Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-07-13
E.citer from Cl,nsscur.

CORRESPONDENCE Of tie Alexandria GnzatLo !
RICHMOND. Va, July l2.-Tho last Of tho
lcltju3tor leaders havJ left tho city. after ar.
ringing their plans for az active, aggressive c.m.
phisu. Thosc who imagine that the rcaGjus c,s
will not make it warm Tor Us hal better dis.
abuse their minds OF that idea. The real, true
simon luro dt IN ocrbcy Of Virginia will havs to
organize thoroughly aud cast every vote for
which really seems bent uroa turEing order
into chaos
Lot Us lock c.lmly toto the matttr to survey
the fed aud to Speak fairly and
Set down nsupht in malice"
Several years agcI,urVirsnis mcphistorheles
10 the person OF Gen. Makcno. started this
agitation Of tho State debt. The people were
paying their taxes chec1fuly and without
eruu blirg We all know the rcsut-s bitter
wsr was con m,rc,d, that mono core eGcI at
tho limo would end 10 an ordaavJr 10 disrupt
the democratic party in Virginia. la the last
election the reaC listers shovel mBloii y, and
dec arcd themselves roasters Of the Safe Au
Intense bitterness OF feeling hsd sprany uD be-
tween the two factions, brought Oh m1iolS, |
sm b0uOd to contess, by the Intolerance e tic
under press aOd the outrageous arrogance Of q
mtl )rlty OF tho State democratic committee
HereiD laid tho fault. But tho mass of the
people never approved Of tho vindi,tivc curse
OF their leaders or of their press, aud tho read
Justcr5 ought 10 have recognised this fact. They
undoubtedly had CAUSE TO Gss,lt their manhood
after tho rcVlIlogs they had rec lived from r
tain scatter Drained tundcr journals, but they
had no right to Judge tho mass oil lurdars by
the very few.
o. the l9,h of May tho iuudtr o,nsca!ion
met, ard 1t was The gathering of the represeI-
atlvcs OF the pooIlJ aad not Of politiciaus
From the first they were in favor of ncord
u1'y add friendship with the opposing fac ion.
They clmo to Richmond not claiming to repre-
scot tho sole democratic party OF tho State, but
simply in obedience to the order OF tho national
democratic ompittcc, who instructed Virginia
to choose delegates to send to Cincinnati TO
nominate STANDARD bearer for President.
Somebo iy must obey that call, 30 as the re-
arjlsters bad already BY proclamation appoint.
Cd The It'll OF July, long time after both con
ventlons bad made their choice. The tundcrs
Issued their summons for convention 10 .pur
suatc, Of the national plan. Now mark their
action II every ward and district mcc,iog 10
tie State they offered to combine with tic re-
acjustcrs aud send delegates 10 RcbmoDd IN
many instances they, absolutely, to show their
sincerely, mt rcar listers to represent thu 10
tho convention. instead of those of their own
faith.
Ga tho Oh OF May these delegates NIT and
their key motto was Harmony" la every
thlog c,usistcut with tho profound cIbvic ions
o! the righteousness Ut their CAUSE thu iunder5
yielded to their late adVirsarcs. The c,m-
mlttne of thlrteoD, who had read tho rcacus-
ttr' out oil the conservative party wore. every
mn III hay,, ,toA al,
now mon, liberal n,odcd, men and ivan read
listers appointed 10 their ead Coull Ely
thing be moro courteous, moro frieudly than
this ? Could any iscion mere ftabkls nc.
koGWledg, their errGr, or more grsc. iul!y
copcede that tho other side had the tams
rights Oh themselves trow not. Not only
lhis; but as SOON as tho new committee was
formed they Immediately invitod the committee
OF tho rCajjuStcls to meet with them. and
together to combine on ticket TO I'D to Clio
cnnai.
Again ask, could anything DO iairer. moro
just AID geu,rous than this 1.-the readiusters.
IS they claim. were the real demtc cratic par,y
Of Virginia, for they had ,ho most white votes
at the las: ellc ioa. Why did they not bin the
iunders and demand IN, jority of tho eli coral
tlct "a demand that Ter the sskc Of uoity
would hive been checrluly accorded them.
But Instead OF &C ing on the sauare thew en-.
temptuously refused this offer, and said their
party didn't latend 10 send ary delegates 10
Cincinnati at all; that tho fight If tho dencc
racy was mono OF their FIGHT and none of their
funeral.
Even alter these rebuls the runders showed
that they were anxious sod williog to pu: Gu. OF
sight all IocaissueS aod only work for The success
CT the great demo cratic party, for they placed
among the delegates to Ciociunali Two reatiu5
terra, MIR. Barbour and DR.. Moffe:t. When at
cincinnati the great democracy Of tho Uoou
leoogn'z;d them as tho VOC, Of Virpinia and
ato ,nied their votes.
In tho meantime tho resrj uster leaders occ;..
pied singular attitude before tho country; like
The lone fisherman OF tho comic opara they took