Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-12-05

tAhEI SOlnc llhc. ail clltll was anoWcu ~ tc-
sulne his speech He said II mau had been
called to the chair, aud when be (MlIchell)
arose to nominate a candidafe for chairman he
was iuf4rmed that G. ?. Douglass was chair
man The Republican party must be purgcd
the colored man must have his rights. They
were sick and tired of this carpet-bag govern
mcnt.
The chairman made another attempt to speak
but loud laugh Was raised, which very much
inc:used him, and he exclaimed, You are all
fools and ain got sense enough to know II.
Hobday-'fhat's So: ~ >f.s*
James Sampson was then introduced and
said he was glad Hughes was deteaed any
mau who will ignore the Civil Rights BIIlsand
then attempt to ride into power on the vote Of
the colur:d people ought to 20 down. He favor
cd mixed schools, and was in favor Of the col
ored man having access to every p lace the white
man has -: ~. ...@s
Hold ,y-Tcli Us something else.
Sawpssou SAID nc ljonored bold upright
Democrat; mot one of these mean, sneakiug,
milk aud water Republicans, who arc sneaking
around the hall: Of Congress trying to obta il
office. H. believed Charles Sumner one Of the
best aud trucSt men and should he honOrcI by
all, bu; be could not pass lhc Civil Rights bill
by himself I Il : + >
The chairman then inlrnlnc ii Rev. Dorsey.
coIorrd, Of Williamsburg, Va, who read the
following resolutions Introduced by the chair
man:
Whereas, Rome WAS not built for Cuur's use,
nor the Constitution of the United States adopt
cd in the nateria interest Of preferred class Of
our pc )I'lc-
Resolved, That the colored men of Alexandria
do not ask of the rulers OF our nation greater
privileges than those awarded merit in all other
free governments.
Resolved, That we repudate the proceedings
Of Il certA clique whose act we deem lnimlca
to the future welfare Of ourselves and our pos
terly. ---.- "
Resolved, Tha. we nrtily endorse the course
heretofore pursued by the present admlnst u
ton. and sincerely hops that the President will
sorely rebuke all encroachn ents upon true mod
esty, regardless Of the source from whence they
| e1nanate: ~
After which the chairman declared the meet
Ing adjourned
Great confusion then arose. during which
the meeting was reorganztd by the election Ut
J. a. Seaton, chairman, and r. NJ. Mitchey
Secretary = II /, {. =
Fields Cooke and R D Bcckleyy had left the
hall, and now G. p Douglass followed, while
the crowd Kissed and jerred at the latter.
john A. Seatop said that some disposition
should be made Of the resolutions offered by
d lug lass, whereupon motion Was made to
receive it and lay it under the table ~ .
Seals-Let us show the resolutions respect
but not the man who offered 1t. .'.' ~
The motion prevailed.
r D. Ruthn offered the following resolutions:
Resolved, That we, the colored Republicans
of the State of Virgins, do pledge our SUPP ort
to any man or set of men, members OF State or
National Legislatures, who will urge and vote
for the passage Of Charles Summers civil rights
bill $50. -
2 We d. further pledge ourselves to defeat, if
possible, any mAn or set of men who shall mere
after come before Us for an electlo to any place
of honor or trust who are not in favor OF equal
political rights to all men, regardless OF race,
color or previous condition.
And be it further resolved, Thatwa do tender
our many thanks to Hon. Charles Summer for
tho noble manner he has advocated equal rights
to Ill American citizens regardless Of race, col
or o. previous condition. - -
The above resolutions we're; unanimously
adopted, after which much confusion and dis
order eusurd.
Scales made evcral attempts to speak: but
was hoDird down. The confusion was 81 great
thai it Was impossible to hear what was said.
After partial order had been restored Ruthu
was called for and Occupied the attention Of
the meeting for some time with his remarks,
during which he said he did not ttriuk Il hall
dozen Philadelphia laWyer>.c uld unrarel the
sui jecGs that bad becn discussed. These car
pet baggers thought they could come down
here aud get rich in 4 few days, aud when they
come they tell u they are on our side aud fought
for our freedom. The only thing they fought Tor
WIS motley, aud nothing else. Such men its
Scuer, Smith aud Lewis are true, but as Tor
Platte, am kind OF skittish Of him. p,
John Scatun stated that the original callers
~ : hi t,n1 in
their charge, and the ''originals' have sunk SO
deep that The entire u S. feet could not raise
them As for Mr. Cook, as he is L ministcr
will handle him tcudcrly, but Was sorry to see
him X cp such bad company. Il He offered the
following resolution: ...H .-.
Resolved, That Fields Cook, R. D. Becltley
and q. p Douglass do Tot reflect the sentiments
of tbs coored Republicans of Alexandria, and
in our opinion, are not politically sound.
About this time Doug lass came Into the hall
and attempted to enter protest against the
proceedings, as he had declared the meeting
adjourned. .., .....,. ILL.,.
Scalon called him to order, but Douglass
would not heed his calls, and the greatest con-
fusion and noise of the evening ensued which
was finally ended by John Seaton declaring
that Douglass was in fair way to raise rlot
aud he wanted the police to put hm out OF
the hall, whcrcuppn officers Webb and Walker
seized Douglass by the coat sleeves aud led
him out I...... i. l......,..
No sooner had Douglass gotten out than
Mr. Davis, the jauitor of the hail. inforned
Seatnn that as douglass and his party had rent
ed the hall and had flushed their business and
adjourned he had been told TO put out the lights
whereupon Seaton informed him that the ball
had been rented for public meeting aud the
meeting had not been adjourned yet.
Scaton's resolution was then received, and u
motion made to adjourn which was carried, aud
after three hearty cheers for the opposition to
carpet baggers, the large assemblage at half
past eleven o'clock dispersed. e-sa.
G. & 0. CANAL-The regular monthly meet
ing OF the canal board of directors was held
yesterday. Mr.. German submitted his report
for the months of October and November,
showing the receipts and disbursements from
the treasury Of the company from October l to
Nnvember 30 inclusive. as follows: Revenue