The national Republican., 1867-05-25

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noble man, and had indeed been the salvation Of
| the people. He uhe speaker had left the Re.
publican party when the first veto message oil
| Mr.. Johnson's was sent In. Ho approved Of the
| veto, and left that party who opposed II. He
thought II was good thing for tho country that
there was veto power, and concluded bis re-
marks by advising them all to work we'll In the
contest and for victory. E o..
DR.. Allen rose and read q Communication from
Mayor Wallaoh, addressed TO Mr.. ]. W. Barker,
| chairman Of the Executive Committee, In reply
| TO an invitation from that COMMITTEES to be pres.
ent at that mestingi which was as follows;
| To M. Barker and others Of Executive Committee:
have the honor TO acknowledge the receipt oI
your letter inviting to be present at the meet.
ing at Woodward Hall on Friday evening, tho
| 2lth inst. r.r.r
| In reply, would slate that I shall certainly
vote for and unequivocally support, as far as
computes with the character ofa private citizen,
for the position for which they are respectively
named, the gentlemen to promote whose election
'the movement TO which you invite my Sane
tion and presence Is inaugurated. I cannot.
however, during my Official term, without do.
waiting from q rule fixed for myself, and 20 far
rigidly adhered to, and consistently with my
ideas Of propristy, participate in public pOlit.
cal meeting
With my thanks for the honor intended me,
and the hope that my reasons for declining II
| will be properly appreciated, I am, gentlemen,
your obedient servant, RIcHARp WALLACE.
| The reading Of the letter elected much ap.
plause.
Letters wero also read from John 7. Given, J.
Z. Norris, and J. s. Hollingshead, all express.
ing sympathy with the meeting In tho cause, and
regretung their inability TO be present.
DR.. Allen went on TO address tho meeting, and
spoke Of various local matters, the register, 10.
and exhorted his hearers 10 vote a united ticket
In ha aIaaiton. hat ihns ,ha ..,.
tered should be, and use every eIertion and let
the Radical party find on the morning after the
| election Waterloo defeat. lie spoke Of those
several States which had already refused to grant
the negroes tho right Of suffrage. He did not
want his hearers TO stand back In apathy and In.
the city triumph In this contest. He wanted to
know II men who could not read the ticket at the
polls should triumph and be inthe ascendant. II
tey allowed this to be done they would be false
to themselves and to bcir God. lie wanted
them all to vote q straight.out ticket and use
every exerton, and II they were defeated then II
could not bo helped It was neither his fault nor
theirs
lie spoke Of the gentlemen on tho ticket In
high terms, and again repeated his advice for
them all to do their duty. He said that be was
as much the friend Of the colored man as any
man In the city. So was the conservative party;
they were as much the friends Of the colored
man hs tue Thulchltt VINO were out using them
as the footstools to power. The conservatives
were opposed to anything that would bring the
colorod man and tho white man In oonAietWith one
another. The radicals would betray the colorod
man, and they tho colored men) would find II out
when II was too late. II they all would but do
their duty on the Sd Of June, tho radical party
would be sent ignominiously TO the shades Of
Hades.
DR.. Allen concluded his remarks; when Mr..
Aiken rose and offered the following resolutions:
ReSOivsd, That wo invite the cooperation Of
all the Democratic and conservative citizens Of
the city Of Washington in securing the triumph
Of our candidates In the ensuing election, and in
securing with that triumph q victory for our
constitutional form Of government, for liberty
and for law.
ReJoived, That in our candidates wc have per-
sonal and political confidence, and that Il Is the
duty Of all true friends Of the Union In this city
to reject all attempts made to divide the Demo
cratic and conservative vote.
ResolUed, That In Andrew johnson, President
Of the United States, we recognize true and
tried friend ofths Union and Of fpaternal harmony,
North, South, East and West; a statesman Of ex.
alted ability apatriot Of unsullied purity, and
one richly deserving Of the continued honors Of
the Republic from grateful people.
Colonel Florence again rose and grew earnest
In his remarks TO those before them advising them
particularly not to scratch their ticket, but vote
for every man on II. Tho Republic was in dan.
ger, and II behooved every man to use his best
efforts TO secure the election Of the conservative
ticket. As long as the Democratic party con.
trolled the destinies Of the country they had .
Unioni but when the Radicals commenced "a
rule the country was broken up. There was no
comparison to be made between Ireland under
the rule Of England, and tho ten States as al
present unrepresented. II was q misnomer. lie
arraigned the Radical party before the civilized a'
the foes Of Unconstitutional liberty and traitors world
their country. God had raised up Andrew John
son TO save the country. He was pure and in
corruptible; and so honest that he was unsus
pioious Of the vipers about him in their dirty
work. The vetoes Of Andrew johnson would liy,
whom the miserable pigmics now in power woult
be forgotten. He, the speaker, believed in thu
universally Of God Of man, and Of constitu
tionA liberty.
The speaker then spoke Of the registry, being
denunciatory Of the gentlemen comprising the
board, and said they were opposing free ballot
They were but our servants, and yet they wsr,
| opposing the will Of the people. They deserved
| tho oxecration Of every honest man, whethe
radical or conservative. The people ought no
to submit to 1t, and they ought. to be brough
before the judges again. They had only pub
| lishsd tho notice in two papers; and he, tn,
speaker, had published 1t In his paper for nothing
so that every one could see II.
The speaker paid 4 compliment to tho judge,
| Of the court lie spoke Of the colorod race, and
tnnt the CONSERVATIVES were tnolt irlonuti tOlu
his hearers to remember tho maxim Of Jefferson,
eternal vigilance Is the price Of liberty lie
addressed himself to all in the room. Whether
there were any colored men among them or not,
ho did not know, but yet he addressed them.
A reply oamo from the rear Of the room, "that
there were colored men there" Tho Colonel
said that he was glad Of 1t. and ho wanted them
| to listen.
| Tho Speaker related IN anecdote or two, and
kept the meeting in q constant uproar Of laugh.
| ter and applause. He went on to speak Of Bev
erly Nash and other intelligent colored mon
| South, whom the Chronicle had called cop
perheads. lie would sooner trust tho ChrOm,
| icks than the Star, and he was not afraid to tel
"Dug" to his face. lie wanted fair ballot, ant
| that's all.
Some one remarked for the speaker to give
| Kelley" q touch.
The Colonel said that they might as we'll tel
him to speak Of Ben Butler, and he (the speaker
never de6led his hands with pitch. He liked
Kelley, though, better than Butleri Kelley had
pluck enough toh speak his sentiments, only
when he went to Mobile, and then he rur
away. Contrast the courage the two. Andrew
johnson stood up and faced the bullets at Indian
apolis, but Kelley, at Mobile, run away with
John Taggart's hat John Taggart Travelled will
Kelley, and was the correspondent Of the New
York Herald and other papers.
The speaker concluded his remarks with ad
monition to them all again not to scratch thu
ticket
Throughout Col. FlOrencO's address ho was lis
tened to nttentiycly, but being frequently inter