The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-05-12
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
pBE HAY0RALTY ELECTION GREAT RAIIFI
a N}ti4 CATION MEETING. " 3Als,


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Al tbe convention which nominated Colonel Benet
s,r mayor a committee appointed TO make ar
,aneements for meeting OF the democratic and
anti know-nothing voters OF Washington 10 rauiy
,ns nomination then made The meeting came
al last evening and was grand and emphatic de-
,oonstration. During the morning, the weather Was
mpropitious but the day advanced, the clouds dis
nersed disclosing bright and beautiful evening. Soon
the booming OF gave notice OF the hour OF meet
inc and forthwith the associations from the different
wards Of the city in notion marching with music,
,.nns, and tnnsparencies 10 the City Hail. The dis
pay was very fine, and the crowd large aud enthusiastic.
The meeting was organized by calling upon Mayor Ma
orueer TO preside One vice president chosen from
o.ch ward as follows LIST, Geo. w. Riggs I'd, A. b.
stourbton Sd, Hudson Taylor 4th, johnson HELEN
Eth VIM. B. Todd 9th, DIR. Jos. Walsh; 7th ID. Is.
clark The secretaries were Messrs William II. Ward
John d. Brandt and w. w. Davis
Mayor MAaaupxs, upon taking the chair received
with hearty burst Of applause He thanked the crowd
sincerely the enthusiastic manner in which they
6med his nomination chairman of the meeting, be-
use IL gave him opportunity of telling them how
heartily he endorsed the nomination for the mayoraty
pplause He endorsed that nomination. first, because
il was a democratic nomination Cries of "good +
and next because it nomination eminently proper
10 be made and the candidate nominated eminently
AZ one ICries Of good" and applause. SO much
for him. He need not say but word in his behalf.
They all knew him to he Of the highest tone OF
honor and who has never wanted the courage to
enable him to proclaim his sentiments Cres OF good
In the darkest hour of tho democratic party when the
soutest heart qaied and the frncst heart trembled,
when there were few who had the manness to they
were democrats he proclaimed himself at all times to be
SUCH unswe rving unwavering and unilnching. Cries
Of good n Compare him then with those who are
rupning against him, and from amongst whom you
arc called upon to select the candidate against
him. Is there OF them who will proclaim
to YOU what are his political opinionsf Were they
willing to trust any who, in trying times like
these when the issues presented to the people of this city
we're issues involving the liberties of portion of the
people and the rights of another portion, has not
been able make up his mind which side he will take
IN an issue such as this The candidates presented to
them We're independent candidates. IA Voice. .sKnow-
nothing candidates n Independent of what indie
pendent of public sentiment! The man who was indie
PENDENT Of public sentiment was not the man to assume
The grave responsibilities of the Office of chief executive
Of this city The man who could not make up his mind
and proclaim what his opinion in relation to the issues
nrsentei in this conflict who could not say he would
maintain for the adopted citizen his rights and to the
members of every church their right to worship their
God in the form and they preferred not the
man they wanted [Cries of good and applause |
Nopartysm was Just what he had defined it to be. No
party meant in addition to that, principle If a
man had a political principle he would attach him
self to the political PARTY which maintains its
political professions and the man who will not do 80 is
not fit to execute the laws anywhere. Applause Mr..
M,GuupEu then proceeded to show by reference to the
municipal contests for the years. that the know
nothing party had sprung from no-partysm In tell
inc manner he exhibited the mode in which that secret
combination had been crushed and now. instead Of cry
ing SAM and Americans shall rule America they
say give us a no party man. Applause Instead of
telling the people that shall he put upon watch
tonight but Americans" they say ''gve anybody
the face of the earth who can beat the Democrats Zap
pause But that was not the whole history of the
American party in this city They all well remembered
how the devotecs Of that party took of the
affairs of the monument Of Washington standing on the
banks of the Potomac No man ought ever to have
tered the sacred precincts Of that monument who had
not Invested himself of all party feeling. Cheers Yet
this people took such violent possession Of that work.
and proclaimed that they going rear 1t with
American money and American labor and you SEQ where
it is now. Applause. They were exceedingly glad to
get it. but they thousand times glad to get
rid Of it. Applause How then, trust themt What
they would If the black republicans could triumph it
the black republican party but if they could not it
no party, it was Sam. But If % Sam could
triumph and the black republicans could not triumph
and there want Of unity in the democratic party,
they always found that this no-paty element sprung up,
and no matter how small the nucleus might be, it
served us sort of leayen and they stuck up their names
anu 'ney suu uhe oenocauc party was proke up pcc'use
ovoy,aro w. 49,, 'ra,r ~ i. .s a,t nal,
them believe that thew had M nnrty feelings No marty
sentiments and did not care ANYTHING about party; that
they are good honest citizens and all they wanted was to
maintain the public peace and build ND the city Why It
was no such thing 1t was an inbred hostility to the DEM
octc party and nothing else on the face Of the earth
He then proceeded to illustrate tho course Of the no party
who arc opposed to the democratic party In the
Preparation for the admission of Kansas into the Union