Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-08-17

coming morn; at last the band stops, the wearied
musicians, blind and sleepy, pack their instru
ments and leave the beaux and bellies take their
farewell promenade on the porch, and with the
fresh morning bretz, blowing upon their faces,
utter their adieu1i carriages are drawn up. NUT
fed forms come and CO. and
HALF to the setting moon hsve Como
And half to the rising dsy;
Low on the sand and loud on tho ssono
The last wheel echoas away"
So ended one Of the most brilliant entertain.
ments Of the times. CHAssEUR.
Political Discussion at Fairfax c. IL.
As stated in tho Gaz,tte Of that day. poiti-
cal discussion took place yesterday OF Fairfax
c. H. between Co., w. 4. Cameroa, tho head Of
tho readjustar electoral ticket, and George A.
Mushbacb, esq, Of this oiy. Mr.. W. II.
MILAN, chairman Of tho Faittsx county read
juster committee, cilled tho m,etrg to order.
and said that the arrangement he had made
Was to let Col. Cameron open tho discuss on in
speech Of 80 minutes. for Mr.. Mashbach to
follow, and be allowed one hour and half. and
Col. Cameron to close with one hour and q
quarter speech
Dol. CUmoron then took the stand AID said
he would explain why there wOro two deuo
cratic tickets 10 the field, but Immediately d.,
crossed from that subject, and went eff co tho
State debt questioa and the McCullooh bill.
the coupon feature of which, be slid throltled
tho State and held her By thu throat es ho
could do a child. lie said if pts:ilcnco and
famine should come to the doors Of his hearers.
Judging from tho crops raised 10 Fairfax county
this year aud tho remarkably robust appearance
Of bis audience this will not probably happen
soou. and everything swept from their posses.
sion, this c5upoa feature would hold them
in thraldcm and the coupon bondholder
woad still have to DO paid. Ho accused 81
| members oil the Legislature which enacted this
bill OF Changing ca thu arrival in Richmond
one night OF 100000 OF brokers, money, end
gave his reasons why the paeler bondhodo7s,
| the most deserving Of them oil, widows end
orphsnsl had been kept out OF tho funding ar
rangemeot. Ho asked, 10 Casa Of debtcr hav'
Jag more money to pay than ho bad. what was
to be done. and Was answered by voice IN the
crowd, wipe it out" Gov. Holiday he CAL
ed the Lilly CT tho Valley" and said ho had
been put 10 poper by tho ssmo people who's,
express wishes ho had trampltd under foot,
and as bid for the negro vote, he told them
that these bad bondholders had gotten the
| money which should have gone to pay for their
education. The old story about bsng read out
OF the conservative parry was re- told, AID bis
hearers vera warned not to jaopardizo tho inter
ess of tho State and the sacrifice OF SIS Co.,.
900 even for the esc ion of Ha1ccck and Fog
l!sh. This was, with but tho slightest cxoep
ton. tho sane speech delivered 10 Alexandra
Oh Saturday, the 7th inst. by Col. G.
Mr.. Mushbsch then took tho stand. add Vas
| greeted by round upon round of applause. Ho
said he did not como following tho speakers
| around like Don Quixote, bu! Was there oa in
! vltatlon of the Fairfax county Hancock aGG
English Club, who bad asked him to address
them. He explained to Col. Cameron tho po-
| sition be, Mr.. NJ, occupied, and said, ss this
was a readiuster meeting, they had right to
divide time a8 they liked, but though il was
not advantageous to him, he would not desert
his party or his cause in the face of tho enemy.
tie did not claim to b, ouo of the big gus of
tho (undcr party, but said what he lacked 10
ability was made up 10 the righteousness of
his cause. Ho said that The speech he had
heard from Col. q. was repetition of tho one
| made 10 Alexandria. and. after showing thas it
had nolhiog to do with tho question ct Issue
tho election of Hancock and Eogliaf-said he
appeared before his hearers, not as o iunder,
not as readjuster, but as q national democrat,
who would support the nominees of the regular
democratic party, and hoped all of thee present
would do tho same. Ho then plainly snd cen.
cscy explained tho manner of eecling Presi
dent through tho electoral ticket, and, afer
showing clearly that the 10 b of Msy CONVEX
ton was properly called and regularly held,
asked If there Was O party 10 Virginia who
wero Disseminated and who wanted to break up
tho conservative party and organize ono to b
called "liberal?" Why didn't thoy c,mo cut
boldly and do it, and not stosl tho livery Of
heaven to serve tho devil 10. lilo thoa read the
call OF the democratic Committee, and showed
that 1t IVES broad enough to cnbrso, all demo.
Gratis IN tho Statei that it was recogniz ID ct
Cincinnati. and asked if tho Mahonitcs had
majority of the white democratic voters of tie
State, why didn't they take control of tho State
convention and send who they liked to the Gin
horls had done this aud have placed ell road.
ustsrs on tho electoral ticket no would have
supported that ticket and no believed all CT bis
party would have done the same. Lie then
ridiculed tho idoa of few pacpo 10 Virginia
holding off, waiting for something to tutn up,
when the two parties of the countrY represent.
ing 45, 1000. 600 of people wero selecting c.ndi-
datos. and said that the only reason the Ma
honlteS we're supporting the democratic nomi-
nees now Was that sirsss Of circumstances
compelled them to pursue this curse; for, after
failing to got Grant or sn unpledged cl.otoral
ticket to vote for. thoy had to adopt this indo
pendent one, as 9 dernier resort. The next
subject touched upon by MI. NJ. was tho 7th
OF July convention, COMPOSED. be said. of o
mob who had no business or right to assemble,
60 Of whom wcro republicans and 90 of that
number negroes. none of whom reuounced their
allegiance to tho republican party. lie then
read cxtracts from Psrson Massio's speech