Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-05-03
The Discussion ut svarrensOn.
Reptrted for the Alezau3Iis Gszettc,

Olalc. IL WAS IesIy tuluslpH tp s:c lidul OuoUe
the Fancy Jim Crow Polka" to regular old
fashioned ia rr meeting b5m. a IL to him lest
Monday (crur. day. 10 the town hall, at War
leptcn. by Psrson John f. Msssio, one of The
Lord's stump orators" but who i, now sptcu-
latiug Very freely 10 politics. The Parson il
certsioy a folclble debster. with % much check
as q Government mule, and it is to no regretted
that the devil has D. .uadsd him 10 Kick OFT
of harness. The following was. as we'll as |
remember, the first four lines Of the hynn:
THIS is Iaad Of pure delight.
Where fuuders NJ er will r,igo;
Readiusters buried out ct sight
Would rise aud steal again.
The whole audience (Secreta1y L. i. ".
Lake. WGo has no car for music. Excepted, J
joined in the chorus with vim, thai wcat n
this way:
o., weep not, fundcrs. weep no;.
Il is our couotry's cal
To ray p;rt o: the S&aC deb,
That you may not steal all.
will venture TO say that no one 10 tho house
eli Dyed il moro thaa tic secretary did, Wit
| messing the Psr:op uake tho wool fl cut Ct
poor lutle Ham. VIVA, aiiy l0r the S. crctary
that it was made fly to ont OF the Shepherd in-
s cal OF a sheep: be could tbcn have purchased
| apd made handsome commission Cut Of the
ftc,, Il vas the 6rss time had ever listened
| to q debate between fuldcr AID readjustcr,
| aud it was very LILO point to dettc. from the
argument tho "tother from which" Tho crly
| way could tell was to watch very enthu.ias-
tic cross eyed reaCjuitcr, who, limegireI, firm
the sntci he cur, tait very much ike go old
| Womaa did a. camp mse.ipg. Shs vas kick
lrg up her heels and sLout;og o! terrible rate,
| T:cn cce OF the ministers STEPPED ~ to her
and said, My deor sister, ecu seetH so 7crT
happy, will you tell mo how you fceI?' Ca"
said she, my deer brother, | feel Ike the
Mari1e baud CT tho u lited States VII play iug
10 my stomach that sweet and patriotic cd
tune, Sioh gitttu ND stairs never did see. /"
TIE Prison call Han tarhcel, aud was
loudly appIaujed, though The applause, dou't
| tt iok, was mGIlted, rs what he said was boz
| r0wcd and Lot oIigital. Iio also accused Ham
of ithueuCiog Governor llollid-y to veto the
Riddle berger bill, which was out ii lace, and
| very uLbaoumiog 10 the Parsou TO Try to i'm
press upon an iutClIieent autienoe that Virginia
would indeed be Ia dep!oratlJ condition were
she miuuI "tarhscl." lie spoke of tho onu'
| legged Sullivan, who IVES turned tut Of the
pcsri.n OF duCrscep2r of tho House of Dec.
gates and two Legged, aD!e-boGied gorilla
! sui stiIutcd ii hi4 p.aca, a'd said it ringer
IVES not good enough for the position OF door
keeper. he would b. very thankful irr some ono
| TO tell him T1at he WIS good for? aad ho
| thought that one legged man who wSs fool
| enough to iua against q two legged one deserved
to b, beaten. Tho negro,s present., and qlie
| q large portion 1t tho suaiei c. were nesrocP,
chi yc1 hugely the ParsOh' 5 IDEA OF tho rae.
lie seems TO delight 10 saying sorleihicg oto.-
sonally that will caus, Afr!ch to howl. lie
commended that the elandcst opportunity that
| had ever presented Itself to Virginia was now
rr !st nted 10 th9 shape Of an uopledgeh electoral
| ticket, which was tuiu to wiz nc tho November
| election, aud that it wGull 10 that Vlrgiais
would not oDy have tho honor OF bMng the
father OF Presidents, but by h >diqg tho balance
OF p0Wtr, which Was Tor sale to tho hiRht st
bid ier she Vou'G be tho maker OF President.
| am afraid that thero Would not TO eq much
honor attached TO Virginia for President that
| eleven uuplcdeed rcstins'irg electors would
make Us the Parson thinks for. lit were left
with na, wOull say that murc hontrahl,
and c0muendaho raco could be mado with
| rlevon ono legged nisg RS, plofg ID to one party
or tho Other. Going 1t Lliud, even 10 draw
! polka, is known TO the rrOi ssion to result dis
| as.rousV, aud il is to be hoped that o. so0si,c
man Wrl allow himself to bu persuaicd tn fol-
| low su,h sniadsl advice. Tho Plrson. | have
90 doubt, has often directed Sirpcrs how to r.
Nclly ioIlI@ tha narrow psth that leads to
heaven, but tho ono he is directing damocret'c
reaC jusltrs to fellow now is met too rocky, and
| will ueVar lead to v;c.ory. There wcro very
| few demo Gratis present that had ary iotuntion
q supporting such ticket.
Ham Was violently opposed 10 auy harest
d1moorat t,lowiug such kypocrite ss larson
alassle toto no radical camp; said his psalm
Staging meat radicasm ADD not tho State
| debt, and tha! the Parsoo stoad 10 Albersrc
couotY. hls bane, pretty much as Ssm: son y.
Bryly cid 10 Fauluier. sm unatle to tx-
| plain how that ia, lut rotiocd that ths c3u:-
| parsoO osnscd the Parson TO show considerable
| temper. Han lhco weat CO with a series oil
| IarratloGs OF his individual Ltfots fer the go1d
OF tho deuGtrluc party, acknowledged that he
he'd dono the democratic rcadjusttrI, who
! bought proper to differ With hun upon ,bc
State deht. o great itustco Ia reading them
| cus of tho parry, and asked If they wero not
Wli'log to forgive 90 OsrlGg brother, when he
frankly aod koncra5y acg uoWIcdged that he
had done th:El grssc WroaS Tor which lie gas
DOW scrry, end wcnld they not ros tsko him
by tic hand Erd bl . him to iits FROM the
slough OF despcpd tho democratic parry of the
Stat, 1t Vas to him iodrci q sad sight to
witness The da,E cloud that IS GOV s,lllug over
dstr cd Vreiria' aud if giving Ills lie would
break the cioui, and cause the dark rpist 10 to
rooe forever. ADD the dear old Ccmm2p wealth
oLcs mo,e to presp:r syd iaak with hog orable
democratic States Of tic Union, ho would cheer
fully do So lie sid it would give him pleasure
to support en- electoral ticket put for gard bv
the reaci l:ter5. pledged to The nonince of ;be
CinciDnau convention. fer he loved kis patty
more tbsn be did tho State debt, aud SO ia. a.
be was individually cote rnct, it made but little
citf renee whether the dsbt was paid or rtpu-
dated. lie believed 10 low tax aud would b.
glad if hi, could be reduced. tut at the sane
time ne didn't wish to bc guilty Of dlshonor-
able Got 10 seNoInpIish j.. ssa ought cot Han
to be forgiven and does be dCstrv- to b. nd;
culsd any longer BY the reac ilsfers2 Tie tLi,f
was pardooed 90 The cross, and I'm quite surs
Ham is NJ worse than the thief; Their. fore, it
would b, Do'hing mere than justice dooe the
little "fsrhecr' to pardon him as he has re.
pented sDd acknowledged his sus. and ssktd