Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-01-01
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construction was carried 90, forming the basis
of national parties, and piercing with bite roess
through the politics of every S,ato. II ought
to be with Joy that Wa say that this strife Is at
last ended, and once more every State 10 repre-
sented, and has an equal voice 10 the couccll5
of the Republic Virginia is heard there DOW
through her able representatives, and II she ls
true to her lineage will soon speak With power
| which belonged to her 10 the olden time.
10 the breaking up of the present parties
and the formation of pew, great dangers
threaten. Parties based upon, or sprioglug out
| of the structure of our Government, We ever
must, and ought to have. They keep the Coy
| ernment to its moorings, and prevent its DRIFT
ing to extremes But parties founded on
classes, is the beginning OF the end OF any Ke'
| public Its very definition is equality OF polIt-
ical right, and the mutual care OF every class.
Under the agis of the Government they work
together for the advancement OF the INDIVIDUAL
and the common veal; but when any one party
reaches for and gets hold Of the Government to
promote, through its agency, its own Interest,
the Republic has already ended and Anarchy
or Despoism 10 at hand.
When men talk Of founding parties on the
tariff, iuterna improvement, broad or mario"
construction Of the Constitution and the like,
40 danger need b. feared. Rather good: TOR
the satchfulncss of each will Insure the mode
ration of the Other. But when they talk OF Or
caozing factions, made up Of rich ard poor
| educated aad igoorant, labor AMI capital uotn-
inc but trouble is to b. looked for aud feared
| Under our free Institutions the rich or day Is
| the poor Ct to morrow, and the reverse. The
ignoraut is walking with upright front every
day ir,o higher aud broader light; the !aborer
with his hand Of toll, aud By boucst Industry,
is massipg wealth that is making him the capt.
tali,t, and the dispenser of grateful charities.
| More than that: such efforts are the begin
nipg Of Communism, which is the end Of lib
| erty. The igoorant cannot take by violence
| the learning of tho educatsd Nor can the poor
take by force aud long eujoy the property OF
the wealthy. Property lies at tho foundation
of true civilization, and the latter caonot live
| without it. Force cannot permanently destroy
| property, though it may. 10 the effort, destroy
| It's owo Liberties. But property must and will
survive, though it call upon Dtspotlsm to
save it.
cannot look with aoy favor or any hope on
any OF those ultra parties winch have from
tune TO time sruggl led for ioothold 10 the
COUNTRY, aud graspcd at the machinery OF Gov
cromeos to hoist themselves iuto power. 90
| not u,ean to say that their Trends 80 regard
them, but | do mean TO say that they are
deadly to the peace, if not the safety OF the
| Republic. [ would not take awav from labor
any protection it has; nor would refuse 1t
any protection it ought to have. But would
give it no favor that | deny to capital. The
| huublest cabin 10 the mountain fastoess should
| have the Same protection that is given to the
| lordcst mansion of the rich: but no moro.
Each il, in tho Eye of the Law, castle, and
| either may be inhabited by the knightIlest
knight. Surely would not, when the poor
mao has by noble effort lifted himself from the
oabo to the palace, regard him the less because
| he has added 81 much to his OVID usefulness
and to tho power of the State.
There is and ought to be 20 strife between
| the poor aud the rich. Labor makes wealth.
| then lives upon it. Aud the effort to cause
antagouism is iraugbt With evil 10 both. This
is true in political economy it is far more vital
| 10 politics. 1t always has and always will end
| 10 the ruin If FREQ goVernm emit
There is no room for suoh parties iu Virginia.
| A more gentle rulo never held sway in any
| country. Our statue book does not contain a
| slogle law that presses harshIy upon the loWly
and poor. Ga thu other hand, it is full OF laws
for their good We have poor laws, homestead
| laws, laws to protect the wages Of the laboIer
from levy. We have hospitals. as7lums for the
deaf, tn, dumb, the b!iod and the insane,
q
| foyer has touched; but only to the poor, with"
out pay. We have free schools, whose teach.
ngs the poor eUiay without price-where the
| humblest can learn how to walk 10 those paths
of distinction which arc closed to none who are
able TO fill the high places in the State. There
| is no use for such parties In Virginia.
But We ought not 10 forget, that behind Law,
there must be Force. If men were gooi and
wise, they would be Law uuto themselves.
| Government must take the place of lack OF
goodness ADD wisdom. that both may flourish.
But Government. whilst it might have tho
beautiful form of Law. would be useless If not
worse. without power The problem is. where
| that power shall be, and how organized. ln a
| Despotism. it is maioly in the shape OF stand
ing army; 10 Republic. it ongbt TO DO 10 civil
officers and citizen soldlery.
The Importance of this latter cannot believer
rated Coming from among tho people, they
learn the lessons of obedience, and carry them
back to their owa homes and hres'des, aud
make iheu felt in every walk ct life. Covered
by tho standard and insignia CT tho State, they
feel how the whole happiness aud peace OF SO
cicty rest upoo its arm. Lovin. their families
mono the less, they love tho State more, aud
and look upon it as tho Mother Of their peace
aud JOY.
Let US have this citz 20 sod icrg everywhere,
to be seen on fitting days aud times. 1t is Get
SHOW OF military power like that Of stuDdlog
army. 1t is the ever present ADD careful guard
Of the States interest and honor; it is the ever
ssaudiog sentiment upon its battlements watch
ipc go: for pay, but for love, and provlHg how
the safety aud glory of good Commonwealth
can be entrusted to It's own people.
With such au ancestry, such history and
such a government, what binders Virginia ?
TIE same genial sky overhaugs her; the same
srauI rivers flow through her territory; the
same harbors, where the ships Of the world may
rid:; the same variety aud fertility OF SOIL
from the sea to the mountains, as when
she won the pamc ot the mother OF
Statesman aud States. l klog that the
hand of violence rent her ic twain, aud that
the ravares Of four years terrible war have
left cruel marks know that many OF her best
and brayest fell aud that poverty now abounds
where once fourishcd Retirement and wealth.
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