Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-07-15

Tic true Dcmccrec OF Virgins; so far from it,
although veil knowing the time and rlsco fer
TIC tnocjlog q the convention, and lis object
IS vel, they took oa.o to hs7s their convention
meet at peIl)d sIbseq lent to tho meeting Of
both the national Republican and Democratic
conventions, aud fer members ct their couvcn-
Ilon they bad members cf tho last Republican
State convention Rho never have renouloed
:helr a!!csiarc, to the Republican party, ard
make GO pfcterco Of having done so.
TICS! statements are made by this committee
with 20 purrose to emb!ter or prooug the uu,
fortunate dtferetc's between follow democrats,
but IN order to show tho efforts that havo boon
made Tor barnony sud union, ard how they
Lave failed.
The c)usso OF the regular Democrats oreani.
zatlon has tcen marked by pctttc; openne s.,
AID cald)r. No ore has ever been given rea
son to doubt or to q1eston that thcso to whom
the cocdpc: OF the affairs OF the party have
01en entrusted Eero animated by but one single
avoWed purpose. to wit. tho SUCCESS and tri-
umph Ct tho Cincinnati nominees. Virginia
has Democratic ms ority CT forty thousand,
aud she C IN be Iledged to Has cock and Eogsh,
uGlcs5 largo uumber of The people permit
themselves to b, deluded iato dcse.tion of OUT
ticket, Which, knowing as wo do the good sense
OF tho people and their devotion to Democratic
principles, VIZ caonot believe to BIO pts ib!c.
AT thus cay. when tho Democracy of tho
Whole Unloo are buryirg s'ritts mlpy of which
CT OF the gioTth OF years, wo solemly appeal
t, cur fellow Conservatives and Dem ocrats OF
FiTGlcla to merge their differences, 50 recent
10 their o:iGla ard SO iorcgn to this cootes.,
aad Unite IN iraterna ard enthusiastic effort
10 deliver our country from the long rulo of
cJrrurtor, prctlisecy, and assault upon law,
which has dlsgrGc,d il and put Constitutional
lib .rty III mortal peril.
Mr.. Rpb'. Beverley moved 10 test tho sense
CT tho c.mnittec, that the committee has
nriiher the power nor tho disposition to mako
aoy charg, 10 the electoral ticket"
Mi s. s. Turner, of Warren, said tho Dem.
ocraho coLvsn!ion has put "a electoral ticket 10
tho tl:lJ. This committee has no authority or
power, he said, to rlm)Ve from or add to that
electoral ticket. The committees full work
wsS to SEQ that this ticket Of tho convention is
elected, aod he wanted to 20 right to work in
that direction.
Cspt. Uuagia said he agreed fully With Mai.
Turucr.
Mr.. Ttipg rrts,nel tho following paper
wri!tcn by Mr.. Wyudham Robertson
ut is an old game to kiss 10 order TO bc.ray.
Gan any doub. that Gan. IIaucjck owes the
late, it may be called tho belated abortion Of
him by the Rcadjrs:cr leaders to their private
aims, indifferent though it might result III dc.
festing him? DID any ono OF ,hom or their
organs speak good word for him till uominat-
cd ut Claoiunati Does he owe to their leaders
or my ono of them his selection there Was
their assembling at Richmond and nomination
there anything in effact but q conspiracy that
might defeat him? Shall wo still, ct
10 end Ct ccutmias. tru'S tho Greeks
bringing presents? Shall We trust tho
ermcd hand OF known hatn TO carIslus, bcc,u 10
tho false hos icqnir, iritcrnalIv alter our
health? Shall no cXpcricLco tcGch US to look
through tho profession to tho motive? Has not
heaciu:tcrs;n. as n party, long been az ao am
less ship up "ltr CoScs and a marke,?' Wa,
it Dot ready to run 10 Port Gtaut or Port Car
field, c!ud it tn. get good pric, fo7 lis mer.
chaninbo ware? Add now shall lis mercouary
masters, rerced by them, be admitted toto
Pert Hancock For ono sag No! "fimco
Danaos ct dona ierentcs." Good RcaGjusters,
WHO gre y1t no! tho less truo to their country
and to constitutional Democracy, will not re-
fuso their support to Hancock, now tho stand,
ard bearer Ct both, because they favor read
jnstmant OF the Statc debt. 1t is plain that to
vote the new 20 called Hancock ticket is. in
truth. oDiy to itiure lis cluSo aud assist towards
his Gorat. ihCs, who got UP this spuriou,
'ek,t, hope less I9r his SUCCESS than his failure
Tor, k0oTn, as hu: halt hearted friends, they
caa expect hu' lit!lo recognition in tho first
event, phllo they will be all hailed and reward.
cd in tho stcond by thcs, who will &c benefited
by TIC political tIcachcry. Thtal plotto1s in
my npI min I A,
should b, refused recognition by tho DINO
Gratis party. They can do it les, harm az open
enemies than as false friends, which tier whole
recent course demonstrates that they a7c If
Gen. Hancock has, as is quito possible, at somo
past time, expressed hostility to tho seGsh and
uupat,i0tc cours, Of tho Mahono branch of the
E,acjuitment party, let i. bo made known, and
that would trivo eff that self seeking couo
where il properly belongs-iato avowed opposi
too. Or the National Demootatio Committee
ulght cxpies' itself in such terms as while
wee inning tho votc5.of Rcadiasters who will
Vo.n tho regular Democratic ticket for tho sake
OF Democracy, would yet rtjec. alliance with
those vhc, voliog tho MAhono Democrats
ticket. sec III thereby that they vote it only for
the sake OF RsaCj usterlsm. Fsrit is plain they
a'c NJ tlua Democrats who, in Federal con
test, postpone their fealY to Democracy aud
thdr opposition to Republic nism to auy local
or personal issue whatsoever.
Mr.. Meredith 10 tho COURSE Ct bis remarks,
mentioned that he oano up on the boat with
Capt. j. s. Wise, aud that gentleman said if
his (Mr. Wise's) ticket was elected and Hau.
cock cid not rccrga;zo him or his party as tho
Democrats then that he (Mr. Wisc) woald vote
for Garfield.
Hoo. A. NJ. Kelley was of opinion that the
Committee had no power to take a single name
!rom tho electoral ticket. They could only Gil
vacancies.
MIR. Ficklen offered Tho following as a sutssi.
tutc Tor Mr.. Beverly resolution:
Resolved, That it is the unanimous opinion of
this committee that it is tho duty of every Dom.
ocrstic and Conservative voter in this State to
vote for The electoral ticket favoring Hancock
and English which wss rut forth by tho State
Convention OF May 10Th.
Col. Eeverlcys resolution caused some dis
cusslor, tho sentiments Ct the members b. lag
opposcd to raising any quest IN IS to tho powers
Of the committee. Tho resolution was laii on
the table.
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