Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-06-17
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~ political blunder is wnr'o
crime quotes "observer" in his cnn a
munlcation of the 18th iuston, 'On,
looking back upon the m,n,. '"4
which the conservative n,r,v ha Of
guilty, it is to be hoped it will no, ,1 ryfa
them by refusing to endorse Mr. ,T ~" l"
Inc debt question has passed from nor:
into the courts, and no one eycer, , m
VINO cannot learn what 4 renewal os ~
night means,is ever DESTROYS of reucwin, '" =,
discussion. Any further effort in ,h,, u ''''
means the delivery of this Stalr ,o ", ""e
ana his autocratic rule for a gcpc,,, ,;'to''e
least. 7>"''aIlon Al
How, then, should the ,lemorrn.,i.
act toward those who, like Massey WI''}y
honest convictions upon the lrh, ~, ~! nat
and LETT their party upon that sin.Ii, "tS'"A
Shall we only take them back mn" .>>0~.
OF humiliation and forgiveness, or r'. '''!'>
their right to differ with us upon NV ,'S I"i
question and after its settlement cow, I'','
to the party of their love and unirr ' WHY, E''N
to crush out the common ennn,,. WIN II Us
phatically l say-the latter. Mr. W,.s,',.'4! '
undoubtedly the exponent Of the view, :;
these men, and sways them Us no o,hrr w. VI
can. he Is democrat now, us he h., ' al
| ways been. '''> al
As one familiar with the WORKINGS a, T.
last General Assembly, and an eve wi,n we
of his steady, resolute resistance to ,hn,>
measures so fraught with i'll to this nrn "TF
as one who feels that the rights AMI ill.," s
| tics of Nirginians were preserved H., ~
| votes of the big four" aided and s,rnn, ,re
ened by the active efforts of Mr. MIS-, ,",
as recall the mighty, almost irresis,iil :
pressure brought to bear upon these mcr ~
swerre them from their course. feel rh", " y
debt is due them which should be rcn,I ;"
| 1t IS idle to talk of 4 reserve force al, sr,a,,
thousand voters to draw from. Ii such ,>i>,,
| cept on paper, it has Merer come ont in IN ~
heated contest OF years past. We have To drn.mS
upon drawing to some extent at least ir,m II
enemy, that Massey can do. VIZ
Able, rcsolute, one of the best speaker, IN T.
State; thoroughly familiar with Mahonc,s w,yS
his candidacy means success.
| The democratic members of the Irui,l,,rr. u,
practically unit for him, SD is the press. and in
this section of the State among all classes there i
no other name mentioned except by few
Let us therefore have no convention uo sc.n,
OF turmoil where defeat only will be prepared ior
by reason of the struggle of Il few old in harm,,
TO 1orce themselves upon an unwilling people
But with one consent, forgetting the past ockin.
only to the future, let labor for the rcdcmp,io
OF Virginia from boss rule and Mahoneism"
1t may be that Mr., Massey was prompted b,
selfish motives to make the fight he did For on,
do not believe it. know that he had Il s,ron,
and patriotic opposition to Mahonc's Srhrmr,
And further know that at any moment he cnD
have commanded any office in the gift ot the r,
adjustcrs if he would have yielded To- Mahnur
He could do so now and therefore IT,, II, hrw,r
lest by abuse We drive from us, man VIII. are auli
GUS to be of their old party again. rES
ALEXANDRIA, June 18th.