Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-03-05
"a small Piece of Bussness."I

Ai:atu2h The naueurGtion is ever and ihe pa
eesnt Vas Rrsnd cpc, pctwthstGr ding tho CO.
'icc.te Ah32tc C, q he Southcra element, kept
aiooi ty tic &c icO ct q !ub committee CT the
clmGllitee having The parade in charge, il may
oct b; inappropriate to lot our rct dtrs SEQ 10
wba. l'&At tho a3tlon IF tho small politicians
SD cine, ho;dei4 AID tHi,o seekers in sad
ato0t Wssnios,pn Is viewed by tbs respectable
poE;'n Ct the republican paatg OF tho North, S.
Xsi.ts:d III .ho following sTon that staunoh
republican bu: nevertheless a6'c journal, the
New icIk Evening" Post, ufici, sayi:
WHEN la: Sunday motpi0x the seventy
ii:st trElcrt Of til; CITY stepped at Hammond.
L1ulsi@os. Ill iho way 10 New Orleans. AID
Slcn hjr /. Z. Gate Of :hat place. upon invt
icG The EicCrs to breakfast, took pains TO say
t!:et tic Elt: b2en q finn sapport:r of the Con-
ititrsio gvVc1ameut dining tho var, they did
uU; q" !h.t acooant reject bis cordial hospital
lily. Va tEo ccnrary. ;ho good feeling OF all
cjccsrned WIS certainly promoted by frank
nGdGTs'A DuiGE CT tho iorncc sltua!iou aud by
tie i:esl! ?rc3i Il hasr;y restoration ct kindly
relations. When tie zen of The Seventy first
rcsch;d New O.ears they cid rot turn away
suaa!y from he cJuritses which wero heaped
upo1 them because these ccurtess were offered
by wi;i!Gry Companies which had fought io tho
ger ca INe Gido vhioh was, opposed 10 the
Secretly first. If thoy hsd d0no IS preposter-
Us n thing it might bnvo been pcriacotIy
asked, 'Why then did you cowc here ct nl?"
TIC tIcasrge If oouricsies was oil tho more
Satisfactory tion tic significant charges of
ebico il vas = reminder. FlGeY. tic Seventy
iiist, when y resolved to take holiday, did not
decide not to 80 10 NewOGleans because until the
administration. o! lhat:now eminent Democrat.
GcuGrsl Bet3mn L. Butler. aud during bis
ADMINISTRATIVE, the city wss rebeIiious town.
On tie coptraIy. 81 Of these circumstances
d0u1;iSsj gsvs East ID tho Journey which the
Sov"u:y Grjt c:osc.
What has beer dGno by the New Yolk regi.
m"pt sni iis cntertsiocis 10 Nav Orleans ought
to be done on larger scale in Washington next
f!da". Zoe inauguration ceremonies should
ha thJ Cccas:o1 OF o hearty popular union
a.long representatives OF ell parts of the coun
Try, without regard 70 eeosrs pbicll dicisoCs or
sectional poi ics. The southsrners should not
oa!y j., iuVjlcd 10 TIC feGs', but they should be
pressed 10 caIGe N. They should DOT only be
c2:dsly wslo0mcd. u. place OF ho1or should
be given 10 t'tm L. th,y hsd sueclg held
a("D' ro;" the ioaugu:atiou OF a northern Ro-
oullio,n Ptssi4cut, they would have prepared
the way Tor s:r1DG accusations Of bitter and
unrepentsot feeling. and the fact would have
been accepted rs conclusive proof Of the renew
cd erd more compact sol iity of the solid South
Ii i. woaG hsvc t"ea bad sign fer Thorn to
stay en- il il not coed sign for them to come
il? llsvlog resolved 10 come 10, having b,en
Invited 10 como 10. should they not be heartily
met aad hospitahly entertained upon at least
equal terms. if iGdeed distinction should not
be mazda in their favor and they should not be
assigned - tho guest chamber? This is the
obviously neenauinous course. The opposite
course, their grudsing reception, their treat.
meDt as objects of suspicion and jealousy, and
their consignment 10 the kitchen. the cellar and
tho baTo. would be both silly ard surIy.
The conduct OF the Local Military Commit
tee. 10 oijsc.lDg 20 the appointment of General
Field Us Chief Of Division in the inauguration
parade &C the soc ground that DO is 90 eX Con
fedcrsc, is childish and contemplate. 10 the
fac, Of such on atftobt it is DOT surprising that
somo of tho southern c1mpaniee bcsitalo to
uDio in TIE parade.