Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-06-01
LOCAL NEWS.

Hs'en 10 DIR. MagrudeT, who ID was Announced
would address the citizens Of that ward that eve
ming. He spoke from platform erected near the
Engine house, to an assemblage numbering not
...s man 200 persons. A band Of music was in
In thisaddress the speaker presented pretty much
the same arguments and facts as those heretofore
reported In the Star, which. however, caused the
address to lose nothing Of its interest nor allayed
the enthusiasm Of the crowd He was frequently
interrupted by applause. In regard to the epithet
OF traitor" which had been applied to him he
would only say, that until the Democratic Con-
ventionS, shortly TO assemble, had met and laid
GOWN national platform, he would be guided
asooe by the Constitution Of the United States
ne conceived that the mayor of a CITY should
stand upon and by the charter of the city; and If
any attempt should be made by the cooperative
authorities TO violate, in the slightest degree any
provision Of that instrument it was his duty 10
project II, by vetOing any infringement.
Mr.. Patrick Heating being largely called for
came forward, and being introduced by DR. Ma
Sruder, spoke as follows
Fellow-citiEens;- will just call your attention
70 the Sixth Ward democratic and anti-k know
nothing ratification meeting held on Friday, the
18th inst, over which DIR. A. w Miller presided
dere you have democratic and anti know moth
IS Party-eyery one can see plainly that these
are two distinct and separate parties connected
together by cOpulative conjunction, and by the
same are made equal elements of power When
they make use of the phrase ''anti-know nothings
ana democrats" are not two parties addressed
Just as we say 'ladies and gentlemen - when we
desire TO address both sexes. Every one who I'M
derstands the laws which govern the English
language, knows that this is And every one
knows further, that the republican and the whip
parties are the two that are so earnestly invited
ny Tue democratic party to put down know moth
ingism, while at the same time they charge the
Nagruder party with black republicanism This
Is Indeed like seeing the mote in the neighbor's
eye, when they cannot see the beam in their own
NJ that meeting, held in this ward the other
night DIR. Miller arose and said. cit is eminentIv
proper for me to be here | am endeared to COT
Berret by many ties Of friendship, notwithstand-
ing the many points of difference between us;p
and he consequently deprecated the course of Dr.
MaSruder. He thought DR.. Magruder's course
was ia bad taste, and that he would repret n br-
Tore the canvass was over Doctors are generally
very good prophets, and are generally well paid
Tor their predictions. He Continues.-'sThe speak.
or could state with pleasure that improvements
Were rapidly going on, and that laborers were
Employed with certain chances Of compensation -
IL can at once be seen here by the gentIeman's
statement, that he knew the laborers were cheated
OUT OF some Of their time. when he ma es use of
the substitute ''ChanCe for compensation" Ii is
more than i have ever known that chances
were certain; and Ii turns up that they are not
Tor every one knows how some of the laboreTs are
ned 1 yes cheated. out of their pay by what
Tue learned gentleman calls 'schanCe com peDsa-
uOh WORK L am exceedingly sorry that the
Sshdemans attao hment to Col Berret should so
lar nave Caused him to forget himself
Hon. WIN. b Montgomery was the next SPEAKER
q that meeting tie regretted that he had to ad
dress the meeting under such EMBARRASSING CIR
oumstanoes' | should think they were embar-
mltted that he WIS not at all familiar with our
CITY government. ! would like to know If this
was nor shin with the wind He goes on to say
tbdt 80 he could see by those men around him that
ne was addressing the IaboIino men think
the gentleman must certainly have meant labor
ihS Pon,lclans, whom every person knew sur
rounded hlm there. THE democratic party had
always been friend to the laborinC men " And
SO they Were, because they would not allow toe.
iaborer to work while darkey was idle ain
selecting Mayor we had a right 10 use our own
Judgment though no thOught hph had rigbt a.,
nc the umpire. Wv hen our present Mayor was a
candidate for Office he pledged himself 10 keen
ne pace OF me city suppose he did, for he
mad right to keep Ii for the man who gave il TO
MIN until he would return ii to him safely again
Il els pledge was made at the CITY Hall hut now
ne mas TO 90 down as far as the Navy Yard, and to
that he has kept his promise
suppose the City Hall is getting two small
nowadays to hold his declarations when he is
candidate for office. The gentleman must have
thought that our Mayors abilities were very moor
when he says THAT on coming into office he was
mere novice This is all assertion we are not
willing to allow, for we well know that his cnaIi-
ncdIons Were such as to enable him to disc harge
the duties Of his Office with efficiency credit To
himselfI and honor to the city. The gentleman
ought 10 have known that there was enough in
telligcnCe in Washing ton to allow the peOple IN
be their own judges in those cases. lie spoke of
dissatisfied and sOrehedded democrats" but
never knew a man Of his stamp THAI was not dis
satisfied. and If dissatisfaction means soreheaded-
ness. think that every man Ct bis party needs
plaster. He says that IL man submits his name
20 convention that ne must Of ri ht abide by the
result When the United Colonies submitted
their trust to the Generals Of their armies were
they willing If those Generals BETRAYED their
cause to Great Britain, to abide by the result?
mink they were not. He says the mechanics and
ldbOTers at the Navy Yard and Capitol were TO be
driven ont To give place to a horde Of black re-
puolicans, but those men could have told him
that they were driven out long ago and coored
men were retained in their offices by democrats
or tae House IL this is not kicking against the
picks, there is no scripture
The Hon. Roger A Pryor had been next
introduced. This gentleman said MIR Keat-
ing, allowed that he was very indifferent
SPEAKER and, as a matter Of course, the man
that speaks indiferently means indiferently. l
cannot see where to rely on his support for Col
Berret He said the issue of the contest did not
anect him, and II not, do not see the reason the
gentleman should trouble himself about it He
speaks OF the gentleman of convenient politics
but do not see any politics more convenient than
his own, when he says the issue Of the contest
does not affect him, and afterwards makes i
appear that II does. He says his party was not
dedd-we did not say IL was-but the old adaOe
says That guilty conscience needs no accusers'
Under certain circumstances he would see the
Onlted states Capitol in ruins Under no cir
CumstanceS would we desire to see il so The
honorable gentleman accuses certain rarties Of
fdlsehOod. II understand the rudiments of the
English language, think have proven to you
that be has not spoken very clearly himself
TIE Hon. Mr.. Davidson had been next in
troduced to the meeting. He said that il was
colonel Berrets principles had made them
what they were. l believe all that: and
what was divided party! lie said the news
Of Colonel Berrets defeat at the Federal Me-
HOPoliS would be hailed in New York with
great waste Of powder, and that there would be
trans Atlantic jubilee at the Court Of st James
l believe II would, and that a general Jubilee
would have hailed the result. He said that the
man who voted for DIR. Magruder was a dirty
man say so, too, for he sets himself against the
dirt when he brings people to cunt for their
dirty actions. do not see the reason gentlemen
that those YES Of honor should have in
terfered with our local pOlitics-men who assert
on the floors OF Congress that domestic affairs
should be in keeping within the local laws They
have set All eminent example In this city when al
one Of the late Berret meetings in the Third Ward
they had introduced to the people Of w ashington
the scion OF democracy, Mr.. Clusky;) but the
people have to wait until this scion grows into a
good sized branch, and wait until this branch
brings forth its blossom, and, further, until this
blossom brings forth its fruit, and, finally until
This fruit riPens into maturity, before we can
Know who this young scion is who has been COM
mssioned by certain set Of honorables to teach
US local politics. BY this time, fellow-citIzens
nope tue afairs Of the city will be adjusted to
the satisfaction Of the people
During the deIfyery A..