Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1889-05-29

orlr q ight rise III temperature.
A SAMPLE OF NORTHERN VENOM The
t,ilogipg from the New York Tribune is a
fair specimen OF the rsncor which still turks
- me bosoms of many Northern writers
gbsn they undertake to describe anything
erich occurs n the South:
This has been great day for Alexan-
3,a The sumbers of tho sleepiest old
,oH,n in the OH Dominion were broken at
an early hour by the beating of drums, the
hIare OF trumpers and the ringing OF bells,
yrjth which was ushered 10 the twenty.
oiobth anniversary Of the hasty evacuation
fine town By the secessionist troops, who
Aid not stop TO fire gun, and also of the
Killing OF the gallant young Colonel Ellis
worth. Times have changed indeed since
that May morning twenty eight years ago.
There is no slave pen now, end today hun
d-ads of colored men and women. well
dressed and intelligent, mingled with the
crowds which packed the principal thor
onohfsrc. Jackson, who slew Ellsworth,
called Martyr" Jackson then by the town
folks. is mentioned now as "desperado,"
and Inc cemency of the Government is
,bought to have reached its extreme limit
sban il placed the name of mis- daughter
m the list of it's favored employees
in the same Department with Brown
neu she instant avenger of E!Isworth'5
t,nI murder. Then the Stars and Stripes
Aew nowhere in Alexandria except over the
,anks OF armed men to day scores Of bnil!-
inos were literally covered with the na;ioa-
al coIors. thereby making disagreeaaly cor
snicions confect0uer's store and talor's
anon which were profisely decorated with
.roi white and red" bunting-a wenton
insult 10 visitors who are ex soldiers OF the
Uoion and who ara Invited to be present on
mis- occasion. 2'ne occasion was the dedica-
tion Of monument to the memory of the
Aleyandrisns who fought for the Lost
C.use Taeir names carved on the pedes.
,ol number ninety seven There is the sem
iiment engraved on tie pedestal: "They
5jea m the consciousness of duty faithfully
nerisrmed Tne pedestal is surmounted
by = broGz' statue of private SCI Her; the
lint production Of E der of Richmond aud
gnb3rI. Of New 1rk, and is c;editable work.
More than 5000 people-that means tre-
mendous crowd in Alexandria-gatn to
witness the procession and the unveling OF
the statue aud TO listen to the speecnes OF
Governor Lee ard Mr.. Daniel, OF Richmond.
The procession, which was not large one,
included several camps of Confederate Vst-
Grams from Aie8duuIIa, rtcuetiN a ou' x,
Joudoun, and the Maryland Society of the
Army and Navy of the Confederate States,
headed by Bradley T. Johnston, couple of
volunteer companies from Washington, and
four or FIVE volunteer FIRE companies of
Alexandria, the whole being headed by the
Marine Band In carriage near the head
OF the procession rode Governor Lee, Cen
erei Joseph +. Johnston, General NJ. D.
Corse the fret colonel of the 18th Virginia,
which wes raised in Alexandria, and
Mr.. Daniel. This Mr.. Daniel made
the presentation address, which for effront
err end bad taste could not we'll be matched.
According to Mr.. Daniel, Abraham Lincoln
and men who fought to save the union were
traitors, and Jefferson Davis, Robert r Lee
aud other conspirators were patriots. Gov.
Lees address was in better taste, but he,
loo, missed an opportunity. Some persons
may criticize the good taste of his declara
ton that his uncle, Robert E. Lee, was as
pure aud nnsel6sn patriot as George Wash.
0g;ou and some military critics, too, may
dispute the logic of his argument that Rob
ert f. Lee was greater general than all the
heroes of Thermopyle, Waterloo aud Sehas:
opol combined. snd that Gettysburg would
have bsen q Confederate victory If Lees
plans had not miscarried through the stu
pditv or weakness, or both, of Gen. Long
street. After General Lee concluded Cen
eral Joseph E Johnston made few re.
Marks"