Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-05-15
PUBLISHED DAILY AND TR1.wEEKLY BY
HDe ~ SNOwDENs
THURSDAY EVENING, MAY Is, 1879.
The recsct soeech Of Mr.. Hill, Of Georgia,

The recect speech Of Mr.. Hill, Of Georgia,
10 the Seuate. upon toe dead lock COW ezistlog
between the fraudulent, snd, st best, minority
President, end mi olty Of the fairly elected
representatives CT the people, and it alone. OF
all the many that have been made upon that
subject. contained tho true philosophy Of the
whole question, which is. that bavlog taken a
calm and deliberate view of the entire field, the
radicals have determined that the onlS possible
mode By which they can retain possession OF
tho Government is to revive tho OLD and creste
new amnesty 10 the hearts CT the people OF the
two sections Of the country, 50 that solid North
may b. opposed TO what they have forced the
southern people against their will to make, q
solid South, and tie North beiog the moro
powerful 10 thus secure the accomplishment
oil their de!isp. For this purpose they have
gone TO work Systematically, and avail them
selves ct every conceivable opportunity By
which to fire both the rorthern and tho south
ern heart" knowing that every new flame they
kindls increases their chance Of ultimate sue
oe5s They Use 10 the two houses OF Congress
and apply to people Of Whola States 10 the
South, and to those Of the entir, South, re
marks so grossly and gratuitously Insulting, that
if addressed 10 an Individual native OF that
section would sutjiot them to Personal c5ssllse'
ment on the spot. They charge tho people CT
tho South With beiog blood thirsty, cruel and
uorersnlaut rebels, who are only waiti0g for
another opportunity to destroy the uoioO, AID
then to recstablish slavery, aud either manu-
tacture out Of whole cloth, or exaggerato aad
Gstort, Incidents to proSe thor really basecss
accusations. They iodu,s the poor iguoraat
negroes 81 The txtrene South 10 sacrifice the
little they have, aud 20 penuiIess to iohcspitable
northern States, aud thsn SEIZE upon their
suffsriogs as a CAUSE for mali sbirg the people
whose growing crops we're lett unteUded by
their dtssrtioo. As new meaos ct iuvtheIlrg
their ends they have organized Andersonvillc
AID Libby Associations, at whose meetings the
privatiors and suferings ofthe men who occu-
pied southern prisons during the war arc ner.
l1ted 10 the most emotional style and incendiary
lluguagc Ia shar' they avail themselves Of
oil the means ut their COM MAUD for inducing
The people Of the Two SIC ions Of tho country
60 hate each JthcI 81 iottrsel2 that they shall
become consolidated toto two hostile o,aips. 10
which those who see ao7 good 10 The opposite
camp will DO looked upon as apiea. The south
ern members Of Congress dou't Jesuit the peo'
pie Of the North. don't approve Of the strikes
Of northern laborers, apd don form JohIstoo's
Island aud Poiot Lockout prison associations,
though that they could assign better reasons for
suoh actiocs than the radicals can for wbatthey
DO, GO ono at all familiar With the true cooditioD
Of past a5d present affairs 10 this country ca.
tertainsa doubt. They ar, on lho defensive all
the time, ard maguarimous people would
honor aud respect them for their fJlbcarauco
and discretion.