New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-11-13
Further Peace 5Eeasures.,

The Evening Post has been favored with
the first publication ofthe following Memo
rial to the Committee of Union and Safe
w. appointed at the late Castle Garden
Union demonstration.-By the way, we
think Mr. Smith must have been taking an
mwholesomc quantity of his own gin so
that he saw double, when he counted the
Committee:
MEMORIAL. OF JOHN SMITH, OYSTERAIAN
To The Committee Of One Haadred.
Your memoriast respectfully represents that he
has been for three years past tending small GIN
and oyster cellar in Canast. with little profit and
less honor, endeayorng to get living thereby tor
himself and family. That he has risen early and
set up late with his oyster knife in hand waiting
for customers to supply with as fine oysters as
there were abed. But customers come so seldom
that he is often obliged to serve them with stale
article, or lose much of his stock. Your memo
ralist further represents that he Is IN favor OF
the " Union and against agitation he hates
niggers and only six weeks ago kicked one, whom
he had hired as help out Of his cellar without
paying his wages because there was nothing for
him to do
Your memorialist further represents that there
is n coIorcd man by the name Of Downing, who
keeps an oyster cellar in Broad street, which is
dailv reauented by hundreds Of merchants both
your honorable committee in quest of oysters and
other refreshments, and that said Downing has be-
come wealthy from the patronage thus bestowed.
That said Downing is a notorious abotionst, hav-
ing within q few months aYowed, that IT he were
seized and claimed as a slave, he would resist the
aggressor unto blood; that said Downing has, on
various occasions at public meetings, and through
the public journals, shown himself to be dissatisfied
with the Peace Measures AS your honorable
committee facetiously style them--ofthe last Con.
gress, thereby promoting the agtationsnd disquiet
oil the country
Your memorialist further represents that there
are many other oyster cellars in this city kept by
black men who entertain the same henous and
destructive sentiments whose names and location
YOUR memorialist will if necessary, have pleasure
in furnishing to your honorable body.
Now, therefore, your lnemoriaist respectfully
re represents that if the said Downing, and all per-
Sous engaged in the oyster trade, who entertain
such sentiments as he processes, were to be pub
licly denounced by your committee in the col
umns of the Herald and Journal Of Commerce,
which may be had for that any other purpose
to which your honorable body may be dlsposedto
put them for n reasonable consideration, as your
committee is by this time aware and IL pubic
meeting were called by your committee to pro-
scribe all negroes who sell oystcrs, and all Walte
people who eat oysters sold by them, think L
might get my stale stock off my hands, and soon
afford to supply fresh article on moderate terms,
and, at the same time, receive just reward for
my devotion to the constitution, and to that free
dom of person and opinion in defense of which
our forefathers fought and bled and one OF my
unces bad to be hung.
Your memoralist further represents, that he ID
willing to modify or abandon any opinions he
may entertain, if required by the Committee.
having found them thus far like his oysters, stale
and improbable. He will be happy TO sell MS
oysters upon any terms, and if he cannot sell them
without, be viii chcerfuly cell them with his
principles, having learned from sad experience
that neither improve by keeping.
All which is respectfully submitted. .o cI,
JOHN SMITH, Oysterman, 65s CaneEsL
PS-The Committee may hold their sessions a, S
at my cellar, while debating this memorla, ama
such entertainment as have will be az tne,r s'''
vice without cest,