The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-09-19

SEVENTH WARD REPuDLicAN Cum. "A
meeting OF this club was held at Hyson's Hall,
dent, +. A. Boswell, esq, in the chair, and
Abraham Dyson, secretary.
On motion Of Mr.. Dyson, II was decided to
meet In front Of the hall on Tuesday evening
next, preparatory to attending the grand dem
onstration at the Navy Yard Agreed to.
Also, moved q committee o! three to prepare
transparencies and banners for Tuesday night;
SRS ise Ths5 wa 6Gsin asS
Mr.. dyson moved that MIR. l.. q. Hlne ad-
dress the club, and that gentleman was unani-
Councilman Hino came forward and i'm.
pressed upon the minds OF those present that
the present campaign interested the colored
men more particularly thar 1t did the white
people, for they had rights to maintain that
bad men were endeavorinR 10 deprive them OIL
They should not always call upon the white
men to address them, but they should cal OUT
from the inncrmost recesseB OF their souls, as
TO the privileges they desire and are entitled,
lie urged them to endcavort to educate them.
gently, and transact their business properly.
Even now The Democrats were endeavoring to
wrench from the colored people the rights the
RBnSSa s5 GO oHS s aSs is aS TO al
places they have had assigned them.
The speaker predicted larger majority for
Grant and Colfax in the coming election than
was ever obtained by any other candidates for
those two offices, and closed amid tremendous
applause. "
dressed the meeting, saying the party here
should let the coioTed people in the States,
who have privilege to vote, know that me
colored people here are awake and interested
In their cause-our cause 49,
Some OF them, II was true, did not possess
much knowledge, for they were raised In the
South. In the morning they received piece
Of corn bread and herring, and MALT OF that
] aIa hnINE
| O'Clock. How could they know much with
half a quota OF brains. Well, in next Hoyem.
Der, they would knock the brains out OF these
Domocrats-with ballots. They would know
All they wanted was time to study. They
would gather, eight or ten at once, around g
newspaper, and learn what was going on, and
they would not get hold of the National Intehi
| gcHCcr or the Conditional Union either. They
would study the sound doctrine, and they
! would succeed,
admirable advice to his colorCd companions
and just such advice AZ It would be well fol
many white men to adopt. lie urged the col
orcd men to aid those who were cndeavorlns to
! secure TO them his rights. some persons
charged them with n desire to amnlgamntt
| with the white people. This they did not de-
sire. For what would be the RESULT The
white men and women rartook OF all nations
! the Malay, Turk, Indian, Sc, and, necessarily
| II amalgdmation was practiced, they woult
get democratic blood In them, which woult
] course through tnelF VEINS anu sVOn sunni VI
| them would have democratic children, and HI
would not tolerate such proceedings as that II
the cOoTCd race by any means. tLaughter.l
Mr.. +. A. Boswell, president was called on
! and he, In the course OF his remarks, said NJ
differed ms to some views put forth during thu
evening, 1t was intimated that only Demo
Gratis had held coloFed men In bondage. Thu
was \ mistake, for there were many Whig
south of Mason N DiSon's line who ownet
slavcs, and the people generally knew nothinl
but slavery, Slavery now was done aWAl
with, and the only question to DO disposed o
| In this campaign was war or peace. Eleo
| Seymour and Blair, and war stared all in thei
faces; elect Gen. Grant, and peace was secure
10 us. MIR. Boswell continued at considerabl
length and was followed BY other speakers
alter which the club adjourned to meet Il
front Of the same hall at p. IN. on Tucsda
night
TINS SALGAMg-OLyMPIo Va. PICKE
NIyr.--The Enterprise failing to come to tim
yCstcrdny'as was expected, the olympic MAJ
IN q picked nine from the strongest player
present, and played their first nine againt
them. 1t il rumOred that the Enterprise hav
become dIsoTgan2ci, but they should Gel
tainly have informed the Olympics Of thoi
inability to play. ,-,-,,.
The game proved to be = very intcrcstln
nna ,n1 uaa ~ by a large crowd, w