Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-10-25
Tho Fairfax Delegate.

To Tie editor Of The Alexandria Ga-e:te:
Ia this evening Gazette find q comlnuni
cation signed ly John s. I'roth, esq, in reply
to my last communication, the drift Of whicl,
/ readily perceive is TO make tho people believe
that Mr.. r. r. Farr, our nominee for the next
House Of Delegates, is totally iDcapacitated for
the position. Mr.. Troth rilicules the ilea OF
Mr.. Far being progressive man and at the
same time conservative, aud iofers that the
two are not at all compatible and therefore can
not 90 together. Nevertheless Mr.. Farr il both,
as all persons who are true conservatives, and
ara free from personal pr, judices, will testify
on the Oh day Of November next, by sending
him TO the Legislature hy j handsome ma jority,
and thus thwart the radicals and those who arc
blinded by personal pre- udiccs and radical clap
traps. Now will admit that my ideas Of a
true conservative aud progrnssionist and those
of Mr.. lrolh ar exactly the reverse, and it
only remains for the people to judge who is
right. Mine is this The man or party who.
ever since the war. has laborcd with all his or
it's strength to redeem our beloved State from
the thraldom OF the republican yoke and place
her 10 q position where she could regain her
anti bcllum glory. is true conservative and
progrcssionist Ills is this The man Or party
who, ever siac, the war, has labored with all
his or it's strength 10 dcvasae and plumber our
beloved State aud place her people in a disfran-
chised condition, and place her in condition
whero she Of not rtScun,I) would be Gretrcvlably
lost, is Il true CONSERVATIVE aud pr0gr1SsloDlst.
NV IDEAS cnntDrm tn what the conservative
party has done, auG bis u what The radical
party would have dose, aye, did dn. But aft or
thus expressing or lulImatIng his ideas. he
somewhat goes back on them by saying, "he
and the rest OF the radicals of Mt. Vernon
District have been liberal radicals 10 sharing the
Offices of the said district with tho conscrva-
tiveA.' believe III one or two cases this has
been done, i. c., 10 the case of Ovcrseer Of the
| poor, which no radical would have, because
there was not millions in il, and 10 the case
| of a constable, which no radical would have
| for fear he might have TO a)g some of his er.
| ring "collud brcddrcp." This was liberal in
deed, and give the radicals all the credit for
it they claim. When | wrote my last did not
| expect TO b, brought into newspaper cores
poudcnce with Mr. Troth or any one else. |
| simply expressed my opinion of Mr.. Farr's
| worth. which certainly had right to do, and
| in that Mr.. i. or 20 one else cln change me.
| 1t is now evident that the radicals aud their
conservative allies are doing everything they
can fairly or iou!y do to defeat Mr.. Farr, and
| if the conservative party do not awake from the
| lcthargic state in which they seem 10 b., they
will succeed. LIT us then, 0. good people OF
| Fairfax be up and dong Will: it is day, for
the night cnmrth wherein none but radicals and
their allies c,n work. Mr.. Farr is a trle con
Setva,vc and proer' ssIonist, and a hove all is the
| regular nominee of the conservative party iur
the House of Delegates, and as such is entitled
to the cali vote Of the s.id party, which
trust he may get, il:n, Fairfax may at least
BE- represented 10 the Legislature once in tuul
years. Conservatives let you watchword be ri
dep 'tandum. and victory is yours. Truly, &C.
Fax.
FNRFAN {. H., Va, Oct. ~, 1877.