Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-07-13
The Eighth Congressional District.

not one of them has denied our charge thac w.
Hunton has been subscrVent tool CT tnc
Washington Ring, has always dorc Its b'oolng,
and only recently assisted 10 mar@aVrlng
through Congress that most outrageous assess,
ment enforcing act, by which all the irauas ol
the Board Of Public Works and Commissioners
! are to be egalizad, and our poor people com'
| PEELED to submit TO these swlndlcs and (Xt0f'
| tons. Not one of General Hucton's !rlends
has dared to deny that. Why? Because lhey
know they caunot deny it.
But the Ring press is getting trlghtcnod at
the loss they are going to sustain IN t6e oeiea1
of General HuntoD. The National kspu3IIl'
can of July (Shepherd'd OWN comes to the
rescue 10 the following manner:
"As partisan General Eopa Huoto1 has
not iufreq uently been guty-.as in the Florida
Investigation for example-ot the grosscst VIC
atiops of the spirit OF fair dealing with bis
political opponents. 10 this respect be is no
setter and no worse thsn the average Virginia
sham conservative. AS non partisan, how
ever. be has rendered efficient service to the
District of Columbia. fact which serves as
renarce FIR 1nauy of bis purely political mlsdo
! iugs. And it is fact which further scr7es to
make him popular and adds to his Influence at
! the Capital in such way as to enable him 10
| proceed in any effort ho may attempt IL behalf
| of his constituents with better chances ct sue
| cess than any new Representative could even
hope fer.
| As parisan-meauing democrst-Gcnc-
raj Hunton has not done much harm to bis re
publican friends, especially 10 the Florida in
vestigation. But if he had done harm the Ma
tional Republican gives him complete dissolution
for the services he has rendered to the Riog as
non partisan, l. c., a Shepherd republican,
and on that account the Shepherd organ dis.
plays great anxiety for the reelection Of the
man who 'has rendered such efficient service
to the District of Columbia (Ripg.) Will!
that open the eyes of our Virginia democrats
Do they desire more proof that our charges are
true?
We should not be surprised ii Shepherd s
democratic organ, the Post, would follow
suit and try to persuade the Alexandria democ.
racy that it is their duty to return q man to Con
gress who has rendered such efficient services
of the District of Columbia. Indeed, we have
no doubt that the Ring, Just as it did in Ketch.
ANS election, will do its utmost to have Hun
ton renominated. The 365 bond interest. for
which he has labored so assiduousy; the First
| National Bank of New York, for whose benefit
| he carried through that last assessment enforo.
ing act; the National Republican, which, as
shown above, believes him 10 have better
chance of SUCCESS than any new Eepresenta.
tive" 10 fact, the whole Ring, from Shepherd
down, will help their mon partisan friend,
| and hence the true and honest Virginia demo
Gratis will haun er,,ail battle to fgnJ 10 keep
Hunton from being renomirated. Let them,
50 good neighbors, have pity on our poor
people, and send us friend and not an enemy
| to Congress-
P. S.-Since writing The above all the Ring
organs, black and white, have opened Their
| batteries in behalf of the non partisan Mr.
Eppa Hunton. The Washington Star even
threatens the constituents Of General Hunton
with the removal Of the Capitol to the West it
| they do not renominate him. Is not that ter
} rible? But Shepherd being Of one of the lead
| ing stockholders 10 the Star Company, Of course
| We could rot expect anything else from that
quarter.
We also learn that Dom Piatt, who is Tustl-
to instruct his ''young meu," las tbs Star calls
them who last Sunday came out 10 the Capt.
| tai against Hunton, to change their course aud
let Hunton alone, and therefore we suppose that
| eight days hence the whole Washington city
press will again, 10 obedience to Boss Shep.
| herds commands, pull together, and radicals
and sooalItd democrats will try to convince tho
democrats Of the Eighth Congressional district
Of Virginia that nothing short OF perdltion will
follow if they do not return that mon partisan
District patriot.
II IL. Gl.s jug artIu,v NC stated tLat ",re
should not be surprised if Shepherds demo.
cratic organ, the Post would follow suit. Our
apprehensions have already been verified, as in
it's issue Of July 10 it gives, like its repubi::
can contemporaries, "Somo Needed ADVICE
to MIR. Huaton's constituents, and that
advice happens to be the same "ad7ce"
which those Immaculate radical papers. The
National Republican and the Star. have al
ready rendered to our Virginia friends, to wit,
| to return by all means Mr.. Hunton to Congress-
We have 20 personal interest IN this matter
ia fact, We do not personally know General
Hutton. Our objections to him are not Of q
private but of public character. We know
him to be the friend of cur different District
Rings, and therefore re ask !ht democrats OF
the Eighth Congressional district of Virginia
not to return him to Con2ress, Tha! our charge
is true is proven by the unanimous appeal OF
our Ring press, both radical and democratic.
for his reelection. Isany more proof needed :?
We still believe in the faal SUCCESS OF the
natioual democracy; but that success can only
be attained by sending puro and honest men to
Copgress-not such for whose reelection the
radical organ here, the National Republican,
writes leading editorials. Besides, We believe
in rotation, and it would do the South and the
country no BARN if that principle vas moro
generally recognized in the selection of Congress
gional candidates next fall. With some few
exceptions, the South has given very slight
signs Of the contioued existence of its old and
deserved claim Of furnishing the brain for the
party. Let US have new deal-at least let US
try whether We cannot do better than we have
done thus far. We can hardly do worse.
The democrats Of Alexandria, Virgnia LIST
Thursday night, at their primary election, &c
feated Eppa Hunton and elected Neae dele
gates. They know the sufsri0gs Of the people
of this district under the radical Ring rule
management too we'll, and hence they are un.
willing toreturp Congressman likoMr. Hutton,
whose principal business 10 Congress has been
to assist 10 getting through Ring bills and Ring
measures.
They know also that General Hutton has
been rewarded by tho late District Government
m; h n r,oot ovtaneiuo of1oiol notronore M