Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-10-01
Hon. john Goodies Speech l. ast Night.


ball WAS packed to ovelh ,Riag, and the SIDE
walks and street in front of tho bulldog were
filled With people. Mr.. Goodies reception in
this city Wis Que that be might We'll feel proud
Of, for there has been no such turn out on The
part Of the people Of this oily for many dsys.
A! s o'clock, aftcr somo excellent mu,ic by
tho Alexandria Mus;c,l Asst oiation. Mai:r W.
W. Herbert, chairman of tho Conservative
Committee. 10 short speech. introduced NJ
Goode, who was received with loud and pro-
longed cheering.
As soon ss quite was restored tho dis i1eui,h
cd speaker said that it was with emotions OF
pleasure that he thanked those present for the
c)rdial greeting THY had extended him. which
convinced bin that he did not come as strang.
or 10 strange lard. The tim, WAS coming.
said MIR. Goode. when tho people of Virgins
would BIO called upon to participate in an clco'
ton second TO none in Importance ever held 10
the State; he did not tXsggerate whom no said
the approaching election would DO the most i'm
portant ever held in The State. Men were fro
quenlIy heard tn say that they took DO part 10
politics. and did mol caro- whether they voted lr
noi; the Virepisn that did not vote this timc,
you, hldhC S(chl elUIts uOG Ouiy ~ VOlB Bllil-
self. bat to BOT Bis neighbor TO voLo, would b.,
Guilty OF noRlccllng an important duty; ia gov
crnment like this it was Of The II NEST impor-
tame, that al tru,. patriotic meu Should dis.
charge faithfully oil the duties davolving upon
them as cizens, especially that of tho elective
franchise. On tho S.h tf November lha poo
rl, OF Viraiti, will be called upon TO cleo. a
Govtrnor. Lieutenant Governor, Attorney Qen
oral and members Of The Legislature; tho L,sis
laiuro elected next November, will, in turn,
have TO cllot Senator to repre- s3nt the Stalu
in the Senate OF The UOited States; also 90 Au-
dllor AID Treasurer Of tho Commonwealth, q
Superinet dent of Public Instruction, 80 uud
above all five judges OF tho Court Of Appeals.
He regarded the iadg of tho Court Of Appeals
az the most lnpOrlaut of all tho 0fti3srs to be
elected. because tho safety of tho State depend
cd upon tho purity and honesty Of The ud o4ry.
John Marshall had said that tho greatest curse
sn angry Providetc, could ibilics upon people
was weak and dependant Judcarl; il Was au
important election, because tho i.suts wGr1
whether or not the old Commonwealth should
preserve her plaos at the head of tho d,mucrat.
10 ranks rr be Elclcd on to thu radical Gal;
whether the African CT tho Alglo- SrNoo race
should ,ulo the doslioies of Vlrgioie; whether
tho Conservative people Of the Stale should,
Ilka the people Of New York. illinois and PENIS
sylvanis. have boss ia Tho shape of Wliiiam
Mahone. lilo thanked God that tho ,,eul Is Of
Virginia ware not yet ready TO bow dowu 10 eay
mere man, their God only they To!shippcd.
Tho LogaDs. tho CAmcroIs. the Ussnta and the
Conklinga oiuld have 60 ptc; in Fhgin-
lie. MaEOoe's intimacy with thcrr men s'u;aEd
do him DO god in this S:s!t; even my L-d
RGscoo's loving message
Como, rest in ny heart.
Thou love. stricken u ,ei;
Though tho herd may desert he
Thy homo is sill here. -
wonll NOT help him. Yes, tho rc,po would
have to decide next November bolw"ru o,nser-
vatism or Mahoneism. They would haro TO
decide between the honest. fearless $ahn W..
Dabisl and Mshone-W William TIN + &. The
speaker then discussed tho record ii n Ma.
hone party sod its leader. and said tiGtf 10 the
last Presidential election the MaEnae speakers
declared that they were tbs only true democrats
10 the State. and that Nj ahono hi,asoir had telo
eraphed to Hancock that he would oany the
State by so 600 maj srity; tbst it he, Nanunc,
thought thcro was auy dargs Ct iiGirg the
State to Garfield he would Withdraw his ticket
and unto with tho so.called domocratF; if the
hlshoneites were democrats in Msfcn were
thcrn any reasons fer thom TO change 10 No
yember. but they were not democrats 10 M4lcl.
Malone was elected 10 the Senate Of the lIHil.
ed States by democrats. bat when, 10 si,ai All.
gust body. he voted with the rGrutl cans hc
surrendered tho last citadel of ttmoc;sc}, aaa
received IS o reward hontrj from tho rcpu.l IL
can caucu'. which permitted him to sa!lc, his
personal friend. Rdcl!bereer. rs tho candidate
for Sergeant at Arms of the Senate. lilo, Ma
homo. voted SO times with the ropubllcans; BIO
voted for kullt gg, OF Louisiana. sgninst lamar
the bright ard spIepdid Lamar. Of Mississippi;
no voted for William e. Chandler, distinguish
cd for his tyraDy over tho Southern people, fer
Solicitor General of the Uni,sd Saiet; no volod
for radical against tho ohivAltous Raysrd, OF
Delaware. Is Mahono o republican? Answer
the question Ter yourselves. An old nnD, try.
log 10 mako an excuse for Malone. u,kcd :
1T you see msn gJlDp lnto n slnbIo would you
call him horse p Yes" said another, "it
| saw him oatiOg chop" Has Mahcua been
eating republican chop2 What ara 40, M
Virgiti,Ds, called upon to do ia this t c.ion ?
TO turn our hacks on tho Hamptuns. the L,-
mars the Bsyards and tho k,nsumH, and tako
up COnkling T. Oo., and the republican party
party that substituted martial lawtDr cut Stata
code; that suspended the constitutional right Of
uauoas output W suPpoEt hduuuo III US iula
under the gulso of o iiee ballot and fair COUNT
BUR- on one OCCASION said that tho meanest
criminal was tho ono fist to turn stato's owl.
donce; 80 it WAS With the Mah0nitcs; no, tho
speaker, had never heard OF tissue ballot no.
til it osmo ont 10 Peter. burg, tho homo Of Ma
hone Brady. who is now heart aid soul with
Malone, had charged that tissue blllols bad
been scattered all over the Petersburg distrio !;
republicans hid charged Malone with dis.
charging every man from his railroad who vot
cd fox Wells against Walker. and, nolwilh-
standing all this, he, Malone. sat on
the floor Of the Senate and hoard i'm.
self extOlled as the champion OF o FREQ
ballot ard a lair cunt; if tho ballot had
not been Tree and tho count itit, we're not re.
pubcips and raadjus responsible f,r suoh
condition of things; ho demanded to know Why
the criminals had not been nd.ctcd. The cues
lion had been asked by enemies, What had
the solid South done for Virginia IL affirmed
that no people had developed greater energy
than the people of The eleven Southern States;
they had built moro railroads and doac more TO
increase tic trade of tho country 10 the last ten
years than ever before. The Slate debt was a