Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-08-29
Serious Affair near MiddIeburg.

Correspondence of the Alexandria Gazette.
M1DDLEBURG, Va, Aug. 29th lS70.-A
very serious affair occurred here yesterday
Sunday, in which MIR. Chas. Davis and about
six colored people were wounded. The colored
people were holding on association at tho time.
Mr.. Davis was riding through the grounds, and
coming across coored man, by the name of
Chas. Manley, with whom he had formerly
had difficulty, ordered him to leave the
ground. Upon Manley's refusing firing i'm
mediately commenced between the parties,
Manley asserting that Davis fired and Davis
the contrary. Manley's friends came to his as
sistauce and fired about fifteen shots at Davis,
one of them taking effect in his breast iDflct-
ing painful but not dangerous wound. DAVIS
made his escape from the ground pursued by
about hundred colored people, but fortunate
" they could not ovcrtake him. They became
very turbulent in the streets, threatening ven
geance upon Davis or any who abctted him.
The mob was addressed by Col. Chancellor
and brought to a sense of their duty Joshua
Washington was shot through the face and
throat and is supposedto be dangerously wound,
cd Two other colorcd men and woman, and
probably others were wounded, but not scrl'
ousy. The affair not being thoroughly invcst-
gated | have, as yet, not been able 10 gather
any moro particulars. ,.
SPEECH OF H. 0. CLAUGHTON, OF ALExAN-
DRIA, IN FAUQUIER,- This gentlemau,a candl'
date for Congress from the 18th district, kept
his appointment to address the cltizsns OF
Fauouier at their Court House on last Monday.
He was introduced TO his audience ny Tx
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as gentleman OF integrity and fine intelligence,
proceeded in happy vein for fifteen minutes
or more to impress upon the audience the i'm
portance of securing a majority OF delegates in
the next Congress thoroughly anti Radical in
principal, no matter by what Damc they might
be known.
We were deprived OF the pleasure of listen
ing to Mr.. Claughton's maiden political speech
and regret it the more because every person
nresent with whom We have cOnVerScd on the
subject pronounce his effort very llnc one
To the kindness of friend, almost perfect
stranger to the speaker, we are indebted for the
following synopsis of his remarks.
Mr.. Claughton began by saying: The PEG
pie have right to know the sentiments OF tn osc
who aspire to represent them; and 1t is the
duty of the candidates to express those sentl
ments 10 the plalnest and most explicit man
ner
He believed the Constitution of the United
States created the Federal Government, and
conferred upon it every power that it possess
ed, and excluded the conclusion of implied
powers Some time after the Constitution
was ratified the tenth amendment was added,
expressly rescrving to the States, respectively,
or to the people, the powers not delegated to
the Federal government by the Constitution.
All the powers necessary and proper to cx-
ecutc the delegated powers, he regarded not as
implied bit as delegated powers. The Radi
calls OF the hour have totally disrcgarded this
construction Of the Constitution. They have
trihed with the instrument. broken down lis
limitations, converted the Republic into a
Consolidated Despotism, and trampled with an
iron heel upon the rights and liberties of the
people. He held it to be the duty Of every
Conservative to resist By every moral means
within his power the further mischief OF this
Radical and despotc party,
the Revolution OF &c, and Our late struggle fer
Independence, showing that in beth instances
the war was fought upon principle the great
| and iuestimable right of self government ln
the former We triumphed. In the latter we
failed, but the principle was none the less
valuable because troGden in the dust hy the
foot of the Despot What was the great and
final object of our Revolutionary fathers? 1t
was the happiness and prosperity OF the reop.c.
Suppose they had failed in securing lndepen-
deuce, do you suppose that the duties to their
country of Wasbington,i Jefferson, Henry, and
the long list of patriotic statesmen who CO ope-
rated with them, would have ended there?
No, never! They would have continued to
labor By every moral means In their power to
ameliorste the condition Of their country and
secure the happiness aud prosperity Of the PEG
pie. IF the duty Of those distinguished pa
triots demanded this policy at their hands:
what reason has any one to disregard lis obi
cations in his own case to-day. We did not
make war upon the Constitution Of the United
States, but upon the abuses of those who ad-
ministered the Government. That the South
was the Conservative section of the Govern
ment is attested by history, and the records Of
the Government itself That she loved the
form of government established by the Copsti-
tuition OF the United States, is proven by the
fact that the Southern Confederacy adopted a
Constitution almost verbatim with the old one.
All admit that tho old Government, admins
tered 10 its purity, secured uncXampled pros
perty and happiness to the people. If it was
the duty OF ourRevolutionary fathers, in case of
failure. to labor for the advancement Of the
prosperity and happiness of tho people, it is
our duty 10 do the same thing. And now let
me impIore you to feel the responsibility rest
ing upon you, and to begin IN efficient and
faithful discharge of that duty by uniting with
me in crushing the despotc monster Of Radl
caism.
This is very imperfect oulioa of Mr.. Cs
remarks. The speech was an able one-his
diction and manner admirable arrenton
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