Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-11-30

arcy aud 7iscr recalling the old traditions Ct
the Valley, end after winning splendid me-
ioriy of the Conservative Votes of lis district,
be fell at The hands ct Republicans. aud bis
defeat is their triumph. In his Giit.lc: the
vote s.ocd:
FOR PRESIDENT
| D :mocratic. Republican. Ja'yer.
1OOo2 3G7 6279
FOR CONGRESS
Democratic. Rspubllose. Juiyar.
! gas 1929 10,GG3
Four thousand three hundred sGd thirty
eight Ii 1888 republicans who voted fer Garfield
Joined hands With PIG Julyer votes and sa7o
| Paul 10, 600 votes which elected him. Almost
| to vote the no. 1ri;y Paul received over the
July electoral ticket was the nsi1rity Gsr6e!d
receiycd over tie republican electoral ticket.
Of tho conservative psopla ct his district, Alcn
received mai ,riiy of at last $500 votes.
| In 10 part of the Commonwealth. nor perhaps
! in the country, was more splandld tight uosda
than By Connally Tri2g 10 the Ninth. Nonl.
mated in bis absence and without his so'lc tatoD.
he began his canvass With mt orlty of 5000
egsns! him, and led his forlorn hope with q
knighty courage end iudomi!ablo spirit that
conquered all but the iusuperable. Moro than
4. 500 votes Of this msj5riiy he swept away, end
but for the republican votes received ~ Ms
oppore,t would havo oe:ily wln.
! Unhappily, the result OF The oam9a!so IN The
| Union cid got correspond With our toruas IN
| Virgipia But there is 20 CAUSE for alarm or
despair ct this result; LAS: CT all, is the7o OK
cusc for the suggestion, at or CO II ist u0ga1er0u5
and most inpolitc, thst The time has come for
| Virginia to abandon tho national democracy.
| Every consideration Cfintcrest and Of gratitude
| forbids. Wherever and wherever, fer fifteen
years, the northern democracy have suffered
| defeat. tho supreme cause Of lis overthrow has
been its sympathy with, aud a5Or5 fur tbs
| South.
| 1t hiss bcrae Withcu. murmur tho fatal
| burden OF our friendship. scd has Witnessed liz
| heritage Of States dWindls and vanish under
stc1n ressles5 ard apparently uaa5stlcg, ever
| directed against its alleged devotion 10 tho
cause of the rebels" Tho staple OF all the
denurciation i. suffers chi tho principal sourcc
| of o.! its defeats has been lts deierco OF our
rights. |. has grown familiar With diaastcr,
because il has dared to tc for VI ics ~ aud
speak Of Us kiud,.
| Nor has its devotion to our righis tyo;rcd
| ia santimebt. Search tho Statute book OF
the Uaion for tho past ffIetn Yeas and not
ooo act OF ustoo to tho S0sth or her inter
ests Will be ioutd which was not placed
there by the votes of NJrthcrn democracy; nor
one 40. cf paifidy or oppression which Was not
raised despite their passionate protest, AID
| their rts1lutc, somaLim.S a!m0s. revolutionary,
| opnes:!icD.
| Nor has tho might CT this party departed. 4
political Organization which. sitter lWonty years
| of such repeated reverjes as have beta!lel The
democratic party Of this U aion, Gao 80 rosIy
grasp tho pr,z, of the presidency thss the
charge CT y 900 votes in tho 100. coo bollots
cast in Nov York would alo1o have secured it,
hss hold upon the people, end a r35t 10 tie
very heart OF our system which DO storm osn
break, co assault stv,r II it is ever 70 be- de-
s!rcycd the bloT will not come lrGn Virginia
must DOT.
Another and the mos! important quaation
| sprinsirg from our late victory remains: "sht
| shall We do with il? a year ago tbs consar7a-
tive party was apparently hopelessy rent in
| twain. To.dsy it ia practically united. Con-
fronting i. and all parties in Virginia ida Gu=a'
ton OF gravity, difficulty, and OF constantly sug'
| nel.iHg proportions-the pubic de5t Let
republican Governor and republ IN LeSi:ls-
ture cit in this capitol and the debt question
| will soon BIO settled. The multiplication or taxes
| TO the verge of confscstion has always been
ordered by republican Legislatures IN The South,
| whatever scteme of corruption or plumber re-
| duired It. To ts1 properly out OF existence Tor
| the purpose Of paying tho State dob: would BIO
| tho summit Of patriotism compared With tie lex
| legislation which defles the history Of the TO-
publican rulo 10 South Carolina and Louisiana.
| And yet this is the alternative Ct conservative
unity in Virginia in 1881.
! Already tie question has been discussed in
| every form and from every side. Pisn5 Ct ad.
| tus!sneat without number have boon prepared
| Tor tho public consideration, end no new light
| save VIII 1t may be thrown by the asaes5ment now
| in progress, and By pending litigation in the
| Federal courts can possible lumine tho subject.
| There is an earnest and uuiVerGl desire tor
speedy and final and fair settlement BY nine.
| tecnotwentietns Of the poopie-we believe By atl
| who do not hope to thrive on the agitation. IT
! would be most unjust sspersion on tho con1er-
vatiVe people oil Virginia to suppose that they
arc wanting either in the will or power to resolve
this, Sd we'll es evory other Guilty, which the
| cxisenciss Of their new political relations have
| forced upon tn; m Il would be G fatal blow 10
every interest OF the State il tho solution should
| full in the hands OF cur adversariec.
! Within tho Office OF this committee lie, TO
| further duty or privilege regarding This great
| mestuto Of public policy than the expression OF
Gu, ardent hopo that tho best wisdom of our
people, of whatever position heretofore On tie
public debt may be honestly directed to its set.
Element; and an abiding faith that such an effort
must succeed. Let US approach it with duo re-
gard for honestly entertained o. Mons however
adverse to our own, ard with the Tesolute plr.
pose 10 do eut utmost TO be just, and aa honest
adjustment will be reached, and the disgrScetul
spectre of reputation forever bslishqd from
Virginia.
Upon the platform of ouch settlement tle
true people Of the Commonwealth will stand in
| 1881 Is they stood this year for Hancock, and
cur successors will have tho happiness of coz
graduating the people on victory moro decd
ed and important than that which evokes on,
preeen. felcitations, and to have contributed 20
which, however, humbly. is tho amplest Coca
| penss!ion fer our labor.
&. II. KELLY,
Oh. of the State EI, CcEl
Richmond, Va, Nov. q, 80.
bow MEN DISAPPEAR IN new YeRK.-Two |
W all street men, Mr.. Evans end Mr.. Reid, are |
now missing, of whom their friends have not the |
least trace, and OF both of whom it may be said