National Republican., 1876-09-12
VIRGINIA.
VIRGINIA.
A Hayes and Wheeler Club at Dranesville. |

A Hayes and Wheeler Club at Drauesville.
The Republicans of Dranesville district,
Fairfax county, Va, met at Herndon last Sat-
urday afternoon for the purpose of forming
Hayes and Wheeler club. J. W. Smith was
elected chairman, and G. Pat Berkeley, sec
retary. The committee on organization ap
pointed at a previous meeting presented their
report, which, after being read, was adopted.
Sixty names were enrolled. (This number
will, no doubt, be increased al the next meet
ing.) On motion, the election of officers of
the club was proceeded with, and the follow
ing were elected: President, B. W. Clark; 1st
vice president, C. Story; I'd vice president, R.
E. Ferguson; secretary, G. Pat Berkeley;
treasurer, o. Blanchard; reading clerk, 81. W.
Blanchard. The following executive commit
tee was appointed: Alexander Haight, James
L. Turner, G. W. Lacy, R. E. Ferguson and
Andrew Lee. After some business of minor
Importance the club adjourned to meet Satur-
day, 23d inst, at 8 p. m.
Republican Rally at Arlington, Va.
The Hayes and Wheeler Club of Arlington
held their first rally of the campaign last even
ing. The meeting, which was large and enthu-
siastIc, was called to order by John Stevens,
who introduced A. H. Bissell, esq.,, formerly of
SOuHSCLlSubt INV vi IuC Oob OluCc bC-
partment, as the first speaker. Mr.. Bissell
reviewed the history of the Democratic party,
showing conclusively that it is the same party
of opposition that it has been for the last fif-
teen years; that, judged by the tests of it's own
work, by its inherent fitness and capacity, and
by the character Of its leaders, 1t is insincere
and false; that it does not honestly represent
q single living vital issue to-day, and that
there would be no peace to the nation until it
was destroyed. Mr.. Bssell discussed the
Southern question at some length, ard dem
onstrated from numerous quotations that there
was public sentiment at the South steadily
directed against the recognition of any rights
to the negro except the right to serve; that the
school of craftsmanship in which the people
of the South have been reared derides the idea
of equality of race, and is founded upon the
supremacy Of the white and the subserViency
of the black race.
In closing Mr.. Bissel gave sketch of Sam
J. Tilden, and characterized him as a reforner
who, when charged with the crime of perjury
in returning false statement of his income
tax, was as dumb as an oyster in the face of
the accusation, and who had recently ad-
mitled the charge of defrauding a railroad
company by basing his defense in court upon a
technicality.
Ar. John L. Bianhelm, OF Virginia, was the
extspeaker, and appealed to his auditors to sup
port the Republican party, through whose pa
triotism the country was preserved from ruin
and rescued from the hand of anarchy aud trea-
son, through whose love of justice all men were
placed upon common platform Of political
equality and citizenship, and through whose
economy the legacy of the shareholders, trea-
son and rebellion, the national debt has been
reduced and the country fast returning to
SDecie Dayment. Mr. Rlanheim reviewed the
history of the party, and made quite stirring
and telling cDeech