The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-03-25

din's church, corner of Fourth and Streets |
Mr.. Geo. W. Hatton, the first vice presl.
dent, in the absence Of the president, called
the meeting to order.
promised to be present with some new speak
ers but he had not yet come.
On motion, DR.. 4. P. Farden was invited
to address the meeting. He congratulated
his hearers upon the brightness Of Republi-
can prospects. lie alluded to the endorse
mcnt of the 18th amendment to the Consti-
tuition by the President in his inaugural, and
TO It's adoption by several OF the States, and
said 1t would soon b. the law Of the land.
Peace, he said, was being established In the
reconstructed States, and soon Republican
principles would be so firmly established
that 1t would be impossible to overturn
them. lie urged harmony and peace among
the Republicans Of the city, deprecating the
wrangling which he had noticed In some of
the wards. He was happy, however, to
know that the Fourth ward was not Of the
number.
Fault had, he said, been found with some
Of the public officers. He did not object to
that. II an officer did not do his duty, hold
him to strict account, but they should strive
to make him do his duty rather than drive
him from them. He congratulated them
upon the success that had attended the eff
forts to elevate their race, and said 1t had all
been done by the Republican party, and
warned them against being beguiled by the
The secretary, Mr.. c. c. Briscoc, having
arrived, Mr.. Fadden said he would take his
scat and allow the regular business to pro-
coed. The secretary then read the proceed
ings of the last meeting.
Mr.. Hatton thought the meeting was too
quiet. If they were in the Finh ward they
could have speeches, resolutions, or even
! u,,l & 81, int nI to
this ward there would have to be more ac-
tivity in their meetings.
He said the colored people who voted for
the ticket last year all expected work under
the corporation from June to June. That
had been taken advantage OF by their enc
mics, who went to those men and said to
them, "You do not get work we told you
| So" But he said they had one commissioner
/ and n number of men at work. That was
better than the Democrats had done for
/ them. They should vote on principle and
not for work-if the party should deprive
him of his high office, he should still vote the
Republican ticket. Notwithstanding some
of the officers they had elected had proven
vile and bad, he challenged any man to
prove them as bad as a Democrat. He urged
unity and activity in the coming campaign.
| Any colored man, with the advantages the
Republican party had given them, who would
affiliate with the Democratic party was q
/ traitor, and deserved to be banished from
the world; his companion ought to be
shacklcd and her child torn from her breast.
Capt. Manning said he thought the re-
marks made by the previous speakers ought
, to have converted the dissatisfied ones. He
spoke Of the gradual wearing away OF preju-
dices against colored persons on the part OF
the Irish people, and of the industry OF the
colored people. lie claimed that the sympa-
/ thy of the new Administration was with
/ them, as shown by the removal of the con-
grcssional printer and the Sergeant-at-Arm
of the Senate, who, he said, had retained
Copperheads and rebels in their employ. He
expressed sympathy with the revoluttonists
Of Cuba, and hoped they would succeed, as
it would lead to emancipation; and he prophc.
sled that in ten years slavery would be cN-
tinct throughout the world.
Mr.. CrOssman, who had come In late, cN-
cuscd himself by saying he had been over
In Prince Georges county. He gave a
laughabc description Of his trip, and of the
country, describing II as a God-torsaken will
derness that would lead one to suppose he
was two hundred miles west of Utah. He
contrasted 1t with the free States, and said
it was a part of the duty Of the Republican
party to remedy this state of things.
Mr.. J. II. Crane said he had noticed in
the papers report of q meeting In the
Scconl ward last night, where a certain
gentleman had q good deal to say about
Carpet-baggers. He, the speaker, had been
in Washington eight years, and claimed tC
be q resident of the city.
He defended the carpet-baggers, saying
every man who left home, from Columbus
/ down, was q carpet-bagger. As q genera
thing, they comprised u large part of tn
cnterprising portion Of the people. In relation
TO offices In the District, he said there wer
;. too many men holding office who should not
= There was Il man engaged In the whOesal
c produce trade in this city who went thrOug
X the market during the war and dcnouncc
him as Radical, yet who still holds hi
position and makes his boast that they car
. not turn him out.
/, lie claimed that the republicans who haC
v struggled and made sacrifices for the part
/ in the past were entitled to what few office
= there were in the city.
, Capt. Manning and Gen. lIattOn pitChct
r into the remarks made by Mr.. Stewart q
| the Second ward meeting in relation to car
= pct-haggcrs.
q Mr., Hickman said they must carry til
ward, and to do 1t all must work. He wa
4 going to work himself, and he hoped tn
c rest would do the same.
, After some other remarks by members q
4 the club the meeting adjourned.
IMPROVEMENTS CoNTEMPLATED.-Mr. JnO
&C. Hit is now preparing to tear down the oil
e dweilng-house at the corner of Ninth and
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