Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-08-09

AZ M.'iCtt HC WAS Iast eS uuC0 rsSDGGSiDie as ~
nni 5. Mas there Guy justice in this; ought
got the tS5es OF the war fall on all classes of
cillzsrs 1t wss charged that they wanted to
keen G9c agitation in order to wiz; that they
would run ca such 90 issue as this t&c.c vas DO
doubt, but lie denied ths. The readigsers gcre
riSoo0siblc Ter the present agiGs lion. The 70.
adIuser5 proposed to iliniDste ali Var interest.
which Tas made Up Of compound interest from
tho debt. tccau:c ibc Supreme Court had de-
cded that Ser Interest between individuals
North aud South could not be collected, and if
interest could not be collie cei from lodiviGuas,
how cau,d il ba collected trcm Stale by North.
RI brokers. No one Gould tell him that justice
| OF Eolor required ElrgiGiaus to pa war Gtar'
est 10 mco VITO Rad tu;D,i and plllsecd their
homes; the doctrine IT The resGirstc.s is that
iG!cTcnI accumulated during tho war Should not
be nsld 10 their creu!l:s. There may be a lev
10 Virgins. said tho spua ker, that have boIds
upon WmC1 Interest . nat paid GuriDg the
Wei; rcvcr would hu co;scnt to par such holder
Cuc cat for if he did 90. receive hla intcres.
i! Was because he chose TO pocket lii b0uds AID
gri: i4r gold, while lh2 C0Gitd..a,c soldiers
Te:l s:srVlrg aud bIccLag 90 the battle feds
Tho reconstruction intcrea, the irtarcst whiot.
accumulated during the five wars the State
was uodcr military iu!c, the yeadils.srs e!ao
proposed to strike ir0GI inc cnormous dait. To
the mGu Th3 Wtrj honestly willing 10 i.c:Gasc
t5XitIor 10 rtv the State deb, he eavo his
hand, but for tho men Thn wera endheVoribg
to gaia q little cheap n0t0rcty by shrekpc cut
"ray the last dollar OF the S;ato debt, but failed
TO pay orc cent Of their OVID debts, nc had the
utmost contempt. Coi Meade closed his spctci
By review OF tho rtsGiuster electoral ticker,
! and wSs about TO iako bis sesi, Whcn NJ H.
"a 10 ~, III, i 4
q question. Tho privilege was granted and Nir.
Hawkins turned TO address ho crowd, when
Col. Meade io!3rmcd hu that TO had cnI7 boen
granted The privilege TO ask question. Hawk
ins ihen ey1!sodly proclaimed tina. Meade vas
not nan OF his word, su3 somo ,x:iscmcnt
onsucd. Gaiiag which Co. Cgmaroo was ia
trOduc:d.
lie said that he would rather that the re.
spousibil;ty OF defending such grand caus,
had been committed 10 wurlhi:r hands than
his, but lie r. oicpd that he was here 10 a cause
that needed 10 dignity. 10 was democrat.
but moi denccrat OF that stiipo that tLiGks
there is aomcth!og 10 government, better than
the will OF the people. la 1877 the rrandcsf
representative body be ovor saw assembled iu
Richmond and demanded that tho debt should
DO reaciustcd to sone pti1t within the revoruo
or the State Without al Increase o. t.Es!i0n,
and upon that pia!lerm G3v5faor Holiday was
elCccd, tut shortly after the adoption IF that
| platform tho Conservative committee prescribed
| the rlcu who dared TO stand upon il; that the
! dlvislol 10 the conservative party tn2u c1n-
| nenced. Who created the division, and WHO
perpatuated it? were tho questions he proposed
| to answer The representatives Of tho con-
servalivo committee formed themselves in,o
committee Tor the purpose OF passing s bill cen.
trary to the platform CT The party, and the men
who stood true to tho party wcro cast Of rs
| unworthy OF association, while they, the same
representatives Of F!rsioia democracy, COZ.
sorted with suuh men as Gen. Wichham, al.
! cXaDder Rj7es aud other wei! known rapubii-
oans. Again in 1879 We fed thes, Same mcu
supporting republican Gominecs in preference
to life long democrats, In order to ST ccre iuudcr
| votes in The Legislature, aad Geo. Echols, nov
a democratic clector, laborcd night aud day il
| the last Legislature to give t&o eCnatcr;hip to
! Gen. Wlckham tho head and front of repub-
| licanism in place OF General hishouc, the true
and tried soldier; aud 70 day tie Same SO called
| democratic parry wer0 saying that they would
| rather give the State to CART, cid than that tho
| readjuSters Should carry it for Hancock. |. was
true the readjusters had acquired some itilacrcs
over tho coIored people by giving 10 them the
| rights that every judge 10 the State was svorn
| to guarantee to al moa, aud Knowing the$ shc7,
! the rea6iustcrs possessed this iLillcrco, th:y
told them to 60 to Chicago and vote Tor
Grant but not to put an ceo.ora! tck It
IN tho field, intending bg Ills 10
make tho Safe doutly sure for IIsac7ck fy
| getting tho icnub;lcaps Out ii tho field ui-
| together. Did this lock like swing iIo State
to Garfield as So3n as il vas iound out that
| the raadIuSers "cre trying to prevent sho psc
| ing IL tho hsld OF q republic n electoral ticket,
every iCndcr paper went to work to Ganounca
tAcn, "ad Gen. Echols hurried to Sauaion,
| and hy tho Us, OF iundcr noucy AID giving tho
negroes social privileges that 40 civil rights hill
could eiVo them. indac!d tho lunier rcpuhIi
cans to put M electoral ticket 10 the field, and
COW they Wcro telling tic rcadius;crs no. TO
vote itr their ticket; that by NJ 6Ging they
would give the Sat, to Garfield. T,Iudgo
Stuart hero interrupted Tho speaker ty esklug
him how ab5u: Barbour, Msotiett and Baker
L. Leo. The speaking continuing, said that he
had no respect Tor mo0 who could not Gi.cass
| q question without tearing man 5 character to
pilc,s. Nnnfuson and cries eli that's DC
| answer. lat il you want better klcCu!Ioch
mcn than these throo named you vii! 10. b.
able 10 find them 10 this S!sta. The iurders
| were net sa!i.tl2d with trying to get Wickhau
| to tho SCoato and securing RIyes ~ so ally,
buS they sent for Ross Hamilton to Introduce
| bill 10 the Legislature, thereby attempting t.
| give the republicans tho credit OF raafjug.iag
| tho debt. With sush record staring tnn.a in
| the face. they have tho impudcnoo to say VIC
| aro not democrats. Every step in tho carcc. Ct
| tho rca6justers WIS to create nc,G era il the
history OF the coOrca MAJ. Mr. George A.
Mushbach hero put pointed question to the
speaker in this shape, Suppose you had sue
decided in getting tho republicans out OF the
way who would your mixed electoral ticket
have suppcrted?"I The speaker. in replying
Hoped around the question, and foaIIy said
IF sou can poiot to 4 single uttcrancc Of Cur
leaders indicating That no iaterd,d to pu. q
mixed clectora! ticket in the EoId. will admit
that your question las scm, weight Con
| tinurg, Col. Cameron said that no sooner had
the rcadjus:crs orgGn!z than every Congress
man auo The two senator's OF the State marched
down hers and bitterly opposed them, aud If
tha finders WaTn alowrG IN oar,u tho S,ola