Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-04-29
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ISOLATION.
A meeting Of this Association, colored, was
held last evening a. the corner OF I'D and /
stree is, Alexander Henderson, president, in the
char. After prayer by Mr.. Conolly. the chair
spoke. urging the color, men 10 come forward
Al d JON the club, the object of which was TO
forward the interests of the workinsmen. He
was not in favor of helping white men into
cHct, unless he knew what these men would
DO Tor ihem. Mr.. Walker White spoke of the
colored men working with and for each other.
he hid r. ad IN the STAR that black man went
10 Democratic meeting to vote, but his vote
was objected to, and while The white men We're
"sc!ambling and iambling about the old mig
gers voting, the poor old niger got scared and
Rft." Mr.. G.. w. Eattcn next spoke. He was
sorry TO say that there were colored men IN this
city who, rather than elevate a poor man,
would vote for the Democratic party. Refer
ring TO the resolutions that he said had created
some diff uliy in the ward, and that had passed
al previous meeting, he said he saw no OBJ
Jecnon TO them; that they merely declared that
the colored men would not support men for Of
zee VINO would not in turn assist them, and
TINS, ne sald was right, for the colored men had
been ehndly sustaining men long enough, and
these resolutions, he saiG, would not cause a
spIlt IN the Republican party OF the ward, rs il
had been asserted. Men had preached TO the
colored men to take whoever they could get,
and Try them on probation. He was Metho-
DIST, ne said, and had gone through his proba-
uon out !: was of but six months duration, and
10 NY these men on probation for two years
was too lor e time. The nation had had trou-
Die enough with a probationer, and IL required
not little hard work 10 get rid Of him. An
old man, he said, came to him the other day
and told him that "we, the citlZ ms of the Dis
trict Columbia, do not intend TO let you or any
other new -comers come among us and aspire
for ONCE" He said he told the director that he
was citizen of the ID strict soon as he was;
ne mad voted for the first time on the same day
lie mad, and he did not think God had reserved
seats for such men as him in heaven
MI. John '. Given, colored, next spoke saying
that "thls old residentership was all bOsh."
There would not have been a street railroad
here If the city had waited for the sold resi-
denters" to act in the matter. The emancipa-
ton proclamation would not have been signed,
and the coiored men set free, if the "old resi-
oenters mad mad the matter In their hands. Be-
cause OF so many old arlstocratIc .sIesidenters''
in the ward. the First Ward could not NOM
mate for Office last year whom they would.
Mr.. A Lacy rose TO point of order. He said
there had been a resolution passed by the asso.
clauon forbidding the use of the words soon
tlaband," sold residents" &c. The Chair said
tue rule had been broken. Mr.. Given said he
vas no. a member of the association and the
lie did not apply to him. After considerable
confusion, the speaker proceeded, saying that
the resoI utions spoken of by Mr.. Hatton were
good. The trouble was there was not enough
of them. There were black men, he said, sin
the Common Council and the Aldermen too"
Ia Noice.-"That's sol Mr.. Given.-"Yes;
you say SO now, but you did not think SO last
year. You men are not willing to put real
black man in office; and you dare not, neither
TIE old residents nor the freedmen" "a
Noice-"Yes, we Wilt The Speaker.-"xiii
the platform The speaker said he spoke at
Weldon, N. c., on the 18th instant, and on the
next morning he received a package containing
Two inches OF rope and dagger. and a note
bearing these words:-"Mr. Given: Take warn
ing and fly, for there's danger in the eve Of the
ku-Klux-Klan." These same words, he said,
were IN the Roanoke NeWs on the 14th. After
brief speeches by Carter A. Stewart and Rob
EFT I thompson the meeting adjourned