Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-04-02
The Conservative Committee.
WooDyILLE, RApp, Co, Va, Mar,

'ooDf Lib, nAPP, " VA, mar. 81.
10 the editor Of the alexandria Gazette
1t'op, 10 one of his fables, tells of wolf
which, 10 order to justify great wruog he bad
pro determined to perpetrato against an iono
can't and inotfsrs,ve lamb, brought variety of
absurd and groundless charges agairst bin.
Were lEiop now living in this eli Common.
wealth of Virginia, be might very sp,lv point
10 large gang Of those fercs. hung,y ADD ca
daVerous animals in the readjaster party, for
tatner 10 the independent electoral ticket mar,
'y,I VINO are aching upon precisely ths same
princlpe, and tor precisely the same uupatro,io
ana selhsh purposes. 10 their abuse ofthe much
nalgneo committee OF thirteen. A very large
majority OF the readjustcrs 10 our State are,
am hrmly convinced, conscientious 10 their
oooVlotionS With regard to the equitable adjust.
me9t OF the debt ofthe State, and other matters
o! oeate polics; but they are still true conserra.
t % ana true VlrRlnlans 10 all that relates 10
Federal politics. They recogniz, the fact tbs,
|, judgment is faible, ard that whilst the
osate conservative ei' committee may have erred
10 some CT their actions. that they have done all
10 tnelr power to repair those errors, and that
therc Is no longer any reasonable ground for not
a'uog 10 concert With them as cordially as they
ever did. Those so called readjusters who re-
Iu'lo excessive. and humllialing concessions
rom Tue CON- mlttee before they can oondescend
10 accept their apology. are simply lE,op's
"slyes; nuoRerIng and thirsting. for something
" NJ lnelf raVenous maws and bowling about
patriotism. honor and iudspendepoe. hV wav ~
c,oaklog aLd Disgusting their real motiyss For
AL suon' whoever they may bs, (for am happy
to say | know of mona such !, tha;, ;.I;:SS'
ltJ'l every honest man should feel nothing bnt
contempt But, again, there ara trne Cons or
ssiVatlves. land say it 10 all kindness ! who
are tentionally placing weapons in the hands
OF tie enemies of our State by their nerbans
too ready censure of what they esteem n he Tho
errors. and their apparent indspostion to rrc,n-
nze the rirtueS, of these gentlemen who o,n,
pose the cuwmittee of thirteen. One of thsi
committee, Capt. H. Shepherd, has been r..
Gently much derided by some of your corras.
pondents IS political failure, and an ipinrv 70
the conservative party. Now whilst | do not
mean to assert that he may not have commit
tea errors, 1.-The common destiny of the best and
Wisest OF meo,) yet | am satisfied that in his
Owl community, all who know him will cheer,
luIIY pear witness 10 his active, honest. uutirnr
ana dIslnterosted exe:tions for the benefit Of
t1lS OLD CommonWealth of Virginia, bis sdopt-
co nome. With true nobility of character land
az Time when such action was ANYTHING else
out p0ymg,) ne did oil that was in his power TO
keep our State from radical misrule and ruin:
ana submit, with all dcfereBce to your other
correspondents. that the larger porIiou of the
conservatives OF Virginia, would much prefer to
see suoh men approved for their patriotic inter
tons. than ccnsured for their seemingly errone.
Gus actions.