Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-07-31

The 4bolikioniSts in PhHadeiPhia.-I meet
;,r which was held on Saturday evening iast,
fine Anti-SlaYery Society, or immaculate Adolf
VI yyas miserable failure Its inSignih-
onca scarce entities il to the distinction OF no.
;ca in our columns, nor should II receive IL, were
:, moi that we consider it an evidence, ana We
~ s,ronS one. too. of the complete prostrauon
y hat wicked cause which, under the hypocrl-
.s.al nretencc Of benefitting our coiored popu-
ZION is actually exciting against them an
o,,ount of prejudice, suspicion and Ill ieeling,
"hich will more than q thousand times outweigh
W tbe GOOD this band of reckless fanatics can
nossiby bring them.
Tha advertisements for their meeting on Sa-
hrday evening, were circulated IN prlVate
r,arner but somehow one OF them louhd It's
-, in,n one of the afternoon papers, In whlcn
Ms accomnanied by some remarks OF Sc
,.,r, character. designed 10 warn the people
,,inst the traitorouS attempts OF their enemies.
III n,retinU was advertised 10 be held IN an
obscnre lane or court unknown to our cltlZens;
,ra will venture to assert that not one out Oh
,horsand eyer heard its name mentioned, or
knpy of its existence.
Ara few minutes before eight, the appointed
hour for assembling, solitary pllSrihi Was see"
,.,nJino his was to the building, who IT ap-
rsars of6ciated as keeper of the keys. lie
ppnsned the door, and stood waiting for some
,;n,s C,r his associates, but none made their ap-
nsarance until So long after the time Tor meet
mo that We began To apprehend that Tue mat
Ter after all, was mere hoax. Some ana come
bovaver eventually; but such sleek, inoiiensive,
s,mnle looking creatures, that we began to think
them incapable of mischief Their numbers
increased To SiTtsen all told. These entered
through a door in the far ehd OF long pas
sars and closed it as suddenly and securely
a{er them, as thought they were fearful OF some
sudden and dreadful calamity, or had assem-
bed 10 plot treason against the state, or to de-
wise some dark and diabolical scheme against
the safety and quiet of their fellow citizens.
What they did Within is known only to them
selves. what they intend 10 do, they made known
to the sixty or seventy respectable looking citl-
zens who had assembled round the door, mere
lookers-on in Venice to whom they declared,
in set harangue, that they were the most moi
EnSive people in the world; that their OBJECT,
motives actions, and intentions, We're all utter
" misunderstood. Il was declared by the So
cety of Sixteen through their organ, that they
were not in favor of amalgamaton; that al
though some of their number might fancy the
Society of our "colored brethren" even with
the thermometer at 90, that for their part, as a
Society," they did not intend to advocate the
marriage of blacks and white persons; that they
had no desire of creating diScord and strife;
that they had no particular desire to see the
scenes of ST. Domingo or southampton, enact
ed among their fellow citizens of the South,
with series of other disclaimers, concluding
with the solemn assurance to the crowd, that
they had met there with no evil design; that it
was mere private, regular, stated meeting Of
their Society, and at which there was to be ''no
speeches, nor arguments" CheSe are the precise
words of the orator. and that they merely met
To transact some private and unimportant bust
ness. OF all of which the audience believed
just as much as they pleased, and ne more.
After being in secret session precisely twenty
three minutes, the whole sixteen adjourned, and
we are sorry 20 add that the meeting outside so
tar forgot what was due to themselves as TO
greet their appearance with Kisses, which as
the sixteen all told" took their departure,
were Sweled into a general chorus by the most
doorous sounds and melancholy groans that
ever greeted 4 set of harmless, simple, molten
Slre iImb-hEe abolitonistS.
We presume this Society, if such it may now
be termed, will not again venture 10 insult the
citizens of this city by any future incendiary
attempts like this, which they ougai Ov this time
10 De satisfied can be productive of no good
Phil, Ing,