Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1877-08-01
PUBLISHED DAILY AND rREWEBK.LY
EDGAR SNOwDEN-
WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST
We have, as our readers are we'll aware, dur.


ing the whole of the GubcrDatorial campaign
that will terminate next week-fcr 20 mat
ter whom the convention may nominate, the
nomination will virtually end the contest, Tor
the nominee will surely be elected-studiously
RETAINED from advocating the claims OF any
particular one Of The several candidates for the
nomination, while VIC published all the letters
each of them wrote on State affairs, and al! the
Iaudatory communications sent US by their re-
spectivc friends. We have pursued this course
because We believe that every one OF the gen.
tlemen prominently spoken of 10 connection with
the nomination is true VirgniaD, who, next
to bis Own honor and Interest, will guard and
protect the honor aud interest OF his State; and
as each one of the candidates will make as good
Governor, 10 every respect, as any Ut the
others, while we have our Individual preference,
We deemed it better 10 allow those voters IN the
State who receive their political news through
us to select their lavorite without any advice Of
ours on the subject. Had We believed that any
ono of the candidates Of whose nomination there
is a probability would make better Governor
than any one of the others, it would have been
our duty % journalists to have urged his nom
inaton with all the means at our disposal, but
as our knowledge of the several gentlemen
spoken of induced us to believe that every one
of then, would be worthy recipient of the great
honor 10 be conferred, and fill the office With
credit to himself and those who supported his
election, VIC thought it the better course to let
our readers see all the good that was said
about each of them and make their own selcc
ton without bling biased by anything we might
say. That has been OUT course during the
campaign, and this course We will continue
until our opinions concerning any OF the candl-
dates shall change; and VIC DOW will only advise
the delegates to the convention that f,whe0 they
reach Richmond, they God any one Of the can
didates-or the Influential ADD leading partzans
of any oueof them-in favor OF or in any manner
leaning toward the reputation of the State
debt, 10 repudiatc him Instantly and forever.
The highest estimate Of the States debt places
it at onetcn,h of her available property. Surely
she can pay that. Let New Hampshire and
Minnesota; let the whole North. If they choose,
rcpudiatc their just debts, but never let it be
said that Virginia rcpudiatcd hers, especially
when she could pay it, and still retain nine
tenths Of her property. We arc sure honor
will ioaueoco the delegates, but if not honor.
let interest teach them how TO vote The State
debt has to be paid by the taxpayers most of
whom arc opposed TO population in any and all
its forms. If they arc willing to bear the burden
why should those who have no taxes to pay
object especially wheu capital and immigra'
ton will give wide berth 10 State that re
fuses to liqudatc her indebtedness, and as a
consequence business Of all kinds languish and
aborers remain unemployed. Let the world
know that VIC will pay every cent We owe, and
that We will economist at every point until the
debt be paid, and We will soon find that our
ability to pay will be greatly increased, and that
the Virginia Of the future vii! yet eclipse even
the Virginia Of the past.