Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-04-27
sLOC,A Z NEWS.
MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 81.

!. the County Radical Convention, who seeded
from that body on Friday last, met on Saturday
q ID Bethel colored church, on columbus
(. street, and and organized another convention Dy
q tho III. olec.ttion, of John M. Thatcher white,
q President, and Richard Lyles, colored' Sec
s,s All Committee on candidates, consisting OF
Lysai1iider Hill, B. W. ellis, and W. G. Scott,
,vh;ta and Francis Gaskins and Richard Miles,
j colored, having boon appointed reported that
tba,. following named delegates to the Alexan-
.. dr;al County Radical Convention we're duly ac-
lccrraaidited <, Frank Gaskins, George Douglas,
'HnH, ARNOLD John Field, w. H. Burke and
:. r, D, iBeckley, colored, and B. w. ellis, N.
+. Harlow and w: L. Penn, white from the Sd
Ward John. a: Seaton, R. II. Lyles and
Stephen Fitzhugh, colored, and Lysander Hill,
John NJ. Thatcher and W. G. Scott, white,
from IN the Fourth Ward, and Thornton Hoyatt
and Richard Miles, from the County District.
4 This report was unanimously adopted.
.g On motion of B. W. ellis, white, it was
then resolved that the delegations from the
several districts BE- authorized to fill any vacan
cies that may exist in their respective bodies
sdy The roll OF delegates being called by the
Secretary, it appeared that one from the
Third Ward and two from the Fourth Ward
q we're absent. ,tas=
= The delegates from the Third Ward chose
Charles Whittlesey, white, to fill the vacancy
10 their delegation, and those Of the Fourth
Ward chose James Clagett and R. II. Laucas-
ter, eolored, to fill up their number.
~. Lysauder Hill, white, said the business before
the Convention was the election of four dele
- gates to- the State Convention at Richmond,
and the naming Of two candidates for the
House Of Delegates He moved the appoint
g ment of committee of three on nominations.
Carried. Committee, Lysander Hill, white,
and G. P Douglas and Thornton Hoyett, col
ored. . " -,
% After some time spent in CONSULTATION, the
committee returned and reported the following
names Is delegates to the State Convention:
Charles Whittlesey and Josiah Millard, white,
and R. D. D. Beskley and Richard Lyles, col
ored; alteruates, William Arnold, and John c.
Underwood, white, and James Claggett and
George P. Douglas, colored. Candidates for
the House of Delegates, S. N. Garwood, white,
and George L. Seaton, colored.
This report was unanimously adopted.
5.: Charles w hittlesey, white, then said that in
accordance with request made by q number of
AZ -, ~, ho,. IS ~ "a .Nonyort;op he bod 1raun
up and would submit for its action the follow.
ing preamble and resolutions:
Whereas, the body calling itself the Republi-
can County Convention of Alexandria County,
which assembled 10 this city yesterday, rejec.
ted Richard Miles and Thornton Hoyett who
appeared as legally elected delegates from the
1st Republican Club of the County, and ad-
mitted SIX delegates from the Freedmen 8 Will
age, thus ignoring the political rights Of two
hundred and fifty lawful voters OF the County,
And, - -, :; t,;I.;.@;...I..sj
Whereas, said assembly did also admit John
Birroll to seat 10 said body as a delegate
from the lst ward of said city, while at the
same time they excluded George l.. Seaton
tromR seat therein, when his right to such a
seat stood upon higher authority than John
Birelps And, H@i1 r.
Whereas, said assembly did admit John
Hodgkin to the seat of delegate in said body
from the 4th ward, in spite of the protest of
the majority Of the other delegates from said
ward by reason of his non-residencc in the
county Of Alexandra, which fact was incontes-
tibly proved before said Convention. And,
Whereas, said body by its Incorporate haste
and extraordinary use of parliamentary force
manifested nm unreasonable and unjust disre-
rsrd of the rights of the true and rightful ma
jority of said Convention, thereby compelling
such majority to withdraw from further parti-
cipation in said Convention: Therefore,
AResolued, That the said several acts and
proceedings of said Convention are and were
arbitrary, oppressive, factious, and subversive
of the ussges,a of the Republican party, and
deserve as they receive the condemnation Of
this Convention, and as good Republicans we
cannot and will not submit to such an extraor-
binary attempt to override us in our political
rights .ct . 3TriI "g2 "0 o''i -
b1Resolued That the gentlemen this night put
in nomination by this Convention represent
the true political sentiment of this County, and
merit and shall receive rot only our honorable
mend them to the support of our Republican
friends In this County, and to the several bodies
to which they stand nominated.
ResolveR, That copy of these resolutions
be furnished to our Delegates by the Secretary
for presentation to the Republican State Con-
Vention soon to assemble at Richmond. 49,
A resolution offered by W. G. Scott, white,
recommending Charles Whittlesey, white, as
the candidate for Congress, was carried without
adissenting vote, and then vote of thanks
having been tended the President and Secreta-
ry, the Convention adjourned to reassemble at
the call of the Chairman. ..,s.n. -.
MAsoUERAD1Rs.-"Ma Many Citizens request,
nanote, that advice should be given to those
who 60 about as "Masqueraders that the
thing is run in the ground and played