Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-07-03
Thc Presidency
editor Of the alexandria Gazette 4:

President Of tho Untcd States James a. Gar
field, of OHIO and fur V!oo President CHESTER
A. Arthur, CT NV York; tho democratic st
Cincinnati, AID Nominated WiaGs!d Scott Han.
cock, OF PeIu:yvati,, fer President ard Wn.
Ii. English, Ct Indiana, fer Visa President. 1t
| will ba sea tia! ncither OF The tgo erca! pa-
| tonRl conventions were held 10 tho Lotto Goa"
| federGto States, rcr that their rouiaces are
robels but ics.eal, James A. Garfield, the re-
publican nominee fer President, VS. a bliaadier
general 10 tho Federal army. tEl WirGod
Sc)tt Harc3ck. tho 1,mcc:a;i, uonlGsc for
| President. msior general. Tha iw, nominees
| fer Vic, President. supHcS3. were a: hocla
devo!iog their whole ine aod aHeu:i,n 70 the
| m ,pufsc uricg Of ammunition i,r tie uss OF
| the Federal array. don't suppose FIR q mo.
neut that aLy ono Will question their 10y ally.
Unfortunately was not 80 loyal. l Was What
| tho Yasks call Johnny Rel; consequently al
| Of my presidential aspirations 40 killed, and
tho only thing left mo IS tho very great pleasure
| Of choosing between james A. Garfield, #
Ohio, eud Winfield Sc)st Harccct, If Peunsyl
vanis. which. en- happy to sap, | shall do
with great enthusiasm, espoc 'ay after rlvicy
| Ing tho two gcotIcmeh'5 military IS well aI
| civil record. Gen. Garfield is furnished u, by
| that patriotic republican loVirg crssp, the New
| York Tribune, that is forever resdy aud wiling
to stoo3 to any msau aud filthy get r tho pur.
pose OF ltlurirg tho South. merely ios political
clli'al. How ditfsreot its tone now lrcm what
it was when the democratic party nominated
! Horace Greedy for President of Tho Unted
States Then with oil of the hypocrrc1 imapi
pablo it talked soft talk. tsfy talk aud every
thing that WaR sweet, bat With DC sac,: 81. Dear
I'D Virginia, en- proud to ssy, was blessed
with Intelligence enough to ossi her vote for
Gauarsl U. S. Grant, the gallant o1mm a1dcr CT
the Uoiou army, who was at tho ifo1t battling
calamity for the restoration CT the Uoioo, and
nat fer tba editor Of that radical sheet, tho
| New York Tri5uDe. who vas 10 The brmproot
department, battling Tor dollars and c,uts. Vir-
GINA will again bs iourd rexs November in
line OF battle, marking ti1io TO The bea.iog of
mo Ral1ot Hatc)ck's dtuD, ready 10. tho
| Command TO march Oh TO viosors.
The Tribuoa, speaking Of Ger Gui.'ds
military rec"d, says: Gen. Garfield met With
| Citm!pt q. Valal dighep, ct Ohio, at General
llostoIan hcatq1sricrF, who was 6tiag bao-
| lshed South for his treasorabic sulimcut, aud
| at al carly hour 10 the N 1rning Nj. Tell4n1iy-
/ am, With al at, cation Of urcJLc!rn ard light
EoartedncSs, throw himself INFO O Tragic al,
aud in mock heroic ven cxcano', u1G.iaS
from SaakspetrJ-
Nights carclcs are burnt GU; and i3cuad day,
Stands ;lptos % tho misty Eouata,n top;
Hero it is sid. Vail sndisham heiia.od,
when GNG.d ql;cty, but qa'cly. flashed tho
speech ty aGdia.--
must b. goao and liV1, or s:ny a2d die
At this Walls CHAM il said TO have b.ushcd
scarlet as no tneds lis apoEc MIN. Hog much
batter and m}rc fitting Goo. Cal ic!a's roiorl
would have been c,uid it hav, bean maids row
instead OF than. lie oju,d hlva sail. with his
calm AID dow, like box
3, souo ssh I've forever,
Teke lhcsa Mobeicr atd D. Il JIyr. c'ainla,
" stay, Clio poor; no ntver-
Here is coy friend Oakes Amte.
Still later 10 tho VAT til, Trituoc rsvorts him
AZ haairg mUt q Sou!heIn gentle man (tha, ks
for thu vcu!iemnpl with whom he touph. his
md great battle, in argument, MS 10 tho
policy ut the war, and 81 fhEcibc aud powerful
was G:ncrGl GNfi,!G'd argument liza. tho
South'ra gentleman dii not r.c1guz, 'lis vile
and children when no r,aohrG hone |. ,,as
reported ! every EEp'r ~ III lalci Sat 3.
bJ;h N,r,h a"h Sour, ;hst Was IN thr silsi;cst
loyal IL 'hu Uo!tcd SiRscI GyverEm ~ AMI
GalIeIt sc;OGd ;rg: nst;lt Wis .ron, anl
every cac c,Evirc,d that he Il sew; q! tn rcuu
! taloa In hal sn hornraby won asa;n,t such
htsTY o:d4 - "a gentleman well varsch IN
Shakespeare, and br; ott c,ns!aa,u ion IL fra;
c'6s5 ms: III n'l ia2, uru tho slavery
QUESTION.
Tho liirl and last h,'In psrt;cia.iua il b;
| General Catfish IL n. EhlnamaayI, ard ne
| Tribune beautifully dcsorbrs lis chnarli1n, dur
| log Il C hotties: ii TIC 6>ht. 10 dep .av,rc,
seated b4klnd u larie dead trnr. With white
| dove hoveIit 6 10 i s tragcnts nbjvJ him, vii |.
no Tss CALAMITY writing, i. il supposed, a DIS
| patch 70 q; n. lost crars; It might have bcoa
| his WILL 90 one knows out The whito dove that
tho Tr;buaa reports FL oVrl ,nklt him. hfcr
| tho battle had asna, tho white dove Il W away
| Moth, carr; itg in its mouth scnnthing gre. q,
| surpassed IL be- an civ, branch. General Word
| called General Il sGsld atiCuliun to tho d.
| partnre Ct ;be dove aad remarked to General
| Cart ! lh., i: was hu omen CT peic,. General
Garfield vas more lhla wiling to believe it was,
aud very soou stiusk north 10 Tho w.ko Ct tho
white Wlog:d mi sseuScr seut from heavao TO
| Inform him that his great ebi'llies, tibet had be-
como nsIlo1a, were more ,ceded st hcma 10 The
coutcls OF his couotry than fghtioS-
| Down 10 acaal niac. uuderreath III, ground"
y; any othtr safe place from rebel bullets fouad.
| So ends The b;l;ia. military career of G,p.
James A. Garfield. tho republican nomiuce,
IS psrty given By the Nav York Tribune bear
leg date of Wednesday, June %, 1880. When
| We have the honor OF hearing from this dis
| ti1Guishcd gentleman again. he is 10 the Con
gross CT tho Uniled Slater, very much unlike
the dove that he'd .iotcd hic, safely cut of tho
army. Crying in his m2u:h 40 diva branch,
tut instead he holds boldly cai drisnt!y
| bloody slirt 10 one hand to ir ghtgu limid voters
of the Ncrth with. ard 10 tho othtr his blue
| lluoel grip SICK filled with tribes. Ga ono
side of the grip ck is plainly written, AN
honest man is the nobest work of God" AID
oa tho other side, "lo luck-O-kes Anes acw
sleeps under the scd."
The New York Tribuao then he's The cheeky
| impu1eroo in its ISSUE OF tho % h 10 Soy that
in an hour ofoxcitement ard passion tho demo.
Gratis have lost Gil chauo;s # victory, By Dou:-
Da'ing military mon. that res m5lea very
much an Eaplish mastltf. Sill it gives General
Garfield military career 10 tho country "a