Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-08-30
DAILY AND TRI-WEEKLY BY
EDGAR SNOWDEN.
FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST so, 1873

As anticipated in yesterdays Gazette, tho
Conservative Congressional Convention, which
assembled in this city on Wednesday, ncminat'
ed General Eppa Hunton last night The report
III the committee on credentials excluding
every ono Of the Neale delegates whose seats
were contested. and tho adoption, BY the Con
venion, of that entire report, with the slnglc
exception Of the clause relating to the doleca'
ton from the First Ward of thls city, which,
as tho msjority without that delegation was
sufficient to nominate General Huntou, was so
manifesty unjust that it was rejected, rendered
the presentation OF any other name to tho
Convention totally useless.
"Ycu may break; you may ruin the Vase il
you will,
But The soaut OF the roses will hang round 1t
still.
The action ul tho Convention has strong
SAVIOR of tho famous electoral commission, OF
which the nominee was member. The failure
to allow any reprcssntion from ono entire
county, the rejection Of the iightiuig elected
delegates from several precincts in others, the
nomination of candidate who is Objectionable
to many Of his Owe party Ia all tho counties OF
tho district, and tho adoption Of a resolution to
repeal The resumption act, now that paper IS
as good as agod dollar. and to food the country
with a Wild cat currency, with which the labor
err will be paid his wages, were not the snrest
mouus the Convention could have devised to
secure the election Of its nomioec; but. as
democrats will be wanted in tho next Congress,
which may probably have to settle auother
contested presidential case, and as the result
Of the last ono was sufficient to deter any dsmo.
crat from being caught in similar trap, bur,
especially, as General Iiuuton is the regular
nominee Of the conservative party the district
it is not only proper, but the boundsn duty Ct
every conservative in the district to support
him, and not to bo lukewarm 10 that support
either, but to work as earnestly to secure his
election as though he had been their faVorlto
from the fist. Apparently he has heavy odds
against him; murmurs OF dissatisfaction are
already heard. but, 81 far from depressing.
they should stimulate every true CONSERVATIVE
to Increased efforts in bis behalf. Ii the repre-
scnatiyes of the party, ia the Convention, were
Influenced by personal preferences, let those
they represented show that no such feelings
actuate them, but that sinking individual
liking for the general good, they will labor
INCREASINGLY in the conservative cause, until all
three branches Of the government are safely
removed from radical control. When that de-
sired contamination shall lave bcsn effected,
and made permanent, hut no. before, eonserva'
tives eau ntljrd to dt4regari party obligations.
Let every conservative, therefore, and not only
every conservative but every man in tho dis.
tsict who has the real interest OF his county at
heart, COMMENCE now. and oease not i'll his
efforts to achieve that desired end until it be
accomplished. aud let him remember that the
election OF tho regular democratic nonlHaa tor
Congress will be means to that cnl.