Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1860-02-11
LOCAL ITEMS.

held at Liberty Hall, ON Thursday night.
On motion of S. Shinn. &. +. Lee was
called to the Chair, and W. A. Harper and
f. w. Ashby were appointed Secretaries.
Mr.. Lee, on taking the chair, explained
the object Of the meeting to be, to consider
the action of the Democratic meeting of
Wednesday night in regard to the Delegate
Ia the General Assembly from this county,
Lewis Mckenzie, esq
w. d. Massey moved that committee of
FIVE be appointed by the chair to prepare
business for the meeting. Motion adopted,
and the following gentlemen appointed said
committee: w. d. Massey, Stephen Shinn,
X. w. Wheat, Edward Burchell, and j. B.
Smoot
The committee retired and during their
absence the chair announced to the meeting
the gratifying intelligence to oil the citizens
of Alexandra, that news had been received
by telegraph (per dispatch to the Gazette)
that the bill appropriating 100000 to the
Alexandria Loudoun and Hampshire Rail
road, had passed the Senate of the State, and
was now law Applause.
This result had been obtained through the
indomitable energy and perseverance OF cur
faithful Delegate, Lewis Mckenzie, zap
plause,) whose course the Democrats on
Wednesday night had seen fit to condemn.
The committee retired, and through their
Chairman, w. ID. Massey, reported preani-
BILE and series Of resolutions, which will be
found in the official proceedings of the meet
ing published in to-day's Gazette.
AT the conclusion Of the reading, the pre-
amble and resolutions were adopted unani-
mously amid applause.
On motion of T. w. Ashby, the proceed
ings were requested to be published in the
papers of the State, and that the Baltimore
Clipper be requested to copy.
In response to loud calls, w. d. Massey
took the stand and was greeted with APP
plause.
He said he had not come to the meeting
to make speech He expressed his admi-
ration of the manliness with which the meet
ing had spoken out. They had been bullied
long enough unless they were ready to sui
scribe to all that the Democratic party pre-
sent for them, they were charged with Civ
ing aid and comfort to the North. There
had always been deep and wide gulf be-
tween the old Wing and Democratic parties.
The Wing party was called upon to unite
with the Democrats, and they were told that
they must unite, or that the country was
gone. He inquired chow shall we unite
with them" The only way was to forego all
principles and sing Halleluiahs to modern
Democracy. No concession from them was
offered, but they demanded that we should
unite upon Democratic candidates and sub
NIT to all the dogmas of the Democratic par
ty. No other concession was rendered. lie
had no fears of dissolution Of this Union,
and could not be frightened by Democratic
buster. He believed with Mr.. Bolts, zap
plause.) that the course Of the Democrats
towards the Wings of the South, had done
more to build up the Abolition party at the
North than anything else. He meant to
refer, as Mr.. Bolts expressed 1t, to the Boss
men of that party the masses desire the
perpetuation of the Union. When the North
was constantly told that the candidates OF
the Opposition in the South were unsound 1t
had natural tendency to lead the fanatics
to believe that they had coadJutors In the
South. Unless the North believed that the
Democratic editors i'll the South had leagued
together to lie, the North could not belleye
else than that the Southern Opposition party
were the coadiutors OF Northern Abolition
lists. He believed that among the millions
at the North, there was u large conservative
element. If we refuse TO cooperate with
the conservative element at the North, are
we not indifferent to the Union? lie trust
ed that they would not be afraid to give free
expression to their opinion, and he was graf
fled that the Democrats could no longer
boast that we were afraid to endorse the
letter of John Minor Bolts. Applause
He did not mean to endorse every word CON
tanned in that letter. He did not mean to
condemn Gov. Wise for anything that he
had done in the llarper's Ferry affair. tie
had always said that Gov. Wise was in pos
session of facts that no other man knew.
But, taking the premises that Mr.. Bolts had
taken. no man could come to any other con-
clusion than that adduced by Mr.. Bolts.
He had said on former occasion that the
Opposition were injured BY want OF hFh-
| ness. They should not be intimidatcd by
Democratic clustering. Onrrecord IS known
to the couutry--the man who charges us with
want of fealty to the South, only shows
the baseness Of his own heart. applause
When the great Opposition party which he
hoped was now to arise, should make nom
ination, it will present man who Will be
perfectly acceptable to the party; and though
\ no other man IN the state shoulu Vote LOT
him, if he was spared, he would vote for him.
The Democratic party talk of representing
the wishes Of the South. lie asked if they
represented anything but desire to secure
the success of their candidate. The South
ern view of the Territorial question, as he
understood it, was that man had perfect
RIGHT TO 90 into the Territories with slaves
if he chose, and that during its territorial
condition, it had no right to Interfere with
slavery--but upon the Convention assem-
bling to form a State Consultation, that Con
yention had the legitimate power to exclude
slavery or not. Mr.. Douglas, however, mann
tanned that the first handful OF settlers in Il
territory could exclude the whole South from
participation in that vast domain--and yet,
| if Mr.. Douglas should get the nomination OF
the Charleston Convention, the Democrats OF
Virginia would support him. lie did not
saw he was their choice, but they would sup
port him. The meeting would remember
that it had been declared that if the Devil
was nominated, the Democracy would swaI-
low him, hQofs, horns and all. daughter
and applause, o....,,,;,
A voice, they'd vote for ossaw@ttome
Brown" Laughter
He exhorted the party to act as became
i think rpa6.