The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-04-30

as secretary.
sixty-threo members present ncluding twenty
William Morse, J. Sayles Brown, Martin
William Manning, John Murphy, J. ii. Crane,
Justice =. II. johnson, p. IL. Donovan, and
After prayer by Mr.. sh,nkiin, teolored,, the
Major Morse reported on behalf Of the ohsl.
isngins sonmi.tse that they had psrfor%ssd,
several ps,.ons had registered, who claimed
Tss ssyseu tSY Committee was rsque:.sd to
deal Of the work Of the ward would devolve
J. ssyies Brown asked how much business
acted before speeches would be delivered.
Mr.. J. II. Crane said he would like 70 know
iusions rsIgtins Il The U sotins prsene Let
the precincts be abolished, and four or more
polls established In a central location In each
70 through he iise Of Voters in regular alpha
ate number Of names. A card with large let.
sona So om e e e. tsrs po Il. ss
X 10 o, and fourth poll from P to e. This
mode or voting, II IL evident, would greatly
facilitate business, a, wei a, simp,.iy matters s
be a great Improvement on the present awk.
ward manner Of voting by 2tecinets; by this
mode the John Smiths viii all vote at the
Washington's Henry Johnson's, So, &c.
Major Morse said the Councils had such
bill under consideration:
ing adjourn, IL be to Wednesday night next at
the Council Chamber, CITY Han. Adopted.
Mr.. ]. Sayles Brown moved that the Fxecu.
tive Committee be instructed to provide for
thraa aaf n N
lions of the ward. Adopted.
Hon Giles H. steSSins o. wis, was n ansn
liar city, as the whole country looked up to
It to see what was going on here. lie remem.
bered when It was considered to DO fanatic
had changed, and he finds the citizens OF
Washington coming together in the wards,
Irrespective OF color, and discussing politics.
Had he been told this fifteen years ago he
would not have believed II; for, when he
visited wilmington, Delaware, about that
time, It was not safe even to express Radical
lie spoke Of the slave system, and said no
person could hate the institution half so much
as those who have suffered under Its rule. He
dd not desire TO arouse tne eS,oreG rv unses
tain, and though he did not know the candi-
dates in the ward or city, but he advised his
colored hearers not to place too much trust IN
those who have just been converted, and they
might get cheated; therefore he advised them
to be careful who they selected to represent
them. Washington was sure to be Repub-
iican city, and universal suffrage would soon
extend ali over the country. Thew was not
white mans war, but war for humanity.
There are people in the North who call them
selves Republicans who held back against uni.
versai suffrage. In Michigan the constitution
was not defeated because 1t provided Tor uni
versal suffrage; there were other causes
brought to bear that defeated its ratification
People in the North have prcjudices, which
must soon be eradicntcd; one against the col
orcd man is that their education is limited,
the South for want OF school-houscs; but u the
colored people will turn out Mayor allach,
4 will demonstrate to the S N9r,h mat tthey
He was not personally acquainted with Mr.
W.iiach or President J hnson, but he knew
that they stood on all sides.
A peculiar responsibility rested on the peo-
Pile here, particularly the colorcd people, and
the duty OF all was to lend their energies to-
ward securing a Republican victory In wash
ington. Abiding to Government clerks, who
claim residences In the States, he said they
could vote at the charter elections here, and
20 to their homes In the States and vote there
He 1.-THE speaker) was Democrat, but he did
not believe in Johnson's Democracy, wal
| lach's Democracy, or the late slave-holders'
rights, not equality OF race or statue, the
| equality OF the strong and weak. The rule OF
justice and the affairs OF the city to be we'll
l governed
Democracy. Repubiicanism OF the day Is the
Washington, he said, was dirty city. New
York was called a dirty city, but II was clean,
compared with Washington. Boston was as
clean as a psrlor. You must put out the pres
emit power, and the city Will be cleancdi but II
.sS% BY The lie psSsa RoS %st the
Democracy stole here; but New York 10 a
| Democratic city, and they steal great deal
there. The city would be managed iudieiopsiy
and economically by a change OF the sham
than to continue Mayor WailaOh IL ONCE.
He spoke at great length to what he consl,.
| is that every voter should be brought out at
| the next election In order to crush out those
| In power who oppose Republicanism. The
| black men, he said he understood, would vote
all one way, especially In the Fourth ward,
| and that the white men could all vote another
way. II that was a fact he was glad to an
nounce that the colored man knew how to
| vote, and when he went back to Michigan he
| would say to his people that there was ward
| In Washington, In the very sight OF the Chpi'
tol, who knew better how to vote than white
Eight hundred years ago the Saxon race was
| the slaves of the Normans, and they were
considered then as ignorant As a. negrS'" 6n,
Intelligent on the face Of the globe. The time
was not so remote when the colored race would
be equally as powerful and enlightened, and
| IL they get on the right side they will conquer
| the world.
| Abraham Lincoln and John Brown struck
| the death blows to slavery. John Brown, with
| IS men, made Virginia tremble; but Mcclellan
| with q, 900 men, trembled himself.
At the conclusion Of Mr.. Stebbins speech
| the executive committee met, and elected Mr.
Shanklin chairman OF the committee.
THE RIVER FRoNT.-Berry's WharC-Arriycd
Schooner William N. Gesler, Eggbert, with
| Bropn's Wharf Arrived = Schooner John
Farnum, q. Kelly, from Portland, Me-, with
| lumber, for =. =. Brown Son.
EOpicr's Wharf Arrived = Schooner Roa'
noke, from Philadelphia, with 226 tons Of coal,
for the Washington and Georgetown Ice Com
| pany. Sailed-Schooners Ann Jane, Rollins,
light; Founder, Skinner, to Machodoc; Chas,
A, Jones, Grimm, to Georgetown, to load with
| coal for Bostoni steamer Guiding Star, Miller,
for Mschodoc, light.
| Riiey's Wharf Arrived = Schooners NJ. A.
200 tons OF coal for Mr.. II, q. stewart; John S
| Havcns. Lewis, from Mschodoc, with produce
| for market; Charles Bramble, Crewit, with
| oysters for markets Flagstaff, Hughes from
Gone river, with oysters for market. Sailed
| Schooner Mansion, for Matthias Point, light
passengers and large quantity OF freight.
| JOhnSOn's Whdrf-Arriyed-Schr Maid OF
| the Mist, Wright, from Baltimore, with cargo
| Of salt for johnson Bros.
About %, 900 shad and l0o, 900 herring arrived
and shad sold for slo8tl2 per hundred and her
| Carriers .-Arrlved-SchoonersT ropic,
| Banks, from Salisbury, Nd, with lumber for
| y. =. Blitz; Alexandria Massey, Blizzard, from
Philadelphia, with eos tons OF coal for Henry
Jones.
| ter, Perue, for Georgetown, TO loau coal LOT
Connecticut