Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-10-01

within The present limits Of Virginia for railroads
AMI oluas. from Whluh the people arc reapiDg
srcat benefits. There 10 excuse on earth
Tor tho non payment Of Gil hGn.ss debt except
10 tho pbili'y to pay. The speaker d. clared
that the State,wts able to pay the debt Of 800
900 900. AID showed from reports that the rev
onuss we're such. that after paying the necessary
expenses OF tho government. supporting The
public Schools &3 there would be surplus
10 tho Treasury of S4I3 900, with which TO
pay The past accrued interest. aud 10 establish
a sinking fund for The gradual absorption OF the
debt at per cent interest. tle had no doubt
that The State GOULD negotiate lone at per
ceot. with which to roiro tho SIS. 900. 600, re
iuodod in 1871. Secretary Window had re.
funded within the past faW weeks 500, COO 900
of tho uaied States debt OF 81 per cent,
though his predecessor had SAIL It could not be
done for less than or a per cent, and the
democratic party intended TO refund at 8 per
cant. Virginia could pay her honest deb, and
it only remained for tic poops to take the
hydru headed monster Repatriation, aud throt'
Ito it, and restore to the State her fair name.
Virginia was tho richest State 10 the Ubior;
God had greatly blessed her 10 mineral wealth;
she had oems out Of the war impoverished;
everything COCO save honol; her pcorl, had
siuoo the war Exhibited quail,ias never seen be
lore; instead Of cal log upon Hercules for help
they had gone to work. aud tho result was that
industries of ill kinds were spriogiOg up on
every hand; railroads vera being bull; she was
Increasing 10 population ct tho rate OF % per
cont sha had Increased 10 agriculture. manu-.
features. 1.-Two stock, 80; if her young men
TO work with will. sticking close TO integrity.
ihn IN har ,nG
she would blossom like the ro.e. le then
PR c,tdod to show that lhs Mddlebergtr bill.
which was nothing moro nor less than down
right reputation, wac unconstitutional and
oou Il not stand tho test Of law. Tbs boss OF
tho NlahOpcitcs next received aLttniiln. The
speaker declared that tho assertion that Tho 70
ad busters had made tho psniteptt RI Sllt'susain
ing az az absurd as II Vas asI Thu p0ullcntlaty
was controlled b, democratic Board OF DHeo-
turs. and tho tsitulion had been made sell sus
taiuiog ty Gov. Holiday. who had devised tho
plan OF hifitg tho ofininnli cut. What. 10
reality. had ,ho M.kon,es doua during the
tine Id y have been 10 p,wrr. Thy had
ruruta utipnla Confederate soldier, VINO had
followed tho banucs OF Jackson sud I've. on,
of otica, aud put worthless radical 10 Lis
pIaoe; they had incorporated Tho Sots and
Daughters Ct Abraham. ard passed bill Tor tho
protection OF old hcres; to hear thom talk oIe
would eunaoso that Parsou Massey luac WAS
sending all thu chircn TO suaUOI. and that the
pucplc warn not giving him ono c nt ui help,
| when thh ruth waa that JOHN DaGiel had 10
ansuralcd the public schools, and that under
| The d. III otaic llsrklo bill ever $500 600 hsd
| been iald 10 tho hools. or 10 other words
SII@ UOO ;nore than shcy were tni!!cd to aoo2rd'
| iug to tho rendj uster1. Tho oapi.a t9n toy, he
shd, IVES uai. aud 81 tsr a. he WIS concerned,
| m man. 4hl'o OF black, was iii to have voice
| IN tho .tairs OF ihe STATE who Was moi wiling
| 10 pay tax Ci ST. TwenlY blk States in the
onion required preTtqulsit, TO voting, and
| Massachusetts, tho State re represented ty Dawes,
Tho lover Of MahGne. because ho was ia favor
OF lroo ballot, required no; Gully u lax OF g..
bu! that every vo;tr shtu Il bo .blo 10 write
| his name and read tho COPS .uion, % a psere-
1usiio to Voting. Yet, pressed by tho tXigen
cies OF nar;y. tho Nlshoooitcs declared that tho
oapiiation tex ct Virginia, which they made
themselves, Wss Unconstitutional. After eulogiz
ing Daniel. BMb0ur add Mcltiauty. aud giving
it ea his opinion that tho ticket which had boon
received everywhere not only with satisfaction
but with enthusiasm @Culi be triump hanlly
elected in November. MIR. G Jode paid his re-
speots TO the Mshoue trio. Csmerun, he said
wss yCuog man of s0mo literary attaL m nts,
but h3 waa the v; res. polite,l acrobat 10
America.
Ho had wliod IN aid wired GU,
And left tho mater still 10 doubt,
Whether tho snake that mals the trbcE,
Was coming North. or goihR South.
LAWS record 10 tho S,nsie, where no vJted
Tor Every lnismous rhdiosl mea'ute, and his
actH AZ tnsrshsl OF Virginia. in drapgng from
no; | II
and nrragnlug them before Unitod States
that.at least strengthened every democrat in BIZ,
Mahono radical combination.
Blair the spet ksr almost forgot. Said MIR.
Goods. sby nothing tn: good of tho dead.
All ho knew CT Blair, to say uotLinp Of tho
Wilson letters, was that 10 him was attributed
tho saying that honor would not tug break
last. lie could not discuss such a proposition
as that Suoh sentiment ought to politically
damn aoy uan. and be bsIisvtd that The poo
pc next November would record their c,nd, III
.tion OF tho parry which allowed tho namo
o! man who held tuoh sentiments to remain
upon its tickt. Mr. Goode closed viii a
grand ii ght OF elcqusDce. urging all 10 stand.
10 this emergency, true to the party which hsd
delivered tho State out Ct the hands Of tho
spoilcr 10 tho past, ard would sAvo it from the
san Ct population 10 tho irture.
Mr.. G0ode WIS frequently Interrupted du,ing
tho delivery OF his spaeoh, which ocouped two
houis. by applause. Cd mon who arc not in
tho habit OF attending politicsl moelings iutLed
out to hear him, and never was more
enthusiastic reception given q speaker 10 ibis
CITY. At the conc usion of tho speech tho
brilliant orator was bssieged by peopls anxious
to congratulate him upon his eloquent effort
SENATOR HlII-rhs roporls that Senator
Ben Hill, OF Georgia. Who is now undor medi-
cil treatment at tho Jefferson Hospital, 10
Philadelphia. WIS 10 dangerous condition and
had lost noaly O quarter Of an inch of his
torgu,. which affected his spotcb, have caused
great anxiety 10 hil fricld,. reporter who
c.lled upon The Senator yesterday afternoon
found that he was 10 txoollsnt hsallh, or, as he
expressed it, had never been botter 10 bis Life,
Ito is busy makitg preparations to leave for
Washington next week. not only TO taks Dart
in the organization ct the Senate. but also 10