Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-09-18


IN the interest Of labor-was enacted during
his service in the House of Repre- entatives,
and largely through his instrumentaltty.
Invoking for this plain statement Vt facts, the
dispassionate consider alton Of our fellow
worklnEmen of the Second Congressional Dis
trict Of Ohio, we indulge the hope of having
the pleasure Of welcoming Hon; Samuel N.
Cary, representative as he is Of the working
nen and not Of either political party, to a seAt
in 4lst Congress.
We subscribe ourselves, your fellow laborers
ISignedj-A. T. CAvrs. d. McCArHRAN
JOHN q. JUDD. COMMITTEE.
Meeting Of the Central Grant and Colfax
Club.
Breed ard Butter Repaoticans and ElerentA.
Hour Men to be Shut OHs-Lddies to b. Adj
mited to Membersljp-Hog the Colored Men ia
the Sorth wiH Vote-A Word ia Defence of
"Carpei- Baggers" The Decentralization merit
Tuesday Ntght-A Grand Display Proposed-
Persecution Of Loya! Men in Washiagtos, de-,
A meeting of the Grant and Colfax Club was
held last night at Union League Hall, Mr. A.
p. Clarke in the char, Major Wells acting
secretIry.
A number of gentlemen were proposed for
membership, duly elec.ed, and some Of them
signed the constitution and bylaws.
Mr.. Duffy, from the committee appointed TO
make arrangements for the celebration on
Tuesday night, stated that he should confer
fully with Capt Grant with reference to the
matter and that if the other members of the
committee did not act promptly with him he
would engage music, &c, himself, and be re-
sponsible for the expenses, trusting to the
liberalIty of the Republican party to remune.
rate him tor the same.
Mr.. J. Sayles Brown moved that the officers
Of the Grant and Colfax Club, in conjunction
with other gentlemen. to be named by the
char, BE- appointed delegates to the Soldiers
and Sailors Con vention, to be held at Phila-
delphia on the LIST and I'd Of October. Adopted
"a
ting he should introduce resolution closing
the gates of membership to all " bread and
butter Republicans" VINO had been holding
aloof from the club in order to find out who
were the strongest candidates in the approach
ing Presidential election. All who did not
come up next Saturday night would not after
that time be considered OF the Republican
party.
Mi ]. H. Crossman moved that all Rspub.
! lean ladies Of Washington, who wished TO do
so, be permitted to JOIN the Central Grant and
ColIax Club upon the payment of the usual
fee.
A member objected to the proposition, be-
cause he thought Mr.. Z. intended TO foreshadow
woman's suffrage by the position he had
taken.
The motion was seconded and carried
Mr.. j. Ssyles Brown having been called on,
addressed the club. He said he thought the
Republican party was now In fine condition,
ana that but a short time would elapse before a
glorious victory would gladden. their hearts.
The Democratic nominations had proven a
do 10 keep their courage up till the Presiden.
tal election, by whistling. The only chance a,
all that the Democrats have is the colored vote
of the South, and for himself he had no doubts
about how they would vote. He did not fear
the votes they would give, as he had no idea
that they (the colored peopie) would be cajoled
The carpet baggers of the South were highly
eulogIZed, and 10 them the speaker thought the
would be indebted tor the salvation OF
that section. The carpet. baggers there were
m q ~ ~ nTh NIL
principles in defiance of the ku-Kiax Khan
and other desperadoes of the South, while ma.
tive loyal men had their families to take care
OF, and could not afford 10 sacrifice their lives
Mr.. Joseph Williams, of Virginia, followed
Mr.. Brown. He had recently visited his home
and, from his observation while there, he feared
that the predictions OF MIR. Brown we're too
sanguine and could not be sustained. II he
MIR. b. had witnessed the tone Of sentiment
throughout the Southern States, and observed
the manner in which affairs are working thee,
as he had, he would en- certain grave doubts of
the success Of the Republican ticket in the
South. Prescription and tyranny were car.
ried with heavy hand there, and loyal men
were in constant danger OF their lives. Re-
pu blicans were afraid TO express them selves in
some sections of the South, and as a conse.
quence many OF the more timid had abandoned
The cause and acquiesced ir the Democratic
party or remained perfectly neutral. He was
surprised to find in one town 10 Virginia only
two Republicans now left, whereas when he
Wde tnere DclOIe, tncTe were tnlrly.uNo.
speaker concluded by expressing regret that
the Southern states would have a vote at all
at the next ELF ction, because he did not believe
that any OF them would support the loyal
cause. They should not be permitted to vote,
and If there was any way of preventing them
it should be done, No rebel State ought 10
have q vote at the next election.
Mr.. Gideon Walker next addressed the club
and concluded that none of the Southern States
would 20 for Grant and Colfax. Tennessee
might, through the pluck Of Gov. BrowElow,
but OF this there was doubt. He had no doubt
Of final success, however, because he felt salts.
fed hat every Northern state would 20 for
the loyal candidates. New York was sure for
Grant and Colfax, though he thought the Dam.
ocrats might elect their Governor. The New
York Convention could not have nominated
two men easier to beat than Seymour and
Blair. and success, he repeated, was sure for
the Republicans.
Captain Grant being next called on, spoke at
some length. He stated that during his resi-
dence In this city he had been more prosecuted
for his loyalty than he had ever been in the
eleven prisons in WHICH he had been incarcer.
atsd at the South. When he came here and
found the prejudice existing against Northern
Repub hcsns, he counselled reconciliation be-
tween the two parties, but all oyertures We're
then rejected, whereupon he gave the Teosls
here nttce that all their threats could not drive
HIM fem the city, and he determined TO fight
them with more determination than he had
ever fought them during the war Thank God,
be said, we are now in a condition to help our.
selves, and he was proud to say that, whereas
the rebels held control here a few years ago.
now there has been loyal party built up in
Washington which could take care OF itself
and would control affairs their own way.
He had suffered much at the hands
Of the intolerant rebels OF Washington. They
had prosecuted him on the streets, injured his
business here and had destroyed ten thousand
collars worth of his property by the torch of
the incendiary. The speaker criticised in Sc
we're terms the administration of President
johnson, and was especially bitter against
Secretaries Browning and Welles, both Of
" HON made IL point, he said, TO bestow their
Government contracts upon rebel applicants
in preference to competent and responsible
Union men. Particularly had Secretary
Browning been guilty OF Partially in giving
his city jail contracts to rebel sympathizers,
who had proven themselves utterly inefficient
and irresponsible. In conclusion, Mr.. Grant
exhorted the Republicans Of Washington TO
make such q grand demonstration on Tuesday
night as TO teach the rebels OF Washington
twho, he SAID, were cowards,) that they can no
longer have their own way here. Arrange
msnts will be- made, he said, 70 have such a
turnout then as was never before witnessed
here, and the Republicans would then teach
the rebels that they We're thoroughly organ.
lied and prepared 10 take care Of themselves
against all odds. We will then have four
bands of music, Two thousand tor ches, and
three or tour thousand other loyal men in line !,
and will make such parade up the avenue as
will strike terror into the ranks OF the enemy.
Four companies OF the Boys in Blue, in full
uniform, will lead the van, and victory will
be won in point Of n um bers, and without arms.
Capt. Grant concluded his remarks amid APP.
pIause, and the club ADJOURNED.