Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-12-01
PUBLISHED DAILY AND TRI-WEEKLY EY
EDGAR SNOWGENs
MONDAY EvEN'G.. DECEMBER I, 1875

MONDAY EVEN'G.. DECEMBER l. 1879.
the fret regular session Ct the 46th Coogra;s
commenced to dag. II is proceedings ore TO
be like those Of all previous 81 ssioDs Immediate
y preceding presidential election, they will
be devoted chiefly to purposes calculated TO
affect that election. IL this respeo! i: may be
tina. The democrats ago the advantage, il that
while tho republicans will havo the double
duty Of cndcavorlcg to make, and striving 10
avoid lcsing, party capital, the democrats, has
ipg lcst all that p reason it is possible for them
TO lose, need be under 20 trammes from tic
latter consideration, and Gao corcantratc their
effdrts entirely upon the fcrmer. What they
want now is party capital, and their condition
ia such az vii! warrant any risk to obtain it,
Any change 10 their prospects must OF necessity
be for the better. Let them therefore elini'
nate the word policy from their vocabulary, aGd
oredlting their constituents With the yots:s.
sion Of ordinary understanding, propose aud
advocate few such measures IS common
Sense and common Information teach them
will not Only be popular. but which must result
tavorab'y to the best interests of the country.
1t is not Just that the roor people Of the coua.
try should pay almost the entire cost Ct the
national government as they are compelled to
do By the tariff and internal revenue systems;
neither is it fair that the gains Of few monop.
osts should be decreased at tic general ex
pense. and that The labor CT the country should
be deprived Of employment by the restrictions
put on foreign orders by tic tariff. Therefore
both these systems should be abolished. 1t
would be both Just and conducive TO the welfare
of tho couotry if th7sc for tie protection Of
whose property the expense OF governmcot is
itclrred, ard who arc able to pay j., we're com,
yelled to do so. Therefore the money for these
expenses shcrd be raised by GO ncomo tax.
There is 30 reason why The people shoull be
taxed to pay tXhoIb:tart salaries to luxurious
snccurcs abroad; therefore the dip!oma'c ser.
Woo should bo abolished. There ia Dcithcr
rhyme nor r3ason 10 tho cocs.a1tly recurring
bloody and expensive Indian wars; therefore
some measure shcud be adort.d to prevent
them. L. is s.iI that resumption Ct sptcic
payments has b2ca aeo nrl'sLcd. AID ii may
30 80 with BANKERS aad brokers', but there are
tbou sands ef hard working a1d economical men
throughout tho whole country whose eyes have
not been gin1dcncI with tho sight Ct so,,! cola
sinoe the war; therefore tic erccnbaeka, which
must eventually DO redeemed, should he cen.
ctlsd now. when gold is fl wing into tIic treas
ury both from tho minis ard from abroad. As
silver coin is a traditional and really usclul
currency it shout! be contiuued as such. but lis
inconvenicnco should 10 compensated by its in.
trinsic vl'ut; therefore silver dclar should
c,ntsin dol'ar i worth Of silver. AZ The pres
tnt G; ncralion has bone al tho suffering snl
hardship Incident to tie creation OF tina public
debt. and ag noting world please The creditors
moro than p}spCncm3pt G tho d1y for tho
payment Of tho rriDcpal Ct that debt, it would
be right and proIc for it to to postponed snd
be ltts to future generation, upno whom tho
settlement will impose 10 burden, ouiag to tho
cou7try's natural itc'case 10 population aud
wealth. The adoption CT these aud ono or .5o
other measures Ike them. calculated, as all
must te. TO promote tia general welfare. may
possibly retrieve the trrors Ct the demccrars,
bling them cut Of tho slough OF despord into
which they havJ deliberately walked. and re-
s!cra them to the c1nfdanco of the COUNTRY. a
determined aud persistent tffcrt to adopt any
ono or al ct them olanos possibly psco tho
democracy in any worse position than it cccu.
pies at present. Fo: tic good Of the country,
for the preservation OF constitutional liberty,
for the avtid,1c; Of change in The form Of
government end the substitution Of The oac man
power for the will Ct tic Intelligent mDiority,
let u5 hopo that the democratic congrtssmen
will sec tho wisdom of these measures and work
hard 10 have them adopted.
The President appointment of Mi. Morgan
to the presidency Of the beard of Comm ission.