Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-01-25
ICOMMUNICATED,


Leave thy damnaDlo faces aud tegiu," the
Sutfellog. long tried recplo of Virgins may
VOL say to Ger. Vim. Malone.
For t|cVo months tho political 600 SEW tas
batn Gov!ng, e. this acrobat sill ooolioues
his erotetq1o lluoo In tho c,ntre. shortly, az
it would seem. to DO kicked, or, at best, to fall
of into tho MIR.
Tho State cried to her electors for bread, and
they gave her stone. She asked for sates
man, and they Ra7o her mount0hack.
Ever since tho formation of tho unholy ALI
abco AID tho advent into power Of Tho new lib
oral party lsccalltd. 70 suppose, from the 70
markab!e liberaliiy..of its promises to ils sable
allies, and i:s FREQ construction tt contracts,
the State. which, betcro tho War; stood, for
ro'itc:l honesty, foremost tmcng her sisters.
aud which, o: its close, might we'll have said,
''All is lost savo honor" has been denounced
from ono end OF tho country TO tho other
as not oily void CT common business honesty,
but as tho c5ntro of all corrupt political in-
treucs. Wo know that, against tho first
charge poverty has boon pleaded, and whether
it DO sufficient OF Insufficient, as Justification,
wo pass IL BY. But Whist is tho ground of tho
latter charge? Mono otbcr than tho efforts Of
tho frog to swell himself out 10 tho siz, of tho
OF; than tho endeavors Of our senatorial aortb 1t
to elevate himself toto SORT Of Jupiter Tooans,
| at whose nod olympus Is to tremblo aud tho
earth to be shaken.
Ills first plot was tho lborivo effort 10 pro-
won't the nomination OF republican electoral
| ticket by tho Staunton convention. hoping thus,
by tho union Of the readjustols and republicans,
| to elect lis unplodged electoral ticket, which
| was to throw lie vote where it would do the
! most 600" TO General Mahooa and tho olec-
tors themselves, is tho natural Inference.
Thin it wGs whispered that our Senator was
! il close communication with tho Grant ling,
and that, should the Chicago convention nomi-
! naio tho hoEd sDd summit Of tho human
race" 10 Wa3 ready to lead the bolt from tho
solid South aud transfer tho electoral vote of
this State, which our littla great Virginiau has
evidently, from tho beginning, believed to be
| butoned up ia lis brooches pocket, to the
| Grant column.
Alas tine tsst laid plars of nioo anl men
gang lft agcc," and 50 did this Tho nation 3
| lluupty Dumply got fall, but ours is not at
all discomposcJ. Demcccatic prospects seem
bright, and Icy presto bo turns q s,mer.
sault from the ultra democratic platform OF tho
July convention, bsariog towards Governor
| Island Hancock electoral tickot-s truly Gre
| clad tt-moans to destroy sud defeat its pro.
tossed candidate.
With too crest strain mou's palietc) will
! Give way, aUd 80 will tho buttons of their
brcechos pockels. as ia this case proved true,
| tor theasomcrsault was too abrupt, our Senator
camo rudcly to tho ground his pocket burst
open, and tho vote of Virginia rolled q.:ctly
| into tho hands Of the regulars.
We devoutly hoped wo had socn tho eud of
him, but uOprop;tous Fa,e ruled otherwise.
The organic ,tion of the Sooato seemed to dc.
pend upon single vote. Tho National Repub
licsn and Richmond Wing. began to exchange
Establishments, tho lion and the lamb lay down
| together. mercy and truth met together,
| Righteousness, aud pcaoo kissed enoh other"
| Our acrobat has lonped back to tho $40 saw;
| somewhat tho worse for his fall. but still CRY.
ing. 10 quavcrng voice. who'll bid"
AS was said 10 tho begionng, his position is
becoming moro and moro urcertaio. The bot.
ter element of tho republicans sly tho alliance
| with repudiator would b, too dear. They are
not willing to pay his price. Ho must throw
OH his rcadiustcr rags and como to Thorn with
fruits meet for repentance, or, retaining them,
fall back into tho damCcratic ranks, not l,ader
but follower. In his present posture ho can
| only excite tho ridcule of all honest men, and,
| 10 tho end, DO forced to choose the ono alorna.
two or tho other. Under which king, Bezo,
MAN, speak or die j.