Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-08-09
TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 0

Dir. Blair, the Malone nominee for the cthco
OF Attorney General of Virginia, is curious
man. He is curious 10 moro ways than ono.
He is native Virginisn, and yet puts such q
low estimate upon the valuo Of honor that he
says it won't buy breakfast. He is g candi
aato Of party that profesles to BIO the real and
only lrio debt paying party 10 the State and
Yet be would repudate 5000. 900 of The
Virginia debt. and would apply tho same prin-
oiple By which be wants that obisot accom-.
pllshed to the National debt. 10 the speech
ho delivered hero Saturday night ho gave Ut
teranoe to many curious remarks. IIo said the
lesven of MahonisIn was leavenng tho whole
lump In this as 10 other sections OF the State.
Well, this may DO so. but if il is, the lcaven 10
ell The other s;ciOns of tho State has died 10
tho democratic party. AID is ony working 10
the radical lump. Ha defended tho adniinis
tra.ion of Gov. Wells. Ind said The democrats
had tqaandered tho Ilsthorlc treasury ld: ty
hin; aud yet durlng all tho Intervening years
he has ncVSr before opened his mouth about
what. II no be true, was criminal spOIiallln OF
the people. He said the SUCCESS of tho Tepudi.
atOrs would indcct capitalists to rush 10 Vir.
g!ui. IA the place above ali others IN which TO
InVost their money, whon every one Of his
hcarer5 Intelligent enough TO ku0w auything,
knew that Bcs Oh capitalists who recently con-
tfmplatcd iovestiog $3.50, coo 10 this city wero
deferred by tho dread OF tho reputation idea
supposed to be prevalent in Virginia. and that
"a former republican, Mayor of Alcxaudri now
real Estate agent 10 Washington, says it il
lmposs bio for him to ioduce men TO lend their
moory 90 Virginia security for tho samo rea.
500. III, said tho waste PLACES of Virginia
were blossoming like tn. rose, that work was
- y e 80 al 10 kup
ply the demand. and that iron furnaces and
other new Industries were sprir cir up all OVER
The STATE. aud yet. that With all this prosperity
the property OF tho State could not stand a TX
OF nifty cents on hundred dollars, Aud this,
too. when 1t Ia n demonstrated fnot that the
properly owners want 10 pay the State debt,
sD1 that those who want 10 rcpudatc It uro
not property owners add would not DO sfft ctcd
W5ro the tax rAiaod or lowered. lie appealed
10 tho ex Confederate soldisrs to koow wby It
was Se,essary to have sectional bitterness in
1881, when, if lhoro wero any such soldiers
among his audience. every one Of them knew
that the SECTIONAL bitterness i, not the Auit If
tho South, which has been inasGsant, 10 aud out
lf season, over slnCe tho Var. 10 its efforts to
tflot that reconciliation 80 essentially requisite,
ntt Tor party supremacy. but for The we'll being
OF tho whole country ard all it's peopla. and
That such efforts have Teen ns necessarily scorn.
Cd and rtleolcd by the DA Reses, Hoars, Blails,
CoLklltgt aud ether Lloody shirt radicals
whom no counts his best friends and who SUD
port him to mar. lie said chat 10 al south
"eaio'n Virginia tho debt payiog democrats
ddn't have enough raen in tboir party to rep.
r. $ ut them IN their recent convention, and vet
a his VOL informed hearers remembered that
nc AID the other speakers OF his party had said
precisely tho san @ thing last yeat, when their
Toasted thirty thousand majority had its only
local habltatlon and name within the anatomy
OF pig. lie said the people of his county had
Jeen sending their cattle. sheep and other pro.
duoa 10 Ao2sDdris but were now discussing the
question OF sending it to moro friendly ciics,
when no knew thst the people of Wytho BIO
have produce to sell are democrats, and also,
that they have always been standing 10 their
own light ty cevcr sending that produce here
Ho said he wanted liberalism to prevail, when
ii record that the chief of bis party dir charR
ed every negro employed on his road who re-.
fuJed 10 vote as be directed. and WAS managing
affairs 10 Petersburg at tho time Gov. Kemper
Whs burned in e6g7 thore for vsto;ns bin
prohibiting the negroes from voting for the
municipal officers If that city. MIR. Blair is q
curious integer of his curious party, and needs
only 10 be heard 10 order that The crooked
means may be seen by which tho few sbito
MaboDites are trying to gtt cficss by the assist
snce Of tho ignorant and prjudo,d negroes
they ale attempting to deceive.
Much of the anxiety oc,asoned by the shoot