Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-08-06
I. %. g. T. Bush Meeting

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HAMILTON, Va, Aug. 1.-Two impor,au.
events in the history Of Virginia occurred to-
day-tho one the meeliog Of the democratic
convection 10 Richmond. the other the c osog
of the bush mseliog of all parties, at PURCELL.
vile. l call it OF all parties because tho speak
ets referred to it as such, and towards the close
to dsy preamble aud resolutions were offered
and adopted. which had previously been
adopted By the Loudoun OouuIy Lodge plsdg-
log the temperance men Of Loudoun to o.l
parties, provided neither party put m % in the
field pledged to vote and NO. k for local Opt ~
leg station, erd oalliog upon Fsuquer teuper-
atcs men 10 join 10 the nomination of q senator
and f,ater in that event. This looks like bust
ness, and means Just IS it reads; at least The
leaders mean this. Whether tho people of all
parties will endorse this political move of The
L7udo county Good Teuplars organization
remains to be seen. The Rich mood convention,
We hope. will prove SUCCESS and nominate q
strong ticket. The bush meeting 10 numbers
end speakers was success. The mos: promi-
Dent speakers were the Rev. j. McK. Riley,
W. w. Berry, Mr. Holloway. - Dunnit 6,
Charlie Nye and last but not least j. Mort.
krIgour. These were aided by number cf
preachers aud other lesser lights. Wa heard
those nsmed and their speeches we're g,od-
too good to have been lost Oh 50 uuarprtciative
an sudieDoe indeed | uaver saw sn sudierc,
20 Indifferent Charlie Nye. who is pleasant
and attractive speaker, spoke 10 his h,ppies.
vein, sud Mi, kigour msds The trees ITEM
BILE With the thuDders of his elt lence, ret
neither could boast f undivided attention. Pol
ltcs, the gusno trads aud mstrimony seemed
to us to be the true feature of engrossiug inter
est upon this great occasion. 1t is true the
vendors of ice oman, lemonade, and other lit
tie side show refreshments and performances
usually attending such gatherings were busy
and had their reward, bus the prominent m %
or the county present, oussida Of the managers,
we're busy With their own affairs, and seemed
to taxa little Sock 10 q cause upou which. &C.
cordiug to the speakers. the whole future of
Virginia depends. As the Yankees say, ",
guess the Loudoun County Lodge will consider
this, their Fifth Annual Bush Getting suo
cess. Perhaps it has been. and surely 90
pleasant soclsi gathering il was; indeed it WAS
almost equal to regular old fashioned CAMP
meeting, but the bread cast upon the waters
will not return. ne fear, for 10 these many
days.
Somebody said long ago. Experience il the
best teacher" and the masses, young and old,
believe it, aud 50 Cough may burl his thun-
derbolis for psy. at so much nigh; Kilgour
may air his logic aud bis elcquenc, (s1d they
are grand for 80 uuob q mouth. and Nye
may draw tesr1 Of ympathy or excite Laughter
from his audience. simply because be has
suffered and feels for his fellows. vet
those who listen aud are prone to evil
will Of lsst I'll drunkards' graves, or stop only
on the brink, when grim visaged wanW and
the cold charities of the world have proven to
them that their drinking is wor king III air ruin.
There are too msuy ifs in the way of success for
the temperance cause. If the people would stop |
and thiuk, If the people would listen, if tho peo.
pie would act if only temperance men held Of |
dee, If only temperance men lesslsted for US, if
only the millennium would come, then and only |
then will this warfare cease and the weather
beaten old warriors who spent their best DAYS
drinking and their latter ones fighting the wine |
cur reap hair reward. |
Seriously VS., wish this :great aud good csuse
sll success, and think Loudoun county Lodge
of Good TempIars deserve much credit for their
earnest efforts in this couse aud we hope, the |
present leaders and managers may live to see |
great good flow from their efforts IN this under.
taking. but just now, if they could have fair |
account of the five annual B. MS with the good |
and the evil exhibited on balance sheet "a the |
result of said meeting, we fear they would fad |
that the evil attending far outweighs thu good |
accomplished. IA BEE.