Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-03-29

Ve2tlcn ua!os5 there shouli be so actual and |
perfect fusion of the entire readi1Stor's party |
with the republicans | do not believe the |
honest white lack AID file of that party can be |
so transferred. Certainly not if the press and |
our leaders do thoir duty. Secondly, do not |
believe that Mr.. Tildcu is the frat choice of |
900 men in tho State. His currency views, |
while they heye beon accepted have never been |
popular 10 the South sncs the war. He is
regarded as belonging to those democrats who
leaned to the money power and worked as con.
tractors OF the class of Wood, Bayard and Ran.
dali without the personal popularity of the two
last, and his connection With railroads weakens
him 10 the rural districts. Seymour, Hancock,
Thurman and Bsyard have been tsvorites 10
Virginia 10 the order named and just now
Judge Fields name has come to the front and
j list DOW | Thick no would satisfy the State. If
sVailib!o in other ltc slities he could we think
sweep tho South. The local republican judges
and perhaps not a few Of the new readiusters
will help to Increase the Field boom for the
sound of honest, valuable. constitutional lawyers
10 high places is becoming daily more important.
With good democrat 10 the field the indepcn.
dent electoral ticket will provo a puerile
effort and 60 abicc failure.
THOMAS Whitehead,
Editor Lynctburg News.
| do not believe The electoral vote of Virgil
Ila would be cast for MIR. Tllden if be should
be nominated by the democratic convention.
am lead to this conclusion from the con
vlctloo, that 10 tho pre- sent discrganzed state q
the conH rVative party, nothing but tho magic
Of a mama dear to the popular heart can rally
the dcs:rters around tho democratic standard.
MIR. 1Ilder, for rcssons which it is unnecessary
10 asss n here, is unpopular with the masses.
So iar from possessing Tint personal magnetism
which Ia essential TO the enthusiastic prosncu-
ton Of q polilic'l campaign, he is regarded,
whether rieh,fuIly or not, IS nero politician
OF the c!ld, Shire Wed, calculating sort, peculiar
to New York. who muy be dependeJ 90 to
manage CANVAS With wonderful ingenuity,
bu; not Ter the manly c>uTage to stcIra the
prIz, alter 1t ls WOO. do noS by any means
eIdarse this popular estimate of MIR. Tilden,
nor d. | txsggerato ii, 80 far as tie sentiment
OF Intelligent conservatives aud domtccats 10
this scotIon c:n BE- ascertaiIGd. In my humble
lndgmeei, The party, already weakened by de-
icCilocs, would be whitfield down to q very TO-
significant point, should tho conservatives be
guilty at the supreme folly of nomin stiug as 6
leader any man who has not tho entire confidence
of aud The high admiration of the democratic
ElaSscS. L. WADDEIL.
Eltor Charlottesville Chronicle.
havo 20 reason for tho express ion OF the
opinion which give, except that it is the
opiaion oil all whom | have heard express al
opinion Oh tho sul c.. Tho only hopa tho de-
mcEoTstlc party can have ct SUCCESS is To place
es thar leader man whose intellect private
character and political record can Command the
conhdcLca, rcspt C. ard admiration IF all the
good people OF the county, who will have bold.
ness and courage eoough grasp eud hold tho
fruits OF vc.ory when his paoplc have confded
them to his keeping aud p!scsd them within
his reach. do net believe Mr.. JiIden c1uld
DC Nominated; II nominated J. do not believe he
c1uld either carry Virginia or DO elected; if
o'ccod 20 not believe he would ever take bis
seat. In this Immediate section of tho country
tc'icvc Grant wouli get larger vote thou
TildeD. JULIAN J. MASON,
King George co.
| am persuaded that Mr.. Tideo c,uld not
carry Virginia. There arc some active conser.
vatives here who will vote for Grant in rrs
fereuoc TO Tildcp. Others hnvo told mo thew
would not 20 10 tho polls. II would be impcs-
siOIo TO throw any enthusiasm into the cam-
pa'gn, with Iilden as tho candidate. Or course
there are scmo men who think he is entitled to
tho nomination, but there are many moro who
say thHy helped TO cltcs him orc,, aud as he did
not take his seat, they do 90 not intend to vote
Tor him again. The Courier will support tho
aomlne9, whoever he may be, but it sire ,rey
tfufts. tor party GOES dsfa ions, it will not be
loaded with such toad weight as Tlldcu viii
p!oVo 70 DO. JNo. D. Crown.
Editor Clarke County Courier.
90 net Sno" that any portion of the democ-
Tscy IN Ee'soA county arc opp osed to Mir. Til.
ool. oelieVo we Can carry the main body of
1t Tor any regularly noninsted democrat.
:, ne loSro will 70 for Grant, and probably
to him or to an unpedged ticket You will see
ms hsnd IN ths proceedings of q radical meeting
lately held at Lynchburg. He has not deceived
mo, but no will great many
Mir. Iilden Is acceptable to mo, but no does
not exotic enthusiasm, and his pugnacity TO.
wards his adversaries in his owp patty which
ccmmends him to me- as man, is not us eful in
b po!lticlen. L have no sort OF faith in radicals.
snd less if possible in moderate republicans 60
DO not believe no will get any of them, oven
sgainst Grant.
know no democrat who will tx,ita general
enthusiasm: We must then go for q man who
will carry New York and stand AS good chance
as shy other III othor States. I believe we can
carry Virginia for any nominee of O democratic
convention: i my county is lsir specimen, but
90 no: think it is. Where tho rasdjusters have
majority of whites do not rely upon them
sty 'aoro than on our negroes.
'hlnk u would be bad policy for the Scu;h.
era democrats TO turn the scale in favor of snv
candidate VINO is not acceptable to tho North.
ern democracy. Especially III 1so of New York.
! sla not hopeful of the country, aud fear the
oenoc7ac9, SIS rule. is tsrrcd with the same
STICK IA tho radicas-preed of r0ina-and Ioo,
leg to tho Meccs st Washington, tsms and snh-
ia'ss!7s u the radical cncroachmsn.s upoa the
[['Eosd d tho STATS aud lha peoola We have
lew great men, no leadora, and u million of nm
starts setting up fer themselves in every State
Suo county sll with following moro or less
Eea5Hoy ashones, Big and little. and the mssses
E!n - ufelar q damn "a ....ass.ss