Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-10-31

Glyarno.ShIn OF tho Stale. 20 carry the fead- |
u.tcr ,srIy lrio the republican ranks, anc Al
ricanlz, Virgins, aud 10 tho next breath his re-
cord ns negro hster had bsen shown up. And
al: this was btesuso he did what all other demo.
erals did 10 those days of passion. when he Was |
tbs representative, and approved 40 suoh of |
the sentiments OF the white people OF tho |
State. lie plead tbs baby sot aud said no |
! vas not aghsmed TO say that he had cut |
srown thcsa sentiments. Tho circumstances |
| hsd changed and he bad changed With them.
| tie vas not Birad, too, 10 tell his |
friends whito and oolorcd. that, uadsr |
| tie samo circumstances, ho would do
over again what no had done 10 tho war days
! Tho democrats in this osnvnss had tho
impuaercs to come before tho people with q
| platform they he'd already, only short timo
ago, declared 10 be Reputation. After de-
1ounciag tho reediuslers as thieves, 49,, and
declaring that tho law Was sgalns. such actions,
| The democrats now pIedg1 themselves to pay
only per cent. on tho dobt represented by tho
funding bill. end TO do this without Increasing
taxation. Tho speaker declared thst the demo,
cTst9 slono Woro responsible for the existence OF
tho reediustsr party nod was particularly
sovero on Governor Holiday, who. he said,
after being nominated by the readiusters on q
written pledge thst he would stand BY them,
had with ono stroke of bis pom destroyed tho
yoic. Of tho people. Was this tho democracy
that taught that tho will Of the poop!o must
prevail? Blair had b,en charged with saying
that honor would not buy 8 breskfas The
political honor that L. w. NJ. Holiday showed,
after writing tho letter on which no obtained
his nomios,on, 10 votoirg Ito Barbour bill,
| would not buy tho troomslok OF chicken at
Gordorsvc. Tho democrats bad beou 10
power for nine years. and thoy had not only
\ IL lnhk k,,kI ,ol ID la IA
to it By accumulation, ia. He was in favor OF
pssiug every cent thpt Virginia owed. and an
equitable interest. bu. be would never give bis
cors,n! to pay obo cent moro than the just
debt OF tho Stale. The readjuster was tho only
parry that represented tho genuine honor of
the S!sle, giving the history Of tho debt and
msSlug provision for lis payment. IL he had
oGmmit;ed aoy sins 10 the past no wanted them
Gil tr5u,ht to the light, so that if they were
slns he oculd confess aud repent OF them. If
it was necessary 10 tell the people, white and
black, ghst ho thought of them, be would do
50, hut tho past YVES matter OF regret. and tho
read listers wanted to wipe out all past ditter-
orc!S. end start cut Oh new 0Arorr OF poaoo
ard prospc:io'y. Msjor Daniel said bio did not
vote I,r Tho funding bill. 1t that bill wss
right he ought to have voted for i if it was
not right he ought to be fighting it now. Tho
dug bill. which had bacu purchased through
tho Legislature, rl0dgcd tho paymeDt OF debt
tho people ntvtr owed. and Ms # Daniel
when hs voted against II, pledged himself to
light il to tho end. Tho rcadjustcr party wcro
charged With seeking tho support OF the no
gr0cs This was not tho first time patriotic
9hito reorlo Esd sought tho aid Of tho ooIored
people Tho first nsn shot down 10 Boston for
resisting British tyranny was a cOlOred man,
a1d tho dcm9orslio party vas cot too bloc to
accept tho aid Of Tho oolurt1 people 10 1862
Daniel had, when acckiDg tho did of tho colorcd
peorlc, said that the greatest musician Of tho
weird might b placed to tho finost piano made,
and uGloss tho black koss wcro plsyod on IS
Eeil az the white. thcro would DO 20 harmony.
The iu7ltr psp>ri now called him Cameron,
Ni.ilc they called Arnold. the negro Arnold.
whom tho democrats had purchased. Colonel
Arnold. Daniel had said he voted against sub
hitting tho AlcCnltch bill TO tho people in
order 10 rr6veEt tho black hcr1cs OF Eastarn
| Virginia from vniDg against it. Everything
! no, Cameron, hsd said and dono during tho
past fourteen years had been raked up and
published. Some of tho things published
against him might be true. ami they might
not, bet for tho sake Of argument ha admitted
!hom all, and plead as an excuse that all his bad
aaIa wrsG tlonD at a tmo whon all were dong
wrCng. llo then discussed Nlsjor Daniels
|
dh not inlond 10 p,aos himself under tho
| sweeping Indictment of the democratic oardi- |
date Tor Governor, bu: he would ask tho people |
| tc decide the question Whather or not his OF |
| paurHt ~Ss lover Of FREQ Schools lIn lid not
say Daniel WAS rot lover Of tho tfoO sohools |
| II any msa said ho. VIM. T.. Cameron, wanted |
TO give tho chorcd people more than they wore |
entitled to, tho truth WAS not 10 him. The |
reno listers wanted tn conlihua tho oapitation |
tsx end ho Was 10 favor il man would not |
pay that Tax Of taking his pig Tor it. but no WAS
not in faVcr Of tsking tho tight Of suffrage |
a"ay from tho people by rqniring tho pay
mont OF iha oapitalion tax as a prerequisite to |
voting lilo then paid his ompiiments to the |
men "t Tho nation who were licturing the |
rnnplo Of Virginia on honesty. Bsyard WAS !
| Nnrthcrn man with Southern principles, but |
every time he was charged with disoyally, % q |
Presidential candidate, he nIado haaie 10 prove |
| hia loyalty to tho North. Sopator Vance oams
| lftu O population State, and Waldo Ham, |
| ton ohmo from q State with 10000 ooIorod |
| Dtj ]rtY nnl Tho he could be elected Gov |
crror himself he could not secure the State for /
| DiILen. Senator Hill had been visited BY Heaven
| with canocralion of tho tongue for The slanders
| no had uttered. Joe Brown wss never true to
| anything. lilo was the Chief Justice of |
| Bullock. tho man who WAS charged With |
| committing Oil inc wrongs 10 GetrSl6. Tho |
speaker endorsed all the acts of General Malone
| 10 tho u. s. Senate, paid that gentleman
hands1me compliment, and concluded by pre-
| dieting majority for tho lead justers 10 Novem-
| Der Of 50 coo.
Uol. Cameron, upon taking bis seat, WAS
called to the front sgsin and presented, by Mr..
Il, Henry Simpson, in "fowery" speeoh,
with floral tribute.
After few remarks BY j. H. VsnAuken, Of
Petersburg. who predicted that his city would
give 1000 majority for tho readuster State
ticket, tho crowd, at ll:.lj, dispersed.
Col. Cameron was Interrupted several times
during bis remarks, and ono Of tho cudiencs-
son of tho Em,raId Isle, in the broadcast
br1guo-said that be, Cameron, had bad
name aud would never be tho Governor of
Firgiris.
Professor Ciarksons Ocrnet Band furnished