Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-05-26

For The Middle States nearly Stationary t,rcr,-
eIer, stationary or higher temperatures, clesr or
psttly CLOUDY weather, variable winds, mostly
westerly.
LIE MALONE READJUSTERS LAST NIGIIr.-
mo metilcg OF the Malone readusters in
'front.' OF the old court house last night was
toiersoIy we'll attended, the m, oriry Of those
present and the ones that made the most noise
Dclng the eolcrcd converts to tho pow party,
many OF whom arc not, as yet, ontitlod to O
vote. by reason Of tho non payment of tho cap;,
ta'lon tax.
MIR. ID: a. Windsor Presided. AID tho fits:
speaker Introduced Was Il. Il. Ear, of F4i,flx,
VINO mas congressional aspirations.
MIR. fsrr started out by t.lliug tho auLicbcc
what ne was therc tJr--to advocate tho great
pfit c!ptcs oil party that was but lew short
months ago tuly-rsggod and deooul I'd
oy tho luoders aud iunder press, but which
was nov power 10 tho Stat,-c,ntrolipg al
ialf". The democratic party had denied lis
members tho right to diftor % mere fnancial
Issue, and the republican parry had treated its
hi=mucrs the Same way, and hGt C, the organi-
Z4tlou OF Lew party. composed not of demo
cralF, not of republicans. but of readius,crs.
who had ohIitorated the words rcpub loan and
democrat from their vocabulary. Thu road
JN"sN' be''y hhu pCl mo
purpose ot hturg tho tp2rcs,ivo bard, %
OF taxi!ioa from tho shoulders OF tho peo
PIE OF the Sia.e, but it had tax. q a wldt r
st1pc. 1Jr which he was thankful, and he hoped
ts powtr won d continue to DO felt. Ila then
talked about the Barbour bill und tho McCul.
!och bill. uslog tho samo arguments, though net
hand ling tom bait y, well. that tho
people have heard from Goocrul M.-
hone aud An lior Massey. flo explained Ii,
cIuIs q the Legislature duiirg tho last ct sion
where. he rcmsrxrd, ho had got his reputation
OF bang unpinattd. and ssid that no went TO
the Legislature bound to no political platform;
no went there bY The honest votes of tho pcopIc
OF Fairfax. whom ho had told that tho McCul
lnch ui!l could ncVlr DO carried out without an
Increase ct taxation. lilo threw u sep to the
cclbrGd poriOn CT tho audience by telling them
inst he never saw mere real patriotism than was
dIsllsy3d BY the colar(d members of tho Legis
lstufc, who had acted with the rcariusters bo
cause the peoples interests were their interests
tia explained that the way he came not TO vote
for Cook. the cnlertd map nominated for door.
keeper Of the House, by the rearjustcrs, was
that 10 YVES standing 10 the corridor leading to
the hall CT tho House Of Delegates talkiog to q
fuoder. when tho vote was tskeD; had he
been 10 his seat he certaloly would have voted
tor tho coo!cd Cook over the manned Confed-
crate soldier, bCcAu'o &c. Cock, was tho nomi-
nee IT tho party. The how that went over tho
State when Sullivan HSs turned on. OF oifi,o
and negro rut III lis llqcn meant nothing;
thcEo was mcra than one Confederate stl !icr iu
The State, acd he ntvcr intended to sur
render his symapatli.s for TIE mon who
brevGly fought Tor wha. they believed
10 DO right, because he was ono of them: he
had IN n thS irnpt ko,, ,ubn Il.
mas. rampan; sCc,Ssionist had remained at
home. lie then compared tho ofii,crs that The
T'acin'iclS had Put IN with those who they had
IN; cut, to tho dnIriment CT the latter, of
course. Popular cduoalion was tho harp oil
thousand strings, upon which he rlayed all
sorts CT tunes VIII Oh Wrro received ty the col.
oTcd people present with yclls Ct approval lie
was IN iH7cr o! poluac education, OF freedom
a::i IrCGrtss, and when 1t came to tho pCint
that ho Wal unable TO copc with NJ gro he was
willing to glv5 way before his superior. a
State could only DO built up hV emigration, and
Icapo were not coming to S!ato Wnero cdu
cation Wis considered luxury that could hn
dispensed with. "Vnginla fer Virpnians"
wHs baltic cry that would iuin tho Safe, ard
keep her III tho dua'; any man was o Nreinian
VINO came Etro nEd b, Como ciz.u. lis asked
what the democratic Congress- had dnnc for the
pcCI t.. aud RI Swcrad tho question hlms 1T by
saying they had done nuthing. bu. proved
themselves disSrGc. 10 tho hmerc. III na,ion,
by saying TO thu people ut the South, ut makes
no r;llt:It nee how Just your GAINS, for lose S by
tho war. you shan't have oDn cert" thus in
sultrg the people Of one c!ion TO please the
people Of another. The republican patty had
also bcon party OF promises, fer it had done
nuthlng fer tho cIlurld y, oplu huS promised
them III acres Ct land and mule. which promise
they nsv'r tnthIlcd. 81 the ulOplo must motto
and hcIp items 'lv.a i'll cnu talk" he
slid, about ihr tnIstuIr Ia Louisiana and other
Southern States. tut Vlrsi.i.'s distress was
duo solely TO tho financial msmauagome at of
the c,usstvatiVc party, which party had sgaau
d.rcd the assets OF the State" Talk about
uAilopal pullric'. hu cid not caro- who was
elected President when that election camn IN
contain with The interest Is of his Slat,. 10 1851
q Governor aod Legislature were TO DO elected
AID that Legislature, elects Court # Appeal;
thea all the lutla difficulties about tax
REQ. ivahIn coupons would bo settled, and then
tho rich man, who dill not psy ono cent nov
toward popular eGucltIoh. hl uiuSG he paid his
taxes ia coupons, would b. nado to o,me up
with ElI currency like tho "po,r man." The
readiusers had been charged with selilg out
by the pFrty that had done Dothiug rlso but
sell out $1,000 it had come into czi1teuc,. They
may capture glastonbury. u Motlctt. and per
hapa Barbour, but tho If, III Jcrars would find
that tho rank and file would stare by the read
inscrs when the t,mo arrived. EooE at Alex
andiia yesterday the rcadjusters Wtra but
little handful. bulldt% "a 90 every corner; to
day they nro tho bulldcz4Is.' judging from
the manner 10 which this sentiment wasitc lived
it was considered doubtful com pment by be
moro knowing ones 10 the crowd. The speaker
Concluded by urging all present 10 staod by tho
party in the municipal eItc ion to morrow, AID
said, III you are defeated Ga the 9Th, yet you
arc power.
}. Willard Greene. Ct Manassas. who hos
been STRUGGLING to gain foot hold in politics
for somo Iimc. but rs yet youth 10 fortune
and TO fame unknown" was then intIodLc ..
There was nothirg 10 his speech worthy Ct uote
save when he attempted to poke fun at hlr.
Farr by saying no hoped it woG'd not be long
before tho voco Ct tho allie speaker who had
4 / L IA