Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1876-09-25
A COlOred Democratic Speaker.

that city by Rev. j W. Duuine, the coored
preacher Of Richmond
The Howard Uolversity swindIe under the
management oil the 'pi3us" o. o. Howard,
was ventilated, aud the mauuer 10 which half
million Was stolen. was wildly stated. The
speaker, 10 passing, said that he was native
OF New Kent county, Va; was slave for
twenty seven years; was conservative 10 prn-
clple; was in syn a!'hy with the people OF Nlr-
GINA, and would br opposed TO radicaliSm as
long as a carpet bag or scslawag officer held
sway in the State.
When he adver.ed to the Freedmau's bank,
somebody n the gallery remarked that the
Lynchburg branch was known as mo l."
The speaker replied Meet me at my roam
| to morrow and tell ne who stole that 5000 cut
of your No. l bank :" He gavea Iuiricrous
! description of the tears shed by Avord, the
president of the bank while gobbiirs the ne
groes' money; forgieg the names OF corporators
OF the bank; wheediiug poor negroes out of their
| scanty earnings, and then winding up the per-
tormsnce by stealing the last dollar of it. He
| added that every scamp who assisted 10 the
theft was bawling for Hayes and Wheeler
| He showed that Morton, the pretended friend
of the negro, was violently opposed TO negro
suffrage, but Rugged him to his bosom when
| be became voter, and also that Hayes and
the people OF Ohio were opposed 10 negro >u!
| tragc.
the speaker said he had recently visited the
State OF Maine, the hour o! Blaine, and was there
Kissed and hooted at. and Oh all sides heard the
word, "nieger," 'nigger," RIGGING 10 his ears.
He didu want to 60 back uItil there was some
oi Tiiden's reform up there. He hal been to
L'well, Beast Buffers town, and found negroes
suffering; .tbcrc was room for them there;
white laborers would not work with th"m. ANA
didn't care if they all starvcd-and that Was
just how much the Yankee love! the negro.
He saw coorcd men in LynchNurs pairing
houses and working on sire, IS wi h wh,c men.
Coorei men we're DOT allowed 10 paint houses
where he had boen 10 the North, and 40 white
!aborer or mechanic there would work with =
negro He discussed the so-cnled ''Southern
outraqes.' aud showed that they were instgat
ed By carpet baggcrS and adVenturcrs who had
not credit, even Tor & cake OF soap, 10 their
own sectious, and who would get the negroes
into trouble and then desert them. Noc,lorcd
man in New York or Massachusetts, could get
doctor to visit him without payment of his
fee in advance.
The speaker continued to show. by apt illus.
tra,iouS, that the tendency OF Virginia negroes
is to 20 to their former masters for tavors and
reel procate their kiudneSs by voting against
their Interests. The factories here We're filed
with negroes who received their wages every
week, and yet they would vote against their
own a0d their employer interests 1t asked TO
! do so BY any uDknnwn carpet Dagger. More
negroes are now employed by democrats in
) Washington than ever were employed by rerub~
ilcanS.
; The social equality question was adverted to.
! The speaker SAID there was no such thing among
!; | ,rbit nd no hltI
races Honesty, virtue and intelligence were
the tests, and whco tried by this rule each
found his proper level. aud that nobody but an
arraut fool would talk about social equality.
But we caunot, at this late hour, follow the
speaker further, aud the foregoing Is the mercSt
outline of his mastery speech, and does not
begin to do jus Ice even 10 the subj cts treated
Of His speech Was at first received with de-
rison by few III hammered negroes in the
gallery, but they soou became quiet, and lis
tcucd with attention. At tie conclusion OF bis
speech, which IS loudly appIau led throug h
ou:, Mr.. Dupjve was warmly congla ulated by
many geat,emen of pr III hence.
AN EXCURSION FOR MoTHERs IN LAW
The New York Herald says: For several days
past there have been in circu alton ticket, bear.
iug the startling heading, e, 20 tell Gate Oc
Sunday next, September ~ 1876" G:sud
dynamite and nitro gycer!ue excursion. No
return tickets necessary. Mothers n-Iaw free
n. B.-Thc steamer, with the usual enterprise
of her owners, will 20 nearer the blast than any
other boat, her anchorage being directly over
he excavation 1t Is said that the idea orlGI-
| mated with few ncwiy married young men.
aud the d"mand for tickets was such a. 10
starllc even the most sangulne OF It's projectors,
lie eDtirc lot beings I'D in siDgl: day aud tlb.
uinus prices being offered for them by youths
vino have recently married lnto Nrw York
families. Application was mad. To General
, Newton to permit the vessel to pas " thu his
Iiues, and although that gentleman Was not
personally 10 sympathy With the Object Of the
excursion he gave the desired permission. The
tickets were prIuted upon embossed paper AID
bore wthin i wreath at tn" top tn motto, Hit
, hun again - Aitog. Their they were very taste
: full and attractive. Abpu' | 900 .! them were
distributed and not ono-Irnlh Of the 'mand
Was supplied. Mu:h 10 the surprise of the Ct
thusIastlc yuuHg mn, many OF the laiIc, rc'
: fused to 90 at all and those vino did no, refuse
received the ticket, very coply. F'r time 1t
; looked as though the affair would b. failure
until one of the Y. n. NJ NJ. suggested to hl=
wfe's maternal relative thai after all h
! thought she should not 20, as the "Acltcuc"t
might prove Injurious to elderly people. That
settled it, The lady remarked that She gene
rally ruled her own affairs and was not aware
that she wa 10 need Of sympathy. She I'M
mcdiatcy announced to tn" other marons oil her
acquaintance that she was going 10 manage the
craft, wherrupoD every wIic's mother OF mem
declared that nouc but she knew how I" handle
it, and the controversy is still Ill progress. ne
young men spent ast mig IN prayer that the
weather would nor be such 10 prevent me
success o! the excursion and that the lnV!tcd
ladies may not determine to stay al home.
The furniture sent to Mt. Vernon from C'o-
necticut has been placed in position III The MAIN
floor. committee OF Connecticut ladies' ar
ragged the pieces 10 their l,ce>. III. furniture
is much admired by the Cen enuiai vi>'tors'
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