Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1863-05-02

evening Fred Douglass made speech on his
usual topic at the Chuch Of the Purtans. The
house was we'll filed with mixed audience Of
whites and black the whites predominating
After prayer BY Rev. nr. Cheeyer tho speaker
proceeded 70 say that the negro is the pivot OF
national distinction His cause met US before
and during the war and it will after the war,
unless # is settled on the solid basis Of equal
ity. (Slight aprauae.) He demanded d tor
the negro the most perfect civil and political
eouaitv. and that he shall enjoy all the rights,
nriyileces. and immunities Of any other portion
Of the American body polite. Faint az:
plause. Destroy The negro and you DESTROY
the nation. and to save both We must have one
great law Of equality (Renewed applause, y
The negro will never have peace until he IS ia
ken into the body polite. H. predicted that
the American people will soon be eager 20 re-
caive negroes as citizens. Is the body polite
too fastidious. TOO pure. to receive such!-~
(Laughter.) H. once had high Ideas OF tbs
body polite, bur a days experience at the
polls had induced some doubts, and as ne
learned and saw more and more, the body pol
itic suffered. l9roat laughter, b. and by
We shall all rnarcf side by side: and there is no
need Of tearing that the blacks will all go TO
one end and til, over, for they are people CIV,
an to division. Ii there are only SIX colored
persons in village there will be three colored
churches Of different persuaslons. ll4aughter.
Americans are beginning to appreciate tne
black man. The day that witnesses the march
down Broadway Of the Fifty fourth Colored
Regiment from Massachusetts,, timing their
bigh footsteps to the grand old hymn Of J ohm
Brown" will be the proudest that the coored
people Of this state ever saw n \. " orld.
In the Superior Court for the city q New
York on Tuesday last, in the case off,: II klrk
vs. II. Hoover, the counsel for the defendent
moved to dismiss the plaintiff compliant: on
the ground that he (plalntifl was al allen
enemy. He submitted afidavits showing that
Kirk had used dlsloyal language in the city. OF
Washington, and subsequently gone to reside
in Richmond, among the people with whom he
sv1upathized. The Judge denied the motion
for the following reasons: The plaintiff IS not
an alien enemy within the common meaning OF
those words. The Federal Government does not
recognize the idea that Virginia IS not one or
the States composing the United States, ana
;ts citizens not citizens Of the Union a clta-
znn Of VIRGINIA is.entitled to all the privileges
and immunities Of this State which citizen
of any other State can claim: Ii under any
act Of Congress this claim: II prosecuted 10
Judgment. can be coniscated; that furnishes
M reason why the action should De dismissed
The fact that plaintiff is an alien enemy
when i exists, should be pleaded; not t, be At
tempted to be availed of on motion Inc mo-
ton was denied.
The Court Martial at Cincinnati has oonvlc'
tad t,eo men of recruiting for the Contederates
within the Union lines, and they are TO be shot
an 1he 10Th Of May One man was 1ouau
guilty of publicly declaring sympath3 With tn0
Confederates, and sentenced to tour months
hard labor two others were..hned $5oo' each'
for aiding deserters to escape.
i 1r Qinokadp runners.