The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1866-05-29

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Iong pegleot.dInn impo,ts nj ,ossm,e. .6sotins
yitnily The heath. oonyeniense and oomfort N tbs
| residsuts Of Wssbington.
1 must congratulate Won On In. Inauguration Of
sv,tem Of severag. xhioh In lin. mi rslIavs n.
from tbe charge no fr.o,sntlv msds If not esrinS
| for the health Of The peopl.
| Already miles of casao,ous ..v.rs bave been
constructed rIyalIne ne famed sewer, Of Pari,
and laws have bean passed snlborising tboir con,
| slruction in an IN, p,incinsi tbo,onsbsarss Or,
,trests are bsine nay.d faot naysmsnts isj5 I'd
walls cons,,nctsa n.S .,r.sts onsnsd and graasd
| AT mace hitherto unnreoedented IN tbe annals on
our cilv : =
School houses have been built, others contracted
for and In nTooess az sreotion Witch src,t. tbs AL
miration az our f,oN sonp trym.n In our nrinoinaI
oitiss -
| The vauts of our polioe ara not bein9 neelected
CommodIous and wall ventilated statiop houses ara
| beino ereoted bv vhich tha sutfering, On airing
| humanity NAV be aiIeyiated ana the unfortunate
| carad for
The poor We have always with US, - and Il has
matier.d moi during tbe long srueI and
wsr from xhich We bs,a ,so.ntix sIoriously sms
erged, from whatever quarter they came, food and
sbelter were proyided Tor them nv the Generation
| Tn ,vhat oItv ~ the ITnion has n Ia,ger .mopnt
bssn ,pent ior medical Attendance and medionss
| for the yIrtuous outdoor Door =
| Tens Of Thousands Of dollar, have been ,ppro
priated for this purpose and distributed not onIx
10 our own citrens but 10 those Of eyery STATE In
| this Union. black or white
what oity in tbs linton can nroduos n NOR, hon.
orable record for the Union than ours None
| Upvards Of thirty thousand yoIunteers raIlied
around the standard of their countrv in ber neril
| larro proportion Of them In 1891. determinnr
fh.n sink or svim live or an. Ia stnnd by tho ala
| aag Wa. not this A ploriou, sfort Of patriotism
In view Of the fact that the Declaration Of Inde.
| nsndenoe IA praotieallv abroonted Nth reference
| 10 Tho peonle Of the Distriot OF Columbia
Il has been said that Taxation without repre-
| sentation n tyranny - Iftbjs ne a truism, than
the lowing Of taxes and raising Of men. In The
District Of Columbia, for the prosecution Of any
war is tyranny and unauthorized BY republican In
W. y, ms. 49, nseuo,,,.d aV Nv ssr, sr ps W
lort, in The cause Of The Union and onlv M Con.
ars that our Inherent right Of self government be
NOT taken from u,, and mat All Inc pryiIeqes be.
Ionrno 10 American citizens NAV be guaranteed 10
the citizens resident Of the District Of Columbia
What have we done that our charter should DO
taken from us Are those Councils corrupt, and
recklessly squandering the money ntrusted to their
charge
From 1920, the period when the first charter was
granted to the present day no charge Of corruption
OF msieasanee IN once mas been made against any
Ia. ,h"rs hssn onxiaol y, n.,r,o,,,u, dr,;r, An.
recent struggle for second indepsndence , Ex.
anime the records In the Adjutant Generals Office,
and the question Is answered.
Coming from whatever quarter II may, hold
myself ready to prove by facts and figures, that
the people Of the District Of Columbia have been
honest, true and loyal, and that they deserve the
approval of their countrymep.
We are controlled by the Congress Of the United
states and the Executive, but IL Is q sad com.
mentary upon republican Institutions that the
voice Of 100, 900 American citizens is not regarded
by those upon whom is temporarily deyolved the
protection Of our interests -...
thank you again, gentlemen for the passage Of
this compl mentary resolution and now, in per-
Torrance Of the duty dcyolyed upon me, declare
this Board adjourned sine die.
Boora or Com,uou Couuei The Ia.e bour AZ
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"niou '"s D''u 4uJOa'"'' ,a,' "'sns vO'oOA,
prevents the reporter from giving detailed report
Of the proceedings II will be published tomorrow.
At the close OF the proceedings (Mr. Peugh In
the chair Mr.. Hall introduced the following reso.
lutionj which was unanimously agreed to:
R,,oiy,d Tint tho thanks Of this BOARD are du.
and hereby rendered 10 WIN, W, Moore. President
of the Board of Common Council for the able and
impartial manner in which he has discharged the
responsible duties of the Chair during the Sixty.
third Council, now about to close.
Al, wit. .ndor.oa m. ra.oIn,,o, In -. t.,I;n.
'-i' - ",. 'N'' '' "'''e
manner, WIN "pProP''H'' 'enaAs'
The President having resumed tho chair, ad-
dressed the Board as follows:
GRxrLEMKS OF THE CoNuos CouxctL,
,bonk Won most cordiaIIv far Tho resoIutiop IN
,,hich nv attention has inst bssn GormnIIv invi,
81 Cold would no the beart that shouId al 40 he
;mnressed with such Testimonial worthy M IL Il
10 bo trsasu,sd smono H. most g,atsfni remsm.
h,anoos m, gantIomsn 7 heg IN remind Won tha,
,,on ara sn,itisS 10 fall shsrs If wbatsyer mari
~, bavs attanJsd The oasciaI Iabo,s nnon whjch
an havs ha ssJ this Too ganarops noTsonaI comnIi
,,ant TO- 1, a. 10 your co5rtesv and snnnoTt that
az, Irdsb,ad for sysTy suocess that ms rewarded
NV afo,ts faitbfuiIv 10 perform the duties of Tho
oa,.s i'm which your conadonee inyestad ma NJ
ths Northumberland Of tbis oounciI For ali of thee
svidsncss of your favor Gratefully tender Won INV
sincsra and unaffected ack1owledgnents,
IT.. hn,inss. Of this Conncil i5 which va bavs
Ia an nisssnntiv nssosiated for the mast war has
bssn bronvht 10 a close II doc. not beeoma me
~ a,tsmnt any reviev NJ its I.cislatiye acts
Thsss viii undergo the sorutipy Of minds more i'm.
partial perbaps Than mine. and be passed upon by
rroiess mnch mors notentinI Tbauyh mprh has
hsan donc Tor Tho improyemsnt and ben.st If the
o,,v much mors wonId bavs b.sn accnmnl;,b.S IL
M r.Ssnrs. ~ ,bs cornor.Iion hsd han com'
aa,.nr.,a vh ,bs incIIna,jon. If its mswbars 10
ad.anss ,ba mnn;cinsI n,s,s.ts or nh,.h ,hsv 80
mad ,hs tsmnorarv ~narSions with iiabtoy ,"ys.
,han tho.s of tha yn1s"sSna y.ar s,.rs hrannh Of
tLa uo,srnn'.n, ~ 49, yns,ainad wanw In
,as,S, in,nroram"n,. sTao,sd ,ha h..i,h y, ~.
II, nr..srysd onS ,bst dsssrvsd,v nnnnI.v anS