Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-10-26
Ectter From Major Daniel.

ITO iolioSng letter, which explains ITSELF
Was read to-day ct the Fairfax mass meeting
WEsTMoRELAND co. Va. o.. %, 1881.
10 the People Of Fau1ar County:
FcIlov Grz:ns:-Et hss been sdgertissd tina.
YOU'D bs at,he Barbecue of the conservative
demacracy CO the 26ih list, aud | deem il
due to sou ADD myself to explain ny absence,
nave DOT broken single appointment 10
thla C n'palcn, acc had made tho appoint
mcns To % with ylu Gu tho occasion named. |
you'd c'rtaiu!y Keep il. Bu; anticipating ,hst
could be present, cur friends took tic liberty.
Without my kaowIsd.o. Sc to snncu1oo. And.
While do not hiGmo them, think il proper to
lot you knoT that would most assuredy have
accepted tbeIr kl0d aud cordial Invitation had
St been IN my power.
Engsgl mants elsewhere m.Go before | re-
col7ed ther kind cali renGtr it impossible for
mo TO erje the pleasure OF meeting y,u.
Allow me TO give you my best respects end
salutations, aud say by this method that our
cause, III my judgment. is progressing 10 great
triumph, aid that nothing but fraudulent prac-
toes can wrest IL from a7.
The people ct Vlrgiois are net yet ready to
surrcnder thtlr government ioto tho hands of
30 adventurous party, hound ttgs!her oply ty
The thirst tor office. aud pubic spells; eud thsIr
iosal'y 10 good Rtv;romen. aud sound pricipIe,
will prove lmpteg0sble when the test comes.
Ihe distribution of f.w postofioss and
reVenuo appointments to tho nors greedy and
eager OF the coslitonsts will not suffice to bride
great AID noble people. aud their lust
separations caa1ot &c eX:lngul shed CT coruured
by the attempt msdo 70 allure them.
My oTn views have been fully EXPRESSED but
[ Gke the !ibsrly to say 10 yCu 10 etief:
/, Ihat L have been, am now, and propose
to be, the firm sad persistent friend of the
public :chCol system, which | voted 10 1870 10
establish, end which | helped ia 1879 with
the Hetkle bill, to restore. Every us,ru Alton
to the Contrary is !ssohctd
:, sm opposed 10 decrease Of taxes.
3, am IN favor CT the settlement of the debt
rropcs ID in our platform at rata of Interest at
5 per cent. We have an assured reycuue. SIS
Mr. Massey reports, Of $3.50, 600; the soousI
expersea o. government 10 roued numbers
amount TO 800 900; there will DC ulir.d far
the 'chocls $3.50 OUU. Ieaviag some $500 600 ell
su'p'us, after Da5lrg lotefts. On Tho debt O., 3
per osnt.
4, ttee elections. aud az honest count of the
ballots, are the firm and fixed principles OF
d u c'acy. | you'd, it elected, maiotsiu
,hsss ptllc pies with all the power Of the
Ezeou We.
5 Equ,l CID tZ,c! jus;ic, TO all men, Of
Whatever rsoa, condition, CT secior; economy
AID honesty 10 administration, libersIity Of
opinion and tsp:stlot; moderation 10 poliay, |
sud h;Dusa5 in !ccipIes-'tese are the ideas
ecd doc rlucs that b.c3m, "a government OF
the people. for the people, bid by the peple,"
end these | El maintain.
Il GREETING deeply that | SIN denied BY |
ptlor CT gageneots he qualification ofseeinp ION
10 person, and Of commuoiDg With sou respee.-
log the affairs of cur State, bid you be of |
good cheer. and press 90 With the faithful and
patriotic abors. which will secure to Us q Lepis-
sture and so administration identified with The
best Interests of our beloved State,
Ycui friend AMI fellow ci,izan,
JOHN W. DANIEL,