Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-03-19
LOCAL NEWS.
THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH -.

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THURSDAY EVENING. MARCH 49,
n, Tn SECOND WARD RADICAL CLUB held tnelr
regular meeting last night,at their us''a. pi''e
Of meeting, C. w. Dewitt, President III !he
obair!. @. ~ Burton Secretary. The meeting
being called to order and opened with prayer
Nv Frederick GRAY, the following preamble
and ..resolutions" were offered by Levi fotter
colored, and adorted-of course.
"WHEREAs, We are credlbly informed {, !, tnat
nronns;.;on Z before our Constitutional Con
aa pGp 70 disfranchise ali persons who have
kenstofore received aid from the Freedmen's
Rnrean making the principal OF pauperlsm,
rstrosnectiye instead of prospectlve) to the de-
tr;ment of the former slave, and present opo,
rrassed freedmen, who have spent years OF
ppnrenuited toll, and were freed without the re-
nn;site outfit Of education, and the worldly
Goods. the product of his over taxed labor, and
WHEREAS we know the great aim and OBJECT
If the Republican party is the promotion OF the
welfare and prosperity of all the people, With.
mt regard to race, color, or previous condition,
bv such measures as will give employment to
lsbor, and furnish capital safe and profitable IN,
yestment, yielding contentment, comfort and
hanpiness to all, developing the dormant re-
sources of the State, thereby adding to- her
material wealth, as also to the wealth OF her
citizens individually; and,
WHEREAS Congress has, in our opinion, leg
SLATED in the spirit of christianity and human
inv with malice to none and good will to all,
desiring to promote the glory Of the nation,
and make our whole people free in fact as we'll
as in name, as also to guard against future
onnortunity or cause for rebellion, and desiring
to elevate the colored man instead of degrading
the white man; therefore,
l. Reschea, That we earnestly pray the
members'ot our Constitutional Convention not to
visit upon the heads of the African race con-
dipn punishment, (that would be equally lnju-
rious to the poor white man) because We
have been compelled to teel the iron heel
If oppression, were denied the privilege
Of education as we'll as the just reward OF our
upremitting toll, as We think the act would be
unjust to US and the effect would doubtless be
10 throw the government OF the State into the
hands::of the old slave obligarchy to the exclu-
sion of the rights and preferment of every
Door man, however deserving.
9 That we honestly desire and earnestly
entreat all who have been politically opposed
to the doctrine OF Republicanism (another
name for liberty and the rights of manhood)
10 throw aside their false gods who have led
the masses of the people to their ruin, in order
that the few might fatten on the i'll requitcd
labor of the many, to ca|mnly consider their
present condition and the prospective future,
and to deliberately eschew the false doctrine
and "Jack lantern light of Andrew John.
son, as a curse, not only to themselves, but
the whole nation, and to dispense with the
hypocritical professions Of Unionism, and
honestly and earnestly exert themselves to
restore our old "Mother Of States to her
normal condition.
8. That the colored men of Virginia, wish it
to be distinctly understood, that they ask for
no special privileges or favorS, but simply de-
sire fair and just compensation for their labor,
and fair and equal chance in the race Of life. .
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After thus relieving itself, the meeting adj
journed.
RAILROAD MATTERS. Mr.. Fl. W. Vande-
grift, the energetic Superintendent OF the O.&
Ann. Railroad was in the city yesterday The
object Of hisvisit was to make arrangements for
the establishment of permanent connection
with the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad at
the depot of the latter.
We are pleased to learn from Mr.. Vande-
grift that the through travel, which was to
great extent driven of from this route by the
unfortunate break of connection, is fast return,
ing, and he expects that under the present
favorable schedule it will speedily be re-estab-
shed. When the advantages OF the route
become fully known, it cannot fail to be ex-
ceedingly popular with the travelling public,
and will doubtless become the great line of
communication between the North and the
South
Mr.. Vandegrilt informs US that work on the
Manassas Road, which was suspended during
the winter months, has been resumed, and is
progressing satisfactorily. The road will be
completed to Mount Jackson by the first OF
May and to Harrisonburg by the first OF Octo-
Der. So that it will be ready to bear off to
market the teeming crops of that fertile region
the coming season. He is greatly encouraged
at the prospects of the important work with
which he is connected, and thinks that renewed
and increased prosperity awaits it.
Mr. Vandegrift also takes deep interest In the
projected Danville road, and believes that when
built it will be the best feeder to his line that
it will have. -Lynchburg Trglnlan.
THE EINTRAcHT BALL-The ball Of the
Eintracht, at their hail. last night, was very
numerously attended, and was one of the most