Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-04-20
y;ryinsa and the Centennial.

The a;,S,i C OF Fugiu,a irouI tht Centennial
editorial iu the New York ,rrihunc CT ycster-
day. written 10 kindly and cordial temper.
''There is il says, zone blauk 10 all reports
| Of this preparation, which appears to Us mo-
mentous-tha absence Of Virginia from all rep
resenta;on. That she or any other State should
fail 20 tvke an active part in The Centennial Fix.
| position Is not Il matter OF essential molncnt.
States crippled by the war, aud whose display
! Of manufacture, in any case must necessarily be
| inferior to those whose only wealth or Industry
| has lain Tor century in manufacture, are ma
,uraIiy indsposed to out themselves into c)m
| petition WITH their \ 'rhcrn ueighbors. The
qualities upou wnc Frglola should rest her
| clslus for dl- inc lou ere not 10 be placed 10
show room. Or by any mode transpIanrd 10
miniature to Philadelphia for the ensuing sum-
| mcr. They are not matters OF lGduslra! or
| scientific x biz. nor OF art, so much as moral
| and iDtriitc ual character. You clnnot brlHg
| the fair f lids of TIE Sheuand all V alley up into
| the Agricultural Department to show through
| " hal paient, slu:d y labor the fagages OF war
| have been repaired {; nor Gao you place ih4 fir-
| glDla gcntl .mau Wt:o uTns them VERY much
| improve by tn. way, by that war and that
laoor) or the simple, high. bred whm"o VINO
form bis household, 90 eX::lbii ioD. ct here
| are The elements OF a >oclal aud domestic lie,
more attractive an,i wJrrhy OF praise 10 the eyes
| of macy JUICES than any ether In Amerl-
ca. We do not believe there isamoug the Bat
ter css: OF ViTrluians any sense OF Injury
| or wou41ed feeling which would debar them
| from ioluiDg heartily 10 this day With their
northern klnsioik; almost every city IT town 10
| the State, indeed, will send its putaIlOn OF
ci,iznns. But the State should : represented
officially. No display Of manufactures, or 9TH
| er Indication oil our progress IN wealth. and 10
dustry; no manifestations OF good will from
| other nali1ns however acceptable, Will make
as deep an impression on the public mlnd and
feeling as the appearance OF the southern States
| 10 the old Capitol in July, aud the cordial
hearty assurance that We are again brothers
aud friends. y
The answer to this question is to be found in
the speech OF Mr.. Tucker Oh the Centennial
approx, ration. Referring to the fact that the
Legislature Of Y rsua had iccilDed to make
an appropriation Tor the Centennial, be eX-
planned that one reason for 1t was provision
70 he State Constitution FRAMED in 1867 and
freed down their thrC.ts) prevented the State
fr'm making any appropriation tor anything
cx:cp, % ray her debts aud carry on the gov
crnm LIT. But, he said, Virginia will be there;
her people who are abl: to g will be there.
This is the whole REASON The "recnnstruc-
tion' Constitution of Virginia prohibits such
an appropriation. The rribuYe Is right 10 say
nj that there is no feeling ''amoug tn" better
class or any ether classes that would dcuar
them from joiulng in the hundredth year cee
bratlor.
THE ODDLY OF HOLLAND. -Evcrythin 10
Holland is interesting aud almos, everything is
queer. There is a piqulnt oddly in the arti-
fetal nature OF the Whole country; the saody soil
snich is triumph Of patieUt ingenuity sod
creative skill; the wind pitticd against the
water to keep the land FROM flooding; the canals
instead OF roads; thu bitches Instead Of hedges;
aud the unvarying level OF the broad It's, there
being no such thing as rising ground fifty
feet high from one end of Holland to the
ther Perhaps uothng strikes the Eog- |
Iish 10 Holland SO much as the waut
of pebble to throw at dog, it, 10
deed the Duch dogs were DOT far too We'll be-
haved (which they are)ever u suggest such an
outrage. Ipu do, II Is true, see III their prop
IT pieces vast masses OF granite and large
blocks of b,Sat; but all these came from Nor
way, anu are hr 'uGnt here al great expense,
and are ecouimz d as elsewhere people ecouo
miza porphyry and marble. La TACT, Stones 10
Holland are as much an article Of import, OF
toregr merchandise, of purchase, a. Woe III
England. Countless vessels arrive, or have
arrived, laden with no Gther cargo.
1t is stated that Judge Jerc 5. Black, OF the
counsel tor Belknap, is Of the opipion that the
Senate will decide that it is without jursdic-
tion IN fro rho ease