Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-09-30


this city. Tie Balllmore papers make the fol
loving notices OF his speech
r. s. Mathews, esq, introduced Col. NJ. ID.
Ball to the meeting, culogizlog him as brave
soldier, who had fought in the Confederate ar
my, but had now cast his lot 10 with the repub-
lican party as the true exponent OF progress,
Col. Ball said the hatteriug introduction of
his too partial friend Nj hit call for acknowl-
edgment, but that this vast ass: mby of the
solid and thinkiog men OF Baltimore admonlsh-
ed him DOT to Indulge 10 the set phrase OF com
plmcnt. You are met as men knowing your
rights, and, daring 10 maintain them, 1t becomes
sou 10 consider them calmly, In the light OF
reason and by the test .. judgment, not through
the uists of prejudice, the errors OF education
aud the orcc OF association. Since he came 90
the stage letter had been passed To BIN, which
he proposed to read, as illustrating the plan
aud system used by the democratic party to
prevent free exercise Of judgment IN the
Soulh. 1t was anonymous, but bore cvldcn'c
of its genuine character. and he read it 10 10
spirit OF wickedness, but for the purpose stated.
1t is as follows:
BALTIMORE, September 90, 1876.
Colonel IHortram Dulany Bull:
Dear Cuntrade-H W Is il titus that you are
GU this platform tonight Are you not de
generating your earlier mauhood-you Ball,
your Du!uoy and Turberville blood, and others
who, when you were born, ordained you to be
b.yond purchase?
Your gallant record was not that off fool and
thief "whcu we wore the gray. This night
dcrounco your allaucc viii. this dunghil OF
corruption, aud cum to the nd Of intellect,
principle and honor, where no Mosbys, Buffers,
or even Dittys are knowo. A noble cause which
You so bravcIy esp,used in the battle cry Ol
freedom bids you back. Will! you not Ie;urn,
and let 10 brow or wound of the Eleventh blush
with disgrace! You,s. hasiiv,
ELEVENTH VA. CAVALRY.
Why do [ stand wi II this dungnl'l O cor.
ruption tonight | will try and tell my trieni.
| speak as representative Southern man ba-
cause the issue ls not now what 1t Was 10 1861.
What it was then Il ct according to my con
scicnce AID faith aad political Cducatlou. But
the issue now Is the rcst0ratiou oil devastated
sectioa and the perpet ATTY OF = great aud slorl
Gus Unon. Because We tried TO get OUT OF
the Union ia 1861, aud the tact has been de-
monstrated that We coudn't, are We going TO
set our teeth 10 grim opposition to all the ad
vantagcs which The UaIon offers Dow2 We
fought the fight as b:st we could, but We fall
ed The attempt of the South to set up mag
ui6ceDt Government OF their own was an abect
failure, and bow that the defeated have suffer
ed so terribly, there is DO need hat they should
make such futile eodeavors to accomplish 10
tie council what they could not do 10 the field.
W .sh to call your attention. TO the false pr m-
ises olthe democratic party when the war clos
ed. The national prciudces which lohueuced
The South after the war felt 10 common with
the res, OF US hated the Uaited States Gov
crnmeDt, | hated the CONSTITUTION, hated the
Uulru, aud On, Iaud, how | hated the Freed
mans Bureau and the negro dressed lD blue.
PEysiuluglsfs assure us that the human body
underguts complete change once 70 eleven
years. that not 40 atom Of the body remains
Identical with that which existed e'eTen years
before. | aiu firm believer 10 this theory,
bu, there is one change | do Got believe can be
effected, because 1t never has been effected,
aud that is change 10 the average Southern
democrat. The feeling OF cnn,lty Las all passed
away with me- The same respect which | en-
tertaued for our VI soldiers, their bravery and
prowess now nod for those who wore the
blue, AID fought under the Stars ADD Stripes.
Sipee the war aud before the war the demo
cratic party have prsteudIl to have policy.
What is il? 1t would be hard to tell. 1t has,
however ooc feature that is fully recognizable.
1t IS principle to >taod up for their pr,judces
aud to stand 10 with their ring. IT this policy
can be defined, il it is susceptible OF deErition,
it may b. called a policy Of coercion AMI OPP
pres>iou. They have violated every tenet OF
the policy they claimed for their own. They
rejected the Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fit
tteutn Am Ddmeuts because they were, for
sooth unconstitutional; but now, when that
policy ,ohicts with their prospects tending to-
wards the White House, they accept i, all and
say 1t Is We'll.
[ am in favor Of education for another reason
from any which have already been mentioned.
1t is because it cuts dowu the democratic party.
and democratic uajorlty, for democracy and
ignorance are synonymous.
MIR. Hayes, the opposition have said, is
negative man. 1t Is not so shown by his re-
cord. Having defeated George PcndIeton,
Thurman and Billy Allen, men who were prom
incutly mentioned Tor the place now held by
Tiideu, for the govcrborship OF Ohio, | would
beg to ask what constitutes a positive mao, and
to express a wish 70 see oue.--Intertccn.
called Southcrn scalawag, but was not ashamed
of the rame. He read 40 anonymous letter
which be said had been handed 10 him on the
stage. The letter asks if he has not dcgene.
rated, and calls upon him to denounce the al
legiance he had formed with "duoghll Of
corruption, and return to the fold OF intellect,
prioci pie aud houcr, where no Nosbys Buffers
or even Dittys are kuown.
CooOei Bail said he was a Sou hern man and
had been IN the Confederate army. He Was
sorry to say it, but he knew it to be truth that
the South had not accepted the issues of the
war in good faith. He once hated The c,ustl-
III ion, the freedmen ind the freed mems bu
raau hnt he had changed He was sorry he
had ever hated the uegro and the Northern
people. Applause He had learned to low.
those who wore the blue as we'll as he ever did
those who wore the gray. He said he favored
education because it would cut down the ma.
jorties Of the democratic parry. Applause.
Mr.. Ball spoke at some leogth, and illustrated
his remaks literally with amusiog anecdotes.
Sim.
Colonel NJ. D. Ball, of Alexandria. was the
next speaker. He explained at length why he
had joined the republican party, the principal
reason being to advance his State, which was
10 sad condition fourth OF the white voters