Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-01-22
PUBLISHED DAILY Il TRI-WEEkLY BY
EDGAR SNOWDEN.
SATURDAY EVENING. JANUARY

Every now aad then VIC SEQ 10 the noHEpa-
pers letter, by or Interviews with Individual
Southern mon. ia which they SIT. tho first
duty of tho Sou:h is 10 get away ircm politics;
that tn, question o. practical advantage 10 .
primary onc; that TIC pclicy Of tho South Is TO
live on good terms with ell The other sections,
and move in sold pha!arx ~i'h them in oil
efforts to imprtv) til, oonnoa c;uat:y that
there is 20 ohsuco CT damcc!alio success until
the North is coayiaG,t; thu. tho constitutional
amendments arc accepted in so3d iEl!l; that
the great laborinS mass:s CT the South want o
faithful execution Of th2 law; that tho war set.
Tod the question agai15. tic Sjuth; that 1t is
the duty of tic South to $50 that citizenship is
prottc cd in every legal ri:ht," and Numerous
other implied if not expressed dcrccors OF
tho South 10 the tXitnt Gonotliaes, Wher tho
writer or speak, hiss 10y nCto:lcty, OF coumnss
Now all such TAX is iri.c and tbs verlcst CAB
bls. I'D Sithou. d sGgo exception IS iGdulgtd
10 only by three classes OF Southern rnCr: thosc
who. having secured prominent petitions By
playing the part @! Gcnago.u', resort 10 suoh
means is the only ones at their comAaul Tor
iresorVing them from the uothingEcss to whioh
their No diccrity would otherwise sssiso them !;
thoars who, holdi0g subordinate Cfil)cs. lmagiCe
suoh TAX will prevent Ihcm from bciDg dis
chatge1. Md these w!2, aTaIo CT their own
unworthiorss, end th:Tl !oro colvtc'd thct
th,ra is no chance io- ,hem TO ob;air tfico
from the demo c;ais, adopt such a c)ur5, as the
only possible oou by .hich they eau get bite
at thu Iubl;c CID. The assertion that tho
SJuth is tco muca caim0rcd q pJli.;c', if it
ever wss truo, hss o:rl.ioly MOI been 80 for
many years, fer sire, the war the only political
contests that have Is: all excited liz people,
have b;eu these 10 which Was Involved The
preservation CT tier eva State governments
from tho hards Of lLie7iag carpet Uasgers aud
ignorant, v!ctuI negroes. fhc advice, Ghir 70
fore. to get away from polite. is simply bosb,
and nothing more. Thcn. 100. as regards
'praoiiosl advaniagn IoE "a u! iDaty Gui sion,
all that Go,d D. s.lI Is his: Ii [! cro arr nDy
people on the ioc, Of Tho h.bitabc g!obo who
have moro rcaiZ,cg seIc, oil is truth. or who
ty to c)t form to it mere than these Ct The South,
the7 hsvo tscipci tho nttcnti;n OF every b ,d7
except tho radicals ard tho Individuals 10 gioa
We refer. That tic South kas submitted to CT
linuous insult and ii lr7 in order to Iva 90 good
terms with tbs ether sections Of tho Upi0u is
known to ell FAM il, with itl history since ih,
war, though they msy COZ b, tia5k enough 10
acknowledge il. Ed ia: to tho txtc1t Ct lis
ability it striv. 3 10 prom,:o The welfare OF The
whole country ia proved 1g !nstaaco7 too nu
merous to mention, ana 81 important tina. oil
must remember tLcui. The assertion thai lie
constitutional a1CgG III ,nlG Gro not accepted il
god faith has bren satisfactorily disirovGd ky
every Investigation Ct i, conducted by fair
minded examiners, bas cvciy reasonable SJulk'
ern man has lCrG since abandoned the IDEA thEt
tho NOrIhern radicals will ;cl lowlcGgoi'. That
not only tho groat ,hrilag H,a1-rs. but tvIr7
bcd2 elsa in tho Slu:h waa!aa faithful e CT
tion Of tho laws, erd that the laws arc executed
10 tho South as faithfully as il sho North in nat
ont to tl Observes N,t0d-, whose opinion is
worth anything. denies that tho war cifecsu.y
settled the question at is,u between the North
and the South, and as few ia tic South W Il hcsi.
tate to agree, cot only that it is the duly 81 :ho
South to 500 !ha. citizenship il protected in
every !ega! lixh!. bui dir thit duy is
performed. Az! so o. TO tho emil Of the
chapter. Thoro a,c inprac ic ,jlcs, i;s,r-
pointed, dsUuntleQ aid sd :ycI Gu" uCIi.
tioians and bunmcrs ia the South as il
the North, but they aro Invariably found
either 10 the radical ranks Or Us mctuhcrs
Of new and so called indalc,dcrt orga.zili>1a,
tho chief object OF whose lead:Is IS 10 obtain
Office and notoricty, uEd whose ooIy mtans Ct
attaining thai end is By Tho destruction of
democracy. which they. BY liticnI2u4 ST..
oism, term bourbouism.