Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1866-05-15
FERRETIG.
FALLS CHURCH, May IA, 1866.


To the Gazette's Reporter: Our quiet little
radical village, was favored" on Saturday
last, by a meeting Of the Territorlalists OF Rev
olutionists, or whatsoever you please to call the
little clique-who are trying to raise dust to
throw into somebody's eyes notice OF which
gathering was posted at the front door OF the
cost office of this village. Now the meeting
was called for two of the clock, P. NJ, but as
the delegation from your city composed OF
John Hawxhurst, who holds Federal Office,
and Geo. Tucker) did not arrive until after the
hour appointed for the assembling Of the faith
full, the citizens ha to wait until about o'clock,
when the meeting, composed of some snctecn
persons, was called to order, and Mr.. George
Thompson, reliable Union man, nominated
Col. D. T. Dulany for presiding officer. Our
Senator however much to the chagrin OF the
meeting, declined the profered honor, and po-
litely requested to be informed for what pur-
pose the meeting had been called, and what
we're its objects and then, very much to the
astonishment of the assembled few, began to
advocate the policy of President Johnson when
Mr.. Tucker, becoming alarmed, for fear that
this bomb thrown into camp might burst and
do some damage, interrupted the speaker by
announcing that the meeting was not for pollt-
ical discussion.
The nerves of the affrighted being somewhat
Gained, Mr. Talmadge Thorn was elected to
preside, but no sooner had he assumed the du-
ties of his responsible position, than Col. Dula-
ny, apparently not to be thwarted in his pur-
pose of discomfting the body, again called for
information in regard to the objects and pur-
poses of the august assemb]age. Talmadge,
unluckily, was not posted and said that ''all he
knew about the treat was, that they were to
elect delegates to attend the Convention in
Alexandria. This being rather unsatisfactory,
Mr. Hawxhurst undertook to explain, but got
fuddled ,and finally said that 'all be knew bout
it. was, that he had seen notice OF the meet
ing, but, really, he did not know its objects.
The friends of the cali being either willlul-
ly or nlalciously ignorant of what they were
after. and either unable or unwilling to explain
the objects of the meeting, Col. Dulany, by way
of enlghtening the uniniiated, stated that he
had been Informed (oh horrors! more traitors
in the camp--that fellow had better look sharp
REP. that it was the desire Of the indivld-
uals who called the meeting, to endeavor to
throw Sovereign State (admitted to be 50 by
Congress, in receiving her vote on the constitu-
tional amendment into Territory. This Ter
ritorializing business the Colonel was decidedly
"agin," and denounced it as an outrage and
ninety-nine hundreths of the people of the
State are Of his opinion.
The Colonel having concluded his remarks,
Mr.. Tucker produced carefully prepared Sc
ries of resolutions, which he read, endorsing
Congress and, by implication, the President,
but failing to prove anything, unless We admit
that extremes meet. The negro came in, in the
shape of universal suffrage.
Upon the conclusion of the reading OF this
carefully prepared and we'll digestcd compound,
Senator Dulany withdrew, but not before he
stated his abiding confidence in the Executive,
and gave notice that public meeting will be
held at Falls Church, on Saturday next, the
10th inst, at II o'clock, \. NJ, where the
friends of the President ard the opponents>of
Territorial vassalsge arc invited to attend. 1t
is hoped there will be full turn out,and cor
dial invitation is extended to all. =.