Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-10-24

WHEN Mr.. Francis Miller spoke to the
negroes here last week he was pleased 10
aav that the GAZETTE in former years hao
supported the protective tariff OF Henry
CLAW and the whig party, but that now II
is the organ of the free traders OF this
norton of the country. The next day the
GAZETTE said that while the average OF the
Clay tariff was twenty per cent, that oil
the existing one is over forty per cent, ana
that the former would not only be accepta'
Bile, but would more than crafty the pres
emit hopes of the most pronounced revenue
reformsr among the democrats. Since then
the venerable A. H. H. Stuart, in response
to a question on the subject of the tariff,
has written letter. in which ne says:
sit is known to you that in the ancient
division of parties, | was jealous mem
Der of the wing party, and an ardent sup
porter of its great leader, Henry Clay. AS
such, was elected to Congress in lS4l, and
after the wings had gained control OF tue
national government was invited by ires-
ident Fillmore, in 1850, to occupy position
In his cabinet, as the associate OF Webster,
Corwin, Crittenden, Graham, and other dis
tinxuished members of the wing party. MY
position brought me into almost daily inter
course with the leaders of the wing party,
and afforded me the best opportunity OF be-
coming familiar with their sentiments ID
regard to the important political questions
of the day. After careful examination OF
the provisions of the present democratic
platform and the doctrines of Henry Clay
and the wing party of 1912, can any candid
man affirm that there ia any material dlfler-
ence between them? I must confess that
if any such exists am not able to see it.
As an old liue wing can, without any in
consistency, stand squarely on the demo.
cratic platform Of the present day. And l
believe that If Clay, Webster, Fillmore, Cor
win, Crittenden, Clayton, and the other
great leaders of the wing party were now
living, they would give to it, and to the
nominees of the party, their cordial sup
port"
Mr.. Miller, like Mr.. Stuart, was wing, but
the difference between them is, that whereas
the latter, being liberal and unprecedented, can
see things in their true light, the former is
30 biased and bigoted, and so filled with
hate for the people Of the State be has left,
that he is either stone blind as regards
them, or misrepresents them intentionally.
The FAILURE of H. d. Cooke s Co., when
hrst announced, was thought to involve the
w. o. & w. R. R. Company to some extent
because of the fact that Mr.. Cooke was the
advertised treasurer of that company. From
the interview with Mr.. Brophy, the super
intsndent of the road, published in another
column, the suspension cannot in any way
embarrass the road. The failure cannot
be very serious one as the assets of the
firm consist principally of their interest in
the w. o. & w. r. R. company, and from
the published report of the business of the
road the investment was very judiciously
made. During eight months of last
year the gross earnings amounted to
$S7 ,351.06, and the operating expenses
were $50, 1882, making the net earn
ings within that period S27,172.74. The
business for the year 1884 has increased
very much over that of last year, and the
report showing actual figures is expected to
be something astonishing in view Of the gen
ersl falling off of railroad earnings. The
road has been very much improved, about
eight miles Of steel rail and three new iron
bridges having been constructed; in fact in
every way the rond has been improved and
Is being operated in the most modern and
approved way. When the extension to
junction with the Shenandoah Valley Rail-
road Is completed it ought to be one of the
most valuable railroad properties in the
State of Virginia. If all the other assets of
q. D. Cooke & Co. correspond in intrinsic
value to their interest in the w., 0. & W.
r. R. there should be no cause for alarm.
AT TERRE HAUTE yesterday Mr.. Blaine
again waved the bloody shirt, and said sit
was the intention of the rebels of the South
with the help of their friends in New York
and Indiana to gain possession of the Gov.
Senator Sherman said to an
in Washington yesterday, he
thought, not the people of the whole
country but, sour people are not yet pre-
pared to turn the Government over to the
party to be controlled by the
rebels" Mr.. Butterworth, in his speech in
Washington last night, said "the people of
Ohio would forsake obedience to God and
loyalty to their country if they did not vote
next month to save the Government from