The Alexandria herald. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1811-1826, 1816-11-25
ALEXANDRIA HERALD.
MONDAY, NovsMBER IS, 1916.
TOWN MEETING.


citizens of Washington, meeting oi
the people Of the town was held at
VI Loughlin's cavern, on thursday even
i x last.
Our intention in ths article is to give
morc detained repor, oi the proceed
ings that took place, than is requisite
or usual to be made out by the Secre~
AIRY on such occasions. who is always
orfned TO a mere register of wha, is
actually done and TO make few re-
marks on the fsaricmeatdrgmode which
was pursued--fr the correctness OF
wh;chw mean 20 disstn;t aud hope 20
illustrate this position so as 10 insure .
different mode proce cding on any lu
| ,ure occasion.
AT abou. half past 6. the meeting @as
organised, and lpm l. LEE called 10
he chair.
MIR 'Deneaie mode motion fo- the
chairmSn to appoint con mii,ec 20
Draft resolutions expressive Of the sen
Nmenis Fl the meeting, Carried.
he ohairU'a. secordiosly sppoin1ed
Y coausi~ee eli 6ve--Gso,ge 1euev'c
! aeWas swan, J-sob iloiTmas, antho
= (. c. noys snI JON Longdcu,
/ ~ ssu'sd ;or elaboration.
a nOs;oa was ,hea made by lamesL
y Es@es, 10 have TIC pumbcr p,esen,
registered.
/ Air Cob7gsa opposed ,hs notice, a
unusual ard unprecedented il town
| meetings.. he did not kOo'" me ebiect
of The gen;i.ran, BIT though, :: m.gut
be used al an argument uniAvorabIc 10
the decision which might take place,
| by drawing comparison between tie
population Ct the town ard the numter
present.
Mr.. .Airrand.r stated that the pre-
| sent meeting was as suiy attended as
;nwn nleeiings generally were, and he
believed rather more SO That he pre-
sumcd all those who ielI Themselves in
terested had come, * from the number
and character Of the gentlemen pgcsen;
&c conceived the meeting sufficiently
numerous to decide what were The sen
tiwcnts of the iowa Upon The subject
"hich had been referred.
The motion to register the humber,
meeting with opposition, it was with
drawn.-When the committee entered,
and reported the following resolutions:
/. RcaolOed, That the present ard
| increasing commercial and other bust
ness of the District Of Columbia, and
the prosperity Of lis cilizers, the in;e-
rest If the Bark Of The United States,
AS weli as that OF the District, would be
prOmoted by tie establishment of a
Branch o. that institution =. shi3 Dis.
trict
2. RESOLVED, That the foregoing con
siderations, Independent of any con
'iSSN'-h WIN s,OFS' ullI~I'S iISllly TIC
expectation, that the District OF Coiurn-
bia, which has 50 largely contributed t.
the capital stock of the Bank Of the u
States, Will not be excludes from a par
'lcIpaiion 10 those advantages which are
anticipated from il.
3. Resolved, That be
committee TO cooperate with our Eel,
low citizens Of the other parts Of the
District 10 take such Steps as may be
deemed e%Pedient 10 piomoie the views
Of this meeting and The essential int.
rests of TIC town of Alexandria.
These resolutions were handed in by
Mr Dcacalc, who reported them 10 tire
chair, stating thattqDo Of the committee
had dissented from them( Messrs Long.
den and Cozepovc}. a few general OBJ
servatioDs were made by Messrs. Swan
and Deneale, Oh the supposed advanta-
ges which would reselt to the tow
from sach an establishment. The re
marks arc not precisely recol|ected,
but the impression made was, that the
correctness of the resolutions were so
apparent end the subject SO we'll under.
stood, lha. an expose was not deemed