Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-03-29

LOyOi }Ug2H2ttlS, NtOeiS, lu2!pas amt TO Ne
groes Of tie SereuM Congressional District
GENTLEMEN: We are n happy family, and I
have come 10 70 sup with you | hope no
apology is deemed necessary. and 10 exceptions
will be taken on account OF MY apparent and
sudden obtrusion. or to the euDhoujon& cogno-
men selected and perhaps misapplicd, as set
forth in my caption. feel, indeed, there can
not consistently be any argument deduced to
Justify you in tangent or tantrum, and most
respectfully conjurc You to retain your !inep,
while | cndeavor to address you IN III" language
Of an affectionatc pateTra
Ny c0loreG brethren once so happily demon
mated negro, has exhibited streaks OF white:
and must be allowed some title which does not
embrace and convey mental, servant, &c., &c.,
for some are beginning to claim their superior
ity over the Circassan race In this they
should be checked, until the occipita! protu-
berancc loses in measure that heellikc ten
dencv which is elevated to an altitude OF forty
five degrees. The facil probosciS has but lit,
tle relevancy to my thesis, and the pedestrian
nuatjes or pedestal, | will leave them to DIS
r,.ss IT'S enough Tor me to remember they
have vote and claim to be Loyal |lrglnlans.
As such, will presently revert
Now comes the next, to whom the a3DIiquet
NAV be most Objectionable. | alIude to what
is generally termed the Yankee, AID race OF
| hoDl0 gepj supposed to possess &"l1H7o' MicI''T
physical tendencies coupled wish plctlSil pre-
rogatiYss. and objectionable to "ldRH :" the e.
heL1c Some, ike jhe vulturc, scent The dying
breath, and hcncc, hUAg UpOn jhc verge Of the
army ~ hpzZards over carcass, gathering the
astofF c'otEes and old coffee grounds t!!at tad
been !hrown away after use. Tor re-selln&: ana
,h.in0ngcrS, who dc,poI!cd The dead: aHG
like Monkcr aud Aikcr OF old, searched the
graves Of the departed in many Instances get
ting whole sets OF teeth, and IL others only a
olatq or tico Happily for this portion OF the
| Heotorcl,v, but few remained when ali h0HG$
had been gGthc,r}, and these few, if may
base my opinion upon personal observation,
would have gone; but IN passing through WASH
| ington sent up wall that pierced the souls OF
officias ''Why must Eirginian5 go begging
and starving vino nave endured all lot ther
country and an uneratGtul administration
And for their eric aud inp0rtunlt cS we're they
heard However, ali this is but coed I@S>01
They teach nodcsty is without re9ard-a Ic4
SON i Shall hcncciorth follow, and run for every
Office within the g;lt OF the people, il sufficient
emolumenta attach. Thus they claim to be
'JI0yal Yirginiana, end rs such | shall pre-
sentIy ''Yrrff
Rebels What ahal! | now say 10 count
them all, demands thousand tongue, throat
of brass and adamantinc lungs Descendants
Of Pocahontas They walk on elongated leg
! and sometimes rrn. Very mistruStiul and
, Jealous, with ardent attachments for things
that arc ardent Without revocation they
snar and with it are often docile. Unlike
Cerebus. You are not Detained in their doEnln-
IONS aRalnS' lout ~, s,onn
Ihcl'lSc'''2 - ,I;, ,r;,, Thn;r
was gu ''I' n'IH 90 - -, .,, [rLs;r
EaIIh""'u va. ,;,,o' ' ~, , n.,Ir ;r,Iry
iis;''' r. ,,SIo,,,.n,, ,or.,ri
W 80. n.,ro,,n), o,nrns>iva vrt 80 Iipkt wa il
ca H. a.; @ ,'nr, - was IF oE ~ hcr
lucy G'u ~" III ~ 49,, ,'-,., :, c,. ,,,i H.
snof''lSl '.i" 'at ~. ,h. Trr. - r mt q
I WIZ, ,,,,.,,,,.I jhfral.Icc,
l,t I ,,,, ,,,. ~ If, ali ,,,,tj;j ,.y~. = "
orS' T'Lrr rr%,nl,ting themselves ihcy were
~ u,crn ont ro all "iDlUytr,:,7hdp" rurr0sce.
m'',,s:d, - ,L. Cay.nth C,n,,rcscior.ri District
tI "'' w., vr,,dino]y rndc and must :ay ,hty
r;lj acc H;ncry and Lin time. iefore
am .L.r, Win Them vrrv large ,roportion
q rn,, "gant;onc r. lis Immediate district.
Nav ~! ~. s1,nc,yhs ,;vaur.d ia civilization but
r ry some Of their earlier preiud!ces, which
r would ~ nowiec care 10 tc subjected 10. or
have onv desire to rroyoke. They claim they
arc ioval Eirpi0iaps. and uS zach | will prr
SsntIy; ssrgrcyt;'
Finally. fellow citizens, have come to
T.nyAT V,RGTyrlyg That noble, band Of
hroyo ratriotic Hbct,y-!oying Soutlcrncr@
,"Ln 1o,rrfr;;nr h,ir homc, friends and ".onnl.
inc no. al lhjng1 lost'; for Their Cod and t.eir
ronntrv enduring The scorn and derision and
cnirhctS If all mnn-nied BY 4 furnace seven
tines heated: knowing if he rebellion sue
coedcd they could revisit tho scenes Of their
chilIhooI NJ more. and for generations their
chiIIrrns nnlv laoacy won)J he the jcrs Of q
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