Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-02-24
Letter from Lsfa;,.,,ors
Correspondence Of tie Alexsudria Gczsj

iOofrespoaGeocs Of tie Alexandria G:zsUe,1
RICHMOND. Vs., February 2S.-O.a uau
dale stood BY old M, Massey end so TO dsy
the Zig !ous' went d,uD With c,!ors i;ipg,
While they did no. suc,ssd 10 gs!!iug Massey
oiected they sSaW g,td rsc1;d Tor them
Saves Dad lev even Of tbei: enemies will coy
that they wfrs not Eonest i, their conviction
End In tie notVts which inpeIIcd tbcS, to
take firm stand. Nor hes their work teen 10
Valo. All four arc honest Rs.diusters. Their
Header. NcWhtrry, is much old,r Rcadissser
than Malone sad therefore has moro right to
speak fer The Rssduser party than Mahcne.
NaRberIy made q vigorous Gsht and oce which
from htst to last must compel admi.atiop. He
| has never weakened and opening the fight like
o brave man be MT bis repulss tc-lay With
that courage which animated hir from tho
hsst. The fight ct the "big four" however,
Was not thrown away. |: was the frs. emphatic
protest tton ru, and conscientious RsadjuH-
era against BosSism s5d Rirg rule. aod it came
with such lire aud vim as caused the Boss to
tremsls. Ills days arc Numbered. The disin
| tegration OF h!s power has begun. Reaching
the aptX OF his might two months ego, he saw
| from thst height tho restless moving Of d;Gsot
| Spills and bcgan Of oIee the effort to crush
| them. But 100 late. Men Gre cot forever
| bllrd. The bstz, Of successful election li2hts
| can dazzle them ior tho Wills bu. Rhec the
IRE laneuishes the blackness Of tho chsrred
| embsEs Is revealed and truth asserts itself from
the midst OF ns5es l. csuno. c!vsys b, Ms-
hone. Men Who did tho fighting of tho r.
| sojaster parry. who believed il i. fran priuci-
pie. waose ambi.icn (mis;sken though we be.
| Iisv5 III led them TO d,sire MEASURES but no.
oHo.-such men. independent 10 Split and
deed, are first resiso to show their indignant ro.
| tusal to be fetteEed By tie selfish hand of VIII
liam Mshouc. Rssred rpon bis throne of oat-
nan power no begins to feel il tottering. The
| mendioants for bis fayo:s arc GHinSIiue, md
| mao7 ct bis meet Distant Sef7itors are ros
| Ihoss whose o:lcglrg is measured by asoira-
| tlon8 Tor oRic, and whose ncn!incss snd iodc-
pendeIc, is GU ched in the hollow of bis paIr,,
Having raaciastsd its debt, the next grcg.
mtv, OF the Readlustcr party will ba The read
| lus:msnt OF the poHor Of William Mshoue.-
ibis styled lsadcr hiss forgotten in bis esti-
mate OF tie qualities of those who make ~ he
par y that headjuSter Gin be 90 cdepeni!eE,
| mau aod .hat to coma hstia hand, lrqusy for
rights fashionable, is ROT il ecaoriaacs With the
| prompting Of sry Virginia R:adius:er. Dam,
crat or Republican.
Massey tskes bis de!sst cooll7. He does ros
| allow that be has been def,sted, but insists
that the prinol Die fer which be oouteaded BAT
not been over,hroSu. Exactly what his cour:e
will b. ho haa not vet decided. l. is cot in
probable that with Ns#berry aud L7brock he
will stump tho State @. some futurs day and
show to the peopis tha liu, ia!eu,iou cf the
Maho1e opposition. 1t would be- hard team
to beat 10 debate, and Msbonc himself would
not undertake 10 meet them ca ,te stump,
| Major r. H. Glass is COW spoken CT in COZ
nection with the edito,sSip IF lhe prep,sed
democratic organ. lie renoaed the city TO-DAY.
No ADLER nor noTo VI ,r0us paa c!ull b. o.
tanned than his OVID, AID ia tho way Of diss.e.
lion OF the "B1ss" he will, it IS safe 20 rfirm
BE- particularly saar:hiug. TIE saif of !bv Or,
passed paper, it is understood. is b,iDg made up,
| STRONGBoW