Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1869-11-22


NJ me. Give her your hand, all ye 4 merIcans,
no would see a capital city worthy of ne Re-
Iublic. This is all she needs, your interest,
YOUR assistance, Your enta Isiastic LOYALTY.
With her climate, faultless as the wide latitude
OF our continent affords; with her system OF
streets and avenues; with her numerous open
squares and parks and public grounds; with her
monumental piles-her outskhting hills and
her broad and fair Potomae-there is no ideal
Of bt auty into which your capital may not grow.
Nature has written her Queen. and art has
recognized the decree and all that Is wanted
now, il for the American people to take her
by the hand ard lead her forward and upward
to her high preeminence And viewed in this
| light is not our capital city i'm sympathy with,
does II not loom up before our eyes as most
| beautiful prophecy of the future of our whole
country? Hear YOU that pleasant sound which
| is lOrne upward from the Gulf to-day upon the
bosom OF the odorous breeZes OF the South? 1t
| is tae hum of reawakesed industry spreading
Itself over the fields which war had jesolated and
through the cities which fire and smoke had
rayaged See you the gistening of Wonder
sheet of water-it Is the eye OF the Pacific which
smiles upon us along the iron railway.
See you those boundless seas of waving grain
| they are the farms of the mighty west which
has its capital already-for bread is King, the
West is the granary Of the Republic. That
spray rising before your eyes IS the fall of the
lo>emite-peerless gem OF the Occident Those
giittering mines, they are the bullion OF Amari-
cas- credit. And throughout this wide domain.
settlements growing into towns, and towns into
Cities with every great revolution of the earth;
schools spreading as the light spreafs-chGrclI
the trees OF the fOrrcSt-anu into
this vast and forming area the overfulness of
the Old world. yearly pouring its thousands
and ten OF thOusanGs-who shall portray the
mightiness of the result, to which this grand
formation is tending? Already we see the day
OF hundred millions, and beyond that there is
room, beyond that there is welcome: and beycnd
that lies the future OF America-t;od blessing
her. We whose eyes have seen this day, We who
stand to-day within the capital of this mighty
nation of the future, can We refuse gratitude to
Almighty God? Ifso. il seems to me, that yoIi-
der blocks of marble would cry out. q! I envy
not the man whose heart does not warm with
admiration, with gratitude and with pride as
upon this national Thanksgiving, he stands and
looks upon the symbol, the history and the
prophecy of his country, as they are written out
upon the face of our capital city. | envy not
the man who, as he stands upon this sacred
ground to-day, does not feel imp1lled and in
spired, ont Of love to fatherland and lifting his
right hand To heaven, to take anew this sublime
oath OF allegiance: "If forget thee, %! America.
let my right hand forget her cunning. Ii do
not remember thee let my tongue cleavc to the
roof OF my mouth" A gain, Christian citizens
whose high privilege it is 10 spend this festival
within the capital of the nation, cali upon you
Tor the richest offerings OF gratitude and praise.
One OF the sublimest strains OF the Psalms-fuIl
OF religion and full also of patriOtsm-is the in
fitation and challenge, which the pious israelite
gives TO the world, to examine and 10 pronounce
upon the glory and the safety OF his capital city.
This invitation and this challenge give ont
unto You, for your use to-day-with them call
you up to the high level OF this sacred OCCASION
$50 round about her. tell the towers thereof:
mark We well her bulwarks; consider her palaces
that We may tell 1t TO the generation following"
And while We do this, let these be the words
which you shall chant, and this the faith which
shall ill your hearts with gratitude and YOUR
mouths with reiOicing:-"FOr this God is our
God forever and ever. He will be our guide,
even unto DEATH
THE COLUMBIA TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION met
on Saturday evening. The application Of W. III.
Layalette, cOlOred man, for me mbership, was
decided by vote OF the Union to be informal in
some particulars, and it was understood that a
formal application would be submitted at the
next monthly meeting OF the Union. The cases
both of Douglass and Lavalette will come up for
hnal action IN January next. The clause in the
scale OF prices giving to the proprietOrs of the
GLOBE the privilege of committing the time lost
by waiting for copy, by paying additional ten
cents per thousand ems, was repealed. The fol-
lowing preamble and resolutions were offered,
and lie over one month, under the rules:
Whereas the conflict which begun in May
last, ON the occasion Of the application of one
Lewis ii. Douglass, cOlOrct compOsitor, for
in this Cnior, has been the cause 81
much discussion among the membership, at one
time threatening the disruption Of the Union;
and whereas we deprecate the bitter feelings
engeGdercd 10y the occurrences of the past, and
arc DESTROYS OF preventing q recurrence thereof
and OF restoring to our cOunscs that harmony
which characterized them in former times; and
whereas we desire to show TO the world that
While keeping III mind the first law of nature
that OF lf-preservation-it is not our desire or
intent to deal unjustly by any race class:
Therefore,
Resolced, That We deem ii impolitic To- admit
TO membership in this Union persons OF African
descent, believing that such step would I've in
great measure detrimental 10 The organization
and to the craft at large, and at the same time
void OF any practical benefit TO such persons.
That we recommend TO our cOlorcd fellow
craftsmen the formation of separate AMI dis
tinct Unions, wherever they have sufficient
numbers for that purpose, and that we will en-
tend 10 them our aid and encourag cement in all
efforts tending 10 that end. That in ftirticrance
Of the OBJ ect and declarations OF the foregoing
preamble and resolutions, the following para
graph be added 10 our constitution, as section 3
of article II:
persons of African descent shall not be eli
gibie To membership in this Union. But this
provision shall not debar any such persons, who
may he eligible otherwise than on account of
color, from working at the business within this
jurisdiction: Prorited dlicdys. That such per
sons observe the scale Of prices and other regu-
lations for the government of offices adopted by
this Union."
RIVER FRoNT.-Horcey's Whaf.-Sailed-
Sehr. Rachel Seaman, Seaman. for Georgetown.
to load coal for Providence, X. l.
Carriers Whof.-Sailed-Sc II. Allen,
Taten, for Georgetown, to load coal for northern
port.
; Johnsons Observation-Disclosures Phebe.
Strong, with wood for James Frazier; Ann Vir-
gnia,, LeTisworth, coal for f.. Campbell.
Sailed-Schrs. America, Hall, for Havre-de-
Grace, light; Tropic, Banks, for Salisbury, Nd.
with cargo of -four and lime.
Fdy's WhoT.-Arrived-Stea Enterprise,
L.. l..
Fay-and flour for Beavans & Shaw.
Cats Whaif-Arrived-Ste Columbia.
Harper from Baltimore, with passengers and
freight. The steamer Arrow, Stackpole, left
this morning for Mount Vernon with decks filled
with passengers.
POtamae Ffrrys F1o5.-The steamer wawa-
set, Captain FOuke, arrived last night with
freight and passengers. She left for Alexandria
this morning to discharge large lot Of grain
consigned there.
Crouch's WhaJ.-The isaac p. Smith, Fields.
arrived yesterday with full cargo OF way freiglts
and passengers. The steamer W. W. Colt Can't
Ryther, left here this morning with cargo of
-four, lime, and some through freight, for Bos-
ton, via Norfolk.
SheJjf7s Coal and Wood Whdrf.-Sailed-Schr
Cora Smith, Williams, light.
Rley's WhaT.-Arrived-Schr RObt Frank
lin. Glover. Port Deposit, 5000 feet white pine
lumber for n ID. Fugitt; Iona, Brown, Macho-
doc, oak wood for Z. FalcOner; Mary T. Butler,
Davis; Ida, Smith; Geo. Washington, Davis;
Three Sons, Dunn; Superior, Milleker; Ameri-
can Eagle, Cheseltine, all from Virginia, oysters
for market. Sailed-Schrs. VIM. Ruark. Hooper:
s. & +. Harrington; Moore; Flying Fish, Nader,
y. A. Hooper, Sears; Marcella Ann, Lewis; Jane
and Mary, Landon, all down, light. oysters, zoe.
to sl.a5 per bushel.