The American. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1857, 1857-10-03
GEoRGETOwN CORRESPONDENTS.
GrORGETOwN ID a. Gan an 1877

Mr. EDITOR: What the people will DO here,
when they become fully sensible of how much they
have been betrayed, and their dearest interests
sacrificed, know not, nor, is it important that
should know, but speak with certainty, when
declare that the betrayers will never be able
again to hold up their heads in this community for
such will be the force and violence of the popular
indignation that these miserable creatures will hide
their faces forever l was going to say in shame,
but their cheeks never felt the glow of shame; the
warm and glowing impulses of conscious rectude
would be strange sensations indeed in their bosoms
where the baser feeling and principles of human
nature have always had undisputed possession, and
II they had any conscience (Which is doubtfuI)
crime and villiany have long since stiaed and de-
stroyed its pulsations, and consequently it has
ceased to exist - t'e ...4 VA
The American party, together with the better por-
ton the spols' party here are SO completely dis.
gusted in witnessing the shameful administration
OF our town affairs by those who to get into power
promised everything, and have performed nothing,
that the mutterings of discomfort are beginning to
be so loud that those in power, who have thus be-
trayed the people, are beginning to show some
signs OF alarm; but those signs are not from an
honest conviction Of directon of duty but, are the
unmistakable signs Of that cowardly guilt, which
seeks to hide itself from exposure, and also from
the approaching storm of public odium which ne
| cessarily follows such an exposure. 81
The people are seldom wrong, but when they
are deceived by demagogues, and get wrong, they
| never need persuasion to put themselves right;
| ours have been betrayed; they now see it; they
will remedy it; and they will do it. in such way
that unprincipled partizans, will be made to feel,
IN the future that the people are not to be trihed
with. speak knowingly when say that il will
De done here, In great measure, irrespective of
party proclvities From observation and other
sources, opine that if the election to fill the office
OF Mayor were to take place now, or in February,
and were possible for Mr. Crawford to be the can
didate OF his party again, he could not secure one
hundred votes out OF the twelve hundred votes in
Georgetown, and he kaoos that I speak tie truth :
i nay, more, If it were possible to bring into the
neld again the same corrupt means of bribery;
purjury, and fraud, which brought him into power,
for with all these corrupt appliances, together with
dishonest assessor, who is acknowledged to be
unfit, and totally unworthy Of the Office, he coulc
not be reelected, for Mr.. Crawford's majority wal
only about fifty votes over the late incumbent wher
it was confidently predicted that his majority would
be at least one hundred and fifty votes and it il
not to be wondered at that with all the base means
used to defeat Mr.. Addison, that Mr. Crawford die
not receive the majority confidently predicted ol
him by his friends? and yet, with all these things
arrayed against Mr.. A. with the entire Catholic
vote and Government ofice.holders, office-seekers
gether, with these Mould be great men, who enter
tanned the most bitter and deadly hostility to him
simply because he had exposed their ignorance
and stupidity in relation to matters which they
pretended, or were simple enough to believe that
they knew more about than others did, whose means
OF knowing, were good if not better, than Their
| own, and whose common sense and sagacity were
far superior. Circumstances have recently trans
pired, making manifest their entire unftness fol-
positions, which vanity, ambition and desire fol
notorety caused them to aspire to; the policy of the
Mayor, though then denounced, is NOW endorsed
by these, acould be great men, and they are now alb
solutey making more ado, about carrying out hi
measures than he or his friends ever did What {
huhiiating spectacle do these men now presen
to the public eye, that is, Of advocating measures
which, but short time ago, they so vehement,
opposed. have not the time now, nor the in
: clination to institute comparisons between on
present Mayor, and the late incumbent 1t wou
be too invidous SO to do, but would ask, wher
is the man to be found who will non say that -
change has been beneficial but, on the contrary
does not every one see, if they do not say so
that the change has been most unfortunate for th,
interests and prosperity of our city Look at ou
streets market-house, roads, and fact, everythin,
bears upon It's face the unmstakable marks O
ruin and neglect but this state OF things will hav
an end, or am greatly mistaken in the sentiment
OF the .s.- PUBLIC.