Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-08-09
an Intended Readius,er sfass Hseet.

pei.So oiA lusSC0 SFSl -PeDu-ul, pH1uUUUE
readju;er msss meeting. with the mass left out,
took place in front Of the City Hotel, Saturday
eight last. |, the afternoon The stacd he'd
been wrapped with red eambrick, erd adorned
with red, white aud blue Ciiaeso lau:crps, Civ.
Ing it the appcarstca Of ts.b;r shop. The
old town clock al last pointed 10 "is!f pas.
elSht," 'ha time announced for tie opetiag OF
the show Ga the stand wtrs seated Gel. I.
W. Ashby, Mr. D. A. Wind:o:, Judge Sauss
ter, OF talrsS. }. Willard Grtcae, ct Pfi1cs
"i!iau, Co'. Cameron, OF Petersburg, Ma
hor!ia at largo, CD. N. b. M2srio. Of Cupcncr,
a NlsAonsso clsctor for this, 'hc Eighth cangr:s
| Il luai Clsr.c: and others.
Col. Ashby presided. AID intIoluc / Col,
Meade as the frs: speaker.
Col. Meade. who is real eo5i l0o king gen
| tenan, commenced his speech by sejipg that
be Was :hero for the purpose Of giving cv.acnc,
Of tho fslth that vas in hin; he woui,! brit :,
| state Why be was for llapcOck sud Eqglish, aud
| Tty be was On the rcaCius.cr ticker. Hatc )ck
! vas his first ohoico because he believed that
ne, Gtn. llaoc2ck WAS the best rau 10 The
ciubIiy fer tho * lied position of President Of
| tic United States. aud had In tho naming OF
| tho President, be would namo Hancock ab5ve
| all Others. lie (Col. Mcatc) was a dante at,
oao who had always sirco tho war st lces! voted
the siralSEnus democratic ticket. Piior to the
War be was Whig, and be vas not ashamed to
| own L, gu! rather r. ,ic,d that he had been G
follower OF that grand old leader. Harry, CT Tho
| the West. (li3rc the SEEKER, like The cid
soldier, Who cou9d net help cheering when
ever tho name Of Napcloan was mentioned bo.
came cTc!tod showing that notwithstanding
| circumstances had forced him into the demo
cratic ranks. ho was yet at least anything else but
a denocrat.) When the first qua OF secession
doomed he forgot bis Politics. and was for Virginia
against tho world. lilo alluded to the Item in
the Gazette OF Saturday, in which i! was stated
that Col. Meade would BIO confronted Ct this
meeting With sono remarks made by hin ct The
reatjus.cr convention in Richmond, wherein 10
expressed himself as opposed to az indepen.
dent electoral ticket, and said no never gave
utto:anoo to such on opinion. lie did say prior
to tho rcaoluster convention that whst was 70
be dono was en- open Qucstior; 10 did say
| furtter. that toT one, as 90 individual he was 10
favor CT leaving the question OF so independent
electoral ticket open, so that if tho iuad.
crs mad the msGnanlmlty 10 meet them half
way and propose an adjustment CT the differ
! ences. he would give tho proposition its due
consideration; but how. said tho speaker, vas
tho proposition mo; it was received With scorn
and Contempt, aud tho parties making it were
informed that they (tho iunGers) would sooner
let tho State so Tor Garfield thaa carry it fer
Hancock With tho assistsuc, OF tho roaGiusters.
Ho did lot hesitate 10 say that tho tupdcrs,
| land he did lot u5o the word "Iundcrs' 10 sny
| thoro were many rufo nioded ipteIliCcrt pcn
tlenlrn 10 the iuDdeT psr,y,) were solely resroc,
sl0le Tor the present condition Of affairs ia Viz
gina, for their great argument TO dsy H. 'lct
US light the readjust.rs this time, for if We whip
them IN this contest we will lot have them to
whip IN the guberDatorial elec.iop." lie
then made en- sppcal TO those present,
and said tho question now c51ues home
20 mo and to each ono OF you, cili
ICES OF A!sXlodrla, whether CT cot VIC will
| stand tue to rcsjjusteli5m 10 this Ito great
battle Tor the redemption CT our glorious, but
prosiratc, down trodden old State, and keep our
organization intaot for still further ccnqucsts or
aloW the funders TO gain tao victory, sud IRE.
paro the Way for greater iniqlitos thaa ihey
have ever before added upon now dc7cs,cd
and poverty stricken people The s.mc pre-
dlctlons that arc being mado nCW-.hst this
reno ilstcr affair would amount to noLh;cc-
were made by tho iu1dtrs at the last election.
but 1t amounted 10 something then, aod
will amount to the clrryiog CT tho State for
Hauctck and EoGlish this time, for tho tru,
rcadjusters were fully %. 900 stronger now than
they woro when they swept tho S;ato @ year
ago. Colonel Meade then addressed hinist II 10
the State debt q1es'ior, saying: "Neod tel
! you that the State TGs left deaOIatcby the var,
AID that orc> prosperous and happy people
returned from tho field ct bat.io to fed their
homes raZ3d to the grOuad and their iabOr, 10
the shape OF slaves. gone forever? AaG, fur.
Their. to lind inc dcbf of the State rolled W 10
S45,OOO,O0O, upon which interest must BIO raid.
Tho Legislature set apar: $4,000 0G0 Of tho
| $40 600 900 TO West Virginia, and then upon
the ssg.so OF Governor Walker the inlcroal
funding bill was passed, MOI ~ the interest OF
the people, but 10 tho interest e tho brokers'
! that the minority ct tho conservative party,
assisted by the republicans aod brokers' moner,
fastened that Infamous bill upon tho PEG.
pie OF tho Sta:c, which provided that even
though war, peJi!crou AID tanuo should TO-
vado cur midst, tax .ton should bo crioine,l
Upon tho cl;lZens almost 1st returned to their
homes itor! fields Of blood TO pay tho interest
on the larger portion OF the debt, and that thst
iEtcrest must be paid before enc dollar could
! Do reached tor the necessary expenses of the
State. ihls meant that your schools. your
c3ur:s Il justice, youc osane ns,lums, &C.,
might 60 10 '5e dogs. Tho brokers must b.
paid. This Infamous bill IVES repealed ct
the demand oil tho people, ct least 50 ar as tbs
bonds unlandCd we're Concerned, leaving what
YVES called peeler debt Of $40 0CO 900. Tao
interest on the funded debt then amounted TO
81 900, 900, ard tho debt was decreasing year
by year Just the amouns Of interest In 1867
coed men seeing that repaGiation must follow
such state OF affairs, tho conservative party
was called together 10 Richmond, and thcro il
was agreed that same eort Of reimbursement OF
the debt was necessary. 10 tho platform of
1857 resolution was inserted that the debt
should 30 rcadiustcd ID that it could bo met
without tho increase Of tx; tion These Mo-
Gu l:ch readjustcrs proved themselves ton
thousand times worse than tho original fupders,
Tor they actually Increased the debt from $50, =
| 600 900 to sS3 100000 they sclatcly es;ab,
shed G rrlVllegcd class among US by declaring
that tho holders of the consol bonds shoud.bo
| exempt from txitiop Emf what did thou an