Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-06-12

PUBLIC SPEAKING Charles Wmttlesey,
the regular radical candidate for Congress from
this district, made speech, which lasted from
halfpast eight until eleven O'Clock, TO about
two hundred people, by lar the m2iorlty OF
whom were coorcd, at Liberty Hail. last night.
he SAID that Mr. Walker the candidate Tor
Governor, could not make speech oil more
than a quarter OF an hours duration, but was
determined that his audience should not Ind
ttc anne fault with hun. His speech was very
uucn like the one described by resident OF
y,aJrentph before the war, who said, when
rlng OF long winded effort by political
a-prant IN neighboring county, that smart
lIan would have said it all in half an hour and
e. very smart ruan woul! not have said it at all.
he did, though, say one very good thing, and
mat was that ''thc people OF Virginia should
BE- allowed 20 rule themselves Ills remarks
we're re ;y,d very quietly. until he began to
,len0uacr Jews Mckenzie, his opponent Tor
GOugrcS., when the audience walked up, and
he coior.d ioruon applau4cd him Justify.
At the conclusion of his speech, Il. ID. Beck
IS, culvrcd. Was called Tor, and responded for
about Il hat an hour, saying that the native
BORA white citizens OF the State were not now,
and never had been the friends OF the coored
ueople, but that the white radicals who had
come here from the North were their true aud
only friends he was also in favor of the white
people being taxed to educate the colored chill
hen, and wound up by advising his hearers to
tech EN- up the 9Th of July, as they had just
Teen teched up in Washington
During the delivery Of these two speeches,
IN occupant of one OF the seats on the platform
a large man, wearing clothes of somewhat
fcverend cut-was observed TO be very uneasy,
changing the position OF his legs often, turning
aud twisting in his chair, and moving mis- lips,
as though talking, and when they were finished
he vas presented to the house as MIR. Watkins
James, Of Shenandoah county, Va. His speech
was the success of the evening and during its
entire contiuuance-about hall an hour, or un-
al alter twelve o'clock, though be said 1t bis
audience would listen be would talk TIL day
hght-was received with rounds OF applause.
He lonsed to git holt" of Gilbert {. Walker,
whom he denounced as the worst OF all copper
heads, and who would stand no shake II
once in his clutches; and as he strobe to and
fro across the stage, rolling up his coat sleeves,
stamping his feet and swinging about his long
arms, aud pouring out his sentences with ra'
pidty that caused the words to tumble over
each other in their haste to reach his hearers,
and produce their incendiary effect, he looked
rs though he would in reality eat up the OBJECT
of bis antipa,hy. ears and all. HIS speech
was filed with Biblical quotations, and brought
forth the sincere amens OF the crowd, and his
de icate, refined aud classical allusion to the
Alexandria Gazette struck the most synpa,,
,hetic chords 81 their hearts, and Was responded
10 enthusiastically. Sober,y speaking such re-
marks as were INDUCED in by Mr.; James we're
nnwise, as tending to infamc the minds OF
the colored against the white people OF the
STATE. and should not have been allowed.
Mavor b rkley presided. and the seats on
y \ I|Iite. L. d. Harmon, Justice Moore,
r d Beckey, aua I, b Pinu.