Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-07-13
PUBLISHED DAILY AND TRI-WEEhLI o.
EDGAR SNOWDEN.
SATURDAY EVENING, JULY Is. 1878.

The leayen cf iudependentsm has extended
from other portions of the State to this Con
gressoual district, and, aided By the popular
CRY Of rsadjustment of the State debt, and,as
natural consequence of the success OF that
measure, lowering of the taxes, is spread
ing rapidly. It will, also. in all probability, be
fostered and strengthened by the entire repub'
licau vote of the district, for the republicans,
being uuorganized and having no chance to elect
candidate of their Owe, will in pursuance ct
their Own inclination, and in obedience to orders
from headquarters, vote for anybody but tho
regular democratic nominee, in order to secure,
what they DOW chiefly desire, democratic MI
nosiy 10 the next Congress- AS much as all
good and true conservative Virginiars, who
have the honor and the real and substantial
Interests OF the State at heart, may deplore this,
an effort to conceal it would be vain. for it is
30 apparent that all who run may read, and
instead of attempting to hide it, the wiseSt
policy would be the adoption. OF measures CAL
culated to counteract the evil Influences at work
and successfully prevent the accomplishment Of
the evil designs. II q democratic minority in
the next House OF Representatives be what the
republicans are now using their utmost exertious
to achieve, the democrats should certainly be
even more strenuous 10 their efforts to prevent
it. for the next Congress will have to count the
Presidential electoral vote, and the result OF a
similar count in Congress, one branch Of which
was republican, ought to be sufficient 10 pre-
vent any democrat from doing anything that
would tend in the remotest degree TO produce
like contingency. The Senate in The next
Congress will be democratic, and no true demo.
Graf will put obstacles 10 the way Of giving the
Hoase the same complexion. This being 80,
and the truth of it being like the nominal
democratic majority of the present House Of
Repr, sentatives have declared Mr.. Hayes title
to be, irref:agabie, it will not be wise for the
democrats of this district to nominate for Con-
eress an unpopular mau, or one whose record
is vulnerable. Mr.. B. j. Barbour. the indie.
pendent already in the field, is one of the abest
men the whole country has produced; he is
thoroughly educated; bis superior as an orator
Gao not be found in the State; and, with all, he
is christian gentleman without blemish or
reprosch. Such man, with the independents
The readjusters. the groenbaoksrs. the no party
men, the republicans, and the dissatisfied con.
servatives to support him will ba hard to beat
even by the strongest man the democrats can
put up against him, and the nomination Of one
Hith General Hunton's Congressional record
would. We fear, be equivalent to defeat. His
course 10 connection with the Electoral Commits.
sioo. bis vote in favor of bill to forever prevent
the payment Of all Southern claims, no matter
how just, DOW barred by. act Of Limitation; the
introduction, by his request, of bill to make
federal courts override those of his DUN State
aud the assistance he afforded the Washington
ring. would render his election doubtful even
against weak opposition oandldate-amos:
impossible against one SO strong as Mr.. Bar.
bour.