Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-08-06
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speech, delivered ID Eanuell Lal, boseon; 1881
night, as telegraphed:-
Nj. Chairman, and fellow TorkiDgmcn and
women OF Boston :-On behalf OF the working
men Of the Pacific coast, thank you Ter this
grand aud enthusiastic recepton. 10 order to
be as responsive to the popular will and czpres'
sion that went up from this meeting to night
when a certain mans lame was mentioned,
feel like bringing message ct greeting and
love to the man, who is lesser than Macbeth,
vet greater; to that fiery and Incompatible Ru
bert of debate; to that chiValrous and white
plumed Navarro of the rostrum, gallant, gifted
glorious Butler, (Great applause and cries of
"Say it again.') We bid him to take heart
and hope, aud hope that he will receive the
reward from the Workingmen Of Massachusetts,,
be so Justly merits for his bold and outspoken
action 10 behalf of doWnrodttn humanity.
lApplausc. With the remark. III Is getting
hot MIR. Chairman" kearney, at this point.
took off his coat, and oosened his cravat amid
tho loud cheers and laughter OF the audience.
Continuing, he said ~ am sorry, friends,
tina. We are not rich enough to be able 10 hire
Beechcr to knock the bottom Gu! OF hell.
What means this outpouring Of people? What
means this grand tidal wave? What
is the matter with the country, that the ~orklng'
men are arising from North 10 South, from
West to East to do what? 10 take charge OF
their own affairs" Applause. Here upon the
altar of liberty; here where the sun first da~ncd
| upon the infant brow of Liberty; here whore
free men and free women have spoken; here 10
the second century OF the independence OF
America, We fnd natural and popular up.
rising Ct the people. This vast uprising OF the
Deople-what does it mean | ask you, does
it not mean death to the railroad robber and
lecferous, thieving bondhoder (applause), aud
does it not mean political oblivion to the ran
corous, ylllainous political hummer zap.
plause.) The speaker then paid his respects
to the press, saying that from the earliest days
of printing newspapers had been more 10 the
interest of cutthroats, political bilks, daylight
thieves and midnight assasslns. Great applause
and laughter.) For reporters OIL the press he
| had great respect, IS they were Worklngmen.
After assang the press in his characteristic
manner KearneY said newspaper men were
vilIainous, thieving, Infamous band or s'ia-
Wags, that arc aiming to control puolic opln'
| ion. If the workingmen OF the United States
possessed within their breasts single spark
| from which the fame Of freedom could be tao.
ned, they would not permit such monsters 10
| live in their midst; they would control these
telegraphs; they would hurl these internal lying
scalawags from power, and select honest men
| to transmit plain, unvarol5hed news. AS 10
ungrammstical sentences and ungrammatl,al
speeches, for So so can always hire man to
| write grammatical speech, but II takes NIL
| lions to buy an honest man, be he ever so un'
grammatical. (Appause.) Let me state that
| the country is run to perdtion by band OF
| classic thieves and legal pirates. What work
| ingmen want is common honesty End commoo
| sense-better guides than classic attanments
Defending himself against newspaper attacks
Kearney said; II never smoked tobacco
nor drank whiskey in my life. ksarney then
detailed at length the origin and growth OF
the workingmen's movement 10 California
| that drove the democratic thief and re-
| nubIican robber out OF the state. They
| used to arrogato themselves into power and
/ then look down on tue sovereign people, ana
take pleasure in selling out ne people, till at
| last the workingmen organized themselves into
a political party. 1--WE were vigliant, active
and energetic, allowed no one to address our
meetings but honest, hard listed mem We elert-
oI to Ine constitutional convention poor OBJ.
scure artisans over the head Of Senators and
ex.Governors, millionsres and bank smsshers. -
He continued. Tonight, my fellow citizens, l.
hope you will prof! by my advice, which is to
pool all your issues put all your ISSUES into ore
pot (applsuse) and in next November you will
be able to announce victory for the honest work.
ingmen of Massachusetts. Drop all other Issues
and got together for bread and butter cloud
spplause.) We have got tho power to DO
| with this government IS we please. We pro-
| from this day forth. I know tho Workingme en-
Of Massachusetts, will succeed walk the earth
al midday; I fnd the vast eIpanse of blue
heavens unrelived by the sparkle OF single
star, but know that NJ ara still holds his course
that Venus still wheels through space; that
Jupiter and Uranus ara flashing in the hesVensi
| that the blazing belt of Orien and bright and
guiding CLEAN Of the North star are all there
and It's thus, with movement OF this kind, we
know the workngmen are as true as the stars IN
heaven, and will, when called upon, exhibit
themselves in beauty, in majesty, and in power
| Tremendous applsuse) The hall was jammed,
snd three. quarters of the people who came to
hear Kearney could not gain admission. Gen.
Buffers name, whenever mentioned, was re-
ceiyed with deatening applause.
OsTRAGEs ON LADIES. -On Friday night
about 9. 80 o'clock, as Mrs. John f. Wilson, of
E!kton, Nd, wife OF member of the Elkton
bar, was returning to her residence 10 company
with her niece, Miss BroonalI, they were at
tackled by two unknown men, supposed to be
colored. AS the ladies approached the gate OF
the dwelling next theirs the two men jumped
from tree opposite and seized thcm. The
tallest OF them seiz id Miss Broomall, and the
other, short. hcavy.set fellow, seized Mrs.
Wilson, Miss Brooma succeed in escaping from
her assailaut aud ran to the house, at the door
of which she tainted. Ars. Wilson's assall
ant seized her aud threw her violently to the
ground. In the fall she received pain
full wound upon the back of the head.
Tho villain choked her sevorely, and in The
struggle which ensued her neck and shoulders
were considerably lacerstod and bruised. The
screams of his wife and the arrival Of Miss
Broomall aroused Mr.. Wilson, who was lying
in the psrlor asleep, ard rushing out with gun
in hand the dosperadoes fed. Persons who were 81
scene in On instant and pursuit began. Those
who pursued were greatly excited, and would
undoubtedly have used the law Of Judge Lynch
had they caught the right parties. No further
effort was made that night to find the perpetrsA
tors of the outrsgc In the morning On si nve aa
ored men belonging to the Port Royal. the
steamer plying between Elkton and B. 'timorc.
Their hearing was held in the court house in the
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