Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-09-09
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Mr.. John Randolph Tucker, in d letter to the
chairman of the Democratic Executive Com
mitee Of Baltimore, dccliniog an Invitation tt
speak 10 that city, says:
1.-The times are out Of joi1t," and Ii is,
hope aud believe, the destiny OF cur party, W..
der the leadership Of lis 6pminees, to readjusl
the parts Of the political system III couslsiacc'
with the permaueucy OF republican government
under our Fed, raj constitution and for the Sc
curty of the liberty OF the States, ADD for the
glory aud progress Of the whole UOlon.
The departure OF the party 10 power from
the lice OF Administration prescribed and fixed
by the terus OF our great Constitution, has
led to the enormous abuses and corlup:ons
which mus: ever follow 10 the traio OF u>ucped
authority. ODce Iooseped from the mo"r.
inss of the constitutional anca2r, and the
ship Of State Is adrft upon pcrl!Gus sea,
without chart, or COMPASS, or polar star. The
passion Of i;iwcssncss which takes held upon
the Government spreads to the cutire society,
for people always will seek tor a remedy
against lawless power 10 action unsanctoDed by
law. The example Is infectious Ii Govern
ment ,rampic on tne supreme law, how can it
expect a people TO Obey and submit to uncop
situtioDai law.
Thus it is that when wickedncSs Il 10 high
places 'oiclal venality and corruption viii
become universal and the subordiuac vii
plead impunlty for dclIuquenctes FIR Which he
can show examples 10 tbs acIl0u OF hi Chief
And When corruption becomes chronic. aud
pluni"rlng ceases 10 be regarded as lncODSs:
cnt with official du'y, IN, danger Will be great
that The whole body Of the pcnpl@ wi cone t.
think that the treasury vi the Government Is
fair object tor spoliatlou, AMI It's contents Il
good subject Tor division among the thieves
who can succeed 10 capturing Vt. The mission
Of the party now rayug under the leadership
OF rildcn aud Hendricks is to esseu taxation
by diminishing expe uses; to bring back the
acIiou of the Federal Government 10 the limits
fixed by the CONSTITUTIONS; to restore the Con
s;ltutiou Of the Uuited States as he supreme
law, and to enforce respect Tor 1t "a SUCH by
officials and by the people; to maintap 10 all
their essential integrity the powers delegated
by it to III: Federal Government, aud to Oh
serve With equal and scruruius care the re.
served powers and local authority OF the States
of the Uniou; to punish punderers upon The
Treasury, even to the plucklag out OF night
eye, If it ofruds agalns, right and honesty; 10
protect the liberty Of each CT lzcn OF every race
color and condition from the usur9a.inns OF gov
e:ument and the violations OF law, and to bind
tORClHeF III Tue SihCu CNINS VI u uC aau IL U.s.
tul uuity the States Of the North, of the South,
Of the East. and Of the West, in real union
of hearty and earnest brotherhood Tor the pro-
gress, peace and glory OF all.
Look upoo this picture AID then look upon
the proclaimed mission of the republican par
ty What publication of States is ;ossiblc u
der their policy OF hate and di-irust? What
liberty can there be when the bayoDet guards
the ballot, and the purse brides the voter?
What purity can there be, when corruption
goes unpublished and 10 the safe embrace OF
the highest functionaries 10 the land fought TO
,corn the important efforts of justice to bring
it to judicial condemnation will not allow
myself to doubt The result q the issue of this
e ecion. The signs are auspIclous in the cheer
rul resolution of our party under the bauuer Of
truth, and 10 the palpable desperation Of our
,dve rsaries under the black flg of error. and
lespotism and corruption.