Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-09-20
Rooms STATE Con. Tx, CON-,
No. 9l2 MAIN STREET,
BETWEEN 9TH AND 10TH Sis,


SIR,--We havo the honor to acknowledge
| the receipt Of your favor Of this ostaut, aud 10
| say that wc accept the propcsioes therein
| contained, with certain notifications which We
| tiust your committee will approve. We regret
| that your committee did not ACCEPT The plan OF
| compromise which va submitted 10 y0H ID dee
| Terence TO tho desire ol many OF our poorlo 81
| all shades CT OPINION on LEGAL lJa,ie:; hut SIC
share IN the disposition whioh you declare, not
to rcrpctDatn arlia between tho supporters Of
| Hancock and ilgllsh. ard staId ready 10 meet
| you IN auy lair, honorable, and lust terms Of
| cancellation aud c,Lrassi1n which, shall clearly
and untun!Yocally maintlin tho principle.
enunGlsteI aad The Nominees presented J.,
the Cincinnati Convention Of tina natiaaal dn
mccrGty.
The notifications which W. aucgrs aro sri
| forth Ia amendments proposed 10 The plan wheel
accompanied sour letter, aud wn deem it proper
to ..Aic tho r1as0na which actuati liz in rrnprs
ing them.
|. We propose to amend tho third sao!:5a 81
tha plan ot CANCELLATION submitted is Your OH,
nttst ID e. t. REQUIRE Thai uolu int lt.a
Vorr5 who ara rational democrats shall partio.
Ipa!c IN tho priaa!Y election pynp,acd ard Ia
this end olitr tho substitute ior liza; section
marked amendment |. Stcion ..
Geaeral llarolcs and MIR. English wtr.
Nominated by REGULAR demdGeat:r convention.
The delegates Hhu shared in thcr EoniGa,ou
were all democrats
| No democrat can litlnely Of CT 10 cantiu;rc
! tho anltG.loh oi those Who arn % h. entrusted
with casting tho popular vote for Democratic
nominees 10 their brother democrats alone
Wo By i'll nehra wish 10 * llutln any u5raoa,
{! whatever political profession, from voting
Tor ilaGc.ck sud Eagllah; Oh the contrary, wa
welcome I'll who wish in good iati 10 surp0r;
them. l'nI parry tcal!y, rraacnca and ulvisg.
ing custom nike require that tho Representatives
OF The party ha chosen BIZ mcniora OF The party;
aud /. little Imports to those outside oil tho
party who may he delegated TO express ita will.
Wo deem |. proper that noue but democrats
should i'artilipata in the cauasels Of tho party
for the rGasOn that thrro arc many onlsiic o!
tho donocricj who pot to overthrow il. aud
ws1 would not hesitate to csst vote iu the
primary for General Hancock and thereafter
cast vote in tho real election for Goacral Gar.
field.
These men, and no. lew o! their lo!lnwcrs,
would rcjo:c, III an opportunity 10 confuse the
c)un7cl and bc!ray the oouilecco Of democrats
by voting one way IN the primary aud the op.
positu way in the election; and We ca1n1i, in
discharge OF tho trust rcposcl ia u.s. admit them
to share in eur all4irs.
! Let ail democrats, without regard 60 Ice Il
| issues uaitc III Shspog dcmccrGtic measures.
Thoso WHO Ere ashamed or unwilling to bear
the name, ana Gss:rt The declared principles Of
democracy, cannot DO fairly and iisht!ulIy al
mlttCd to sei2G. the men TO carry tho standarGs
Of tho democratic cause.
Seine Of Tie members Of the party which
your committee represents have publicly &c
carcd that, In their opinion, n mtj ori.y Of Eir
glnla democrats aro IN sympathy With them.
| Wo caunot see that they can otjcc. to tho test
OF democratic primary election, which would
oDIy result, il they be correct, in viLd o4isrs
their Judgment.
| We invoke that test.
Let the doEit cratic constituency, let the reo.
| pie who frankly end honestly dacarc Themselves
to DO democrats, ard who verify words with
deeds. select democratic representatives, and
We will chccriuIly submit to their decision AID
support their chosen electoral ticket, without
regard 70 their views or our views on tho debt
question, or other lOcIl State issues.
=. We propose 10 amend tho fourth SECTION of
tho plan proposed by your committee by sub
s'ituting Tor tho words "Fmarr Hancock: amt
English ticIet' as tho heading of the ticket
which no support, the wards "Conse,vatie
Otmocrdhc ELECTORAL ticket nominated 1911
May. 1850" Wo hsva no objection to your
committee heading or describing its electoral
| ticket by any words which you may deem fitting
to designate lis character; but We cannot con.
sent to name tho electoral tickot which We sun
port b} any words not in strict conformity with
the tacis.
The truth ia that our electoral ticket never
was il rot, never prolassci to be, aud mover
was designed to he, in any sense, FAaRr
ticket. 1t il known Of all mon that the convon.
ton Of the l9h CT May was composed OF dem
oorGta Of opposing Vows on tho debt question;
| that 1t seat delegation to the national demo.
cratic convention, and nominated nm electoral
ticket, likewise representing opposite opinions
on that issue. And it would misraprc7ont tho
| truth OF history to denominatD our electoral
ticket tandcr ticket.
Tho distinguished representatives. 81 tho read
justers oil Virginia. who went to tho Cincinnati
convention, and who wero nominated az cleo
| tors by our party. atteat theGa dcnarationa
| As CONSEQUENTLY tha word "fnndor" to lie
| Sttcset out wherever it OCCURS in your aan
! and the word conservative Hsmtcrair" sub.
sliluted therefor.
:. We proprgl an amendment in the fifth
section. requiring tho votes st the primary
| election tl be cast viva yoas. This will dmla-
| ish expense avoid opportunities Of fraud, and
facilitate Tho oonsumma,on of tho plan Con.
| stquental amendments of The plan accompany
this Communication.
4. Weproposs to en- ,nl the pioll g. c!ion by
| requiring expenses CT the primary election to be
borne eqaaIIy by our respective psrtes--as we
DO not per1eivo that Wc havs the right to *.
peo, or that it ia appropriate for us to ask, that
the national Democratic committee should hear
| that charge.
We propose to strike out The tenth section,
10 reference t. The congressional iickslS, aud TO
leave the matter entirely with ibs people, with.
out preiudics 10 either of our parties, 10 nut
upon the Presidential electoral ticket chosen at
the primary election the naues of snoh Con.
gressional candidates as they map SEQ fit TO
support.
Seeking DULY the triumph of the national
democracy, We will cordially ioiu with you iu
this effort to unite all of its adherents it it
meets your appreciation. 'rho political destiuies
OF fifty millions Of pooplo should not. in our
1tu b.. 4 I'D IoI