Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1864-09-16

wheelr1Ehte, but some one stating that hs vss
. MCCLELLAN man, his name was withdravn.
M 0eoIge y. Wtison stated that there were
had formerly been with them fn the Old WIT
and American days. They did not belong IN
the working class, but when waited upon
would saw that they were not Democratic hot
they were Mcclellan men. Some of them had
held once under the Administra ation and he
alluded to one who had made about s5, ,OOO on
me Government who stated tnat Lincoln was
into O cage and exhibited through the country;
and he also said that the niggers should be
sent back to their masters. This man, however,
did not hold an ONCE now. 1t would be degra-
ding for the collectors TO solicit from such
person.
Mr. Henry Turner suggested that the.e
charges snould be made ont and sent TO the De-
partment in which he was employed.
Mr.. wills replied thatthe person alluded 70
was not now In the employ of the Government,
put that there were many others OF the same
knd who the committee should look after.
hf. Joseph Martin expressed the hope thai
lne names OF such persons should be made
fuoic, tnat ne could not keep the name OF such
Mr.. George r. Ruff stated that there wers
some men mere who were good enough Lin
coin men, put when they were called upon by
the opposition at their homes thew gave liner.
ally telling their friends to keep still that IN IL
was known that they were aiding McCIelIsn
they would receive no favors in Washington.
He as in favor of taking money from eVerv
one-it made no difference how they stooI-and
Spending It in a good cause
Wr. J. II. Clements suggested that the Presi-
wait on the Secretary of the Navy In reference
TO purchasing flag staff, partially finished in
the Navy Yard; which was adopted. He also
suggested that the committee should make ar -
rangements for regular meetings, and that en-
thusiasm should be created and thus give the
lie 10 the assertion that the working men were
tired OF the war, and were willing to make
peace upon any terms. They the working
classes) were not to be gulled by the cry OF me-
gro equality. He had lived North and never
saw negro equality there or in this city, bat he
had seen it in the South. In the Navy Yard at
Portsmouth, Va, several years since, anumber-
Of colored men were employed beside white
men. He, the speaker, wrote paragraph In
relation TO the matter. and it was inserted In
one of the papers as an advertisement, and the
consequence was, every boss tried TO ferret on &
the author, but they failed.
The chair stated in relation to the initiation
fee that it would do well to flx sum At the
at the next meeting, and on motion 25 cents waa
fixed as the amount. E-.f
Mr. w. H. Harmon moved that by rising
vote the NEE ing affirm the principles OF the
great Union party, as laid down in the plat
form, and it was adopted unanimously, the en- -
tire assemblage, over POO rising.
MIR. harmon was here called on for speech.
He remarked that he had seen enou ugh mechan =
les and werkingmen affirming the principles
which would elevate them. He had seen
enough OF slavery in Maryland and he was
out. He was happy 70 see so many men COM
ing out determined to elect the man who re-
spects these principles. [Applause.l II they
were carried out the working man would bo
elevated, but If they failed there was telling e
where a slave oligarchy would place them.
The aim of the South was to have their labor
performed by their slaves and the white man
could scramble for himself. He had been in
formed that poor white man in North Caro-
lima was scarcely fit for sharks food and they
made living mostly from what they pick mp
along shore in fish and game. He was glad
that the power of war was delivering them
from this ir cubus, and he hoped the principles
they were fighting for would extend over the
entire continent
Mr.. Harmon hoped thatarrangements wouId
be made so that every Marylander could go
home and vote at the coming election ION the
18th and 18th OF October). There were about
2,CO0 Maryland votes in the District, some OF
them at the Navy Yard, and as the pay day
was the 18th he hoped arrangements would bs
made that they might be paid previously SO
that there would be no excuse. He made n is
statement that the executive committee might
take the matter in hand
Three rousing cheers were given for Grant,
Sherman and Farragut and the Army and
Navy, and three more for Lincoln, Johnson
and the Union, and the meeting adjourned.