Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-09-19

hloodshcd bad COMO Virginia could have taken
no mart 10 it. She had tried il or tour ycSE:. |
Was he TO take the chances OF plugging Els
neonle into war again? Had he pursued inc
onnosite course he would not have beer allowed
ever to come into the Eighth district, but would
nrobably have been hung from the nearest tree |
Referring to the prospects of the democrstiG
nartv the honorable gentleman said They had
The Eorty.sxth Congress and the Senate III
1879. They heard from the West and North
east that the republican party had been we'gn
ed 10 the balance and fouod wanting. Liz PACK
had been broken 10 Vermont and Name: lie
yentured the prediction that they would nave
majority twice as large as the present one IN
the next house. There would be 20 returning
boards to be manipulated by lack Chandler, nc
democratic House and republican senate 10
| thwart each other, and whoever should DC
elected would haye peaceful ineuauratiop.
At this stage of the proceedings MIR. Nj. h:
Wells made an earnest appeal to the people CT
the county to contribute ia aid OF the yellow
fever sufferers, aud Gen. W. II. 1. Lee, 10
eloquent terms, appealed 10 the old soldiers 10
render what assistance they could.
| Col. Fauntlerov, Of Winchester, iu RESPONSE
to calls, then took the stand. lie had not tx
pected to address the meeting, and was not
candidate. but hoped that suitable successor
| to Mr. johnson Barbour would soon be
found. What, then, had he 10 say?
He was citizen, and ono of the masters.
NOT servants of the distinguished member OF
Congress who had just addressed them. He
had listened to him critically, and to much that
be had said he, with many others took direct
issue. 10 reference to the electoral bill. what
ever Gcn. Hunton might say, he did vote Tor
it, and tor that reason be could never vote tJr
him again 1t was 10 yielding to rs original
| inception that the fault lby, and ID giving way
to the threats of Grant. He accorded to tho
General his full patriotic intentions 10 avert
war, but he should have done Ei5 sworn duty
in the premises, ard lett the rcsuis. Ii YVES
the duty of the House of Representatives, to
elect the President, and not agree to any oom'
mission. lie was opposed 10 Gen. llunton
because he was tie nominee o! Z cohTcDilOn.
He was opposed to all Conventions. A!moss all
the evils Of this Country had come 10 u
through nominating conventions. The system
came between the people add their rights At
election day. If We must vote Tor lhc nominee,
why have auy election st all? lI2t The noml
nation eud the matter. Ia the Richmond STATE
he saw an account Of The convention in tho
eighth district Of Kentucky, which arreed,
after 229 Intellectual ballots to leave The noml
nation not to the people. but to the Judges o.
the Court Of Appeals They had caught the
eontagior. This should show the people Ct tho
country that their duty was to Go ihor Owe
voting, lie had been Gemocea. all his ltt
but he did not 70 with the party when 1t gave
US the funding bill, nor to the Phl!adcIphla
Centennial, where NC were compelled to dance
to the Jingle of the letters which bOuod oul
lest liberties. The accomplished map Bar
bour) who was put forward by the rcadjustcrs
was howlcd off the track because OF his Cd
pacity to take the iron clad oath. What We?
the consistency Of this objection? The chair
man of the conservative party in Frederick
county, Judge Edmund Pendeton, was sent tc
| tho Alexandria convention as delegate al
large, yet he had taken the irorclad oath since
| the war. Gen. HuntOn ascribod al! the distress
to the wicked legis Of the republican,
psr;y, He was blind to the fact that We had
transaction in the affairs of Virginia which
was exactly the same as the republican sction
making bonds payable in gold, viz, the fund
inc bill, passed by house in larga measure
made I'D Of thieves and negroes. Its enforce
nent was insisted upon, and the people we're
not allowed to interfere with it in their sovcr
eign capacity. He did not think Gen. lluaton
had shown himself to be really Proudly 10
! public schools. Ia Frederick county the coz
vention system was the grandest laroe 10 The
world. Out of 1000 votes, all Who had taken
part in the primaries would not amount to 100
persons. The delegates to the convention Here
| entitled to no more respect than Was their Qua
| az Individual gentlemen. lie was Tor the bes:
man, without regard to convention. Whoever
the independent candidate might be, he could
promise that he would address them before the
election. lie would be opposed to tho funding
bill, and 10 favor of the national grecnba9e
UNDERGRADUATES based net upon the oo!n,
! but upon the resources Of this great country.
| Gen. Huuton briefly replied: lilo had t;ic
kindest feelings toward his friend, but if they
must part politically, and he should lose hi:
vote, be thought he could stand it. He OBJ
iectcd to him as tho nominee Of the parry.
| Why, that was bis chief qualification. Tao
convention system might be abused, hut lev
men would object to the Endorsement OF THEN
fellow citizens if they could get it. His friend
| objection to conventions Was new bore. he
surmisad that he bad been al asDiraut for OH
vention honors and h5 Objection remintcd
| him of the reason that lack gave ior
not eating his suppcrhe could lot get
! it. However it may lave been lo
| Frederick, in Fauquier the primaries had never
been fuller attended. If voting for Tho electoral
! bill was an error it was shared III by nirotesr-
twentieths of the most patriotic men in the coma
try. If Congress had been bulldozad, Lo thought
it contain ed mon rs brave as his friend, srayo ~
he know him to hs. Ran. Tucker and mshy
ether able Constitutional lawyers did not .niI k
the electoral bill unconstitutional neither di!t
he He advocated the public achool syst@rn. aid
| had shown it by his acts in ConGresa The gov
ernment had givon n,iliiona Ct sores ANY, Of
public lands TO railroads. which had Only lo-
suited in corruption, and be WEE for giving tha
remainder to the pubic schools. whore it ~ouid
do the most good. As to tho funding bill, Let
| his friend and the other members OF tha STATIC
Legislature attend to that and lot him attend to
| his legitimate duties at Washington.
| In answer to question rs to lha Alexander
affair Gen. Hunton said AloZ snder com claimed
that voted for an assessment bill. IN 1871, be-
| fore was member Of Congress- s. bill Was
| passed assessing al property holders who wera
| benefited By improvements. Many property
| holders paid the assessments. Some refused. a
| bill was brought to No. approved by al tho
| members Of the committee except myself which
compelled the payment Of these assessments. I
thought that if two millions had been paid by
small property holders tho large oucs shoGli! pay
| their SHARE and approved tho Dil
a. H. L., A.