Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-10-26
Radical Meeting,


their respective supporters but though the
published call stated that the hours would
he equally divided with any Conservatives who
might choose to addressing meeting, Radical
speakers alone occupied the Whole tmc and
no opportunity WAS afforded their opponents
if any such had desired to avail themselves Of
ito reply tn.them.(
Lewis Mckenzie, on motion Of John Scatur,
presided.
". II. EARLY, nr charlottesville, WIS first
introduced. He congratulated himself upon
the honor OF ad'lrcsSim" such III aS>rlml'Ia@e,
and SAID there were but two parties III this
country the Radical and Drnrcratic-and no
such thing rs The Conservative party, tur CON
srrvutivG meant rrrsrrvallvc, and was cnnSe-
u,rntly synonunuuS with k;dicallSln; the prln
rplrS of the Itadira party were thn.c "i " aSl-
iurton, jefferson and Ma'li>nn; Gov. Walker
was carpet l,agg:r OF carpet ha@grrS, ami scala
wager of A%.!awagrrS; WAS Gen. Buffers chief
surtIcr, sold whiskcy by the gallon, QUART Pint
and drink. and walcrucnns in quantities to
sujt; that no man, no matter how USEFUL citi-
zen ne might be, cnuli cumc here from the
North and hc RESPECTED if he offered himself
rs 4 candidate for Ollie on the Radical ticket,
or even announced his intention to vote that
Ticket Gov. Smith, who now sald that the
Conservative party wanted the votes OF all
classes of people, had some years ago been III
I,ynr Of selling all the free people OF color IN
the State 81 u.s. tn have Il homogeneous l"PlIa
tinn: thu, lhnu"h Glen. Grant WAS no orator or
writer he was Il man possessed "I great power
of intellect, Of unrululllcl magIrlmnnty, and III
his conduct WAS always aclllalctl hy proper mo-
tiycs and rcsarl for the i.ht; that though
Sl2,uu.mn of public money had been stolen
during Grants administration, $In,WO,OnO
had been stolen during that Of Van Buren,; and
that some of the thicving lately pcrpctratrd III
the Snuthcrn State had been done by Demo
Gratis. He did not know the meaning of thu:
terms carpet Dagger and Sslllawag; the ltadical
party was founded upon the mlmtablc princ
nlcs of RIGHT and justice; nc never had made a
srmciaI app:al to the coloreI people, but that
class had high mission to fulfill, for it WAS
certain that there were white people in the
Southern States and Virginia who were hostile
to the government, and when tho second re-
bcllion came the cnlorcd people must save the
country; the old Wing NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
currency, internal Improvements, and strong
federal gnvernncnt-wcrr those OF the Rad.
calS; that the intensity of party strife should
be assuagcd and men not be oStracIzcI on ac-
count Of their political opinions. He concl'ld
cd by hoping that his friends 'Clnvcr Taylor
anal "D1yln,ls" Thomas would not he elected
to the State Senate.
Wcstcl WilInughby, one Of the candidates
for the State Senate from this district made
the next speech He said that many things
la been done during the war that were un
pleasant, diSagrcrahc ami wrong, and should
not now bc alluded to; that the first thing the
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the State was to turn out all the Radicals and
50 gcrrymandcr the districts rs to prevent them
from getting in again; he had studied the fund
ing bill: and had come to the COncuslDn-ln
Which he wis supported by other members of
the bar of this city, with whom he had con
vcrsel that the payment of interest upon the
accrued interest wis unconstitutional and that
the State could not emit bills of credit with
no other foundation than that of honor; VIM.
Tweed WAS the leader of the Democratic party;
the Radical PARTY was in favor Of universal am
ncsly but thought the duty Of the citizen was
greater to the general government than to the
State; and concluded by directing attention to
the vast progress made in the country during
the last 10 years, particularly in those States IN
which the Radicals hold the power
\ stranger, who was introduced AZ Alr. Hall,
said that the tide of RcpublicaniSm WAS sweep
Ing ON from the Northern States he Ind just
visited. and would soon be here, and that he
could speak for hours upon the glory of a coun
try which h;d lifted itself from the mud
and could now sell its bonds in Europe, but
that he would torbcar in order that others who
were to come after him might have more time.
Allen l'rarcc, Il candidate Tor the House OF
Delegates, then addressed the meeting. He
had voted either the Wing or Republican
ticket all his lie-anl his father before him;
had voted for Lincoln with his ballot in ono
hand and IL revolver in the other, but whether
the Judges had counted his vote he did not
know or care; he goricd in the name OF Yam
kcc, though he came from New York State.
and there New Englandcrs only were caIc'l
Yankees, and if he could would invent and
patent il machine for hating Democrats and IN
his country he remembered that thrifty and
prosperous ncighborhomlS always went trpub-
iican but the regions where poverty and rum
shops ahounlrd, invariably rolled up heavy
Democratic ma inrltcS.
George Scann, culurcd, tx member of the
House Of Delegates, and Il candidate for re-cIrc
ton. w;s then called for, and said that he baud
not studied the funding bill, WAS not ac'llaInt.
eel with its provisions, us he ha'l been called
AWAY from Richmond during It's consideration,
but that he did not vote for il, and that all his
votes in that body had been cast for the gond
Of the people Of Virginia, and would be 5" cast
again were he reelected.
Another stranger named Stevens, from across
the walcr-thcn announced that there would
be meeting Of the Radicals at FrccdncnS
Village on Friday night, to which all were in,
yitcd. lie said he had been Il Democrat all
his life, but he was from this time out going to
vote the Radical ticket.
Charles Whitllcscy was the next spca kcr.
lie WIS sure that though Mr. Seward had
shaken hands with the most harbarous of pco-
ple and stood face to face with the most civil
lied, and in both situations had felt safe as an
American citizen, American citizens would not
be safe in Virginia until colorcd people sat
upon jurics and in any railroad car in which
they might choose to ride; education, too, must
be free to all except those who could ply, for
it. He then gave i pathetic account Of an
old gray headed white man who accostcd linn
on the street the other day, with Il request
that he would read for him the contents Of
paper; that in response to a question the, pa
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