Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-09-21
ALEXANDRIA, VA.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 81, 1876.
II is said that 1.-The mills of the gods gtlnd


SLOWLY, and they grind exceeding hne, oui
sometimes tie speed OF the MILLS seems acc"ie-
rated perhaps because there Is an u1uSai cFsme
70 nunish aud The gods are disposed 10 mete It
ont M IRE speedily than is then custom. Wash
ineton is now prosecuting memorable example.
When. after the war the mlulons OF Grant were
harryine the South, and makng thousand
ku klux on paper where one * stei 10 realty,
tuey sept to the South one Nhlteley aud
number of so.called secret service men, VINO
con2octei terrible disclosures, aud by uln1 ol
tal-choods, mlsrcpres.utauons, ana sometimes
bv fl 4 pcriur;, created elgn OF terror 10 some
parts of the South, aud established manulac-
tory of 'bIoody SHIRTS" fer use 10 Northern po'
)it,cai caupaigus. Tue internal terrorism Gre
at.d by th-s9 mcu-mauy OF thcm accused u
murder, arson, and the like at the Nort'i, but
exempted from prosecution to DO dirty work
q, the South xceede b-iief. Alter awhile II
was thought possible to sransport North Tor the
destruction vi icadiug democrats there the saule
machinery which had manufactured uurascs
and thec punished ipuC Cent democrats ter them
IN the South. TAe preliminary experiment
WAS tried in the District OF Columbia. Tue
first democrat selected to be crushed was To-
iumbus Alexander, OF Washington. tic had
been foremost aud most Determined lii procur
ing au investigation vi the ring OF corruption
ISIS that governed tn District. Tue man who
had been sent South Was wauteu agalo. The
cruel wulk donr amid the cotton fields Was to
be repeated amid the avenues OF toe National
Capital. Bsbc)ck. the presidents private sec
Rotary, sent for Nhltciey, lately the adEilnls-
tratlun's instrument OF terror 10 the South.
Wultcluy came huac, Weut TO the Ptesldcut :
and received his orders from Blbcock III the
Executive Mansion. I'VE are being investi-
gated, SAID Bapccck 10 substance, auu | ain &C
cu,et Of making false measurements. See
Harrington aud lie will tell you what is to be
douc." Whiicley did see Harrington, whose
sworn duty it was as y :slstaut D strict Attor-
ncy to protect Mr.. Alexander aad all other ctl.
zcns of the District. Harrington, so WHITLEY
swcars, told him how the schemes SO long sue
cessfu 10 the South were to be used against
Alexander, aud the safe burglary conspiracy
was the Consequence. This was scheme by
which Harrington was to have his own safe
robbed by professional burg lars and the spolls
carried to A!cxuuier's house. All were to be
arrested. Toe burglars We're TO be taken by
Huntington as District Attorney as States eVl'
dencc, aud to perju.e themselves by assembling
the crime to Alexander aud other democrats.
This was to crush the democracy OF Washing.
ton, aud similarly the leading democrats OF
B .imore aud elsewhere were 10 be crushed.
The plan was carried out, the burglars were
hired, the burglary done the spoils carried to
Atxander's door-;bey could not get In. And
then ''the mills Of the gods begun 10 grind.
Alexander was LETT in his sleep OF innocence.
Onc OF the burglars was seized by the police
that had been brought there by Harrington to
arrest Alexander. harrington fears at once
sickcncd hun, and Il bright, b1uyant, powerful,
successful, mau, he came out oi that night bag
gard and worn, aud he is now a fugitive from
Justice. Batccck stands at the bar Of the
Criminal Court Of the District on trial tor bis
crime HIS accuscr is WniieIcy, and the wit
nc.scs against him are uja:uly the secret SER
vice detectives that were sent to harry the
South. The picture is dramatic one. The
moral every mao may draw.