Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-01-21
The Hour aud the Duty.
e editor of the alexandria Gazette

~ Dse eHttOT ~ Ire -iteI0N0ftG Ou-ettc:
That this Commonwealth is 10 iG.mintlt
danger Of passing through the ordeal itcm
which were saved as by ite" the s ates Of
LouisiaDs, South Carolina aud Mississippi does
not admit Of an honest doubt. The Hsyf.rlag
man tt ough fool sses this as CLEARLY SIS if be
were possessed of the wisdom of the sou CT
Sir: CO. The evil is dead y; it is overwhelming;
it is ut cur doors. Ho9 is it 10 be avoided? Tic
answer TO this question is to be found 10 he
history of the NM unliies II, have enumera!-
ed. How do these people reSa!D the au;on-
om7 OF their States, their lost liberties aod
their ;mpsElled c!Vlliz.tien. Oo:y by the bard
log together as one mao IF Gil tucif I'd peo.
p'; OF ali people CT property, o! iute!lgrnce, Of
enlightened humanity, against the mass ii bru
tai lguoraEc sno degeacracy TG:cd .3sc up
aReicst them. Il is true there was 10 ihiuly
Y lied p1etext, su,h as 50 called "resdius ncpl"
IT rs 10 Virginia. This tny makes uur coadi
t'or he more perilou5 Tor whvu ! i the lus.
It ofice, when did no copulous Snlvery fail to
SEE; upon just surb i nsy vulIs to buc
the tlsnt OF Weak but hvucs, mcn? NJ ore
believes that the Virginia people We meau the
Legitimate Virginia people. the Virginia peep e
not created by lev sora ches OF N,rthern
pens, ever !nteUd5d 10 turn uvsr tn=lr SIsie,
0tuod hand and loot, 70 the Possession OF q
gang OF spoilers. But just this thiog t4s been
done 1t must be uooJre aud that quickly or
| the C0mmouWeath, her lGRs. her lib, t:lvS, her
| c Villz ,tlon, her home affairs h,r reiigion-a
olesslog 70 the young, S0Rce to the aged
sleep the sleep that knows 90 king.
Beside this stup:cdous c.laml;y right here
at home how worse than lusIsalfc,o; is all bah
BILE abou. the next P.e5i6cot OF the Uuitcd
States. His Very title ~ bis eIiog So oasm.
What hevI the people OF stricken, al in Jycr
| lshed, q totterlng, DISTURBED State 10 d. with
him-with thst great tauctionary who locks
upon VlrgllisDs as little less than alien enemies
With that great iuoclionery " DO is of c. ssity
| the heed and iruot, the eubo6imeu ct CT q part,
| which has been ard Gao oeser te ought clse
than scouigs to them? Tneir only salvation
lies 10 gleIdlug to the Inevitable, IS q matter of
course, tut sl,o 10 forming Wall # sdamsni
arcunc thelr ZONES eud th,ir 6;esides. Let
| the 'detai Government be yisidiy obryed, but
| let al! DOMESTIC treason be as 1isidly s.amp,
out. The luIklDg legendary Withio and not
| the outside sss:laot Is the party 20 be dreaded
| nov. The General G,v.romeGt viii make GO
assault upon State that is uoited; il will
specify d5banch aud d. roy one that is divld
ed SO. Let aII 'tflrts lh:n of oil good neu be
| directed towards wiusrg bsck our honest bat
mistaken brothers. Let the hun blest ci
| z2n, white and black, be made 10 feel That
| there Is no safely for him ucde. the iu'e of 6
| league OF desperate adveo.ursis. La South
| CarOIlna. 10 her dark days, the sheriff5 hard
aud tina auotlooeer's hammer fell he West 90
the holdings Of tbs negro. Ii the white man J
| property WAS put up for sale it was Fought up
| by him or his kin, bu: the blacks we'd, for GOOD
aud all, This is the universal law. It is the
stroDg who stand.
Let there be D1t one xception 10 the general
| ruls that the factonst Leaders DC fired upon from
every colgne OF advantage. This exc 'ptiou c o.
sistso the distinguished parsonage ell, ed to be
the oeW Senator from Vi.giuia. For obvious
reasons General Malone should be left sew.
ercly alone. If be decides TO &C With tbs ouv
hope Tor his State, the conservative party
we'll Ii sl!h the r putlcsus-wetl TOO. Then,
aud he knows it-ike Ac &c 70, be will be cstoa
by his own dogp.
A d now Dir: Elitor, this article e.unot be
better cor c'uaed tuaD by roprodt c,,g the *
c'IIeot suggcs'ioas IF "Plai1 Farner,H orc Of
your late contributors: For legislative Gun
cs and for the National Cougrfs, 80 wait
men CT large experience, and sound Judgment,
and b: S! OF all, Rooo oommon sense uca-mcn
VITO hive showa good busioess o.aahii,ies BIZ
the successful mat az. N ut of their Own private
affairs, and who will earus SLY labor for the
propor development Of our vagod aud uar;val,
led natural resources Il