Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-03-23
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From Washington.
| WAsuINuToN, March 23-l2 m.-Mosea
was permitted, from Pisgah's heights, to view
the promised land and feast his vision upon its
fertile plains. Then-he died The demo'
Gratis having wandered through the wilderness
for 10 th;s3 many years, got % an cmlncDce,
anil looking through the vista, imagined they
behcld their resting place, with the lated calf
killed aud hanging upon the wall Of the White
| House, ready 70 be served, aud Presidentr
s.audiug with outstretched arms, anxious, not
only to pity aud cudure, but to embrace. Ii
proved "hactipg SHOW" to their 'deluson
given" ADD, awakening FROM their dream,
stern facts stare them in the face, and, Instead
OF feast inr them, the harpies have posses
sion Of the tables aud are still stufllos their
Unsuitable mawS with treasury pap. 10 their
| ereedues3 thay may occasionally drop
| crumb, which j. 80 ragcrly sought Tor by the
"outsiders' that there is almost sure TO b. j
! fight over it before disposed Of; but these
crumbs arc 80 clrequant, and the screams
and serceches of the vulturc, 80 threatening,
that the poor little "loyes. who we're by lm-
pclti5n lnvitcd 10 come 10 and partakc, have
! ucarly all been scared off, aud thlogs arc set,
| tiug down to their former status. The dem.
ocra,s have been fooled again. They have,
somehow ar other, become deWorallz:d. In
the face oi absolute danger they are plucky
snough, but So unaccustoncd 10 succeed have
! they brcnlGe that they do not seem to be able
to grasp The fruits Of Ii victory, aud, like the
Concderates at Bull Run, instead Of following
up their success and reapog i!s Legitimate re-
ward, they hesitate. give the enemy time to
recuparate, and then have 10 fall back to their
old enrenched position.
The commission t. be sent 10 Louisiana
three 20 tw1--or all tvc--are to try TO patch
NJ compromise, Ia Wheeler, by which the
republicans get two TO one 81 the branches OF
the government, ADD thereby accomplish their
plans ami purposes Such course, taken as
pretcyt, will not hciglteu the public cSti
mate in Which Mr. Hayes Grmncss Or stability
is held, nor iucrcas: confidence in his future
assertions \ ,nau hal always better be Judged
by his cs-"promIaaa. like pie crust, arc made
TO be broken" il seems 10 these days.
It is lumorcd that Miss Van Lew, pOstmIs-
lress at Richmond, Va, will be geappoiutcd by
the President, with au ntimatlou, however,
that her resignation would BE- accepted, in
which evcnt Mr. Geo J. UunIIey, it is said,
| would lead The race for the position. As,
| however, none rcsIgu, If Miss Van Lew
should be ,cappoinled it s not likely that the
| in,ima;iou referred to above would DC taken,
and 10 that cveut IL wiuk would not DO as good
i. Il ned 10 IA poslmlstrcss.
| SOUTH CAROLINA
| IN. m.~-Thcrn was another session OF the
Cahiart to day. lasting from 10 Q. N. to p.
H., It which, alter mature deliberations it was
determined to address letters to both Cows
Hampton anl Chamberlain, inviting them to
this city, IN accordance with which detcrmiua-
ton, a,quie>cal in by all the ministers. the
following letter was sent:
EXECUTIVE MANSION.
| WASHINGTON, ID. g., Mar. %, loInj
Slit am Instructed by the President to
bring to your attention his purpose 10 take
into immediate consideration the posllou Of
Affairs in Snnth Carolina, with . view of deter
min;nr tho coursc. which, under the Crnsiilu
ion md lao. IF the limited STATES, It NAV be
h;s Sn,v ~ ,al !, reference 70 the situation in
,h,, $751; -. w. finds !, man succeeding to
,bn prn,;Icn,v
| |, viii ,.iv, ,h, President pr,at nlnasure 10
.onf,r w;th yam IN urr,ou il Won should find it
.onr,,;,.r, ~ v;sit Washington. and shall ON.
cur Win him IN ,hinkinr such a conferences the