Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-08-27
hen and Now.
FAIRFAX G. H., Va, Aug -. |

Then and Now.
FAIRFAX G. H.. Va, Aug -. 1851.
To tie Editor Of the Alexandria Gazette:
Will ycu kindly Publish the following from
o speech Senator Morgan. of Al.bsma, deliver
I'd 10 The Senate April IA. 1881: Y.
do not know how far Mr. Cameron, tho |
elector fer The Slate St largo on tho readus!er
ii ,kor, has had hls opinions modified and re-
formed by association With the honorable Sanau |
ter from Vnglri,, or bow far thsv will be mod.
it, d if be should associate loog vi that Sena.
tor 10 his sl!iaDod with the Republicans 10 this
ChambtI; tnt il was bad s'srt for n debt
pay er. and it was bt Cause the South had 10 its
mlds! lev III N like tt is vino were blatant 10
toic pR their Vioss before tho void that VIC
hbve b,cn accused Of b,iog regulators, when
We have. 10 fact, had TO sacrifice g. that mar
Gu u lad in his reach to masks sacfitioo OF 10
order To be stle to oountefv,ll ard countcrac;
tuoh sentiments Us these.
At Tho limo these contested aud holtcd cleo.
tioLs were held at Petersburg, Mr.. Cameron
was tbere working side by liIe 10 The harness
with tho honorable Senator tfom Virgins. In
his lssue OF the Evening Star, of Peterstu q, of
September 81, 1875, be ssys:
No people ever displayed moro aob5 ia
durauco aud determinalion than vas put iurib
by The people Of Petersburg under tho long
TACK years OF 6egro dlmlaatl0n add nou0 eve.
made more 81 l,ud;d exhibition of energetic
resolution than that which they ru> loth 10
lbe spliog OF 1874 wh3n with sorli,d masses
AID udbiokeD tread, they marched upon the
despoers and hurled item from tho seats OF
mower their Ignorance and dishonesty aod de-
fled"
That is bed start for r. ad ilstor who now
Processes o bo SO tx;rsordioali ystfcctious,e TO
ward 1he reRro race, and yat he was 10 1850
candidate for e!eosor al lsIg. upon the NshuDe
ticket. Ga tho 22d Of September 1878, he
said this
"OiheIs must &C. up to the ca1sc: nos AID
light they po: s'ss; for ourselves we hold our
older slogan: Fusion ofMe acAdes against the
solid cnmity Of the bldchs"
Tnero i your color line drawn with dqi:c'-
ness aud ererey that have rarely soon excY.
cd b. tho pen of any Southern editor. October
|. 1915. be said
we want no better 70 san Tor opposing Mr..
Boiling than that lh, rad u. aud thor negro
followers sUrpIr! him. la that not cauac
enough
O,tobrr 5. 1915, he said :
1t ls one thing for tic conservative drgini-
zi;lon, funded by whto men for the protection
OF tho whites, to accept the Yates OF negroes
who believe that the int,lligorc. Of tho Com
monweath should rule. Ii is quito another
thing for men who seek tn, disruption of TIM.
orgaDlzaCo Land who rebel agslrs. It's mand0lca,
to seek negro nssis!arc, to accomplish their
purpose. II is one thing for m ,ri!y oil
white people 10 aecapt aid c,ming from any
source. 1t is another eud disticC. matter
Ihnf n n VII ~ h., ,,Il Il
ncGr, aid to oVeIc lmo a mt .riiy of their own
Iaos.
On tie 7th CT O,obtr, 1915. in tho samo
paper, ho said:
81 ~ day in Pntfr burr, in Virginia. The r.
are thoss wllliog to ain hands Nth cr1w .ho
have o1ly lacked opportunity to vi,i: up50 u
the ills which their brctEron have heaped
mountain high upon tho HOPELESS peoi OF less
favored com uuni,ics Even hero We have had
experience enough TO five IL, q ioretaeto 81
what to txpec! it tho radicals eser sc'iavG po-
lilicl supremacy"
% Ccobor IT, 1875 he said:
Tho independent programme Is to ,ai;c H.
ism : endure then pity; then omhrar,.
do you want to break up tho conseiv,liqo
a!candancy in Petersburg. sad havo nrg:o 10.
locmep. aud osrp.t bag cifcials and HI ire
sponsibc c0urc !. and { .l0rei teachers 10 The
ITeH lCuOOiSt
O, October 90 1875, no said 10 tho a;ma pa
per:
And yot tho Petersburg bal;ois a,e wi!liry
10 make gap 10 tho crgsniz ition and 10 weak
ca Its authority and rr,s:age Eimply to uvsf.
ctmo candidate (liunter) distss;lul TO d
minority Of the party here. Nsy, more, thay
are iGilitna ia borro,o negro assistance Ia &c.
complish the injury to the State. Aud y,t tn. y
claim to ba conservative and AK nh'je m.n 10
vote with them"
On November 3. 1873 lie s,id this:
For i've years and rvOryWhnro tho sGprci6! e
OF thu parry sustained By those black poople
has Invariably reu'sed in pu9dsr, oppre ssiio,,,,
sud social lowering Of tbe lntes,iTe .nt aud vr,u
ous "l'z NJ Ger whom Il o. hld usprped CIT
;. !rJall a. >
% November S. 1878. be slid:
Conservatives and negroes, r c ;nitias
ton truly. Verify, our former ilIcuds hsvc
stopped TO clhquer." Richards aod Van
Aukcn will be very much dis4ppcip'cd Ga tues
day night il it shall be ttu1d that Hunter las
been el:cttd. Sush nows ss thai will div:
iron into tho souls ct the opprcsSors OF cur
brethren, the feeders nn our sUUstauce. aud the
Prosecutors of cur reei'lrars aGd judges Blu!
all true conservatives will r. Ies at it. D. the
white people Of Petersburg Wish tn lahvr Ior
the satistao ion Of radic. lGadars?'
FOREIGN NEWS.
Ths unfsvorshle wsstber has caused further
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