Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-12-15

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iGcis::|i.lira2 wattsge against 81. hat Flrei5!a
HISS !l.ne!.o iastlec,!Gtly hald sacred; uOW that
It las been virtually declared that long services
ere % safeguard and patriotism 70 protection
against ruthless party prescription, you will
bod with "hft protoptht.s. yes With what
aiacTiy, 70 take Up tao gauntlet you have
thrown doTr. We dare to say to you bers.
and TO proclaim 10 the world, that sou fought
through tic entire recent contest upon false is
sues and Tor selfish purposes If you had stood
forth 10 your true colors ii you had bravcly
end bodily announced then what you upblush-
iDgIy proclaim now, that sou intended to iriact
tho poison OF politics into tho hitherto unpol-
lated fountains CT education aud justice; it you
had dared to tell tho people that if victorious
youlGtentcd to mEko party lralty the sJc tcat
CT fitness; that long services would DO re-
rroech aud roiri0tisn crimo unless coupled
| with 81 icct submission to dictator; that gray
headed but still highly competent officers were
| to be substituted by men unkuoWn or only taken
| on suspicion ii you lad been brave enough to
sDnCucce in advit C, what you arc bold enough
to act upon now, you know as well as we DO that
| the result Of the contest would havo been inr
|
| Soos fer meeting you at every point and ecu.
| testing Tor evtry lnch Of ground.
Though defeated IN tho field, We will Gsht
YOU in the citadCl--lcr tyan in cur sorrow VIC
| ind bright aueury OF hopo iro1n tho very
| ruLhl0sncsa ofy0nr COURSE ;ycur sla;pirg sr3od
! furnishes intrinsic !rjof that You yourselves
aro conscious thnt your hold is Trail, AID that
your date 10 hT!r!. History teaches Us that The
maenaUmous, oven tho prudent conquerer-'
/ no who expects to stay AID to govern wisely
wEat no has won thirS will cot entirely despoil
OF seek 10 break utterly the spirit Of tho con
qucIcl. It. is your raider and burglar VIII
snatchta with ntrVorS clu en- OF everything
within bis reach ; it iG tho bully wEo hits be-
low the bot. aud strikes ns though his neither
hcptd Dor expected 10 ''put ia go other blow o.
/ Sir. Firl'nls has never bCcn, ard, thar
Ccd, Is not now ready for tho ono man power
| hthonsapd instances in her history provo and
h2r proud aTmoEial bearings demonstrate lei
Wakc!cl cid wrtcEill appreciation OF the Truth
that il is BOT purple robes nor 2ltcrng GROVES
that Constitute king it's tho iron'haNd aud
| tie lMr"lcua viii, all The moro dangerous Wher
coupct with loud professions OF love for thu
| people -!yrca SONGS to please tho ear Wills
the cha'as ere sircrly bound. Mere dangerous
ao1 MGR, 10 be Jcp1rcat: ID is that slow. but 10
Sidiau5 p0'a0n which clr!uptitn instils into tEi
body poilc, which gradually but slowl : bring!
the Legislature Of . State 10 hcpless imbcci i:l
to the ioot stool q 6 masttr, saying to him sub
siautia'iy What Ahasuerre said TO Esther
'.Whai IS Thy petition. aud it shall be erabtcc
shon, aud what is thy r(qu.s., g1d il shall be
performed p Heaven i:aut that tic Gay is ia,
dia!aLt Shcn Fire'nia shall btc0me
40 foul with djshoncr or 50 blasL with re-
lroacL'
as to fail q victim 10 tho Embellishments ant
0lIucir!cs OF political prostitution, o. be thG
prey ct The vic scduo,r who soon cloyed ant
| sur!eItc5 With Ill gotten power and gain woulC
thutst her aside Ike rejected mistress tt
| perish OF the diseases ho had Inflicted.
| And EoT, MIR. Speaker, come to tho mere
| immediate object, had III rising 10 address thi;
| House. !! nave seemed TO daily ard delay
| too Long, l trust that something may DO pardon.
| cd 10 ing ulwillngnoss 10 o1er desr friend
only to 10 sacrificed. know that the breast:
/ which have been ateelod 10 the work before
| them sra utterly imperpous to any spreal from
ma sigh 10 hurricane is but o foebe figure
| OF The folly Of the attGmpt-ncr is it, perhaps
in the very best TASTE for mo to interfere with tho
raptures of tho honeymoon between Bl fill and
| Black George.
| But. in al seriousness, must say that 81 ouli
| S0C
.s!se 10 Ely duty rs citizan if failed to pay .
proper trl quite 10 the virtues and worth Of Rsn.
| doph HARRISON. whom l formally and hopeless
| ~ lcainsto TO tho retention of tho position o.
Register CT tho Land Office Of Virginia.
have known this gentleman from his hog.
| hood, and csn any without reserve tnd from
! tho hottcm Of my heart that in my whole life
havo neTeT known any ono Whose whole
course and conduc: kept cloecr touch and time
Win tno dictates Q: truth, honor snd patriotism
| II might find Z fault. il would be thnt ptrhaps
| 10 is iup sensitive TO tho slightest nfrncerlent
81 that elevated standard which no has always
| Kept before him.. will say further thst if ever
knew man who deserved tina Application 81
wis! was.so finely said OF Andrew Fletcher, oil
! Saitcun--"thst he would checr!uIly give his liru
! for his country, hut would not do IL mesn action
| TO saro Ut IS the honorad teiond who,n pro.
sent TO you to-day.
Tho snoer has been ntttrad that he il tho iron.
rcsentativn Of defunct atstocracy." to which
l VIII only say that no comes Of family which
through several generations has furnished
statesmen: generals, %nd Presidents to tho Uniloi
States, family Wh0so patti iolic services wind
| country, aad Randolph Harrison has bean ever
mindful that this thread should not become tar
nlsped in his day and generation. Of that aris.
tccrscy in which shoddy delights and the PSF
vonu oxco'f, the afistncracy OF
High ornhoasad cups and ma7biyn plata
Tha lordY mansion and tho broad eslaten
no was orca by birth tina pnssessor, but was
stripped Il IL by thu same diaasters which have
prosirhted tho fortunes Of us all; but no ia still
moinbhr OF that better arietocracy from which
neither caucus, SANDER, "mRlicO domestic or
foreign lazy" can oxrel him tho aristocfscy of
! strong. refined snd cultivated inLolocts; no in
Tho nobility Of high pies and integrity, and
| his Tho proWdcst Of all ascntcheons-a unro and
Epotl,s5 name
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