Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-09-24
Alefan0rla 0akette
MONDAY EVENING, SEPTR.24.
ReadjHslOrS.

All over the State are men coming before the
people appealing Tor their support in the can
vass upon the base hobby of readjustment.
These men wish to have a seat in the Legislative
halls Of Virginia.
Why do they wish this seal? For its honor
IF they promote tho work Of reputation. and
disgrace the people they may REPRESENT is there
any honor for them? It no honor, then is il
for money they serve? II they love the people
so dearly as to aid them in repudiatlon, then
why may not their own salary or per diem be
repudiatei? Nay, there is to be honesty among
thieves. A connlves at the raseality hy when
B and G rub D; then OF course a is to be paid.
But if the present spirit OF reputation Is Kept
rife who can say that there will be money Ia
tho treasury to pay even the bold Leader OF
shameless van of freebooters. The General AS
sembly has been paid sometimes out OF money
borrowed of Richmond bankers, but will bank
ers lend money to pay a BODY OF men whose
daily aim is to repudiate the Statc's obligations!
But readiustment, which is only Mahonctlc
term for reputation, cannot win, and all the
agitation and shameful hustle about the State
debt is only TO blind the voting masses and open
the way fer some pitiablc demagogucs to pass
into Office. =,
The patry praters about TAX burden, !!
thew have any seose, know very we'll that read
iusment cannot accomplish the roei oil the tax
navcr. and however dark and Ignorant they
nav be, they arc thereby the less qualified to
enter upon the gigantic work OF readjuStlug the
affairs of a great State. Good people listen
to them no longer; rid yourself Of agltators.
Vote down all men, whether your nelghbor or
not. who propose your dishonor Teach these
petty harpers of low discord as eur Saviour
did Get thee behind me.
Look around you and see who Is taking oI
readiustment.
We venture TO say that niue men out OF ten
who advocate readjustment are lnsolVent ana
dc not pay twelve shillings year towards the
State debt. ,,,,
payers arc situated. Are they not generany
and always we'll to do? Look to those VINO
eyade their debts, dodge into bankruptcy and
otherwise trick and cheat, and we venture
they arc hard run Tor comforts. have few
friends who are willing to trust them. so 1t
should be and always will be either With an 10,
diyidual or with the State. When we iald
down arms it was our boast that though we lost
we had made good fight and felt proud that
Virginia had held the post OF honor--that she
had barred her bosom to the brunt OF tile and
tho scourrc of war. You were proud that.
though you had lost property and life, you had
honor left.
But to our humiliation there arose some OF
flee seekers who pandered to the negro, vote
and the radicals sent among us by the North,
who did all in the power Of their schemlng ma
ture to drag Virginia down into. the dust
but you fought them and maintained ruclc
honor.
Now this same act Of ofiiccscekers have
raised new cry and begullcd into their sup
port new class of followers, who are bent up
On making the Old Mothcr-our yet glorious
VirginiaSeat "crow.' Fie, fie-shame be to
suo6 men. Let us 90 to work and teach them
that We vet fee! proud Of the honor We have
left. and though VIC have lost and arc yet poor
we still have honor and mean to maintain it,
D11nriNo M,irS