Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-09-27
Politics i'll EEanover-A Warning

ient to an election.
Politics III HanOver-A Egarnlng!
lCorresooOoenco of tho Alexandra Gaz..te |
HEWLElTs. Sept. 2t.-Tbere arc in this
county three candidates for legis!itisc horrors
-ore 10: the Sonata and two for the Hou:e-
oil OF whom a!c radicals. tr as they prefer to
call themselves republicans. Ali claim 20 be
deb. ra5crs, but beyond that 10 oae kaoHs, SO
far as the pubic arc iotcr&ci, what they arc
Ter, CT Whst they propose 20 d.. Haviog &C.
cured the promise CT support FROM c:rsi1 c3n'
serSativcS, 10 Anticipation OF opposition from
the regular nominee o: the party. ;hoy have
dispatched ruuusis. old palliel stagers 10 the
days CT provost marshalls and m5nsre oonven-
tlooS, Who have for live years baea residents OK
other counties, TO arouse tho negro cs.s, and
give these gentlemen solid negro vote. be.
c;usc they are the peculiar friends IF Grant
AMI supporters Of radical police.
Sizes tie Grard Sgchea ct Sabedoc pass
ed through our section tic rcsroes gre wide
awake, nud ouco moro manifest poIitica!
vitality, deciarlDg with exullaliou that Gsr.
Grant ii 10 be cur mex; President, aud NO arc
all gouR 10 vote for him" Oae shrswd God
arituI Wire. worker who is halt negro aud half
Indian, csn play upon tho ncglo passions and
pr,iudnes IS upon "a harp of thousand
stlots.' and has subj wonderful pn5s;c.l ca
duranre that ne can, II Il an like, trgup the
country from paradise" to The pipirE tree"
Ia week. ApTrised ri the dissentions u Tie
conservative rauks, al d seeing the opportunity
thCs S1t)cded The radicals, he has ruog out the
ln3piIing nDto, 10 thy tsuts. O E.tiopia, to
thy tents aad
wild az The s.rsam 0; the cu:iieu,
From nil! to vale, the sigual few
Ga right, 90 left, above, below,
Spra1g up. at once, tue Jing t,f.
And every bramb'c lush gave life.
10 sable warrior, armed for strife.
While such is tho status of the radical parry
and the prospects Of thcir canG 1ates. dissord
d.e rtlSYS thrGush all the conservatives rsnks.
The county supel iotendett himself dsaffecied,
declines 70 rally Cur scattered hosts, aud nro
poses TO let our extremity 'SaWre G1H pcut."
"A hundred aspiring patriots II is said, have
sought 20 Dinaiou5 at the hands of hundred
morc,cu. each fearing 10 otsttuct bis 40 pa Ii.
way 10 preteGment, hes deciotd to perform
the pat:lolic service. Dlscord and dcmoralz,-
,iOa reigo supreme. History repeats itself.
As when h3pocrac? sud Ignorance uet in the
persons OF GoiI,co James and BurWail 1'olcr,
end ea;nca victory osor Wicktam asd Duke,
cv3n before tho clutest bogao, 10 is il ro9;
coacoited lgoorence and narrow- minded selfish
ness drive iatoIiigeuue, patriotism and uerit
Toto obscurlty, ann deprive our people OF ct
representative. Until the conservative masses. |
lmps!led by patriotic impulses aad laulsb!a
ambl!:o J, arise 10 their ina es:y and might aad
throw aside thes, political popiDjayj and mn
ccmpoops. who, ooccaiViog themselves to be |
Statesmen, are ever fostering themselves upon |
the party. and thus creating disccri and dis
serslon, one can hope fJr 20 better fate.
All OF our ncltlca! troubles have arisen from
the brazco othcioasoess of over z,aous anJ 10
compctent aspirants to ofios They not ouI0 |
distTey harmony 10 or own ranks, but cndeev |
or to fOru uohoIy zlatc.s With raaica,ism.
They would gladly baili their Own fortunes, # |
need be, upon the rufus of the party and Stit,.
Wen 1t is to their io,eres: to have party lines
stlogent'y drawo, they advocate suoh a pcli- |
c7, but Wte1 they see DO hope for thei: sue
cess save IN 80 alllsnce with on epemicr, then |
they oppose al party discipline. Such men
are the worst enemies of the State.
10 suppress this evil, We Lave only to IT,
serve our organization intact. select candidates |
Tor ottlce from thcs, whose Intelligence, ratri |
otlsm and public spirit commend them 10 our
oouu0euce, a1a stuClOusly ignore all wire.
workers, political t.icksters AMI office seekers,
With such men in Hanover as Drs Cullen
IhSeoDy and Bledsoe and Messrs. Campbell H. |
K. Carter and Dabney, aud others who copld ha
named, 1t were shame, that with s Conserye.
tive majority Of 200, We should be repregented
BY Radical. Be it go. we have no one 70 blsme
but ourselves. From Rsdicalisra We have re-.
eeived nothing o1t dis!rsnchisement insult and !
G;ppfHssion, ana II we warm the serpent into life,
1t Will again plunge its deadly faugs into our
In caroline the situation seems as bad as with
u.s. as. Torn by disco1d and utterly demoraizsd,
.Ge conservatives have surrendered the field |
Ti.nou; contest Single handed and alone
Quesenoerry bears our stsudard in the two
counties. Against four political sdyersaries be
t9ils brsVely on without an approving smile or
cheeflng Wor1. Brave man Should DO be-
eiected ne will deserve we'll of his countrymen.
HANOVER.