Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-02-16

iuction and overthrow, stamp him as g tlue
man. Giittering shafts of marble may Illus
trate the lives of the great and gooo, pu1
the monument that mourning and sadden-
ed land will erect to Hancock will be the no.
bic love Of reunited country. Ills g'orl-
Gus pcrson Ei!l 10 longer attract the eye
Int his example will reach down the ages
to come, and when the name OF hancock Is
recorded By history he will take COM
handing place among those natures WHO,
with sublime faith, have obeyed the laws OF
honor ond hest served their country. Ho-
ratio Seymour will be remembered by pcs
terity with aGactionate regard, and "nen
sectional animosity has passed away, ana
the asperities Of party shall have melteu'
Sevmcu. will have niche IL the temple
of faroe reserved for civilian heroes. His
lofty concern for the institutions CT his
country, his Jealous guardianship OF the
rights Of his party, his unselfsh interest in
the success Ct ell OF that was right AND just
fix uDon him the genuine mark Of true no.
bi!isy. The clamor Of the vulgar crowd aiu
not sway his judgment, nor the Hattery Oh
fortune cloud his conscience, but he trod
tho pathway where honor led His counsel
was sought by the most eminent in The lano,
and tic wisest felt most secure when the
heart and head of Seymour joined i'll ADVICE.
Temperate but firm, candid but just,
rcso.ute BIZ. always with equity, his fame
will grow Brighter in lustrc, and he will
forever be held as an example OF what pu'
ritz. manhood, and intellect can accomplish.
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THERE ARE nre some i'll informed people
in Virginia who wonder why, Of all the
well 10 DO Immigrants who come to this
couuiry, many Of whom are agrcuitu-
rists, who would naturally seek homes in
State SO peculiarly favorable for farming
interests as Virginia, few or none ever set
tie within her bcldcls. But how could it
be otherwise when tie leading newspapers
of Europe, especially ho*e particularly de-
voted to the interests OF investors, and which
are consequently critically examined by
those who want farms in this country and
have money enough to Eay them, speak Of
| Virginia in such terms as the following FROG?
the London Financial News q fair sample
Of I'll Tie ofa:s Of its class
''The.n is assurediy 10 more pjtia5le spec
| ;acie in The world to-day than the State oil
Virginia, which has sacrificed its good name
aud GAINED nothing in exchange. There
are States, as there are individuals, dishon-
est enough to purchase n material benefit at
the price of moral sacrifice; but it has
never happened Until now that, being
| cnuLh bit IN the act, a State has been made to
surrender It's plumber and to submit to pun
ishm@nt by being held up 10 public eEecra-
ton rs Il rogue and thief. The victory OF
the bondnolders Is, however, a credit to the
administration of justice lin the Federal
Courts, and a distinct gain 10 the cause OF
public morality in the United States"
Immigration societies. immigration agents,
immigration circulars, cheap lands, salubri-
Gus climate, cool water, mountain, valley
and meadow, woods and fields, good neigh
bors, ready markets, all amount TO nothing
10 reputable oul thrifty foreigner seeking
Il home, when Offset by the facts that the
her crcdi. anu honor by repudiating her
just debts, aad that her people when tcav-
cling ore ashamed to acknowledge that
their homes are within her limits A set
lement CT Vrginia's debt upon terms salts,
factory to her creditors aud therefore hon
orab!c TO herself would soon get her out OIL
Inc swash into which the Mahoneitcs have
drawn her, ard start her on the way to
prosperity, which, by reason Of her natural
advantages, she could not be long in reach,
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