Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-08-31
The Radical ''Mass'' Meeting Last
Night

| Club, at the corner oil Duke and Washington
streets, where rlckety stand aud very hum
Die flag pole had been previously erected, a
'mass" meeting, composed entirely OF negro
men and woman, which has not been cqualed
10 the past, nor will it be excelled 10 the future,
for the Infamous sentiments Expressed. The
meeting was enveloped 10 darkness not a
light to be seen 10 the neghborhood, save
few Pickering, smoky lamps hung around
the stand, and black cloud hung su pended"
overhead while black mass beneath listened
to the expression OF sentiments, blacker than
Egyptian darkness, openly by some, and en-
dorsrd by all the speakers, among whom there
were few, when taking Toto consideration their
birth and education, better things might, pos
sibIy, have been expected.
Gus Lumpkins, co!ored, called the meeting
TO order, much to the disappointment OF, at
least one person on the stand, AID A. W.
Harris, another colored man, numluated
young negro man by the name OF Il. l.. Mitch
ell, for chairman OF the meeting, whom he styled
as the Hon." K. L., aud Lumpklns voted
ave, and Mlicbe was declared elected he re
turned thanks for the honor" conferred, aud
said be wanted everybody TO join the HHy'o
and Wheeler CLUB, which met each Mouuay
night, at the culored odd Fellows hall, from
: which place would be d ait out 'c4mpagD dog
uln.uts" Lumpkius. cJlurcd, tneu dominated
A. W. Harris, black, TOR Srcretary Lump
kins, coored, voted aye, and A. w. Harrs,
black, Was elected Sccretary.
So far, from appearances, TINS meeting was
evidently intended for family" gathering,
irto which no one that was So uniurtuData a.
10 even present white surface, was TO be ad-
mitted, tut 1t sUon iurued uut that white sklus
we're 10 b. aowcd 10 minglc wiki their mere
fortunate black brothers.
MIR. |. e. on :ai, radicai candidate for Con-
sress, was the first speaker introduced. lie
said that he did not prcteud 10 be much ol
public speaker, and he therefore, III Vie" oil
what was 10 store Tor them, would uctalu them
but lew momcn,s. He SAID i'll Whatever rc
Ist,,u OF life he had been placed uy his fellow
: ct,z us, he had lried 10 do ms who's. duiy to-
. wards all the people. lie thanked them Tor
his nomination, aud said, while he Was nOt
much of cubic speaker, be did propose 10
meet Ills oppuLeUt aud discuss the Issues OF
the cuutcs, fairly aui squarcly. Mr. y Neal
remarks were void If all bad lcrlus, aud were
, without an uukIud word, aud proved the truth
OF what lie SAID, THAT there was not, IL al,
: bosom, au uuklud feeling toward aug one who
differed With him ,olstcaly y. N0I"iti!stsnl-
lug all this Mr. y Neal rcprcseutsa bad Crew,
aud with them he must stand, "l'h all their
hate and thirst Tor revenge, Was Expressed
at the meeting, aud with them he must It'll,
and taxi hi hart vi the UpprJtIuU.
Assistant Pos; IN .slcr u 2ul rai Marshall Was
tbc next sneak, introduced lie SAID that If
: he had any gltt it was WrlIGg rather than
| ri V,.i
wLlc was meaut, We suppose d. all ,Vldebcc
Of the appreciation ui that statcmcut. lor Ger
taluiy Mr.. Marshall Il not gl,ci Is a publc
sue.k,r However, he did ihc Uc,L he c'ul |,
aud ought TO have received ii more vurdiai re-
J ccptiou, uut his audience had 10 If lur hl>
l mid lausua9c, add he aa~ thl>, ana g"i;iug
through as suon Is ,->'blr, TOOK his seat quiet
ly, aud soon alter retired.
S. =. Bayley jr., Of Fauqu!er, candidate tor
Presidential e!ecor, y1u1S man, way
young man, was incn Introduced, aud read a
speech in the most improved style, ab,undng
in beautiful sayings that Vi t!lhk ": have
heard once before, Tor lnsiance, Tive nc
liberty, Oh give me death, - wuth mluhlght
90 the starry plains, &c, and While be boys
around the sraud played that weI! koOwo game
OF leap frog, and The old woueu crj 'yed ihcul-
selves IN their own peculiar way, ADD the old
!
other things aud the young meu whispered
things low aud sweet IUto the ears ot their
; dear Marandas, this yuu1g nau, Mr.. Bailey
We mean cootuue1 to pou. out ti qu nee Oh
the desert air; indeed this seemed ~ bea klud
oil recess, and all appeared to be doing as they
pleased One particularly bright aud brilliant
aud cluaueot thought came very near being
lost, and poste1ty forever deprived Otlts bril-
liaucy il was this "Jau,rs e. BAN sand,
to-day as "a well that r,qulr.s lit, and
Forgetting the rest, could not hDd the place on
his mauuscr pit, cleared his throat, iook Il drink
of water said something Sc that could Dot be
heard, aud took his seat amld tue Nest pro-
louud silence 5. z. Bailey, jr., had made
graud failure, and he tclt It, aud there was %
more plea ure iur him that night, 50 he quiet
ly folded his eut, |. t., he manu- csirt oil, prob
ABLY, his first sp cch, aud hat, aud silently up-
tOed of the stand, to be heard OF no more Tor
ever.
j. B. Syphax, 40 impudent negro, aud
Judging from his language, thr,tlug Tor reveuge
for imaginary wrongs, and VINO wherever he
goes, succeeds in rendering himself exceeding
y obnoxious, was next Introduced aud rght
truly did he sustain his reputation. We did DOT
propose to notice this speaker, bur he being
representative Of the radical parry, We shall
give one or two Sentences from his remarks.
No patriot, he said, could support the DEM.
cratic ticker; slx'eeu years ago the Democrats
had attempted to overthrow this government
and establish an empire, with slavery Tor ITS
foundation, but God had prevented 1t, and
when the defeated Scuth accepted, al the bands
of magDanluOuS party, mercy aud forgive.
cess, especially when they remember that rea.
son was punishable with death, they, the PEG
pie oil the South, we're exoectcd 10 surrender
all the rights and privileges they held dear, but
Instead of thar the same hostility exists tha
existed in 1861 The people of the South
however they may pretend 10 ACC: pr the aneod
nents to the coustitu lon ruttauteelug equal
rights to all, had formed Conspiracy; they Dad
takeu an oath to vote the negr1 down, ADD If
they could not vote them down they lotenn"d
to shoot them down; negro meo had been muir