Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-05-29

OouhclFs readiness 70 adjourn sine due
The committee having performed the duty as
when
Mr. Albert, the President of the board, delivered
The following very neat address:
yALkDIcIoRY ADDRESS OF nR. AszRT.
Gentlemen Of the Board Of Common Council:
feel deeply moved and gratined by the very CON-
Plimentary resolutions, which you have been
pleased to adopt unanimously, and by the express
s s Of Kindness and friendsbiP with which they
nave been accompanied. Next TO the approval Of
my own conscience, / value the approving judg-
ment Of my friends and those with whom l am
brought In contact. II was through your unani-
In the position which during the year past have
occupied. In the discharge Of its duties have
endeavored, with what ability possess, to dis
charge them faithfully and impartially While
attending to some Of them, though in cfrcumstan-
ces Of delcacy and embarrassment your ready
acquiescence in my decisions, and your ad.
herenceEgeneral adherence, and may say uni.
versal adherenee-to the rules Of the board have
made my duties easy and agreeable And now
gentlemen, cannot conclude without referrin1
to matter that made deep impression upon me
~ a. Lne Time, ana which feel bound to notice.
During my severe illness In the early part of the
winter when 1t was not known that should ever
resume this seat, or mingle again amongst nv
members, the expressions of your kind So
ncltude which reached me, made an impression
upon me which l can never forget no matter
what may hereafter happen. I shall also ever re-
member, with feelings that cannot express, the
earnest ana dnecu0ndte greeting with
which, when in Gods providence was returned
10 you, was received among you. We are now
gentlemen, about to part to return to our respect
I've constituencies Whether those Of us who have
consented again to serve our citizens shall
ever be returned here not we shall all have the
satisfaction of feeling that we have done what we
could towards maintaining the order and advan.
cling the prosperity of our great and beautiful
State. Let 1t always be our constant endeavor
wherever our lot may be cast to do what we can
towards having this city ever remain the capital of
great, independent, mighty and united people.
thanking you, gentlemen, for these resolutions
which you have so kindly adopted, | bid YOU
FAREWELL and announce this board adjourned SINE
die.
. THIRD WARD OPPOSITION. largest crowd
OF the season assembled last night in font of the
Northern Liberties Market House to hear DIR
WIN. b. Magruder independent democratic can
adate Tor the Mayoraty) in relation to city affairs
The crowd must have numbered fifteen hundred
persons, and much enthusiasm and the best of
ORDER prevailed during the remarks of Dr. M and
Mi heating. The first speaker introduced to the
audience was Mr.. P. NJ. Heating, who said
Fellow-citizens-We have assembled here to-
night upon an occasion Of material and vital i'm
portance to every citizen Of the Federal
we are especially called upon to nnihilate sec
uonalism and party prejudices from our midst,
ana stand before each other In the true light OF
citizenship, to take into consideration the course
we have right to pursue, and the steps all hon
orable men would take to rid themselves of any
prejudices which would be likely to iniure the
common cause in the approaching municipal
Fellow citizens, have to regret. I'm the first
place, that the benignant and International hand
OF protection, which is reached out to embrace
IN Tue giant arms OF liberty, the down trodden of
all nations does not receive the merit Of its intrinsic
worth for time but hope the day is not far
distant when the naturalized citizens will saw
that they have no right to think that people who
nave so kindly extended to them the blessings
Of liberty, have the least design Through parfv
or sectlonallsm, or otherwise) TO do them the
least injustice on the score OF political differ
ehces. Ihere has been a time here when
party preJudices extended from one end of
this great and hourishing country 10 the
other, and that prejudice arose from the fact.
that there Were always found enough of hair,
oranaed poincians to gull the uninitiated for
slgner Into the prejudcfal dogma of superstition.
and after passing him through that great hall az
terror, they introduce him to the pandemonium of
poIiucal huckstery, and be Is told that unless he
becomes democrat the Catholic Church will Le
anHihilated his life is in jeopardy and he pust
as soon as be can, get naturalized 20 10 the polls
ana vote the democratic ticket, if he regards the
saIety OF his wife and children. Well as a mat
Ter OF course, he says he will be democrat and
once having said SO, the honest and unsuspectinV
foreigner Is democrat all his life But f,lloys,
cluzens, this truly honest man is at loss 10 know
SOFT shell democracy, Of Douglas democracy and
Administration democracy AS il is we'll known
taat he knows but little of the political macLine,y
OF the country; and, as il is conceded on All
al
win an unhinching and irresistible determine
ZION 70 De democrat, he only wants 10 know
wn VIVA. party he has right to follow When our
political leaders desert the course which h.. ~
ways enabled us to secure the choics OF a Iyo,thy
public Officer IL is time for us in turn To dese,t
Ihem Tor the reason, that IL we have not a
at all. -" parry
Now, fellow-citizens, | am a democrat in heart
anu SOUL but when democracy is rotteninp under
Gofiupung Influences, want to see il purped of
us InternaI malady; and know there is n9thino
in this world but the fear of sound thrssbinss
thdt Will remove the tares from its full-groIy5
nela, ana separate the true seeds from those seen
Insy oeauuIal mowers which flourish there COW
eIIhs InelI sharp thorns under the verdure of a
summer foliage. know Of distinguished abIe
ana learned gardener, who has cult waited iris
ItIe garden Of the metropolis with great skill
s,iIi ,.iJs before ana II do not mistake he
sui resides In the First Ward Of this little nara
DISC his name is DIR. VIM. b Masruder' whom
every man knows, under the flag Of fair NAV i.
tne regular lought to be) nominee and true dem
ocrduc standard-bearer in the coming municinal
elecuon he 10 the man who, i'm the worst az.
OF lawiessness and rowdyism laid the basis of an
established peace in the city of WashinVton ~
= we man whom every honest, honorable, and
tee-mlnded man Of the democratic party will
earnestly and undoubtedly support, and sucb
man Is well worthy ths support of the peoDle.
VINO win less than half the force Of our present
mayor would never have allowed a republican
meeting TO have been stoned as was tbs case in
teis CITY a few day ago by some Iawies, mob
Men who come here loaded with ali the lanreIs
ana honors OF the sister states the great
tatives OF the nation, who, from their high .posi
uons are the pride and soul of the American me-
Mopoiis; and men upon whom the greater part of
tne mechanics and laborers Of this city chiefly
depend for their support.
lnls, ielow-ciuZens, was more of an outrage
committed against the mechanics and laborers ~
the city OF Washington than il was against tbe
republican party, as IL Is well known without the
aid OF the large sums appropriated by Congress
from year to year for the District of Columbia
Inat Nose TWO classes would be the chief sufferers
therefore say that 1t Is high time for the poorer
classes to throw OF all allegiance to political par
ties ana 90 heart aud hand for the man whom
they well know should have been the neopIe,s
choice What do you think, fslIow-citizens. OF
the $500; 600 which has been stricken ont OF the
general appropriation bill for the completion of
the capitol extension VIII this which has
been caused by the man whom a large portion OF
THIS community would have US believe Is at
ana proper person to preside over our municipal
aHalrs, serve the naturalized citizens, This II =
question that requires no answer In every nolice
man In this City had from the frst done his dntv
as Well as did Offeer Narrower on last Erid,y
night on Capitol Hill, that $50 GOO wopld neve,
nave been stricken out OF the appropriation ~,
the maintenance Of the Auxiliary Guard. Tbese
Will De the two principal questions to be consid
cred In the coming Mayoraity election And This
VIII De one OF the leading features in the general
municipal tornado which is very soon 10 swsen
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