Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-07-28

which case VIC shall o5cy.'
Ihe convention fCe.. II Was cIieI ID order
by Go;,ersl Asho,o the put.tvo father of tho
'unpledged electoral ticket scheme end who
has boon publicly and D0tori0us!y, snd without
deLial, Charged with purpose 10 carry Tho State
Ter Grsnt lis temporary chairman vas Il. Il
Ri1d!eberger. Who declared on the 4 DOR OF tho
convention that he had no euloey to psss en-
Hsrcock ard Englist.' It contained within it
between sixty SnI seventy known republican
delegates: OF whom lofty weto Eogross.. No
praise Of our csnclds:es or cause was hoard
throughout its sessions. lts platform co1!sins
no deEunciaioa Of republican crimes against
liberty aid the Scu,h, and no rea! endorsement
CT cur party or its purposes. and such apparent
ENDORSEMENT os is vouChsafed Har c)ck and En-.
2Esn Is iCu9d in phrase whose plain meaning
s, lhst waile not satisfactory to tho convention,
they sra more acceptable than Garfield aud
Arthur.
Strong Opposition was mado 10 tho body to
even this Mid approvsl, aud an effort msda to
chl tue roli of tho convention on the question Of
Sustaining ii; but unwilling 10 risk tho conso.
Querces. both this effort ard another TO spread
on the journal tho p1o!es. of tho republican
nombers wc.o defeated By paris m ,ntary maA =
% lvefiag.
Such i, plsin, unvacn;shed tale of the course
srd purposes Of the leaders of tho July conyen-
tlon with respec. to the national democratic
ticket and in tho light of this statement let every
For tIteen years the democracy Of the Union
bsve longed for this hour, whom, their internal
discoIds hesled, Federal interference with cleo
lions messursbly prohibited, and Congress.
democratic in both houses, securing On honest
count. tboS might take up the burden of e1ecu.
Two administration tnd resume tho record Of
glory, peace, prosperity a2d fraternity whore in
| ls'n !. Wss unhsppily closed To crown these
hopes or blast them ls tho high alternative pro.
posed 20 virginia conservatives. To msintain
! tho regular ticket ia 10 secure tho Static
abandon it ia to put it in great peril. if no. GER
fanny 10 transfer ts eleven electorsl votes to The
republican column.
How in such contingency should Virginia
| conservative Let each patriotic citizen en-.
eWer.
We ssk no ms2 10 abandon any POSITION bis
sense of right msy induce hin to favor as to
Stat. u,stions. 1t is not pretended that any
Federal matter is susceptible of toIution By @
State party, or that any purely Stste question
enters into his national Canvass. Least of all
that in tho great struggle now impending for q
restoration vi n true unitD the gu bect of read
luNioS the debt OF Virginia find, any place.
olhing OF good can come from tho support By
| any conservative of the July ticket to any eau go
tu. the proper cause of the enemies of the South
| and popular iibelty-the republican party
already snd universally the political mana.
gera CT thst party throughout the country SEQ
and glory in tho advantage the July convention
mas gwen tnetn. Every republican organ in the
North snplauds this Malone m ovsmsnt. and as
| soon as i! was co:sum sted Mr.. Jewell tho
chairman OF the republican national committee,
ANNOUNCED for the frat tmo his cnident hope
OF carrying TO tho republic cand d ..es Tho vote
Ct Virginia.
It remains with Virginia conservatives, the
lifo long foes Of all that rspublicsnism repro.
sents, to say whether they will abandon the reg
ular ticks! OF their party and Justify these hopes
| Of their enemies, and this at the bidding OF m on
| now lp notorious alliance with Virginia repub-
lican.. and but recently plotting 10 trarsfer tho
vote Of Virginia 10 republican candidate for
tho Pre.dency, 70 bound up with all tina! is cor.
rupt. pro Nigsta md iyrsnnous in the admin T.
tralioa ot this Government that his own party
have turned their backs upon him forever.
a. nj. KEiLHY,
Chairman ESenniiNn { ON mil