The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1868-10-21

/ DEDICATION OF THE FIRST WARD GRANT
AND CoLPAx PoLE.1Last evening the Re.
auspices Of the First Ward Grant and Colfax
! Club, dedicated their new pole lately erected
In honor Of their candidates, Grant and Col.
fax, on the south side OF Pennsylvania avenue,
| near Twenty-hrst street.
The stand was mag ihcent ly decorated with
American flags, wreathes OF nowcrs, ever.
which was stationed mammoth star com.
posed Of gas jets.
pyramid bearing the following inscription (:
"Ohio, Maine, Indiana, Vermont, Colo.
RADIO, Nebraska, Connecticut, Pennsylvania,
Granted, U. ST." and from the top Of the
pole noated nobly in the breeze q very large
Mr.. Henry HImber, president Of the First
| Ward Grant and CollaS Club, called the meet.
| Ing to order by nominating the following
named gentlemen as officers for the occasion,
all OF whom were unanimously elected Presi-
dent, A. @. Riddle; vice ptesidents-Flrst
| ward, u. NJ. Davis and Geo Brown, Second
| z. Richards and Samuel Proctor; Third, John
| I. Johnson and Col. VIM. A. Cooke, Fourth,
p; II. Donegan and Geo. Hatton; Fifth, A. p.
CLARK and Edward Atkinsoni sixth, James q.
| Dcylin and James Reed; Seventh, Anthony
| Bowen and Henry knights Georgetown, Mayor
WEIGH and Joseph Smallwood; secretaries,
| Charles Hulse and Jerome johnson,
| Mr.. Riddle thanked them for the honor con-
| ferred upon him, and said although they had
no vote for president yet they could throw
Grant as President. We can, as other wards
have done, throw to tho breeze the battle.
scared nag OF liberty. When the country
seemed that through Divine Prov violence Grant
came forward and led their armies to yIcto-
ries. General Grant, he said, was not noml.
convention had met at Chicago and nomIna.
| ted him, he would have been President any
| how, The baby Ia not born that will ever see
another Democratic President. tGreat laugh
lie claimed that all Of the old Jackson Dem.
| ocrats would vote for Grant. The Democratic
who broke down. They said that the rebel.
| lion would not be put down, and that to do 1t
WAS unconstitutional. Grant Ia routing them
| everywhere as he did during the war, and will
continue to do so until they will have nowhere
| to stay. Let us have peace; let the contest
between the President and Congress cease.
these southern States the feconstruotion act,
and get the subject out OF the political field.
Col. X. J. Hinton was next introduced, and
referred to saying Of old John Brown, Of
slavery, "that, II not Immediately, liberty
must reign eventually" and II had come to
pass, at least 10 the District Of oElumSla
| orators and writers, a peaceful one, but he
thought not so south Of the Potomac, where the
tions, sndwhcrc Frank Blair had ,spouted forth
his venom Of war and treason. We are work.
| Ing not only for our own good or our family's
good, but for the good OF the nation, BY adyanc-
I
District of Columbia cannot vote for Prcsi-
dent, We can unite our hearts In speaking
iaboring, and praying to an Allwisc God in DO.
half of our dOwn-trOddcn friends OF the South
He referred to the throwing overheard the
United states arms on the Mississippi river
and pronounce, it trnitori wn. outrage
the assassination Of thousand OF loyal
people Ia the South since the surrender of
Lecl It means the rc-cstablishmcnt of slavery
and another ebellion. WHO'S It that encouf.
ages them to thisl II 10 the man that wrote
the letter to BrosdheAd, ofSt. Louis, and asked
for the second position In the gifts of the peo-
pie, as president Of the *. X, OF democracy.
This man that says that the reconstruction
Z act Is worthless, and must be made null and
void, is the key note TO these murlcfOus acts.
The Colonel thanked God that 1t would be
lorg before the muFAeFOus traitor would be-
come President of the United States Seuatc.
He spoke OF Seymour ms leader of New
York mobs and a traitor to his country. The
Democratic party was responsible for the
thousands Of our dead comrades who gave up
their lives In the defence Of their country.
We shall have liberty and progress 81 long AS
n tanners son can become the President Of
the United States.
A voice. Good luck to the tanner. Yes,
good luck to the man that tanned the rebel
hides. INreat laughter
General J. s. Crockcr came expecting only
to see nsmtll gathering of the First ward, but
to his great establishment met this vast null
titudc, The issue which prevails IN this cam
paign lie, he said the idea Of equality to all
men before the law We, as Republicans are
u "
the other hand, the Democrats are cnhCtyot-
Ing to put II down. shall we aid them In
burning the schuOl-hnuscs aud their mad array
against the national Government, or shall We
take sIdca with the great Republican party Of
equal rights ani librrtyl
The revolutionary war was fought for the
great principle NJ liberty and equal JuI'icr to
ali, During N" mtuy years reign Of the
D"mncFttic party slavery expended from the
SIZE Of n mans hand to thu Of agrCrt black
cloud that hung over our country, and they
ruled with ri iron rod, They thought to
spread slavery throughout the free Terrific.
ries, and to force those who thought 1t wrong
to act In concert with 1t, The Republican
party repudiAtcs the fugitive slave law, CE-
franchised the colored people OF the southern
States and In this District, thereby doing
away with starvation and great deal OI
misery.
lie warned the colored people against having
anything to do with their enemies The Dem
ocfats would do anything for them. or make
them any promises until they had their votes,
aud then, Rs before the war, they would tram.
pie them in the dust. In conclusion, he OK
horted his hearers to rally around their old nag
around which, he said, the old soldiers and
the loyal people OF the country are gathered,
and he predicted glorious Victory for the
Republicans on the third of November.
Robert Thompson (cOlOrcdl was introduced
and said that the Republicans had selected
two Of the trucst men In the country rs their
representatives. II you want leader that
burns Bchool-houscs and churches, and hHngs
loyal men on the public thorcughlares, sup
port Horatlo Seymour. We hSvc met under
nounce the culogy over the grave OF the Dcm.
oCratic party. The black mSn has more Mt
stake In the present contest than the white
man. lie considered 1t the same old struggle
that was fought on 80 many bloody battle
fields.
II the Democrats should succeed they would
restore to power those traitors who strove so
hard to destroy our Government aud abs1sBi.
mated the lamentch Lincoln. Ga the other
hand, II the Republicans are successful loyal
men who saved the nation from ruin will hold
the rcins OF Government. The question H.
who is the party that Is carrying on the war
In the South Is II the black man who was
set At liberty by loyal Congrcssi No. II
not, who are these murdcrcrs sad law brehkcrLi
They are the men who are crying that there
will be \ war OF races,
when the Democratic party attempts to re.
enslave the black race and rob the cradle and
mothers Of their babes, and not until then will
there b war OF IaceHi but II they ever
should make step toward II, there will be
war then. with 4. :. Grant At the head OF
the ship of state believe you VIII be free,
and all lawful pursuits will progress.
The band then played Rally Round the
Flag Boys" and the assembly Joined in sing
Appropriate addresses were delivered by
MIR, f. A. Boswell, Captain \. Grant, Major
VIM :, Morse, and others.
The following regiments Of the brigade,
Boys In Blue, were present: %, under the COM
mand of Col. Fishers 81, Col l., Carson, aud
the 4th, Col. George HattOu, all under the
command of Brigadicr General !, Is. Adams.
They were well supplied with torches. trans
parancics, flags anil banners, and each Tcgi.
ment was headed by line drum.corps. In all
there were from ten TO fifteen thousand per-
sons present, the avenue being crowded In
such a manner AS to keep Sergeant Taylor, uI
the Fourth precinct, aud the Tcscryc force
busy to keep the track cleared for the passage
OF the strCctcarE.
Among the many prominent gentlemen that