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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-10-15

ms- DON'T BUY BOOTS AND SHOES else.
where, but come at once to ITO King st.,
and see the elegant styles of Boots and
Shoes; large assortment at popular prices.
sen2 W.B. WADDEY.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-10-15

comprising
Family Roe Potomac Herring in dols & do.
Bay Island Labrador ard Boone Bay Spill!
Herring.
Newfoundland Round and Split Herring
Call carly end buy cheap.
SAM'L l.. j. REED,
jy2 No. II s. Fairfax st Alex andTis
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gHR GoVsRNORs' PILGaIMAGR
TO MECCA.


1t seems somewhat absurd, even hu,
initiating, even degrading that gov
ernors OF free States chosen by free
peoples should be going up to the
master at Washington to give an &C.
count of themselves. They must tell,
forsooth, how they were chosen and
by what right they exercise the func-
tioas Of Office. Then the imperial
ruler OF all these States viii deign,
after time, when it consorts with his
msjestY's royal pleasure, to determ,re
who is and who is not the governor Of
. State. Such is the first and hateful
aspect of painful facts now presented
BY progressive events at Washington,
and while these are not the real facts
such is their significance - contem-
plated By the masses Of our country
men, Chamberlain viewed them in
this light and uttered no protest
Packard dreams Of no wrong to him-
ss,f or LoeisiaaA and OF no ofense to
statehood when he begs for help to-
day and threatens the President and
the countrys peace on the. morrow.
Twill accept y>ur aid and humbly ask
it," says ths despessdo Packard, ssbut
If you refuse I win .prseipltats . con-
aiet even here in New oileAns. The
city,s streets shall run red via blood
and coanagration shall dc the Ssst. y
The Preadent sees that he Is dealing
with . reckless, desperate adventnref
who means 70 aggrandize himself and
his coadiutors in crime even Is did
Wsrmosh and Others who hare used
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fed approval of the Presidents inau-
gursl, and of the men constituting his
c.binet those strsight-laced party
leaders who would silence truth and
this deserved laudation of the Presi-
dent may be reasonably distrusted.
They look forward to the blessed day
when 8 compact party, looking neither
to the right nor left and following file
leaders blindly, will lift them into
Office and power. They could do no
more than Greeley promised, and no
more perhaps than Hayes has done for
the country or for the South; but they
must be honore aud paid, while Hayes
surely serves US without honor, save
among those who never served him,
and are incapable of rewarding his
deeds or virtues. To refuse to confess
his worth, so far as we of the South
are concerned, if he deal justly with
Louisiana and South Carolina, is alike
dishonest and cowardly, and yet in
Aammable, denunciatory partisan news
papers of the South damn the Presi-
dent, and yet pretend to. be mouth
pieces Of the ''chIralry" of the South.
They have not the moral courage to
laud Republican president who stands
by the laws and Constitution and de-
clares his purpose to make the States
all free. They dare not tell the truth
of the President because the President
is powerful and they may be suspected
of seeking favors at lis hands. Such
considerations are simply despicable,
and whenever the President fails to do
right; when he bends before the rage
of his party leaders, as we never pro-
pose to do before that of our party's
whippers-ln, we will despise bim, as,
in the other case, our honest readers
should despise US. We propose to be
Democratic in theory and acts and pur-
poses, but never so superlatively Dem
ocratic and "chiualrOus" that we can
not tell the plain truth and laud as
generously as the Presidents acts and
words have been generous and just.
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THE Register forpets its personal v

THE Register forgets its personal vir-
tues and self-respect when it "calls
names" If it lapse into Radicalism,
the gravest of moral crimes, VIC would
warn it, and show in what it erred and
how it is that people are led to suspect
that such was its course and purpose.
Postmaster General Key is Democrat; !;
was born Democrat; risked his life
again and again as Democrat; es-
poused even in Union-loving East Ten
nessee, and there fought for the hyper
compound, double distilled, subli-
mated quintessence of Democracy.
Hayes knew what he was, and took
him as he was, and who can say that
Key is not and will not live and die a
Democrat2 While the word Demo
crat" means, really, in politics, a
Southern white man," Key, of
course, is of the class; but he is of
those Democrats who would dissolve
SECTIONAL parties aud substitute
Others in which the North may not be
arrayed solidly, except three States,
against the solid ''reber" Democratic
South. Key proposes, the letter
writers say, to cooperate with Honest
Dick Thompson, the straight old line
Wing, to beget an alliance between the
conservatism of the South and of the
Northwest. If this be Keys purpose,
and he fail IN achieving it, he will be
noHe the worse man or worse politi-
clan, or worse Democrat. We are OF
those who, having little faith IN the
immediate success of the scheme, SO
love the South that we would gladly
witness its contamination. Sectional
ism in partisanship has wrought ruin
everywhere, and when it is obliterated
the question of Democracy will de-
pend upon ones fidelity to free trade
and States rights, and when a stupid
Fellow would Insult another he will
no longer apply partisan epithet.
To pronounce white man ''Radi-
caI' in these States, among ignorant
people, is to pronounce him unworthy
of associations with decency. He Is
q very pariah among partisans, thief
in public life and in society below the
lowest depths of degradation. And
yet this wretehed man Martin, having
jimja and woe-s.ricken with coming
sobristy, absolutely says, because the
STATESMAN approved Hayes's inaugural
and acts under it, that the STATESMAN
is Radical" Stohd ignorance and
Beotian stupidity are the universal
characteristics of those readers of the
Register that tolerate such appeals to
the uAworthIest prejudices of the
lowest classes of most ignorant whites
of the South.
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THE San Saba Me,c, does mot seem tc

THE San Saba Ne,cs does not seem to
know that the Senate of the United
States must confirm all appointments
to office made by the President, and
that the tenure Of Office law made to
restrict the power Of Andrew johnson
is still operative. As president, even
Mr.. Tilden, with . hostile Senate,
could not have exterm:uated carpet
bagism in the South. President
Hayes proposes to do, and can do, this
thing. No legislation suggested BY
Tilden for the liberation of the South
would have been possible while Nor.
ton and Blaine were supreme in the
Senate. These two would have re-
NAMED omnipotent if Tlldsn, instead
Of Hayes, were president. Therefore
the STATESMAN said that if Hayes
choose to do as he promises in his in
augural and in subsequent acts he can
serve the South moro effectively than
Tilden in his place. The Heses says
that because We assert these simple,
palpable truths the STATESMAN is
Radical organ" Then Radicalism
is the unvarnisAed truth, and its anti
pode in morals and modes Of thinking
must be the very embodiment Of lies.
But this Il untrue, and therefore the
Gesrs ID grievously in error. But the
&ssrs knows nothing Of matters it at
temPts to discuss, and its appeals to
vulgar prejudice to which ignorance
must ever resort signify nothing. The
man who would be Influenced by the
Nsrs Is too ignorant to read, and thus
the blessed little newspaper is inpo-
tent in fact as mAleyolent in purpose.
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THE postponement of the question
of the right of Kellogg to seat In the
United States Senate to the next ses
sion of Congress is another victory fol
the new President and the Conserva.
tive statesmen of both parties who
have rallied to his support. The ex-
treme Radicals were determined by
seating kellogg to PREJUDICE the ques-
tion of the legality of the Louisiana
State government, and thus either to
force the President to recognize Pack
ard, or, if they could not succeed so
far, at least to add another embarrass-
ment to the successful prosecution OF
his policy of conciliation. They have
been defeated in this, and the Presi-
dent is free to act without being COM
PEELED to consider whether his action
is or is not consistent with the recogni-
ton of Kellogg by the Senate.
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TENNESSEE has gone back to first
principles, and fixed the State tax at
ten cents on each 500 of property,
the highest rate ever paid there till
party leaders got the State by the ears,
and, 60 use the language of the ablest
of these leaders, ''precipitate revolu-
sion." The people did the fighting
and the ditch-dIgging and sla wing and
dying while the leaders fourished and
won fame, but it seems the people pro
pose to suffer somebody else to foot
the bills. Tea cents will not pay in
terest coupons on the State war debt
or on the bonds stolen by thieves when
the old commonwealth was going
through the blessed process of recon
struction, and what the creditors pro-
pose to do about it remains to be seen.
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Bob lNGERsoLL, however violent
when led by Morton in the bloody
shirt business, has dropped into Hsyes's
groove, and is now as mild as coolng
dove, and instead of waving the rubi-
cund neither integument, enacts the
role of Sergeant Bates and totes the
old flag with unparalleled vehemence.
Now and then Ingersoll becomes sane,
as in this matter, and when he said
that
A man who cannot get living, un-
less he has been MANNED in the service
of his country or touched by the finger
of disease, without holding Office is not
fit to hold an Office. Applause. A
professional officeseeker is one of the
meanest and lowest and basest of hu-
man beings. Tremendous applause.
A little higher than the lower ANIMALS,
and little lower than man. There is
no earthly or heavenly independence
not "a particle. A successful officeseek-
er is like the center of the earth-he
weighs nothing himself and drawsisIl
things towards the Office he seeks. He
has no temper. You cannot offend him
you cannot insult him. Shut the door
in his face, and, so far as he is con-
cerned, 1t is left wide open, and he is
standing on the threshold with smile,
extending the hand of welcome. He
crawls and he crlnges, and he flatters
and he lies, and he swaggers and he
brags, and tells of the influence he has
in the ward where he lives. We can
not too often repeat that splendid say
ing, 'Office should seek the man, not
man the office" [Applause. If you
will iengthen the term OF Office it will
be so long between meals that he will
have to do something else or s;arve.
Loud laughter
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the innocent negro and destroyed and
tyrannized over the unhappy State.
Nichols, having q proper share Of
self-respect, and asserting the former
dignity Of the commonwealth, refuses,
like Wade Hampton, to ask, at the hands
of him having no constitutional power
to concede rights, favors of the Presi-
dent. Governor Hampton Is especial
ly careful to declare in each speech that
he makes, reiterating the assertion
again and again, that he goes to ex-
plain to the President leading facts
incident to his right of tenure of the
guberhatorial office. Hampton asks
for nothing. He threatens in nothing.
Official intercourse between himself
and the President of the United States
there must be, and since the President
requests it, he proposes to show by what
right he asserts the prerogatiyes of
Governor. Wade Hampton is very
careful that this aspect of the facts
may be comprehended. He reiterates
in his speeches from Columbia to
Washington this view of his mission,
and it is simple justice to the President
to say that Governor Hampton does
not seem to criticise or condemn the
conduct of President Hayes, but only
seeks to place himself and the Presi-
dent properly before the country. He
acts, he would haye US believe, ON
proper suggestion, which is not an
''order" and not even a request to be
necessarily conceded, made by the
President of the United States, and
however absurd it seems, as we were
accustomed, in the olden time, to con-
template the relations uf States
to the Union, that q Governor
should be ''rtquested" to trudge away
to Washington to thump into thick
headed central government some
reasonable comprehension of local
facts with which the central govern
ment has nothing to do, it is Low right
and proper enough. We cannot, at
this late day, when Africa reigns over
States, weep that president now aad
then summons about him little satraps
like Chamberlain and Packard. They
go without q murmur or protest; but
Hampton retains memories of other
days, before party leaders went mad
and before States were put to death
and before savagery made the ballot
box and the popular will mere mock.
cries of decency and intelligence. See
ing and confessing the supreme po-
tency of all these evils, Wade Hamp-
ton still asserts his own and the origi-
nal dignity of South Carolina. He re-
fuses to go on bended knees, q suppll-
ant before Republican autocrat. He
acquired all his rights from a Stree
people" and not one from the Presi-
dent, who can add nothing and take
away nothing. But poor Packard,
with alternating entresties and impre.
begs for soldiers and threatens
the desolation of the city he calls his
"capital," and the President temper.
ICES with the miserable coward and ad-
who came South to reign over
and rob civilized men through the in
of besotted ignorance and
wee.
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nIr. Secretary Key. Democracy.


An excellent gentleman a Tennes.
seean formerly of first-rate capacity
and taste, as shown by his letter, writes
to the STATESMAN from st. Elmo:
In back issue of your paper there
appeared a sketch of ID. NJ. Key, Post
master General, in which he was repre-
sented as being staunch Democrat.
There also appeared, in about the same
issue, paragraph censuriDg the Ten
nessee Legislature for their ingratitude
and lack of appreciation of Senator
Keys public services, as manifested by
their not again rewsrding him with
the senatorship. Now, it is not our
purpose to impeach Mr.. Keys integrity
or the soundness of his principles, for
we are not OF that class who believe
that those who differ from ds in poll
tics or religion are necessarily hypo-
critics or villains; but we do say that
he Is not, nor has he been for several
years, considered in harmony with the
Democratic party. His appointment
by Governor Porter was the cause OF
much dissatisfaction on account of his
indefnable political status, though it
was conceded to be polite move by
the more conservative. The appoint
ment, in the estimation OF many,
should have been given to Gen. Bate,
who was the peoples declared choice
after johnson, as it was the vacancy
caused by his death that was to be
filed. The dispatch of the Demo
cratic q Postmaster General, which
appeared in the Weekly STATESMAN OF
the twenty-second, speaks for itself. In
reply to some one making inquiries of
him he replies: "When q vacancy ex-
lists in any Office connected with this
department in the Southern States pref
erence will be given to Republican,
all other things being equal" Strange
talk this for a man whose Democracy
Is unimpeachablel II he be in deed
and in truth Democrat, and is simply
acting role, while he panders to the
whims of the party in power, merely
through policy, whether it be for pri-
vate or public good, he compromises
most wofully his individuality and his
manhood. He would do well to recur
to his school-boy days and learn les
son from the sad fate Of Old Tray.
That Tennessee legislature would so
effectually repudiate bona tide Demo
crat Of Senator Keys universally-ac-
knowledged ability, and an ex-rsbel at
that, ia, 10 say the least Of it, rather
diaphsnous, or, more tersely, ''too
thin" They are incapable, both as re-
CARDS their heads and hearts, Of any
such blunder.
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CAPT. JOHN CowDoN has completed
his survey of the Barataria canal; and
bill has been introduced into the
Louisiana Legislature and reported
upon favorably by the Committee on
Commerce for q charter, and will
doubtless pass. He proposes to cut q
canal from New Orleans to the deep
waters of the gulf (shortening the dis
lance to fifty miles) capable of bearing
the largest class merchant vessels of
the world. 1t will give New Orleans
as port an advantage over New York,
and will reyclutionize the valley of tie
Mississippi. The shipment Of cereals
can be made to European ports ten
cents per bushel less than any port on
the Atlantic. He asks no subsidy from
the State, but Q charter. There are
over !, ,006, 900 acres Of overlooked land
belonging to the State which will be
reclaimed. Capitalists in Holland and
England will furnish the capital to ear
~ the work to success. Il will re-
quire only one year to do II. Such are
statements we receive from New Or
leans.
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ARTICLE s, section /, of the Constitu

ARTICLE s, section /, of the Constitu
tion ia reference to taxation provides
All property in this State, whether
owned by natural persons or corpora
tions, other than municipal, shall bt
taxed in proportion to Its value, which
shall be ascertained as may be proyIde Cd
by law.
The proviso to the same section ex.
empts from taxation two hundred and
fifty dollars worth of household and
kitchen furniture to each family. Sec
ton 2, same article of the Constitution,
provides:
But the Legislature may,
by general law, exempt from taxation
public property used for public pur-
poses; actual places of religious wor.
ship; places of burial not held for prl-
vate or corporate profit; all buildings
used exclusively and owned by per.
sons or associations of persons, fol-
school purposes, and the necessary fur
niture of all schools. aAd institutions
of purely public charity; and all laws
exempting property from taxsion,
other than the property above men
toned, shall be void.
The AdUocdte, coming over these
simple facts, properly says that the
Fifteenth Legislature is not responsl-
BILE for the law which taxes farm pro-
ducts in the hands of the proprietor.
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CUPID AND UARL sCHURz.

Our German fellow-citizens will learn
with singular interest that the New
York World has discovered that Cupid
is IN hot pursuit of Gail schurz. Peo-
pie having memory of Schurz's sweet
face, in poor Greeley's time, adjoining
the fly leaf of each number of Harper's
Weekly, will hardly give credence to
the story when we are told that hun
dreds of eager damsels are Offering
themselves to the worn old trimmer
among the storms of public life. But
there is something romantic In his ca
reer which touches the female heart.
Women love him for the vic ssitudes
through which he has passed. He has
been student, professor, musician, rev.
olutionist, editor, soldier, Senator and
itinerant orator. He has been a citi-
zen of several States, and a member of
three parties at the same time. And
he has always continued to be SO far
successful that he has gotten good Of
fees under every dynasty, which fact
Is in itself captivating to women who
love good providers. 1t is true that
he never made much of reputation as
q professor, because he devoted the
time which should have gone to teach
ing to politics; nor did he make much
of reputation as a revolutionist, since
he devoted the time that should have
been given to fighting to the study of
the infinite; bat he was great scholar
among the red Republicans and great
red Republican among the scholars.
He failed as an editor because he was
too anxious for office, and be failed in
office because he was too much
prone to literature; but he was a
great politician among the Bohe-
uians and q great Bohemian among
the politicians. He was a wretched
soldier, because he was always plan
ming campaigns against the Democrats
in the North rather than the rebels IN
the South; and he almost ruined his
fame as an orator by losing his wind
in sundry hasty retreats; but he was
great warrior among the stump-speak-
ers, and great stump-speaker among
the warriors. He was not good Re
publican, because he was always abus.
ing the administration; and he was not
a good Democrat, because he was al
ways advocating the election of the
other party's ticket; but he was a
great enemy of Hayes among Tilden
men and great despiser Of Tilden
among the friends of Hayes. He is not
much of reformer nor much of a pi-
anist, as Watterson, his choicest friend,
is, but he is a great reformer among
musicians and great musician among
reformers. His strong point has been
the fertility with which he could in
vent and give reasons in several Ian
guages for his versatility. 1t Is. no
wonder, therefore, that he has imposed |
upon the female imagination and now
shines forth hero. 1t is natural that
schoolgirls dream of becoming the
darling of this many-sided man, of
hearing him make love in all the mod
ern tongues, and listening to the i'm
provisations on the piano, with which
he charms away the cares of Office by
his own hearth. 1t is natural that the
dear, innocent creatures should write
letters to him and quote Heine for his
AMI if any of them can
induce him to recommit matrimony he
will not make bad match.
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THE Victoria AdUOcate is pleased to
say that 'several Texas journals which
blindly supported the new Constitu-
ton, as the best ever submitted to q
free people, now discover that it has
Objectionable features, which goes to
show that they did not read it before
its adoption. 1t was just as easy to
discover that it taxed the agricultural
products in the hands of the producer
then as now. Every consideration of
common sense urges steps looking
to its amendment, particularly IN the
Judiciary article"-and, the Adrocdte
might have added, in that regulating
and restricting suffrage in local elec-
tions.