Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-09-18
No GOsslncGl,lise.

eA0 CSuSeIfatlVe UuuWlttte ~ tQal VI tuo lSao
juster,' accepting tho latter plan FIR primary
election, and submitting certain amendments to
said plan, has Just been made public In It the
committee say: I'VE regret that your COM
mi tee did not accept the plan Of compromise
which We submitted to you 10 deferercs to the
decree Of many Of our people of all shafes Of
opinion on local issues; but We share in the dis
position which sou declare, not to 'perpetuats
Srlte between the supporters of Hancock and
| English, and stand ready to meet you 10 sny
talr, honorable and Just terms Of reconciliation
and corc,ssioD. which shall clearly and une.
| qulVOcally maiotain the principles enumerated
nnd the nominees presented by the Cincinnati
convention OF ha nGtional dem oerscy We
propose to tln91d tho third section of the plan
OF Cancellation submitted by your committee, 30
as TO require that none Blu! legal voters. who
are national democrats, shall particate 10 the
election. Gen. Hancock and MIR. English we're
nominated by regular democratic convention.
The delegates who shared 10 their nomination
were all democrats. No democrat can 6ttingly
oil set to confirming the selection of thcss who are
| 10 DO entrusted with casting the popular vote
tor the democratic 1ominees TO their brother
democrats h:0ne. Eo by DO meats wish to Ell
codu auY pefaoo, OF whatever political profess
sion, from voling for Hancock and English.
| "a the contrary, We welcome all who wish,
! III good faith, "a supD1Tt them. But
party ttsl =, pTudcuoe, aud unVaryiug custom
ahEo, Fqalrc !ESt representatives Of the
psrty DO cnCson By members CT the party. Some
81 tine monbeEs Of the party which your com.
initteo Represents have publicly declared that,
ia their opriou. & ma i0rity of tho Virginia
democrats arc 10 sympathy With them. We
cauaGt Gee that they Can obi ct to tie test Of O
democratic primary election. which would only
result, 1t thry be correct, IN viudicatpg their
Judgment. We invoke tie test. Several other
amendments OF Gin1r importance here follow
| In cjtouslon thu committee say "Set king
only tho tIlamph OF Tho untiona! democracy Wa
will c,rdiaiIy lin with sou 10 this effort to unite
al its adh. ren.s. ii it meets your appreciation,
The political destnes of fifty millions of people
should moi, in Cur Judgment, be in aoywse dis
tuiUcd or inpcflled by difference of opinion of
q matter LEGAL to our Stale. We doubt not that
tho people OF Virginia will 10 their own way
dispose OF local questions, but we deprecate
their lntGl lection into national controversies
which eone:rn tbs whole oouutry. To do this
ucT To WOnid only pcrpeluse the strife be.
tween ;ho supporters OF Hancock, which our
letter declares you DO uos desire. Wills We
hayc every confidence that the ticket which We
represent would b, successful. We desire that
tho Ioral lliiuoDoo OF Virginia action may be
eVcIyRhcro felt, ere the battle is ended, and
that oil popular apprehensions may at once be
essot ty that union OF all democrats which will
put her Courso beyond controversy or question"
| Tao readlusters committee Was 10 session
uni' FIVE o click this afternoon, when they sent
th9it reply TO tho foregoing. The reply sets
i1rth that tho Icadjus,ers committee cannot
Consistently submit to aay arbitration les, DO.
tent than that Of tha people of Virginia. Signal
| failure had attended every effort 10 secure the
| popular endorsement 0! the first proposition
| submitted ty the conservative committee (tbo |
lniyed electoral ticket plan).
10 tho people OF Virginia will the read justers'
commIttce consent to submit as arbirators, and
this s tho casits: and most eoGclusiye solution
OF the whole matter.
Tho last analysis Of democracy Is that the |
H., lj!ty must ru'e. and by this Standard it is |
proposed to measure and contract the strength
i Of the Opposing parties. The amendments pro
posed 10 tho readlusers pao might be sub.
stan!ialiy granted with ono exception; that is
the amendment rrovid!ng that mono but legal
voters Tho arc rational democrats shall par
&c ra.a III the proposed primary election. In
| relation 10 this amendment the committees SOY: !
| We cannot AID will not yield 10 any demand
| that H0uid place u3lu The position Of abandoning
faithful Allies, and VIC cannot o1nc ,de that any
| nRn's democracy Is to BIO concluded by his vote
10 S1G by his previous political opinion or asso
Citations, or By the fac! that three weeks before
election lie should Tot hrvo paid his ospitstion
tx. which by law be may pay at any time be-
| lore election. We propose TO recognize 10 the
| pTij :cttd primary every registered voter who, |
| by participation therein, should show purpose
to support Hancock ard Eogish. We saw and
\ r-6, 4, 4
DO demanded OF The voter. Why should dem.
cctat5 wish to place limits upon the member
ship Of the party? Why should they not see
sod welcome converts snd recruits? The reply
then goes on ct some length TO apply the sug-
gtstlcu5 OF tho conservative proposition TO
| the pt!tlcs of otter States 10 connection With
national nttalIs. aud Gays "our desire 10 to at
tract, cot rhpel, voters for Hancock and Eog.
| llsh. We have deemed that to be the democratic
work Of the hour. We tavo not supposed that
the political anti csden's of voter DOR his color,
could constitute valid reason for rejecting his
assistance to our cause. and 10 this view wo have
been supported by tho chairman Of tho national
democratic committee. As to the policy and
duty OF seeking to obtain for the Hancock ticket
elements Of strength heretofore given to repub-
licsn candidates, we have upon This committee
| which you have addressed and which is now re-
plying TO you. gentlemen who did not vote for
| the national democratic candidates at the last
presidential election, but WHO are to day active
and earnest supporters Of Hancock and English
Was it expected that they should be ostrscised
| We cannot permit the democracy of any read
ulster who adheres 10 the platform of the July
convention and supports tho ticket they proclaim
to be challenged and denied under sanction of
this com mittec." The communication con.
| cludes: But this letter is not written for the
| purpose Of further examinations between our re-
spec!lve parties, though the manner OF your re-
lection Of our proportions of the 18th instant
made it necessary that some notice should be
taken of the reasons alleged for that action, It
only remains to cay that with and upon those
proportions, constituting in our Judgment
just liberal and democratic plan for concsntrst-
ing upon one ticke!-the Hancock ticket in
| Vlrgnis-we rest our case. The conference
seems to have developed nothing more thsn the
OF views OF cur respective parties