Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1880-03-11

dstrc; committee for investigation. ..-...--,-,-.
The President stated that he coUl! convince
the committee of the correctEess OF lis s:andipg.
a Discussion arose as to whether the Prcti
dent should continue TO pre.i 10 Ieuding the TO-
ves!igatioD, but tto point was stuffed By the
President himself, who rtq tested Dr.. Murray
to take the chair
The committees ", r3 anr ICED, MIR. Gra-
ham btiog on that oil Supplies AID Mr. Cation
on that Of Literature.
The Democrats and the RCaiiusfers,
The C0rseIvatige State Central Committee
met in Richmond last Light FIR he purpose OF
tho Democratic National Convention. Ia the
discussion upon the position u members OF Tho
c)nmittte vino had acled with the rcadjusters'
party, and who llsd been, as thoy CLAIMED, read
out OF Tho C0nse! Vat,v5 party for their oprosl.
ton TO tho MtCulIoch debt bll Dr. Wao. of
Williamsburg, twc, refused to cay whether no
would CT wJu!d not pledge himself to support
| tho Demo cratic CT a0y other DomDce for l'resi
| dent !; hut finally said Us bclwacn Grant aud
| Tiljen. h" was in favor Of tho former, but as
| between Hancock a1d Grant he was 10 favor Of
| Har Geek
tie WAS followed by Messrs Groncr. Of Nor
| folk, and Stngal!. Of Henry courty, who digs
timely agreed with Dr.. Wiso i'll opposing any
call for q State cpLvoctIon, which olil should
| Include all who desire tho Glcction OF n Demo-
cratic President. Tho proposed call il 50 vide
as to locludn everybody who desires to BIO q
| Democrat IN national politics. no matter Of what
| disposition, 'l0r or condition, Present or past.
| MIR. Stovall commended that II Was tiuo for
| Virginia to LEAD the great progress Of Tho South
lilo said, There is oa one side the dead calcA,s
| OF Democracy, en- tho other hand Tho living
folc, CT great party. and it became Virginia
to be part Of tho living md net Of tho dead
| Tho conclusion is that tho Icadiustors who
arc III ,mbers Of the oommittco arc entirely un-
willing to tsko part 10 any democratic or con
| servatiVo movement, End they arc holding al o0f
| for future developments.
| The committee linalIy decided urou tho 10Th
Of May rs tho timo and Riohmond Is tho plaoo
for holding the convention.
A committee of three was appCiotcd to invite
tho readi listers TO participate.
MessrS. Wise, Groner and Stoval entered a
protest agliLst tho action Ct tho committee,
taking the ground that tho action of tho co.,
| selvatiVo committee is tho doiog of faction
|
/ opposed to the McCuooh bill settlement. That
the brctch in tho party was caused by this
Same laoiUn, which, in tho beginning, said
they tsted and would give no quarter, but met
with overwhelming defeat at tho pcs, and
| claiming that tho intention nf tho committee
is to "seduca and disarm' tho reajjustors,
and that thc Cvortures spring mot from love,
but lear, and concluded by promising that
thorc would be readjustCr convention, ard
warning tho rcadjusters not 10 allow themselves
| to DO betrayed by Judas kiss.
| The following is tho call:
| a convention of tho Conservative parfy of
| virginia will be held 10 the city of Rlobnond
90 the 18th day Of May, 1850, ct - H., for
tho purpose of appointing delegates to the
Democratic National Convention, which is to
meet in Cincinnati on Juno %, 1880.
All Conservative, Democratic. or other oiti,
zous OF Virginia, Irrespective CT past political
| associations or differences. who are willing to
unto 10 tho { Hort fer pure, economical, and
| constitutional government. ind intend to sup
port tho nominees OF tho Cincinnati Convention,
and TO Oppose the nominees OF tho Republican
party. arc cnrtl ID 10 participate 10 meetings to
send delegates 10 the said Convection.
| There shall DO ono delegate AID ouc alternate
TO every o1e tuaGred Conservative voters and
| the basis III the IIdcn and Il,niriska vote in
FlTgiGla IN November, 1876. 10 be c!t c:td or
| appointed III such manner ~ tho county and
! ciLV organization may pIG:crlbe.
AID tho following was Also adopted:
Whereas, roGlHrg the lsc; The couscryati-
| tlVni ut Virginia, though divided upou tho loo
| and transient issue of tho State debt, arc IN
c>mmuniGn al! sympathy up0n the great issllaa
hat dlV!I!" HE CLuutfY, TIA! diverse VIcWsrD
| on that lssua in n9wis. effect the rclllioos of
| constituents or representatives. with the great
national rar.les That ara about to c5mrete FIR
! mo fuitinSes OF tho rcJic-Itco2G Z;ng that
We ME upon The eve OF crtlc, cotH c., ic
which thn 'hcr'Ies OF thn people aad tho per
Dan"Ec' OF rec constitution are to BE- nntu
| e0hlz"d b0 pfuSG,hia monupOiss and politc,l
| Combinations, which seek 10 suUrert Tic COURTS
lnio servile Instruments of Federal oppression,
| TO degrade the States into dependent proviuccs,
upd to destroy the fundamental principles of
popular right upon which our Government WAS
| iouuded--Wo hold 1t TO be the plao duly of all
conservatives AID democrats to lay aside all con.
sideral,on WHICH might lmpalr their usefulness
and TO COMO together 10 cordial union to support
theso fundamental principles, and uphold them
"a paramount anu vital; therefore
Rcsovod, That the chairman appoint com
mltcc OF thrco TO communicate tho action of this
Committee to the State Central Committee of
the rcatlustcr party, aud request them to 90.
operate with US, AID to urge upo1 oil the con-
soivallvo voters Of tho State to psclic;palc in
tho primary meeticgs held 10 scnd delegates 10
tho State Convention.
iy&H-a ar THE N.7E.