Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-04-11


FIRST WARD PoL1rrcs-A Juicy TrMs.-A
meeting OF the Pioneer anti X now Nothing Dem
ocratlc Association of the First Ward was held
last night at the Hall on Scott's corner and there
was large crowd in attendance, fun being an
The President and Vice President both being
absent, DR.. Magruder called the meeting to
order, and on his motion, Alderman VIM. +.
Dove was elected President pre- tenn
Mr.. Dove, on taking the chair, stated that not
having the advertisement calling the meeting in
MS possession, he must be excused for his inabii-
ty to state the object for which il was called
DR. Magruder thought IL proper to state that
the President of the Association was absent by
reason Of sickness.
The Chair announced that under the rules. the
first thing in order would be the nomination of
members
Mr.. Hickman moved that the roll be first called
that the ociation might know who were mem
bers aud who were outsiders carried; and the ,oI,
called by Secretary Rig0les
Mr.. T Drury desired to know if any gentleman
was eligible to membership who was not identi
fled with the Democratic party. He had noticed
number of persons present who had never voted
with us. '' '''o'
The Chair supposed that it would be time to
discuss the englblllty Of members when the time
citation. INV N10 n''o-
Mr.; C w. Drury-s'A number of persons
already claim to be members whose names are not
Voices.-"Order! order I object to any man
speaking who is not member {"
Folce-''l call the gentleman to order
Mr. Z. w; Drury.-"Mr. President, I am
member of this Association. was duly elected
at one OF its regular meetings and the reason INV
name is not signed to the constitution is that al
the time was elected the Secretary had not the
withstanding"
Mr. Risgles Secretary explained that the book
which he had just read from was the one kept by
MIN as Secretary in the campaign of 1856. There
was another book kept in 1858, when another party
was Secretary. The book he now held was the
only one he knew of, and the only one he could
md upon calling for the books Of the Association
Mr. L. Drury moved that any members who
had been duly elected, and have had no opportu-
constitution.
Mr.. Parker moved an amendment, that all sucb
who are good, pledged DemOc rats be permitted to
sign.
The Chair thought that this was the proper time
Tor receiving the signatures of such members as
hi not signed, and that afterwards il wouid he
proper to receive nominations
MI. hlSglcs hoped that no man would be permit
TED 10 sign who was not identified with the partv
vi. Magroder stated that the constitution pre-
scrlped the terms on which persons became mem
oers III was the practice of the Democratic party
10 receive all good men who desired to come In
10 night the common enemy for the good of the
common country. This Association is not entire
| ly Democratic Association. 1t is based upon
certain provisions. The constitution does not
require that in order to be eligible to membership
a man shall have always been a Democrat mi
| it requires that the applicant for membersbin
| shall have godfather who shall vouch for h m
| that he means from henceforth to be a GOOD Dem.
Ocrat. Applause
Mr.. +. Drury -"Mr President | desire tn
| ask the gentleman who has just dressed the
| meeting one question. 1t is this-Is he Il member
OF tae iioneer Anti.Know Nothing Democratic
Association Of the First Ward"
| DIR. Magrud' r-" Did the gentleman attend To
| the rOll-call just nowi''
| Nh. =. L. Drury.-"1 now ask the gentleman
| II he is member of the Jackson Democrat As.
1 g npfn and I l. l.;
| not IN the City Councils asserted that he never
was Democrat! Ill show in few DAYS that he
said SO" (Cries of shut up!'' 81 call the ger
| tleman to order" ale has no right to sneak
h"re!';l
DIR Magruder. 81 hope the gentleman will be
permitted to 90 on and finish his speech"
MI =. L. Drury, continuing 80 Mr. President
have always been Democrat, and always ex
pect TO be one Loud applause THE gen
uenian comes in here to gain votes TO suit his DuT
poses-he obtains votes aud then when il snits hi IS
Purposes-when he thinks it will pay-he pro-
claims in the city councils that he is no Demo
GRAFT Well does the poet say: 'The man who
| says one thing and thinks another, despise.'
Al this point great confusion arose and soms
nara words were exchanged between the friends
of MIR. Drury and those opposed Voices were
loud calling for the regular order of the meeting
MIR. Dfury went on: II also wish to ask the cen
tenan another question:
The Chair.-'G entlemen must see that this dis
cusson IS out of order"
Mr. Drury.-"Well, sir, I am an advocate of
order; tut discussion has arisen as to who arc
members and who are not :, N' "'o
Mr. s. 5. Parker 81 have Mr. Drury,s nama
on my list and if he will hold on minute will
propose him for membership
Dr. Magruder hoped the meeting would hear
him, as charges has just been made against him
which were unjust and untrue
On motion, the question was put upon hermit
ting the gentleman to reply, and was promptly
carried.
DR.. M. then went on to say that he had never in
the civ Councils or elsewhere claimed to be
IackS
He had come into the party when 1t was not very
profitable to be a Democrat, when the party
wanted all the help it could get. He had not
come in to seek for office or for votes The marty
had selected him to be their standard bearer when
no one cared to assume the responsibility The
nomination was tendere to him; he did not seek
Having assumed the responsibility, all present
could testify as to whether the result had been
such as the party desired. He could testify AS
could every one here, that at the time he was en-
gagged In that memorable struggle against oppres-
sion and threatened anarchy, and when the party
needed all its strength, that certain gentlemen who
now loudly proclaim to be great Democrats Were
absent from the city where their services were
neaded, and were in Cincinnati deeply concerned
la great schemes to enable them to retain their
good offices under the Federal Government IRE
mendous applause and cries of I" Good.,'l The
speaker did not rise to advocate his own ella; ms
IL be had claims they should rest upon his own
merits, and not upon the defects of his opponents
He not come here to gain votes and was not
seeking for Office therefore 20 one had right to
question MIN as 10 his democracy IL to be
Democrat meant to do right to strive to putdown
oppression, and to fight in open battle against
wrong-doing, fraud and violence then he was
Democrat. If, on the contrary, it meant to carry
things by fraud violence, abuse falsehood and cal
jimmy, then he was not Democrat. GApplause
llr. Drury claimed the privilege of replying ::
and the question was put and carried
MIR. Drury went on to say that the gentleman
was OIL this occasion more shrewd than polite as
the result would show. He had refused to answer
the interrOgatores which he (the speaker had put
AID yet ne had in a round about way attempted to
reply to them. The gentleman was d member of
the ;siociation. and such the speaker had voted
for him; yet when it suit; his purposes he pro-
claims that he is no Democrat. He asserts it here
again to night. The speaker desired to PROFOUND
to him another interrogatory. He desired to know
II the gentleman had not petitioned to Congress
TO disranc hise our foreign born citizens to extend
the naturalization laws to tUenty-ons years. Is
his name not now on the record there together
with others, for such purpose, Do gentleman
want a better Know Nothing than that, The
gentleman comes here and tells us Of his having
been the only man who dared to be a candidates
Had the foreign born population known the facts
just alluded to, does the gentleman think they
would have voted for him. The speaker asserted
again that the gentleman had said in the Citv
Councils that he was no Democrat If he gets the
nomination here, we shall find him goin1 off To