Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-04-24
. LOCAL. NEWS.
FRIDAY EVENING. APRIL a.
ra1api WARD RADICALS. IA large meeting
80 .. ALL p ,nrhl;o.r clnh of the Third

s che R.dicaI Republican club Of the lhir .
W.,d Vas held last night in the new oolofeo
..hool house, on Alfred street, between frinoesS
ID ,Orouoco-Joh ohm Moore, white, in the 40
..ne. of the President, g. E. White, Whlte' IN
Altar considerable debate, participated IN oy
y D Massey, white. and q. 3. Arnold and
r..nc;s Gaskins, colorsd, on motion OF d. D..
Arnold, colored, it vas
"R,.olsad. That committe Of Eve, consist
80. ~ sthe President and j. Y. Harlow, white,
ns H.nn;b.l King, Francis Gaskins. and ohm
Ms,j; SooIored, be appointed to select and re-
l ~, - the meeting the names Of niue persons
sy~;.,hie 70 represent the Third Ward in the
County Convention. " . l&-
padding the adoption Of this resolution John
R,r;ll, white, attempted to make an explana.
~, Int WAS prevented BY calls to order.
The committee having retired, W. D. Mas.
..v delivered speech, explanatory Of his late
,,ur ,'ii 10 connection with the appointm ent Of
Members Of tho City Council, and pronouncins
q, u,d1auai6edly false the Statement that be had
,avi,e1 General Schofsld against sending com
n;.ss;ops to tho four oolored men who had
bseu recommended to him for seats in that
h,dv: and said that not only was such state
mant incorrect, but that its very reverse obtain
Al for that he had consulted with Col. Lee
n,syious to tho forwarding Of the recommended
I,t TO- Richmond, and had advised that the
names of the four colored persons alluded to, be
inscribed upon it; and that he had, when asked
he would sit in council with negro replied 10
the .firmative He also stated that he regarded
=. e.,oneous the decision of General Seho6eld
nth refersuc, to the ineigibility Of colored
p.ople to the municipal Offices, tor that though
the city charter provided that none but white
reasons should fill those Offices, the reconstruc-
ton laws of Congress provided otherwise.
The speaker was interrupted by tho return
Of tho COMMITTEES, who reported the names OF
Francis Gaskins, G. P Douglas, r. D. Beck
lev, VIM. Burke, H.. H. Arnold and John
Field. eolored, and W. L. Penn, H. Harlow
and B. W. Gilis, white.
This report was, after various motions
tolay on the table, aud postpone, and other
difficulties, finally adopted by apparently large
majority.
Hannibal King, colored, offered the follow
lag resolution, and supported its adoption in
ispeech.
WHBREAs, the State Republican Executive
Committee have recommended the no ding OF
District Conventions, throughout the State, on
the 18th of May nsxt, for the nomination OF
candidates for Congress ; and
Whereas, We recognizes in Chas. Whittlesey,
esq.,, Of Alexandria, a man of long tried fidelity
to the Republican party-a man OF unlmpeach-
able integrity and great ability, and devoted to
tho interests OF the colored race; therefore,
be it -
Rtsolved, That Charles Whittlcsey is the
choice Of this club for candidate for Congress
from tho Seventh Congressional District, and
that We will use all honorable efforts to secure
his nomination and election, and that We re-
commend his name to the ReDublicAns OF the
District for like support and effort.
Z. E. White, white, as having known the
subject of the resolution for longer period
than any one present, and for some time past
having resided under the same roof with him,
felt called upon to urge the adoption Of the
resolution, and. in his speech, gave. short
biographical sketch of his frieod, among
whose frst professional acts in the State OF
Connecticut, he said, had been an earnest ca
dcavor, without money and without price, to
procure the admission Of colored children into
white schools.
R. D, Beckley, colored, also supported the
resolution, and said that the individual named
In it, had sound hair upon his head, aud truth
on his eyebrows, and that upon one occasion,
having touched his hat to him on the street, as
was his custom when he met gentlemen, he
had been called back and kindly expostulated
With upon the improperly of making such
salutstion,
The resolution was then, almost unanimously
carried, and the Chairman read the following:
Resolred, That none but members of this
club, or voters in the Third Ward, be permit
ted to participate in the proceedings OF the
meetings Of this club, unless by unanimous con-
sent such privilege be granted.
P. A. Breen, white member Of the county
committee, who had been opposed to the adop
lion Of tho preceding resolutions, lnVelghed
most theoretically and violently against the
passage of this, as Q vile attempt OF Copper
heads 10 gag free expression of real true blue
Radical sentiment, and calling upon all those
Who entertained his views to follow hun, lett
the house ut!ering loud denunclations. He
had hardly reached the yard however before he
Was attacked, and his loud cries induced many
to leave the house to ses what was going Oh.
The feelings of the audience, which had been
!olerably warm during the whole eveoiDg, in con-
sequence OF the manif co; .a,ct in progress BE-
tseenthe friends OF John Hawxhurst and those
Of Gov Wells, now rose to intense excitement,
and tho Chairman, as Magistrate, thinkiag tina
such proceedings constituted breach Of the
peace, ordered the arrest of the party whom he