The national Republican., 1868-12-18
LOCAL DEPARTMENT

GRANT AND OoLHAx CLup OF THR FIrTH
AND SIXTH WARps.-A large Meeting Of thii
corn corner M Of EshtS strest East 0 and stree, @
south, J. l.. Nenable, in the chair.
The Chair introduced GeneralA Grant, who
proceeded e to address the club on matters re Ieia
stating In the outset that II was never more
prosperous than at the present time, notwith'
standing some disaffection In the rank,
among those who, finding themselves unable
to control the organization for their own
special aggrandizement, industriously circr'
lated reports calculated to injure the organi.
He further proceeded to show the ineon'
pabiicsns and holding Q oliiees Of trust and prof,
sse ssS .a@e TO she Ssnet of Goppsesds sd
| ex.rebels and to the exclusion Of Republicans,
| both white and colored, the rights Of which
| officers referred to. He then referred TO the
| Washington canal, giving his views on the
| proper Improvement Of the same, advocating
provemenpt would cost 100000 to accomplish
all that was necessary. He ridiculed the idea
OF cleaning 1t out as an engineering measure,
and gave some calculations made by himself
as to the advantages to accrue to the city
from arching the canal.
On motion OF Mr.. Beron, a rising vote OF
MT. A. Watson, OF the Seventh ward, who
differed from General Grant on the improve.
ment Of the canal, was introduced and pro.
ceeueu 10 huurcsh tne cup hk ainst tne nHIoW.
Ing aud arching tho canal. lie denied that all
the gentlemen who were In favor of cleaning
II out were copperheads and rebels. He claimed
that many men might be employed in the canal
between Maryland and Virginia avenues to
De- General Grant replied, and deprecated the
employment OF men solely for the purpose OF
giving them work, without adequate advan-
Ae Soi J. 1s B. a Adam. di.ol.imed any knowledge
OF the depth Of the mud In the canal, or the
but he did claim to know something Of the po,
litical issues OF the day, and he proceeded to
address the club 10 relation to the necessity oi
ousting from their positions those who were
not friendly to the true interests Of the Gov
| the Organization OF the Boys In Blue, and
| showed what good had been done and what
might yet be done by them In the future. He
| stated that the Republican Grant and Coltax
Club Of Georgetown had been started by him:
self and others, and he invited tho members Of
this club to attend their meetings. He argued
the propriety OF thorough cleaning out of all
the Copperheads in ONCE.
VIM. Everett, Of Virginia, colored man,
was introduced and gave reminiseences OF his
among the Republicans OF this city. He en-
dorscd the loyalty OF the colored men Of yir.
ginis from personal canyass OF number OF
counties in that State. Those men, he con-
tinued, recognized Mr.. Lincoln as their Moses.
Andrew johnson promised to be their Moses,
but instead Of leading them through the wild.
erness, he had led them to the Red Sea and
tried to drown them, and he thanked God that
instead Of drowning them, he had came very
near being drowned himself, and had not even
yet got the water out OF his boots. After
giving an account Of the wiles and deceit
prActiscd by the rebels on the colored men In
Virginia since the close OF the war he closed,
and the club adjourned.