The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-05-08

by MT. A. X. Brownies Male Grammar anu
Second Female intermediate, by Mr.. Will
son; First Female aud Second Male 1nterme-
dlatc, BY Mr.. J. s. Brown. Second-Female
Grammar and First Male intermediate, by
Mr.. Mcclellan; Male Grammer and Second
Female Intermediate, by Mr.. Woodward;
First Female and Second Male intermediate,
by Mr. Mason. Third-Female Grammar
and Second Male intermediate, by Mr.. Dulin;
Male Grammar and Second Female Interme-
date, by Mr.. Moore; First Female and
Second Male intermediate, by Mr.. West.
Fourth-Female Grammar and Second Male
intermediate, by Mr.. Champlin; Male Gram
mar and Female intermediate, by Mr.. Law
renee; First Male and Second Female Inter-
mediate, by Mr.. Murtagh.
The examinations for medals for spelling
are now being held at Female Grammar
school-house, Judiciary Square, Fifth street,
opposite F street. The committee are Messrs.
Wilson, Woodward, Moore and Champlln.
The examination for "Kendall scholar
ship" in Columbian College will take place
June 30, at 0 o'clock, at Female Grammar
school-room, Judiciary Square, Fifth street,
opposite T street. Messrs. Wilson, Wood
ward, Dulln and Lawrence are the examin-
ing committee.
The examination Of penmauship for
scholarship and prizes In Business College,
June 10, at Consolidated Business College,
corner Seventh and d streets. Messrs. A. X.
Browne, Mcclellan, Moore and Champlin are
tie examining committee.
MASS MEETING OF THE REPUBLICANS l.,
| THE SECOND WARD.-A Republican mass
meeting was held at John Wesley Chapel,
on Connecticut avenue last night. The
meeting was called to order by Carter A.
Stewart, and opened by singing and prayer,
after which Mr.. VIM. A. Freeman was elected
chairman, and VIM. II. Lewis secretary.
Mr.. Stewart, chairman of the executive
| committee, stated that there were questions
| of vital Importance now being presented for
| the consideration OF our citizens, and several
distinguished gentlemen had been invited to
| handle these subjects.
Prof. Alfred VI. Green was then intro.
| duced, and after an allusion to and brief de-
fence of the present city government he said
there was far deeper, nobler, stronger,
more earnest consideration which underlics
| the whole question, and one which not only
affects the people Of this city and the Ameri-
| can people, but those of every cline and all
time. lie reviewed the history Of the great
parties Of the country, claiming that while
| the Republican party was progressive the
Democratic party had stood still for the last
thirty years. He claimed that the fathers in
the Declaration of Independence fully meant
It when they said "all men were created
free" and quoted from the records of that
day to show that a proposition to insert the
word white was ignored by the trainers OF
| that instrument.
lie claimed that when Louisiana was pur-
chased, the Northern people believed that II
would come In as 1t had been, under It's
French authority, free. This, the chiyalry
| of the South, with the powerful aid of Thos.
Jefferson, opposed, aud succeeded In making
1t slave territory. He then alluded to the
advance made by the slave interest when
| Florida, Arkansas and Missouri came into
the Union, charging 1t upon the Democratic
party in sustaining their advances.
When British sailor was thrown into q
prison in Charleston harbor, the British
minister made application to the federal
government for the release of this man, but
the reply was that the Government could not
Interfere with State regulations. But the
other side Of the question soon came up and
| we had the fugitive slave law, when State
| regulations were not so scrupulously recog-
nized. For all this the Democratic party
was responsible.
! But the time came when this could not
longer be endured, and the people arose and
| established the Republican party, which,
although defeated with John c. Fremont in
1856, had gone on, and in 1860 elected Mr..
Lincoln President.
After the war the Democrats attempted to
reconstruct the country and 90 back to the
original condition, but the same great leader
who had defeated them on the battlefield
ovCrcamc them In the great moral contest
and now sits in the White House as Presi-
| dent of the United States. Failing in their
! attempts to carry their ends In that manner
they now pretend to be the best friends OF
| the colOrcd men.
He cited a number of outrages upon the
colOrcd men and upon their friends to show
the insinccrity of these professors.
| He alluded to the beginning Of the war,
when we sent out the hardest portion of our
| people to combat the South, and said 1t was
! not I'LL our church bells rang out and our
praying, Christian young men went forth
that the war was successful. So ii was In
the great moral contest which had been
going on. The proposition of Mr.. Lincoln
to extend suffrage to the more intelligent
men who had served In the army had been
driven on to the extent of including all the
colored men of the South.
He ridiculed the appeal of the Democrats
TO have them vote for the "old citizens
| party In this city, which, he said, was SO
like the "old Democratic party" tina
like the Irishman's twins, they did not
| themselves know which was which,
He reviewed the progress the colored peo-
| pie had made under the Republican rule,
anb said as they showed their capacity in
their new positions, God and the Republican
| party opened out new avenues to them. Two
years ago 1t was not deemed prudent to elect
| colored men to the Common Council, but
now they found no difficulty In believing
they could conduct themselves properly. SO
1t was In regard to higher positions.
Colored men had stood up In Congress de-
! Tending their rights to he there. Three dip
lomatic representatives of the United States
had Just been appointed. Did not this show
an advance of the race and the nationl lie
thought the nation was advancing almost as
rapidly as If there was not Democrat In
the land.
He charged It as the grossest folly for the
colored men to support the citizens ticket,
but was willing to believe the few who did
this, did so under deusion. It had been
said that they were son the make" To sell
their principles for money was meaner than
stealing acorns from blind hog. lie
warned these men of the difficulty of getting
back into the fold; they might find 1t too
late when they attempted it.
Mr.. Win. A. Cook was next introduced.
and paid his respects 10 the citizens ticket,
claiming that when Colored suffrage was
hrst established 1t was met with "Demo-
cratic ticket, which was defeated. They
next met ticket partly Democratic and
partly Conservative, and that was also de-
icated. Time wore on, and they now found
opposed TO them party with banner on
nav % lltAGlI N-l-l-l-L.G-ll Tickle
!! was well to look at the men who bore
This banner and see who they were.
During the war there were over In Viz
gnia Il mean set of scamps known as
Mosby's guerlllas. When they wanted to
make n successful demonstration they put
on all the United States uniforms they could
gcti but all the while there beat under these
blue coats traitors hearts.
So t was with this citizens ticket; the
men supporting it had been opposed to col
orcd suffrage; had opposed all constitutional
amend mcnts to advance human rights, and
were In every way opposed to the interests
of the colored men and of the country.
lie produced a paper which purported to
he sort Of constitution of the citizens meet
In" of the Second ward, on Fourteenth street,
and read extracts from 1t. Cries were made
Tor him to read the names, but he declined, |
saying he would do so at the proper time, |
not to do those persons harm, but to point |
hem out so they might not deceive others. |
lie would get them back If he could, but he