Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-10-14
. HUNN1cUTT MAINTAINS HIS GROUND


HUNNICUTT MAINTAINS HIS GROUND
Hupnicutt addressed large crowd of the Re
pubIicans of Richmond on the Capitol Square
Yesterday afternoon. His purpose was to ex-
Main his position, which he did in speech
about four hours in length. He reviewed his
course during the first years OF the war and
since the surrender of G enera Lee, claiming to
be the John the Baptist Of the Repu blican
party Of Virginia. In those days. little did he
expect ever to stand on the capitol steps to de-
tend his policy But he was a living monument
Of the ingrattude ofrepublics. The vipers "a. e.,
carpet baggers) that his own bosom had warmed
into life we're now trying to sting him to death.
Would his hitherto faithful colored adherents
allow him him to meet such fate? No mo
Would they ''go back upon" the man who first
dared to brave popular prejudice and come out
hat-footed for universal suffrage? Dat we
won't. He had been blackguarded by he
press, scorned on the street. tabooed by society,
even ruled out Of the Church Of Christ all for
the sake of the colored man. Would he forget
the friend and hero? Never Never
As to the Capitol Square meeting denounced
by the Central Committee, he appealed to the
crowd to answer whether he had anything to
DO with getting itup. L"No!' from tn e steps
He had been invited to speak, and did speak.
For the action of that meeting he had been
read out of the party by q set of carpet-bag
office seekers. 1gWashburne and Painter are
pretty men to attempt to control the party.
Washburne came from Washington without
visible means OF support. Painter came from
Fairfax to Richmond in search of an Office, and
got it from George Rye. Humphreys, another
Of the committee was a man who had imposed
himself as a delegate upon the Republican
Nominating Convention, and as many more
had done the same thing The nominations of
that Convention should not be respected by the
people of Virginia. naz
The speaker then paid his respects to Sam
ues, the negro speech reporter from Baltimore,
who in that Convention represented a county
which he had never been within hundred
miles Of. Now this fellow claimed to read the
editor of the New Nation out of the party
Great Heavens, boys, what is the country com.
ing to?' @ s
After Hunnicutt closed.
The following resolutions, offered by Fuller,
the chairman, were unanimously adopted:
Whereas the series of resolutions offered
by Mr.. Painter and adopted by the Republican
Central Committee Of the city at a regular
meeting held by them on the evening OF the
18th of September, 1868, and published in the
Alexandria State Journal and some few other
papers, denouncing the meeting held on the
Square On the 2lst ultimo and the editor of the
New Nation as disorganizers are deemed un-
tair and unjust; therefore
"Resolved, That we censure that portion of
the Central Committee that voted for those
resolutions and earnestly'reqest them to have
the resolutions struck from the m inutesof their
meeting. a2 .-
"Reso}ued, That We recognize In James W.
Hunnicutt, the editor of the New Nation, a
true, tried firm, and unhinebing friend and
patriot-one who, since his arrival in this city
in 1866 has battled as none other dared battle
for the equal rights of all men before the law,
without regard to race color, or caste. = 1922
A third resolution expresses unbounded con-
hdence in Hunnicutt's paper, 1t having been
first to commence the work of building up the
Republican party in Virginia" and swears re-
newed allegiance to its editor. Rich. Dispatch
LEGAL ANECDOTES. Sergeant Marryat
who was an eminent Queens counsel, some
time after he had retired from practice, de-
clared that the anxiety OF people to 60 to law
was amazing to him-a veteran expert in the
ehicanery Of courts. ''For my part" said
he, If any man were to claim the coat upon
my back, and threatened my refusal with
lawsuit, he should have it, lest in defending
my coat, | should find that vas deprived of
my Walscoat Also
Lord Stanhope, to illustrate the carlessness
with which acts of Parliament are prepared,
brought forward certain statute ln which the
punishment of fourteen years transportation
was imposed for particular ofense, and
that upon conviction, one half thereof should
60 the King, and one-half to the intormer." :"
Lord Chancellor ThurloW had once dispute
VIII barrister respecting a certain act OF
Iarlament. Upon investigation it appeared
.na5 the Chancellor was wrong. =" Oh!' he
exclaimed, In his gruf way 'd-n the act l
tan ta manage we'll enough with the common law,
SSat, as to the acts of Parliament, the devil
nimSet could not recollect them all y
Mr. Chitty tells of the costly blessings OF
ttnaneery the following story: can attorney on
has 4us marriage of his son, gave him f5OO and
uanued HIM over chancery suit out OF his
M oTn practice. About two years after, the son
asAea Ills tather for more business. why, |
EsSe .h you that capital chancery suit, j." replied
.ue 1ather, and then you have got great
many new clients; what more can you want?"
les, sir, replied the son, but have wound
up the chancery suit, and given my client great
saatsfaction, by putting him in possession Of
.us estate: "What, you improvident fool, ;"
reloned the old lawyer. Indignantly, "that suit
,, MAS IN my family for twenty. five years, and
TTGuId have lasted, at least, as much longer, if
nfla naaa kept it: You squander the good things
vi ua4e ne profession, and shall countenancc you
~ longer, rest assured of that"
aS Ssonsl!cing evidence is one of the chronic
;aaacultles OF courts and juries 1t is notevery
iSuge' r0g' however, who can balance its uncertain
"S ,.Is as mathematieally as MIR. Barron Perrot.
to uheatemen h Of the jury, this judge is reported
ts;u nave SAID, in summing up evidence in Ger
sna saa case, there are fifteen witnesses who
S.sar SSasar that the watercourse used to flow In a
o.I o.tcn on the north side Of the hedge; on the
vIuer wt hand gentlemen, there are nine witnesses
ouh s hst li b ate Nus used to flow
lyon subtrset nine ae' from fifteen i there sea remain
ak sas Witnesses wholly unooutradicted; and /: re:
eVllG1enG vnn tho