Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-05-02
Tae Ejrhth Congressional District.

20 cause Tor quarrel, Tue cODteSt DelpR %4lulu
CUR own ranks, and the candidates all men OF
pure stamp and unblemished characters There
is then, We soy, no reason why the campaign
should not proceed amicaby, so as that when the
convention that dominates our next represen
ta,iye makes known it's choice, whether it be
yours or mice, We can stand together as friends
10 opposition to any one outside OF cur organ-
cation. Yet, notwithstanding our desire for
harmony, there arc times when the truth must
be told (hoWever dissgreeabo it may be to
some ears,) and this is one Of them. For three
successive terms this district has been repre-
sepled by one of its most Ordinary public men.
1t is composed Of eleven o5uoLles, 10 which
nay be found Statesmen as judlclou5, able, and
10 every respect fitted Tor the position he holds,
as, We venture to say, any other part OF the
Stale Can show. 1t is high time tor the people to
wake up. They did last fall. and the "oll
t3gicS" arent do1Un. and u nea0 element rose to
| the top, and the people traunlphed, That feel
ing for change or revolution Ia poItlcl has Got
subsidized. Gen. Huntons friends may clauor,
may laud him to the skies, but they know
and they feel ii stingtngy, that the demand OF
the people at the present time Is Tor chatge.
The General never was popular man. The
| had any opposition was 10 1874. When ne came
within few votes of being defeated, MIR. Bar
| bour carrying i've out Of the eleven oouatics,
and Culpeper by over seventeen hunared, while
General Iuntou received 10 Fauquicr, where
VIC presume This greatness" ia best known, the
pititnl MI ,rily OF twenty. eight. Nor is this
all. Had that election taken place q. little la:
ter the Indications were strong that ho would
have been badly beaten. But What was the
dissatisfaction then at his course compared to
what it is ct present. His popularity has
vanished. Ills few friends here, outside oil his
| family connections, are lukeWalm, almost lndIf'
ferent about the result. And can it be that
our party will be guilty OF the extreme folly OF
again placing him forward as leader !.
We trust not, but if it does, whatever may be
the copscquence5 to thatparty, the proud COB:
seriousness will remai6 with US that We protest.
ed against it and stood up firmly for change.
Fauquicr, May l. CONSERVATIVE:
To the editor ofMe Alexandria Ga.ete::
Just as ] expected How true it is that
wrong bcgcts wrong. 10 communication pub.
lshcd 10 the Gaz}tle yesterday, signed h., |
am, although not candidate for Congress,
called upon to prove my own honesty, bravery
and capacity as soldier, because, lors Doth, |
believe Gen. Elunton ought not to DO re elected
to Congress, for the reasons stated in my pre-
vious letters to the Gazette, and which defy
any one to disprovc. 1t is very difficult task,
| indeed, for some meu to prove their honesty,
bravery and military wisdom In answering
Ii. shall be compelled to state some facts IL
regard to my history,,on which should rather
be silent
Instead Of proving General lIunton's fitness
for Congress, ii. asks if consider it exactly
honest to come out of The district IN which
live and make attack upon attack on the rep
rcsentatve Of another district Is it possible
that II. does not know that member CT the
House is not the exclusive representative Of bis
Own district, and that each member represents
| ia part the whole State az we'll as the Uoited
States. and consequently every citizen OF the
State has, and should take, an interest ia the
election of all members OF Congress? This fact
will be more apparent when 1t ls remembered
that as tho degradation of any branch OF fam
| lily must, in some degree, compromise the dig
| nifty of all, so an Incompetent or worthless
member Of Congress is an Jury to the whole
State. 1t was these fsc:s and Gen. Iluntoa' 9
unftneSs for Congress that gave me the right.
and it is the public duty Of all to endeavor to
send competent representatives TO Congress-
In the eyes Of The law every cit;z u IL honest
until the contrary i, proved. and all soldiers are
| brave that DO 90. :.bsc,Dd from the fald Of
battle.
H. is sufficiently shrowd to learn my name,
which authorized the Gazette 10 give to any
one who desired to know it, but he has not read
enough Of history to know my character or ser
vice. This il not my fault.
To crafty III. | will now state 5000 facts 10
reference to my li4iory, about which, as be
fore have remarked, | should have preferred
to be silent.
met the enemy in battle 10 two wars before
the period Of SECESSION. aud in one Ct them |
was made captaio for gallant and mcritoriou3
service" in tho face Of the enemy At The
first batta of Gaines Mill | accompanied our
troops in their brave charge which gained tho
victory. | was also at Fort Fisher during ts
| frat Commandment, Commanded the beach face
OF the fort, and rtrulsel the attack Of tho
enemy. | emit TO state the complimentary
| terms in which tho commanding general spoke
CT my conduct 10 these battles, because it might
| have the appearance Of sell praise. But in or
der that the good people OF the eight district
may know who it is that lakes 80 much interest
10 their welfare, | will observe that was rails
cd a farmer; tina. have passed through
military ordeal in Which nothing bnt merit and
good conduct c5nll have succeeded, and that
am The only one during our existence as nation
that has suooeeded Under the same crcum-
stances
When justice aud reason slaer, wrong and
Ignorance flourish, aud the people suffer. H.
should remember that the Ignorance or vice of
others to not prove Gen. llunton fit for Con-
grcss fhc opinion Of ii. as TO Gen. IIunton's
merits are as unsuitcl 10 the General as paint.
Ing dolphin in the woods and boar Oh the
waves" Like lazy horse tho General likes
the crib and hates the plough /.
WcoDv1LLE, Rappahsnnoek co, Va,
April Both, 1878. J
To the editor Of the Alexandria Gazette:
An article in Saturdays Gazette signed IT."
fully expresses the Views of large number Of
voters in this county. Whilst Rsppshs mock
constitutes very small part of the 9th district
yet her people are fully Impressed with tho be-
lief that there are number of gentlemen within
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