Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-02-04
GEORGETOWN.
Affair. IN GeorSetown.

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Al eight q clock, the chairman. Mr. Iankr,
Thomas, called the ms.tng - order. AMI No..
npon, as chairman 81 the committee which it,d
b-sn appointed At pr,Nioas meeting d ygglf
upon the Mayor and rrque-t him 20 can I,
special election on Thursday. the 6th instant. n,
order 20 ascertain the sense Of The community
upon the subject o. ANNEXATION. he stated IA II
the commute. had performed their dut, ana
that hrs honor had "a pressed aiSps,l.ion =,
comply with the terms of the resolution ~,
which the commits Wa appointed. b.f tl.if
hr concurr q In the opinion OF one o. tE. H5.rr-
bsrs of the oommittee that there Was no ls.-..
slty for special election. and should one h..
called the time designated was too brief Tor
cor rect poll Ia h. taken. H. however. ths met
ing Tonight siill desired an election % h.. held
ON L hursdaA. be would IS~ue a call Tor th,.
| same. M. Thomas then asked thai ths c.r.r
| nllttee Ia discharged: Nhtch wtS Agreed -.
MIR. Anthony Hyde desired 10 make I,..-
/ scnal explanation. In his speech of Nsdn..
Gay night last, his remarks with nrier-no" -
we r'laiNe value. NJ thls time, Of certain pro-
| perry M ar the Presidents house. com parra
] Win many YEAR ago. had be,an misapprrhrud-
I Ell. and hs had teen reported a. having sid
thai such properly could not now b. boughs ai
| seventy live cents per ioOt. This Wa a mt
tah,, Tor th' paricular properly Inferred 10
] could not now ~ had for a. many crs-putsa A.
I per foot Ne would cover o..
! M Thomas. the chairman. then addr's-.i
| IN" meeting an opposition to the anucNati OF
| Georgetown to Washington as n s.op which. ~
me- opinion, could IN no inspect result 10 N
adNSnia@" "i his nsuNe town. ~ lar from
ther" being any mason why Gecrgrtown should
that the tendency 81 All legislation on "a. par.
of Washington had been OF an unfrleadly char-
acier towards thls community. and indisatil.
! OF disposition To Wrest from them their com
mfrc". He wished the charter Of Georgrto~n
10 r. main intact: now they can always s.-rare
mt unanimity IN their Couacils 70 sue
c''ssfully petition Cons for anV appropria-
non or Improvement which they NAV need 90
IND ~ necessary 20 ask for
EN-Mayor Addison was then called on aud
addressed the m'-'ting I'm opposition 20 snnraa-
/ Al
captivating his long residence in Georg..oWu
ana thorough acquaintance with az cigia.n>.
ne quoted nom the Constitution "a ia. Z nlt.d
Stale, and Madison. Monroe aud orh.r, 2.
show THAI Congress had no power 20 take away
TIE charter OF G~orgetown- 10 the formation
oi our Government the great dirficulty IN Ar
irving AT a hnal conclusion Ma rh,. intraduc-
ton of ia" feature of oedin. the District OF Co
inmbia ten miles square, tc the General GOV
eminent Congress 10 have jurisdiction over
the same. In reply o. th. Argument used nv
M Hyde, that the Interests 81 tho p-onia
would %" the best subs"rNed by the cur
uailmrnt of the number Of munlriflaf
governments within the District be wouid "a
quire how many governments BIltnnor. VS.
under The speaker thought The Original
charter OF ti"orgetown (Which wa framed Nv
HhiIp Barton key, OF .Star span gled Baun.r-s
lame, who Wa, IN he opinion. one OF tbe graf
"st men. except Henry CLAY. then liNingD wAs
an instrument embracing every proVtsson
which could be devised for the sacnriTv of good
SoNerBmen', and sh Suld no; be inierf..r.,d with
tAtMr ADDISON request the charter Wa then
Z a.
dard. Another great reason against annexation
was the immense area Whit the Cav OF " ASH
hgion wonid cover under The provisions of the
bills now before Congress. Noci.y should en-
brace ten miles square. aud one OF that -.
could not be properly governed. A. 10 liz rel
awe d"Us OF Washington aud GeOrg.-'own.
Tins Wa a subject which should ~ we'd aud
maturity considered. irorg-tulgn would 10.
responsible" fo' proportion OF tia dabt OF
Washington. while. AZ she remained a. ~h.
Wa IA Is Years she VIII have a sinking fund
Of over two hundred thou and dollar. vyhtcu
would NOR Than cover all the d-bt. shr no,,-
owed. OF which might accrue an the interval
i "a" speaker then INFERRED To The lIbrrty winch
the new paper reporters had taken with rs r.
marks al previous meeting, and the report
which had been published ia the NotioAoi F.,,I-
tg'n',T In thai report, hInlsalf, EsptaIn Cod
dard, and Others had teen called ..Nisrac-,4-'s
which Was equivalent 10 bring called fool
For hiins"lf. he did not like To b. died tn such
a mann; bat a pleased him hugely T. know rn.f
the others had been calird 20 Hen. NJ tf,,d-
dard. al the requ.sf of Mr.. Addison. read long
sirIng OF definitions OF the word Ni~eacre none
OF "a hich We're of a very coutp lin-ntarv char
acter-l He commented upon the structures
upon HIM IA the columns OF the g.,ars-.r n6
concluded TINS branch OF HI sp-ech by saying
that If either his friend Goddard or himself mad
oh the occasion r"fsrrrd Ia. aid thrte words ip
favor OF annexation TO Washington, they would
have been called SolomOns, Iu~fead OF
'wI~"acIr>.' The subject OF placing thr Dr.
rlci IN The hands OF commissioner Wa th.n
ak u up and discussed. 10 far from thstr
administering TIA. afiairs OF the goN.rnln..ug
with NOR honesty ana fsii n,ss than epr..-..nt-
anNvs elected by the people. he cited the r-IrtrS
of a frIend which had ben made 10 him. th.- a.
Don as The District government was snsrn-tri
the hands OF commissioners, thrre WOULD
more official dishonesty praCtlc-d thsu had,-Nrr
been before. Mr. Addison was proces-ding fur
ihpr IN opposition TO amaigamafion. rybru Mr.
Iipp.tt- a venerable gentleman, who has mani
Tested unusual zeal in the questions AT issue.
having occupied a front seat al ali the mseungS
which have been held. and given frequent
applause al whatever Remark may have
pleased him. inquired OF him IL ne could inform
him Who had concocted This syhsme Of amsIga-
nation; To which Mr.. Addison replied thar ~
did not know, hat supposed that toe old fellow
tcfOc did. suitlng the action 10 the word nv
pointing the forefinger OF his right hand down
towards The moor. On the subject OF the rlghi o!
sunragr the SPEAKER unqualfiedly array.h
himself a. one Of i'll advocates He should re-
gard the abrogaiion Of that right al abridg-
merit OF the influence of the lsoOr man in the
community. and when a "Trip an this DIRECTION
was taken the groundwork OF liberty and Jus
nee VIII have been shaken, and the energi-S
and pride of our best people (ths bone and
sIn"w) cramp.d and humbled
Al the conclusion OF Mr.. Addison's r-tnarks.
Mr. j. Mason GOszler announced thar IA" had
paper 10 submit TO the meeting. which he
wIshed 10 have READ. The document was s.ng
To the stand hut the Chairman. Mr. Thomas.
after r.ading IL, remarked that it's contents r.
ferred Ia what had passed. ana ~ the In.e:,nrS
had heretofor. been tremendously conducted.
he would not now permit discord TO b- thrust
upon It; therefore, he should not allow TN" pa
per To be introduced.
Gnes of = Read itr' .Iet'S hear what a. 49,
from all parts of the house.
The chair here consulted with the secretary
and other gentlemen who were on the stand a.
Ia the propriety of gratifying the audience. The
result of " HIGH IA. announced an the determiua-
uon TO adhere 10 his first convictions, thai the
paper would throw fire-brand IN ths meeting
and could not be read.
Mr. GoSzler then requested the return 81 The
with by the chair
Mr.. Levi Davis moved. a. the sense OF ,hc
meeting, that the vote OF the citizens IN" sub