Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-10-26
The Fairfax Delegate.
EVANSVILLE. Va, Oct

DRANEsr VILE, Va. Oct -. lH1I
| am sorry TO find our venaraha formG! 49,.
and defeated candidate SO much olcndc.! =. IL,
Litter Of tho 18Th inst. l an very sure ! i.sl ID.
the slightest Intention or I'll 'nding '%ffI' G."
serya.ivc." rs he sub:cribcS himself. ,!nl Civ
tho initials Of my ro%l na!nc. But what lnt!:! "
think OF p man who has act3l rs "TruI C"nsc.-
vativo" has, and then ussumo that name, thou.
claiming to tc = tTuo conservative, but;"r yea.
since, when Judge G. WAS tho regular candidate
Cf 1ho conservative party, this same gonLi2Ei..r.
who now glores in th: nanG al ''lItA Come. .
vatve," became an iIIopndGnL cAndlia.o, 81? .
held out as such until he VAS convinced 8
WAS no c.rthly chance Of his being q ,ct. ,.ri
then modestiy retired. Again he ar noI,r'' i
himself short timo since candle ,,,n ~ 49,, -,
primary election for tho tho conse v.,y, m,
nation, arl when he found hing .!f nnt nnI,, -
ieatel but Occupying tno tEtr nnci;nn ' 1anI
bal fifth at tnat} wheu mar, wara hI,. i -,
gent amen in the teld NJ. i after mir, rnrr 49,
received ,no!o than nin . time; ~ many vote, D.
1fua eoi'scEEStiVo, yet hn is the first inAu t,
fIu n" "mn Ky o'"' That no man nor party Dis,
clplne can make him loso his self rcspec; a:L
vote lor such man rs K. K. Farr. Now WIS.
has become OF the self respect Of more then ihf.,
ilunurod voters, ID st voted itr Mr.. FAIR? Wins.
nae become 81 the self respect of our Lieutcan::
governor and many other distinguished man
Ders @! the Fairfax Bar, who voted for Mr. Fal
hh'l, again, - II possill, that tho lOilre" it.u
dred and upwards Of conservative voters. w..
VIII surely cast their votes Tor MIR. Farr on IT,.
oth OF November nngt hGvo al lost their su'i t.
spcct? There 40 ccrtsinly men in Isir,.
county, WI" hhVcas much scfrospect ~ any SAC
man should have, who h Vo known Mr.. Far
from his infancy, who hAVa been intimate win
MN III business and 0ih0r = suciatiUns, wh arr
anxious that his election should DO secured, M'I
vet ms 'Irua Conservative cannot vote e.
MIR. Fsrr for fear Of losing his self rrspa,.
Again he lakes pains in his answer t. my lc:!".
n fGl NJ n ,,.l hnf
ing tho primary campaign. Every ono i;aH,i,
That great many honorable and good bus!I",-
men have benh overtaken by misfortune, NJ,
nee o'sarl7 acted in not y very onviHblu luanl"l
bnt when man undertakes 80 slide into oil
On thcro lownf'lI by calling tho attention OFF,.
~ my worthy triond, ''Trun Conservative" ~.
frequent attends thncsso Formy pArt ca
not SEQ tho cause Of IRA, Conservatives" CO..
plnint. Ho had & fair opporluniIy OF cnnvassin.
lie county, and upon tho very cvo OF the clc,'ipr
ha took up II residence upon sacrcl ground. f..
week lmportunod the prayers Of tho chur;i
and declared himself spiritually blessed, il n,'
politically advanced. His great electionarrn.
theme was that, though he hal boon Il "promin"n.
business man Tor years, yet, in no instance w..
he a7ot suei. Upon ono occasion L Ii 'ari =.
very eminent lawyer say IF you will Sh"H
mo man who haa bTcl in business twenty Srn-
and was nevor suod, will show you lnsn t!H,
is no account. Now this do not apply
'I1un Conservative" but il struc, very
lorciby whom q gentleman told lno upon th
cnmp-ground that 'Iruo Conservative hnI ia.
told him The above. "Truc Conservative" says lh'.
conservative party will not ask l.. f. n. i'r
advice. J. an sure am not So prnsumDlon-
to think lnysuf compctnnt IF advising 50 in:"lH
gnat party nor WAS my letter OF tho Both "i,r
cd with such Wow / simply gavn my view
relative to NJ r. Farrs position, without nvnr ~"
tending or dIcImIng OF 1t offending my one
but if "1run Conservative will allow mo viii
offer tho following advice to him :-Ho is far
advanced in years, and his disastrous defeat les
most unquestonabiy seriously shocked both h
physical and mental powr'a. and if hn w"ni
make short visit to sOmo Wig mia town Il
would suggest Staunton.) whore thcr" il" h.t:"
for tho mslsdies Of disappointed h"pna nnl d"
ieat9d candidates. / nm worry sure in 81 short tina"
nc could return 10 his old oIiLDrAl sancLnm with
tina. q oar head and brilliant mind tha. wore IN
in former days, and Weld q pom in slch me'-
nor as to cause tho heart TO lnonrn and eyri f.
weep of those who now feel that "thoro Is n"n"
so moor % to do him reverence"
Respectfully, l.. +. N