags sending an honest rep
representation to Washington These you know
to be the facts in the Case sympahizIug with
the carpet -baggers and scalawags Us mucn AS
you may.
Pardon me, my dear Colonel, for the length
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