Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-11-25
In tha Washington Republican Ct 20 day Mr..
McK@rz:9 replies es follows:

Sir: rotico in Jour issue of the Isl ilEtsnt
en- article headed "A]ezan6ria Republic ars"
which seens 10 be en- addeEdun to the former
report Of the meeting held on the 18Th, previous
~ reported ia your paper I. appears the reso.
lutlors passed St the close of tho meeting have
n! last come to light, but from the information
derived from tho best sources they did not pass
unanimously, and were offered ju,t Is the meet
lng WAS about to adjourn There were great Oh.
jeeliors to them; but 1tuppcss the gentlemen
Oh the platform understood or could see the
trick that vas attempted to b played. Venture
or colored." voted for Them. except. perhaps, d
few ex3ectants Of Cftlc3 IL this crowd end the
boys who were present
The Est charge is partly trae I.was GU in
daueEdent republican candidate for Congress in
1870. showed myself sll cv5r the district as re
publican, and was voted for IS such and becsuse
the people hsd confidence in me. NV course 10
Congress is vel knoWr. my record 10 there"
Bead 1t, author of thu resolutions, and be
ashamed OF your frs. and second resolutions
they ere uLtlu, Ask Nj. Garfield hi. May
nsfd or Mr.. sccdsdi ask the democrats of The
forty first Congress-
Forty gear. bsve paced since frst TOOK an
Interest in politics and this Is The eleventh Pres
idential election hsve sided IN as I'D old line
Hhig end epubicsn-6rst IS q Tippecsnoe boy
IN thu Bslrison and Tyler csmpsign-snd !
nsver voted in my lie for suy but whig or re-
public n Tor Prtsidont eIceptjt may be in the
case Of ny OLE frlcId Borsca Greedy; for ibis
vote have 20 apology 10 make
General t5rart st the LoudOun fair, iht!oduc.
ing me 10 Commodore Ammeo, ssii t. him
had supported Mr. Greeley. said "Yes, gen
eIsl, supported MIR. Greeley, but never vot-
ed for DR. Buchanan" He pleasantly replied it
was The only vote no Rave in his life. as regards
the charges in the filth and SIKH resolutions, it
is simply untrue AID q lie. l nover circulated
bogus or democratic t;cset during the canvass
| or circu!sr Of aEy description. except one to
the co!orpd people q Virginia asking them to
support General Galtl,ld IS the coloIed man 8
frield. Of this and Colonel w. Ii. Chapman,
Of tho iatcrnSl revenue department circulated
20 COZ, III over the State, snd they cid great
good. We did not call on the national commit
| lee to pay for them either.
AS regard the eight resolution il il Untrue and
absurd on the fAcs CT it.
Now, in conclusion let me say, / could not
vote for Ba2Iyi my own seif respect would not
allow Ibis
This was demo c:atic district lew By six
Thousand majority. l knew further that III e
people Ct The eighth di:trc' the democratic
portion CT tnem were going to poll heavy
vcie. expecting uutl they heard from Indiana
oigtt cold votes for Hancock, they would Ger
ta!nly elect their presidential candidate No
man can say that l circulated Hancock ticket.
Eu! the man Eayly, l learn, had 10. 600 Hsncock
tickets printed and circulated with his name
on for Congress. That fifteen thousand such
Gcsets were pristed by order of Bayly and
paid for by him can be proved, and it is said
lea thousand more Hs1 cock tickets he had
printed in Washington, y. q, with his name
on. So he was w TOR Cork and market" not
particular. perhaps, whether his fl ,nds awapped
eff Garfield for Hancock, 60 thoy voted for him
n OF solitary ticket as believe was printed
or circulated except for Garfield and Arthur By
those who could not support BayIy, their main
object being 10 secure the Presidential ticket o.
Garfield aid Arthur. LEWIS MCKENZIE.
Alex sncrs, Nov "a. 1870