Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-03-09

HuNNIcUr's SPEECH at the recent Colored
Mass Meeting in Richmond, and has plan OF
action. arc thus given in the Richmond Dis

Mass Meeting, in Richmond, and has plan OF
action. arc thus given in the Richmond Dis
patch: =,
had, not a month ago, rejected the constltu'
ticnal amendment, and that now they we're
suddenly in favor of calling convention to
conform with the provisions OF the sherman
bill, and that ne knew that they qua not wish
to accodc TO this from sense OF flgnt Du' oe,
cause they wanted to keep "l-0-y,ai men oa'
Of rovcr. He spoke of Gov. Pelrpont as
having sold the loyal men of the State, and
said that he had denounced President johnson
shortly after his accession topowcr, and his oplni
ion had not since changed. by the Eternal,
said hc II would rather vote Tor Gov WISE
this night than for this doubc-faccd Union
SccccSsiOnlst.
The negro had long waited for this day. and
the white man had but little idea that 1t was
so near at hand two months ago. lie went
| on to rcetc the facts of the passage OF the
Sherman bill over the veto, and added: "Ercn
| old Revcrdy Johnson voted for it" lie was
present at the Alexandria election, and saw
that the negroes knew we'll enough who to vote
for. And at the next election you know
who to vote for, wontyou?" Crowd. e.
yes dat we will" You wont vote Tor Joe
Mayo for Maycragain will your Voclferous
yel!s OF ''No 10 dat we wont. lie amt swlnc
never be Mayor agin - Yes, my tellow-cItl-
zcns, then you will know the men who were
afraid to take the New Nation the men who
were afraid to meet lo-y val men in their meet
inss; the men who were not afraid to call at the
| New Nation office, etc The men who were
afraid to stand by me in the storm | will de.
nouuce aud those who did stand by me | in
tend to advocate and support with my pen
| Cheers and cries OF Oats right! =
The speaker then went on to give his plans
for action Il intend" said he, Ito hold Il
convention. First, there will be u primary
meeting Of Union men, black and white. The
colored men are to bcadmitted upon an equality
with the white men, and will cooperate with
them if they are loyal There will be no fac
tons | pledge myself to be governed by the
majority OF votes as to what course | shall pur
sue and you know what Hunnicut says he gen
orally stands up TO- Cries Of "Dats sou |
shall ignore everything the Legislature does.
Let the Legislature call a convention, and III
| follow on IF they do not do what is right |
will COM plain to Congress- They will without
4 doubt cali Il convention, and will elect men to
rule us out | will wager that there will not be
ten loyal men in it. Voice in the crowd. -
"No, deere won't BE- nary one. . Great laugh
ter Well report this.
He then went on to say that this primary meet
ing would be held in May, and would be 4 sort OF
in advisory meeting, in which all the cities
towns, and counties in the State would be rep
resented. This meeting would devise plan by
which the ''l,o-yar' men in the State could act
| in harmony The delegates could then 90 home
and nominate candidates for the convention. -
| They would hold an election, and convene The
convention in the latter part Of September or
beginning oil October. 1t would be delayed un-
I'll that time in order to give time to niOrln the
negroes in the country the way they were to
vote The "rcbe>' would act in any way to
act votes. and in the rural districts it would not
b. safe for i negro five miles from the polls II
the next election to leave the field and 20 TO
vote. His life would be in danger. y olcc9
in the crowd.--"Dat'S 50, 'twouId dat. II
they would wait, however, that would be all
right: the mi!itsry would protect them. ~
September they would not be afraid to 20 to the
polls, and they could vote safely against the
most popular men the ''rebeIs had.
After the election, the Convention would
convene in September, frame their ConStltu
ton, submit it to Congress, and It would Ger
tsinIY be received 'ior, thank God, Thad.
Stevens Ben. Butler, and Charlie: Summer are
still there We need not be afraid Of the OPP
Dosite party: their Constitution will never be
received. They may send it ill., bnt we will tell
CONGRESS by whom it was framed. The con-
vcnion convened by the Legislature was COM
posed Of traitors; ana if You pass their Con
&tituton il will !esound with the groans Of
traitors" After their Constitution had been
accepted by Congress they would proceed to
elect governor, congressman, legislators and
have everything their own way, and Just have
a high old time generally
TUE RA1LRoADs.-Thc Orange and Alexan-
lila mail train came in on time last evening"
It's track having been in no wise injured 50 far
by the late I'm unprecedented foods With the
accommodation train "Wednesday night came
III one Of the coaches thrown off tie track on
! that day near Rockfsh depot. The Other cars
| four in number, were broken so badly that they
| had 10 be abandoned where they lay.
The Virginia and Tennessee road is feared
to lc seriously dislocated, but to what exact
extent it is not possible to know, since the tele
graph lines beyond Whthcville are both down.
| 4 heavy rock is reported by the section master
at Martins to have fallen into Jamison' Gap,
which cannot be removed except by blastng-
The entire up country is flooded, and great
damage and intcrrurtion of travel may be
reasonably app1cbended .-LWchburg Rep
A CASE The Alexandria election may pro-
badly afford au opportunity for making up Il
| case for the United States Supreme Court, on
the validity of the Military Reconstruction
law. The Washington Republican says:
I'VE learn that the legal question Of the
right to hold an election was referred to the
Attorney General, and that be has not yet
rendered an opinion upon the subject.
We hope our Legislature will promptly take
hold of this case, and not leave it to citizens
or to city. out of narrow means to conduct
unaided suit involving the life of the State
and the liberty of every citizen. A little less
preciptate anxiety about convention and an