Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-11-03
Republican ETcetinr.


a large meeting was held at -irinory HALL
last night, under the auspices Of the straight
out republicans of this city, which was pre-
sided over By Mr. A. ". Ara strong. On
taking the stand MA. annonnc.,l that Rev.
J. NJ. Dawson and Mr.. j. ~ VOLT it'd no..
yet reached the city hIt wpn!d appear later
in the evening. He ih:a addressed the
meeting, making an Old tim. republican
speech in which he did no: f,r:ct to lasp
Malone severely. and show the mistake the
republicans had md. in deserving" their
party and going to him.
John B. Syphax, coiorcd, then spoke and
told his hearers how Malone had treated
the republicans and warned his race of him.
and of his dark and selfish Way While he
was speaking Mr. Volt entered the hall
and Syphax after thanking hi hearers for
their attention retired
Mr.. Volt then took the stand a;d made
one OF the most aggressive speeches against
Malone that has Yet been heard in TIL :,
city; spoke Of him aa;l jacE.lll Il ycna and
i dispoier Of Virginia. iionnr aud said that
unless he was allowed To he boss. he would
desert and rnin any party he was in. and
showed that after helping tp make all the
hioveruOrs nl Virginia. he hlt! utiarrclcd
with eacii ana every one o! Them and had
finally left the democratic party bv,i,uSc he
l'ouid not he Governor himself and lln tn.
party as he chose.
He then announced tina. on the Eastern
shore Of Virginia. two days AFRO. one of Ma
homes coitidenlai agents hat said that he
NJ WAS using the money pf the State trea-
SilrV n carry l, tl prtinp and -, ~,
First dl, strict S2O.O2J month of the L. :.
governments money was being used to
defeat Dczendnrf, II good and true republi-
can, and said that il one tiftic,h Of the
money that was being used 10 MahoneZe
the State had Ecen spent to rrpuhliranize il.
Virginia would have been Il republican
State long ago. He said that Malone was
going around turning good republicans out
of office, but he warned him that every time
he struck Il republican he struck him: that
he did not care about having been turned
out af office for it only paid him 500 month
and he could make mere money than that.
out Of his Fredericksburg. friends PLAYING
sevcn-up at - cents game: but oae thing
he would say, he owned Il small house on
which he paid $40 taxes, and he would
rather have that house and be an indepcn-
dent man than be Arthur in the White
House with Mahone's collar about his neck,
He concluded his speech ny saving that for
every stone he had helped to put in the re-
adjustcr structure he promised to take one
hundred from il, and told his colorcd friends
that III 1881 when the national repub-
lican party would have charge of the State.
they, the negroes and Mahoncitcs. would b..
democrats while the honest democrats would
be republicans
Rev. J. VI. Dawson having arrived. took
the stand and made very good speech.
He said this was his birth place and he was
glad to get back here 10 see lis old friends.
lie told his hearers that this was Il light OF
office holders against the people. that he
knew here as elsewhere the coorcd pccplc
had been kept away from the republicans
meetings. but if the $4,000 colored peGnlc
would keep away from the Mahonci;cs .tlicv
would be left rs flat as founders. He said
the Malone party was going to pieces; tha!
the negroes had done everything Tor Ma
hone and Malone had done nothing for
them; that Malone had deceived his own
race and would deceive the negroes, and his
advice was that the negroes should drop
Malone before Malone dropped them.
&. {. Round who Was present then closet
the meeting in a short pointed speech.
showing the corruption of the Mahnuc
party and its entire dependence upon the
republicans for its support
The meeting was Il quiet and orderly one
and lasted till about l. o'clock.