Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-04-12
DANES Barbour.

10 tie editor of the Aletanlrm GtlzeHe
RIxEYyiLLE, CULpEpER Co., Va, April
II, 1S77.--l noticed in your Issue Of the l0ih
the contradiction, by the Richmond Wing, Of
| the Hon. James BARBOUR Of Cupeper, being
an independent candidate for Governor. Mr.
| BarDour's many friends are thankful Tor the
| contradiction given this report, started, I've
no Doubt by designing politicians, for the
purpose If irjurng this tried aud staunch con-
sentative. No one has done more for the sue.
cess Of The conservative party Of Virginia than
| Mr.. Barbour. In the last Presidential election
| it Is known that every cxerIIon aud every III
| duccment was made IN vain by the leaders OF
the republican party TO win him aud his inu.
cuc,, which would have been iorclbly felt had
he have yielded like some; but no, he was true
to his party and his State, and Instead Of lntrn-
! ,iOual MISREPRESENTATION, deserves the PRAISE
| the honor and the love Of his party. 1t is
! true Mr.. Barbour was a candidate Tor Congress
| against our worthy, representative, Gen. Eppa
| tunt0n, aud bis friends claim that owing to
| the nIauipuIaing Of thr @1l3cnt1n before
| whom lie submitted his claims, gave thoul the
right to urge and demand ct NIr Barbour that
] Barbour h, forever aOl ctcruay damned for
what his friends dd-:f any one is gully it Is
his conservative flieuds-aul Got himself. |
really think it Il litin low and cJwardiy to o1n
! tinue 10 heap upun Mr. Barbour BY inlimatng
| or nsinualDg that he is 10 the least in sym
patty with the republican party, u would stoop
| to oppose he nominee o tic conservative patty
OF VIRGINIA Jr Governor. We hope to urge
upon MIR. Barbour 10 allow lis to send hin from
| this county to the next Legislature without OPP
position, aud there Sclvo Us az be once did AS
| a statesman aud leader. DEMOCRAT
Nix. BLAINE AND TIE CARPET BAGGERs -
| Senator BIaiuG has written the following letter
| to the Boston Herald -:
Yuur Columbia correspondent Is 10 error in
| his statement that had a conference with Gov.
Chamberlain u New York. have seen Gov.
| Chamberlain but once for year, and that was
! in the private Cabinet room Of President Hayes
Oh The eth Of March, Tor have Written or
! tcegraphed him, CT heard from hun in ang
! way The same Is true respecting Gov. Pack
| ard, except 10 the matter Of Que telegram &c.
| ceiyed from Llm, which read publicly III tho
| United States SENATE But | an sure that
Gov. Chamberlain knows that he has my pro-
| lounlest sympathy in the heroic. through uu-
successful struggle, lie has uadeiu South Caro-
lima for civil liberty and constitutional govern
mcni AN equally sure that Gov. Packard
feels that my Eeart and Judgment are both
with him in the cnnicst tie is still WagIng
against great odds for the govcrnorship that he
holds b. title AS valid as that which Justly
and lawfully seated Rutherford b. Hayes in
the Presidential chair. trust also that both
Governors know that The Boston press no more
represents the slaIwarl republican feeling Of
New England on the penling issues than the
same press did when it demanded the cninrcc
ment Of the fugitive slave law in 1857.
Very respectfully, j. q. BLAME.
AUGUSTA, Me, April TO-