Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-04-29

dlstlnct affair before passing on the resolution
~, WI Dove agreed to this, and the amendment |
MI Moore then moved to introduce the follow |
ing proviso in place Of the one struck out:
And yroridsd also, That all the debt thus
contacted, both principal and interest, shall he
paid out of special fund to be provided for the
purpose, to be derived from water tax hereafter
TO be imposed upon such property az may be ben |
ented by the distribution OF the water as afore
said;' lost.
Mr. Riggs then offered the following amend
ment to the last part Of the pending resolution:
"And that on all the ballots on which may he
printed or written the words For the Water be
counted and returned as in favor Of comforting
upon the Corporation power TO incur the debt
and all ballots on which may be printed the
words Against the Water, be counted and re-
turned as against comforting said power"
Adopted
The question was now taken upon the passage
OF the resolution as amended, and 1t was passed
bill was then passed to abate nuisance in
the Fifth Ward.
And then the Board adjourned.
THE SIXTH WARDANrr.KNow NoruINa RAT.
IFICATIoN MEETING According 10 advertise.
ment, a very large meeting of the Democratic
ana Anti Know Nothing voters ofthe Sixth Ward
was held at Odd Fellows Hall, at the Navy
Yard, last evening, for the purpose of ratifying
the nomination Of Col. James Berrrtt as the
candidate for the Mayoralty. The meeting was
called to order by Mr.. John ID. Brandt, on whose
motion Mr George A. Bohrer was chosen to pre-
Secretary
The Chairman then announced the object of
the meeting, and urged the necessity for con-
certed action in the pending election in order to
ensure the success Of their candidate over the
opposition.
Mr.. Richard Brooks. Jr, then offered the fol-
lowing resolutions, which Were read and unani-
mously adopted amid loud and prolonged cheer
ing:
Rssolred, That this meeting do heartily an.
prove the nomination of Col. J q Berrett, by
the Democratic and Anti-Know Nothinp Com
vsntion, for Mayor IF this CITY, and that we
pledge him our cordial and energetic support.
heSoired, That the course Of the editor of the
Evening star since the nomination Of Col Bcr-
Tttt merits ana receives our unqualified condem-
nation, Applause, and that we earnestly recon-.
mend 10 the patronage Of our Anti Know Nothing
friends that true and unfinching supporter OF
our cause, the Washington Union
Hon. A. g. Brown, Senator from Mississippi
being introduced, was received with loud mani
festations of applause. He appeared wholly un-
prepared to make speech. Poor, bleeding Kan
sas hid claimed all his attention and exhausted
all his sympathies, but hoped that ere the going
down of the sun on Saturday evening there WouId
be substantial evidence of the healing of these
wounds-that ere Saturday evening we would
witness the introduction of the thiItv-secopd star
into tie sisterhood Of States He came 10 saw
word In relation TO the municipal election lie
had witnessed. with deep regret scenes Of dis
order in the Federal city-that here under The
very eyes of the President and in the face of Com
SIesS-~here the wisdom OF twenty-f five millions
OF the people was supposed to be concentrated
lawlessness, disorder, riot, bloodshed arson
murder, and everything which can disgrace the
community, should be an everyday Occurrence
was enough to make the blood run cold in the
veins OF any man who loved his country II WA,
not so i'll the earlier and better DAYS of the repuh
lie. Some evil genius had gotten among the neo
plei II was the Internal genius of Know. y otbiny
Ism which had brought riot, bioodshed and dis
had
OF the republic In the OTHER He did rot eraUoe
rate when he said that nineteen twentietbs of all
Inc population were law-abiding, good citizens
But, instead OF discharging their whole dntv
they were too often accustomed like the VACCINE
to call upon Hercules to help them. They eYnecf
Congress to keep order in their streets, and w,re
100 much accustomed to think Congress ought to
do everything.
In the approaching municipal election two cam
didates were before them. They might have
three, four, or fve-he knew not how many but
This he knew, that GO Jim Berret" was GOOD
enough for him. Loud applause II was said
that Col; Berret was a stranger in this CITY, but
ne hau drunk whiskey with him in this town
years next December since Col. Berret and him.
sell went counting together in Washington, IL
that did not make a citizen he would like 10
know what did. TApplause
After advising that the campaign be carried On
without Iesorting to the defamation of the oppo,
ing candidates, and without stirring mn naTtf1,n
bitterness, MI il: closed amid loud cheering
"a IN
Interfere in the municipal elections: but ~ he
were TO do so, he would have the right, for more
than forty years ago he was born in this pood
f cry ne was man fresh from the people who
sou9ht TO trample him down When his friends
deserted him, men OF another party took him nm
ana sent him To represent in Congress the gIo-
nous OLD Ashland district Two wears ago he
was wandering about seeking where he shouId
60 The old party, which he loved as devotedIv
ana Tor which he would have sacrificed rs much
d any man, was destroyed and ii behooved him
as citizen to look after a standard under which
he could strike for the liberties which their foT.
fathers had left them as a sacred HERITAGE ~.
saw but two great political Parties-the old Dem
"CidtiC party, having an existence in the North
as well as in the South, and the Black RenubIi
can party, without d single adherent south Of
Mason Dixon's line lie saw also d third narlv
or rather what called itself a third party bnt Il
was only faction. He had pronounced IL from
every stump in his district to he powerful for
evl, but powerless for good, and so ii had turned
GUY ,.a slnce: Ihey must elect the best man Mayor
the man who did not fear to take sides but rolled
uP MS sleeves and went to work TApplause I
D hey wanted good public officers and from
What he had heard of Col. Brrret, he felt per.
IeCtly sure II they elected him, they would have
lew more OF those scenes of violence and dixo,-
der. WI" "''oi
Hon James Hughes, of Indiana, was intro
tIouuced, and urged on his hearers the necessity
of unity in the DemocIa attic ranks even I'm iocs1I
elections, as that only would insure unity in cam
Paigns OF national importance. He Commitment
w WI DoIirt III nlSn terms, and preferred him
over any other candidate. because he was ponaI
~ worthy In social light, and more Justly en-
tlled 10 the sutfrages Of all good citizens as he
5000 upon the platform of the only national party
In existence There was nothing like an honor,
able, faif tight, and when men 20 into a contest
declaring VINO they are and what they are sucb
men deserve TO be met i'm an open field like
honorable opponents. But when an opponent
presented himself without name, you NAV be
sure the object is TO conceal the worst of ali mar
ues-the party that dares not avow its name I
concur fully in the advice you have received as
10 The management of the canvass Tell the
tfuth, and the whole truth, on your opponents
morning could be more cruel than that
Hon. w IN. L. Avery. of Tenn made an old
fashioned and amusing stump speech on politics
Sehe'dlIy Introducing meta pho.icaI descrin
uOn OF IL. rlSe, progress, and present condition
Oh hhow Nothingism. He alluded 10 the ov.r
tute made by that party when in its Drosnsritv
20 the true men IF the old Wing party and s,id
that even then they could not ind uce such To t,I
passage on their Piratical looking craft, how
much less SO now when that craft il in A sinkino
condition lie thought all true Old Line Wni,S
were democrats now, and those who profe,sed
10 be such, and Were not Democrats were i'm
posters ana Know Nothings in disguise "You
Know, SAID Mr.. A, "that the result of this
election Will he heTalded all over the Union -