Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-03-29

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Which rallied iha people GROUND him, aud Sc
| cared his Triumphant clycIICn ia lS2S. Like
causes produce Ike I'll, cs, auG 50 0lls ut it LOW
t. be, In II d us CAST; and SO !ruIl il viii be.
| Hal5 SQUAD practical hard money demCc at,
who hes always been lru1 to The fifth; aud q
nan holding his principles on this question
! must b3 nominated, ii Hc would BE- succ sssul
| in this contest. | will not veto for Thurman,
Hendricks, ERitg Field, Davis OR sby mau If
| that slIipe, because of their u1souuduuss 90 the
money question. Bayard is believe sound on
The money question. but unfortunately he hes
no effective party following Seymour is well
known to me, and is q good msu, but in tho
present condition IF his health, and with his
declarations, is practically cut tf the ring. II
Speaker R'oda were dominated, W. uli vote
for him, rs | believe in TO be sound on the
money QUESTION, aud other questions of the day.
L DO ro5 believe in the present condition OF
parties 10 Virginia, thet the democrats csn
carry the State, 10 tho next presidential cleo
tiop, 10 matter who tho candidates may be.
! JOHN LETCuER.
| L:XtngtoU.
am Obliged 10 believe tEat Mr.. T,dsn oald
not ho d strong leader f,rthc Conservative parry
OF Virginia in the erproacbiDg presidential
contest.
As you we'll know cur PARTY is not at this
time so uaited aud We'll disciplined az it wss
four years ago. There have arisen, uof0ru-
Dstey amongst US. dissausioEs Oh State matters,
which wall not down at cur bid3iog. Ola 20.
| lltlca friends have parted en- these issaes, and
/ the breach has grown wider and wider year by
year. Size, 1877 until now 10 COS can say
whittier they certainly will ever como together
again on any qustion Of public policy. And
bad blood has also been craeutcrcd between
these who, since the war. havo had but ono
aim and ono object ia poIitics-viz., to oppose,
and st oil hazards, and ut every personal sac
riEc,, to defeat tho radical republican party
which has shown itself from cur standpoint SO
incapable oil ruling over properly this great
| nation.
You must admit that hero has g,own up
among our people preiudc, afai6St Dir. Til
den sinoo his failure to get possession of the
presidential chair. 10 which no was, 10 our
judgment, rightly aid Justly entitled.
do not wish you to understand that | 10.
dorse this sediment. o. maintsn that this feel
Jog 10 justified by aoy word or act Ct Mr. Til
den during that Cx1i;ilg period
Nor do | think ho ought to bo blamed fer
subuitlog liz aims to the Electoral C0mmis-
sion. which received tho support Of bis parry in
Congress; but | simply state what | believe 10
be fact, which will, in my judgment, result
in detschlog from our party 10 Virginia large
vote, should he happcn 10 ba ogau selected as
| the STANDARD bcsr:r OF tho Democratic party.
| Fer these reasons, btle5irg that We must
oatuaIly tX2tc: some |cekeriog ftoa cur owa
ranks, from EXPRESSIONS ct tho leaders of tho
rcatJustsr Wlog OF tho Conservative party, as
reported by the presS of tho Stet,, | must
| nope mat tho Convention, When il meets, will
give u soma other leader. ouo who will clm
mand tho respect sud c)n6dolo, OF the entirc
party, and who will arouse tho enthusiasm Of
our people, 80 event 50 necessary at this limo
tn lpsuro victory to thu conservative party Of
FHgIna. ". ii. i. LEE, Ravenswor!h.
| havo 20 hesitation 10 saying thai, in nv
ooplolor, ME-. TiIden could not CARY tho State.
! There sr9 many reGsoes for this opiuiru: First,
! LILO ialIed to Vodcato his Claims to the otfioe
"hc0 oil JUS: men Ct both parties believed he
was elected, cod was So ilAuorced b. yiolti1y
to tho mcony power ct the North. aud vas
waiting 10 pty5c'l manhood eqaal to tho otc.-
s'oD; scoCaG. tlo has been 50 largely implicated
10 charges or croCkcdness in his sections
with hl,State and !ndividuaIs, aud tie inyes.jpa
ion IL relation 10 lie Florida election, &C. that
there is, TO say tho least OF il. a cloud oVc- his
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| domgc ;atic party; third liz hss gfoRn too rich
| hg snarp sptcIatians, &9; and, Lastly, ,hcro il
III tho South. God evcrywhcr2, | bcliev.. 20
| magnetism aboot thc Hian 10 excite eel husiss,l
| 10 hls support. These ara M tcss9ps. de-
| rived IRON ti.a orll!eus VI those with waon |
h"Vo conc IN c9Iiac:, and uy Gwn exclusions.
tako ieaV1 70 add bSevn tho siropycst
! 'fc&ot you'd be Se2 GsouE ard Hendricks, and
,hIok they rishs carly Virginia. Baya;d i,
my hTst chrlc', bus 10 il not available, If
uraut aaa lIldGu sro The mc7. our oousarva-
Ewes would cot 20 to the polls ia largo nUmter.
10, pray, give us tho most available may, aud
bclIe7e, with i:t;c!cus management, no ,s;Iy
win. AS, Rorspc
Lao SEC 81 Auditor Of tho Ssa:,.
L will say. with eaLi:o frankac,s, tbs. | DO
| not think Mr.. Tidcn TIE strongest man Of our
party ~ Virginia, though the OF lois to hir,
L consider unfounded aud unjust, nor can he
c'mmatd The strength that scye,aI other paacs
nenti?ned' or dark horses" could command.
but the SUCCESS OF our party 10 the State With
a5y candidate, in tic present extraordinary
State CT parties aEd politics, with rcachory and
coTluptlOn lurkios ct every door, cannot be
calculated on aoy regular statistics, and it will
oePend entirely on tho result of the nachipa
tlons OF GeD. Malone and The republicans now
on 1901 Ii they iorm successful oai3n AID
have but enc ticket in the field linked Of
coursel thick tho thluces CT SUCCESS viii
most probably be 10 their fsvo;; btc,use, with
tho whole republican vet, united with tho or
fupt clements OF the roadj1steIs. aud cur
irl:nds dlspondont aud dssorganiz,d the odds
VIII DO agalrss Us, though success possible
against any republican candidate save Grant.
bas II there shall be as many as three electoral
ucxets IN the field, then ths VT, of Virginia
would be @ rtain for any candidate tho Ciocin-
naIl convention may nominate.
Ines, sro my vlcws, and everything consid-
ered' hope Seymour or some other man BIZ
sides Illden may be our candidate.
II. H. GLASS. Editor Danville Pot.
The opinion l have formed from what think
tenaoe Data 10 that Virginia csa BIO carried for
tue no'n'nos OF the democratic nominating CON