Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-11-04
LOCAL, NEWS.

r,n,rAL ORALLY "a large number of
,,,,,l and few white people assembled at
", ,,,crcd OId-Fellows' hall, on south Coum-
.r,> street, last night.
u" Ih,. meeting was called to order at o clock
J.. John A. Seaton, who moved that Isaiah
J.: .ber b. chairman. and the motion being car
'~i unanimously, Mr.. Fisher took the chair,
linked the meeting for the honor, aud made
.bnrt address. in whreh he said that the little
r,nscryaive party were actuated only by pre-
,i;,r Iu closing his remarks he said that he
i,r,nIj urge the Republicans to vote early, aud
'x.,rt every effort to gain Que OF the most gori-
,,,s victories on record. He also eulogZed
,Irchcs Ramsdell and Fultz.
Rnbert ". Mitchell was then elected secre-
inhn Seaton stated that as Senator Lewis
H., for him to be present
Jacob Is. Stitzel, of Washington, was then
;,,r,duced. He read speech in which he said
h.. was not 10 the habit of making political
.,.rrhe>, but that he couldn't help il now that
r., ,crre on the eve OF q great election, proba-
br the greatest that has ever taken place, and
hat il was the duty of all present to vote as
E.uubicauS. This thing Of the white mau's
',r,v was played out. La The States of South
.'ariIiua aud Louisiana, who rules? The col
we'd reaplc vino are staying at home tlIllng
,,,. .nil aud having their children educated,
wh,;e the white men were idle, drinking whs-
L.y and damaging the government. La Wash
urlor the colored people were up early aud
,a,,. working, and educating their children aud
,;;id;nr colleges. He alluded to the present
G,,,,.jal troubles, and said that the great free
.,.bIyI system was the work OF the Republican
,,,rty, aud the only way to have the great
lime, River and kauawha canal built was to
,I,rl the Republican candidates, and that that
was the ouIy way to have any improvements in
thi> State. He then pocketed his speech and
left the stand.
G,nryc Mitchell, coored man from Wash
;ry,,u, was next introduced, and made one of
the couv.ryht,d speeches used in the late
Presidential cumpaign. While he was speak
;rr one of the rckety benches broke down aud
Jsuosltcd its occupants on The hoor. When
the resulting excitement subsidized he said that
the co!ored troops fought nobly for their couu-
trv, not oiy in the late rebellion, but III the
Revolutionary war Also the first mau killed
during the latter being colored mau, who was
Killed GA Stale street, Boston, Massachusetts
The white Republicans should be as willing to
give as to take, and, therefore, should support
both of the nominees for the House of Dele
sates He asserted that the colored people
could wear better clothes, make more money,
l.sc III better houses, aud be better treated il
the Republican, party was put III power. He
cySsd after discourse OF Que hours Duration
ty advising all TO vote early.
This speaker was followed by d. A. Bahcuck.
Slo claims Washington, as his home. He is
2rc Of the chrouic speakers who made several
Attempts to obtain an audience at the Marshall
i!as,e corner during the late Presidential cam-
rl,gn To his intense qualification he hap
l@nci to drop down here on a crowd last night
aud had the pleasure of hearing himself speak.
he said the Conservatives were party OF pre-
uiicv, and that if he were to come down to
Alexandria to live aud had had plenty Of money,
goJd clothes, aud was an Almighty good fell
low, the people here would not look at him
winch was probably Correct. He was SO much
pleased to sec that he had struck sucn a crowd
that he worried them for one hour.
After which Edmund Burke was called, but
he had left the ball.
motion was then made and carried to ad-
puru after three cheers for Hughes.