Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-11-30
PUBLISHED DAILY AND TREwERK.LY By
EDGAR SNOwDEN.
FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 80, 1877.

Senator Sargent's failure in his libel suit
against the California editor, and the near ap.
proash of the close of his Senatorial term, which
he kuows will never be renewed. for he totally
misrepresents the ci,izons Of the Golden State,
seem to have had an unhappy effect upon him,
aud to have revived his wrath against the I'm.
fortunate South, which is 10 20 wise account.
able for bis misfortunes. During the debate
10 the Senate, yesterday. be denounced, through
South Carolina, the people Of the whole South
erp section of the Union, and waved the bloody
shirt with all the force at his command. He
said bis fellow countrymen who lived 10 the
South allowed mob spirit to run riot, party
to be baushed from the polls by midnight muir.
der, by dropping murders here and there, by
general massacre, by interIupting public meet
ipgs with armed force, by preventing discus
sion, by taking party by the throat, sitting
it, and by preventing it exercising its rights
under the Constitution and laws Of the Uo ed
States and under the laws of humanity" also
that he hsd ''seen MURDER and riot, and intiEi
dalioD as 6pe arts. as modes of eleotioneeripg
determined upon 10 conventions, the dogs set
loose 10 tear the vitals out Of the opponents of
those who let loose the bloodhound" Now Such
sentiments as these expressed in such LANGUAGE
as We have quoted, would have been out of!place
even 10 ward meeting in San Francisco. how
much more, then. in the Senate of the United
States, where he knew they would be rsported,
published, and read in every village And hamlet
10 the land, and whose only possibssnee could be
to fsn theD eagsss and. 'feep alive the fires
81 q Sectional animoslty, which not only
every such nominaly exalted citizen as
one who represents the half of whole State
in the Senate of the country, but every citizen,
however humble. should, if be be patriotic, desire
to see extinguishsd forever3 That they do pro-
duce that effect is as natural as the malignancy
that evoked them is apparent There are PEG:
pie in the North anxious to believe that their
fellow citizens of the South are bloodthifsty
eut.tbroats, and when assertions to that effect
ore proclaimed upon tho floor Of the United
States Senate, they receive them as proof as
strong as holy writ; and the South has been so
UNANIMOUSLY treated that her wounds havc not
yet healed, aud such remarks make the sores
smart. Then, too, hate begets hate, and so per.
verse is human nature that some people CO.
deavor to merit the antipatby they have in.
spired by acts to the commission of which they
would never otherwise have been inclted.-
Such people are born iu the South as else
where, and though their crimes deserve the
condemnation of their better neighbors. the
feelings excited 10 Southern communities by
such expressions as those of Senator Sargent
orc not calculated to make that condemnation
apparent. The speech was out Of time, and
out of place, should not have been made. and
con only produce bad results. The only cir
cumstaDce connected with it at all cousoiog is
that its author will never be allowed on oppor.
tupity to make another after the session OF
Congress to commence next Monday.