Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-11-07
PUBLISHED DAILY AND TRI-WEEKLY BY
EDGAR SNOwDEN3
FRIDAY EVENING. NOVEMBER 7, 1879.
Il ian orcn secret that movcme1t is now,

and has bee for some time past on foot 10 several
qu,rtcIs Of tho South. tho rurpos, OF which is
TO pi9o General Grant The vote OF that section
ut the next presidential election. Now, while
ard aro utterly opposed 10 any such sChcmc,
We think tho proposed remedy infinitely woIse
than the evil it Ii nttnl led to correct, and arc
confident that thIra are n sc;rs OF good and
truh norhorn democrats any ono OF whom can
rot only ha elected, tn. when cl,cttd, be
ahla to make til, southern States, 10
fact, "a in name, the equals Of their
northern aud WGacra sal re-. aud do that,
too, Without the ue Of Slch special means
as 1oa'l require strong man" TO employ
them. but oply such as are provided by tho
Constitution and laws OF his country, VIC can
readily understand the rcss Ons and motives OF
those engaged ia it, aud have no hostancy in say
Jog tia, with all tbs EGany and nsuperablo OBJ
ec, ions 10 Gcacral Grant, wo wou'd inf0it.iy
,roler him 10 either OF lis competitors, Shcr-
man, klAioo or Couklipg, enc of whom will
prof. ably be tic rcrublioaD candidate in ossc
tho nomination DC 10; given TO Grant. The
people IN gagged ia the movement t. Which VIC
refer are not cnig alarmed about their OWN fate,
bu: pro soi,ciious aleu-. thas OF the whole coun-
try. aa5, in tboir dread IN | anxiety do Bhat has
been done often before, look i3f security 10 the
ono na0 power, aaa ere wiling to rclI qulsh
their Iihc.tv in order to obtain their safety
They hive never siCc, the war baen allowed 10
realize tuua;iy with th, ir ic low oiiiz,ns OF the
North, a1d The speeches IuGd0 by the republic
Gao leaders 1T Inc last aceaiuu Of Congress, and
tho threats these sane leaders have made
against them during tho ut political cam
pagn, and tho at.iIulo lf kotility ncw pre-.
hautod to thcn by an almost solid NnrLh, havo
naturally alarmed thtm. They don't know what
Few il digniies a! Il burdens arc to b, put upon
them, but f a.ing the worst, and, having no other
available m:a!s Of defense. they turl 10 their
q; - distress to the one man above oil others who
they imagine il Gb!c 10 protteS them. While
thus affected toward Gcn Grahi rs southern
mon, ~ citizens OF SAFES and Of tho Union,
they l)ok 70 Cr iai sm for relief from such evils
OF universal suffrage as that resulting from the
rtc,nt election 10 New York, where. by dema.
gosic,l dcvic.s the easily iuh iotc ID orion of
the democratic party was mado to defeat, not
ohl7 the regular nominee of thor party, but
man who is uckn ow!cdSt i, even by his polit-
cal enemies, TO DO tho best GoVorncr the State
has htd in many yetr and elect in his place
ono who was removed from q minor ofhcs DO.
CAUSE he was MT FL to fill'; AID also that 10 Vir
gioia, whtro, by tho samo ilfl1cLc,s. tho igno
rant negroes were made , vote against ALLOW l1g
tho tx payers 10 do what they wlntod to do
aud sustain the crtdl. Ct their State by paying
het Just dcb.:. Thoy thiLk iii, Same means
that in luccl seventy Thousand democrats 10
New York to vote for Kelly would induc, q
greater number next YEA: to vote for Citizen
Schwab or any othor communist. and that the
non taxpaying negroes Of Virginia to vote
against allowing the property owners of this
State to pay tho Statc's debt. would indu,c
them at q subsequent election to vote for
greatly ncf a5ed rate Of taxation for some less
worthy object. and that wha. is true Of New
York and Firgiui, in this spcct is true of all
the other States in tho Uoiou. These arc tho
reasons for such evidences Of the Grant boom
10 tho South SIS have yet manifested tho msolvcs.
They arc not sufficient, as must appear to all
who take n calm aud deliberate view Of tho cx-
listing condition of affairs. aud compare tho
privileges Of American freedom, even vi h tho
drawbacks Of its licons,, with tho restrictions
Of tho peis,nal governments Of foreign couu-
iris Tbrtc botlnrifn hnnr tho lilo NO bov,,o
der a republican form of government than fly
TO others that VIC know not of under a Gao or,
tu b. though insufficient. these reasons are mono
the LEES without measure of strength.