Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1899-09-29
AN OPEN LETTER TO CAPTAIN
MUSH RACH

While heartily approyug al FL.
good things you say about s.lsrt i'm
provements in your letter in the Asy
andria Gazette OF the 9th, [ desire a.
direct your attention to some tniro.
you have overlooked, and al hogob ~
citizen of this good old CITY and M o,S
here desires her welfare mere and rore
is connected with her by co.erf..
of blood and business, trust .,,-
excused for seeming Intrusion.
In the first place, had Tie Civ Con,.
Gil refused TO have epproprlalsd q .m.
much smaller than that given bv ,.
pie outside the city to aid 10 ce.e5rsr.r.
the 15O.h anniversaryotthe u.ouigesrf
laying out OF the city, il would t,r.
been, as you full well unders aud. d b.,u
at the future welfare and honor G. Al.
exandIia and direct reLosra, e m.ya.
ment from all precedents a. TO the tc..
pitaliiy of Virginians.
We are to have here prominent y...
tors from abroad, including high frcer..
officials, officers of the army and nsyy
and many of our "kith aud kln WA
have gone forth from the root ,res-
the press of the United Siai,, wll -
represented here in force; our country
cousins will come into the civ from II
Of the surrounding countr1 o.. Virginia
and Mary land, ard these visitors Should
be entertained IL Eirgiuia's urov. -ba.
style.
1t would hardly have been "r.r
aud proper" for our City CounG 70
nave ignored the fact tha, Alexandra
has existed for one and a bali c-ntun..
and to have refused to participate iaa
celebration which was authorized 81.
large public meeting OF the ccz-a-
held at the Opera House. Wte.c
were invited 10 express ihIr N.a,
and no voice was raised ID opp0sII
Il would certainly not have been c.tii-
able 10 Council to have refused TO To-
in celebrating the memory OIL Ter former
surveyor-her Burger, her M4s.e. ll
son, her leading citiZeo, her huracUr.
who caves 81, 600 TO endow her dfstpb
lie school aud who gave 10 Us coal.
try the grandest aud greatest ia he
world. Surely mad Council decl,uHio
participate and aid in entertaining opr
guests, surely, ! say, would the world
have had occasion to say ugly ihirg-
Of our city and its people Trust my
dear Cap ain, that you giiI useanty-
tel Sjve let of chloride OF me 20 your
cutters and see that they areHe.Isaep'
each day from now or, so to.,e
q bright example to thecomnda.iya-t
present old Alexandra ID .ae BE-"
possible condition to Der non0rei sues-
on October -
Do you really believe, my dear c'l-
tain, that the suggestion made M ycn
10 your last para raph abJu, po,iplr'e
an assured success until % more su'p'e-
ious season is proper suge e-tl9ff SOD
confident you DO nci, for you sno" Is
al impossibilty. Our friends and le'eh'
pors have literally helped o. 90 honor
ing Washington and celebrating ohr
city's natal day, and il viii bedoners
royalty, and no one will do bis par 10
make it a success more ably aud more
cheeriully than yourself aad you may
rest content that the csvirfs ''d
the laughing ones will fluid 10 Aiez'a-
dria on October y city ful. oiii-- Ia'.
of energy, full OF the gloriou- past ala
full of determination to carve our
future alike credltable ia our city a'o
our State. Respectfully,
ALEX. j. WEDDERElRN