Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-11-15
AIEXANDRIA VA WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER Is, 1877

| What did the democratic success bring up from
the chasm of the WARP A solid South. What
will preserve us the victories of the war? The
republican party. One Of the gravest mistakes
Mr. Phillips claimed, that the jouroals of th'
| North are making to-day. is 10 ignoring thl'
question Of the South. Reading au extract
irom republican paper charging the loss ol
the government upon certain OF It's statesmen
he asked, does the party that throws mud M III
candidates expect success
| The republican party in any other sense thar
of its value in the Southern issue Is dead, ano
| in the living timber which il contains we arc
to rely for the tulure. :.
Discussing the criminal aptitude OF all public
| officers, be said You charge a public mau
| with any crime whatever on the feebest posi-
bic evidence, aud twothrds OF the people,
looking nto their own hearts, believe the charge.
For forty years the press, the pup'; and the
politicians Of the country have been endcavor-
Ing to make people bclicvet they could righttuy
do what was wrong r larsing into discus
sion Of the chief sui Jet If his story again he
! said We are just tie pe"p!e which this long
debate has made US. The South bears the
scars of four generations that have held
| their feet upoD the Decks of fallen race,
| and the North wears ugly indications OF lis
| long period of semi. sympathy, when 1t went
hand in hand with it. Both parties bear the
result of the uudisproved sin to-day. l0 the
face of this fact it Is as useless to discuss minor
issues as it would be for man 10 try 10 hit
h,n self up by bis boot straps. Speaking ofthe
aristocratic colony of 6S,0O0 people who want
to hold ctice for life. he said corruption in civil
service was aD abnormal growth OF American
politics. The only true way of getting at pop
uar civil service reform. he stated, is by bring,
ing the Offices within reach of the people and
elecing men and women to fill them. He
styled the kind of policy that believed ceUten
uial celebrations reminded people of the two
debatab!e sections Of the country breeches-
pocket statesmanship, aud expressed adm!ra-
ton at The manner 10 which the South cllngs
to It's mistaken ideas. One cannot read Para
disc Lost" he said, without admlrlrg Satan.
Had Wade Hampton repud'ated lis we'll known
sentiments he would have desp;sed him. The
speaker concluded thus =
If there was ever time when It was the
serious duty of every citiz~n TO make himself
an active p"liticlau; ii there was ever natol-
al issue that called for more devotion or cltl.
zenship; il there was ever time that warned
us 70 call iato service every element OF nor
al force in our beiog-this Is 1t. vel
come the discussion oi the question OF Wo.
map suffrage 10 this Comm onwcalth. |
believe that women should vote, because
in this new struggle we need cooperation OF
effort between the sexes to avert the danger
that threatens US and restore com merclal peace;
We are 10 DAGGER Of being brlbed, tempted
ovcrmuch 10 let the issue settle itself, and let.
ting ourselves down to the humble lever OF
merely attending to our oWn business and com
fort. 1t is not certain by any means that tins
country will always remain unted Knpub!ic.
have profound fears IS 10 whether thai hlg
will, 100 years from now Weau an iodiVlSlnle
Republic In the utter drvotion 10 their ms
tak"n ideas, which is 4 part Of the American
character, in the division Of opinion, 10 the
lack Of all oreauizaton 10 the tone OF The
North towards them, it is b. no means certain
trat we shall keep the grdlc Of these forty
States upbroken. Whether we will remain as
we are or be divided is question The next
four or six years will have large Influence 10
deteruioiug. II depends upon the education
of the North. Everything 10 measure de-
pends M education | do not meao book learn
Ing, college training The world aod lis ways
are the college which imparts the education TO
which refer We will wait for the result