Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1865-10-12
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can OF Mayor Addison, published IN ne ssar.
fnsinng the people OF the town 10 -
and express their appreciation of the vine ana
effect q refpnstructioh or the Union ana ~
establis hfntnt Of permanent peaee, hrre
humber OF citizens assembled in TIE sprendId
ma Of The new markst "A fine hand wss pre-
| snt, and before and during the meetinsi pe.-
formed appropriate music -, 1,,.Ir 80
a lew minutes past eight O'Clock Mayor Ad
ithe meeting He remarked lthaa M ps6pie
IahIeu lor peace. and now thaf it had come
thsF were those at the North and thu South
%ho are stiivlng to And solnethsng else 70 war
have siezed poor Curree AMI s-.sssaS - sy ~.
fore rs again All with endorse pres,1sn,
Johnsons eforis TO give peace. Tue Soath,
eonquered, asks us to be maensn,me.s snd
Andrew johnson is too great and rood n.n
not 10 be magnanimous. IL is the duty OF an
sOS sOSd si,i5sps 70 say to him wen done soOd
The following named gentlemen were chosen
Vice Pres idents-Jos Labbey, II. s. T. CisseII.
Chas Mason, Richard Cruikshank. Henry D.
locke, Richard Petut, Evan Lyons, yeukin
Thomas, W. III. Cooley and George waters.
secretaries, David II. Edes and Charles NJ.
n rtsolutions, which were adopted q "a. 100 =
hesotred, That we, citizens Of 4eorgetown.
row here assembled, acknowledge with yreat-
nj hearts our Indebtedness to meYciful
providence for the termination Of the late war
5y which our country was 50 long and 50
RsseIrsd, That while we have bowed with
SORROW and humiliation under the weSeht of
the sad bereayement which reno we'd our late
beloved President from the exalted position 20
1 wn,sa ss ne had been so recently recalled by his
feel that we have cause 20 be THANKFUL hat he
has been succeeded by statesman IN whoee.
Snnnad E,soom ana patriotism we have the most m
Resoired, That we appreciate the dffieuf.ie.
ana tmoarrassments which are inseparxble
from the pres ent anomalous and unprt >rdeuted
condition of the country, and the grea. respon-
slbllity which they devolye upon botn r,1ler
and people, and we cherish the belief that
a, ootn rulers Frs and people win be bound fully
Resotred, That we heartily approve Of the
wlse, goodly, magnanimous, conservative and
President johnson to restore harmoniou, r.,
ianohs with the people Of the South, and 20 re-
construct their Government upon the priuci-
pies pt1, on lne constitution and in that policy he
Will be sustained by an overwhelming majori.
ty of the people. ~ T7Sl
Dr. Charles Allen, Of washington. was
then introd duced. War, he said, has passed
secession has ceased and the linton re-,
mains to be made stronger BY proper pofiey
IL Is our duty TO declare for our country first
last, and all the time. Though war has passed
there are questions arising Of more da anrerous
character, and nowwe should regard party as
a mere secondary consideration. The war
mans To be- seen ~ nles s,st mEn ;n negroes II re-
shall be enslayed. The speaker descrlbeu me
condition of the conquered European States-
ireland, Poland, &c, and asked II we designed
that the conquered South should be az Aey
be speaker alluded 20 the proposition OF
Thaddeus Stevens, indorsed by Summer Wade
and others, 10 hold the Southern States as con.
quered territories, and remarked that the peo-
pie have yet to speak. = =
He then proceeded to explain the policy OF
President johnson, and remarked maj uSen
first declared few were with him. ana nm
peachmeRt was talked. The policy is simply
the constitutional mode, admits the Statee and
gives them an interest in the country. af'
The question OF negro suffrage was nexf con-
s1uered by the speaker, who declared that the
President had lef that uestion where IL be-
lonGed, with the States and alluded 10 the en-.
dorsement Of the President by Senator Doolit-
Tie and Gov. Morton. The speaker said that
the people of the District may expect thai an
attempt will be made IN the next Congress 70
give the negroes the right to vote In this Dis
trict. Ii the question were referred 10 the
States, In nearly every one it would be e. in
connecticut decided negative. - 49,.
with regard TO the freedmen, the speaker an
dorsed the Presidents remarks 20 The coiored
regiment. II we get along together well and
good; II not, we must separate, and. said the
speaker, Liberia and Hayti stand win omen
arms to receive the colored people 10 SOCIAL and
political equality.
!! DIR. Allen was followed by ex-Mayor t,rav-
ford and @. M. Mathews, ESQ, in brief ad-
dresses, cordially endorsing the resolutions
adopted by the meeting, which then aA-
Journed. ..r..-r'-..-. =. m