Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-02-23
COMNUNlCAIEI
'Eha Electoral Commission.

Now that FLORIDA and LOUISIANA nave been
declared for Hayes ii is astonishing low macy
men say, 81 told you 80 We are amazed to
Gnl 4 mau whom we have known all our life,
and considered only IN ordinary farmer, mrr-
chant, or Al extraordinarily poor lawyer, sud
denly developed into profound statesman and
constitutional lamycr--luG who was entirely able
to have seated Mr.. TiIlen, or to have taken
his place. 1t Is great pity that the services
of these ncn were lost to the republic. The
democracy made a sad aud nviolabc mistake
By intrustug its destiny in the hands OF such
men rs Hewitt, of N. y, S. S. Cox, Fields,
OConnor, and our oWn Hunton aud Tucker.
! On, it is Z great pity that all statesmen are
! private citizens aud that men who have de.
voted the best years of their lives 10 the science
| Of government are such ignoramuscs. General
Lee, during tho war, said we had made great
| mistake 10 the appointment OF our generals, as
all The best generals were editing newspapers.
Now | would ike to sly q lew words In de.
Tense Of our leaders Many of orr people think
that as Tilden had been elected By the people
i the people should have seen to it that be- WAS
| inaugurated. | think so, too; but the people
thought differently. The Western democrats
are bowling nov like paTsel Of hyenas, hu!
when there Vas an opportunity far seating Ill
den at the point OF The bayouct they we're for
peaccab!c measures. They arc, as Ben Hill
says, "nvincibe iu peace and invisible in
war" In 1850 the Northern democracy was
to stand shoulder to shoulder with lis Of the
South, but at the battle Of MANASSAS their guns
were levclcd on Us; and it would be Sd now.
Whatever political reforms are to be accom-
plished must be done by peaceablc measures.
The Northern democrats lC0n't fght, and we
arc in no condition. We have no army, no
arms, no munitions Of 1CaT, and no money! 10
fact, We are only conquered provinces. Don't
let US have any more war talk, but ii our
Northern friends begin the fight We will be
| ''rght there" Now, ~ to the commission : OF
two evils, the sound policy is to choose the
| lesser. The republicans had made UP their
| minds 10 inauguratc Hayes. The Northerr
democrats, afraid of the safely Of their stocks
| and bonds, we're not going to resist hence The
| Commission, which we all know was appointed
| 10 Investigate and not to count the Electoral
! vote. 10 order to have an honest d: cslon live
Justices Of the Supreme Court were put upon
this tribunal Now, the mistake our leaders
have made is Just this, 10 believing the Justices
to be men of honor and integrity men who
would not rurjurc themselves for the sake Of
party But the result has proven that Justices
Bradley, Miller and Strong are three as cor
rupt Justiccs As ever disgraccd the crmioc Of a
Christian court-thc famous ,lctfrics, OF Ene-
Iaud, not excepted From the Ioul.m0uthcd
Garfield and the Infamous Morton We had eX-
pcctcd nothing but dcyilmtu!; but from Judge
lIoar and Senator Edmunds We expected an
honest couol. The latter has out llcroded
fIcrcd Now, beg your readers will look
facts squarcy 10 the face, and think twice be-
fore they speak We went into this Commits
sion business honestly, and DOW that the de.
csion is against U.s. we must abide BY it. Hon
cstysifahc best policy, aud if we make bad
bargain We must stick to it. Mr.. Hayes will
be inaugurated to say The least OF it, under the
suspicion Of fraud. Let the cid line wings call
to mind the time when Alr. Clay was defeated,
and ask themselves the reason. Just 80 sure
as Mr.. Clay was never President the ipaugu
ra,ion of Hayes sounds the doath-knell of the
republican party. All We have to do il to
aJtde DIR tine. We are all sore now, but time
will heal our wounds. "Wh0m The gods wish
10 destroy they first make mad" The repub-
can party is dying, and the inauguration Of
Mr. Hayes is the death throe. 10 1880 We will
bury the party. For the present We can only
consola ourselves that ''dN is lost SAFE honor.
IOUDOUN