Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-04-16
PRESIDENT GRANTS SPEECH.
sPEEOHEs OF JUDGE FISHER
AND OTHERS.
DENOMINATION NJ CITIZENS
so Corporation Carts In Line

DENOMINATION NJ CITIZENS.
so Corporation Carts In Line.
The grand celebration In honor OF the hf- |
teenth amendment and approving the move |
ment 10 behalf Of the change Of government |
Of the District, for which arrangements have |
been In progress for some weeks past, came of |
last night, and was entirely successful, not |
oply In point Of numbers, display and com
pletensss, but was specially remarkable 10 |
point OF order observed by every one OF the
Thousands OF men who participated.
The details OF the affair were managed Uy
a joint committee from the equalization Of
the Boys 10 Blue and the campaign committee
Of citizens appointed by the general committee
Of one hundred and ATTY. The details were
entrusted TO Gen. A. Grant, OF the Boys iD
Blue, and TO. his skill and forethouEht much Of
the success Of the affair lie due.
lthAd been arranged that the organizations
from various portions OF the city who pro-
posed to take part In the celebration should
assemble In the vicinity OF the City Han By
O'Clock last evening, at which hour It was
proposed to form procession to cali upon the
President, and Afterwards form = mass meet.
ing to be addressed by distiuE uishsd gentle
men. Not only did the active participants 10
the affair oVinee great interest In the success
Of the denomination, but the citizens gen
orally BY the crows which thronged the
streets 10 various parts Of the city showed
clearly the great solIcltude they felt In seeing
such demonstration 80 would be oreditAbIe
AZ the city Hall.
| As early AZ seven O'Clock hundreds of per.
| gOuld he WRunlaR thRiF ~ To-
City Hail, all seeming desirous OF securing
eligible positions from which they could see
| the formation Of the line and witness ihar -.
on IiS march. About haif.paSt ssTra o'clock
| the nfat organization arrived nt the ground,
| This was the Fourth Wsiu LAboring Mems
band. In the line we're TO be seea a large num.
| Der Of Chinsse Lanterns, embelished with
vAtlNnI patTiotie notices.
! The next to arrive was the Sixth ward dele
CATION, mArshAled BY Clarence N. Barton.
| Delegations from the other wards arrived In
quick sucoession, and took the positions as
signed them.
A. the HeadquAFteTs.
| The headquarters OF the BOYS In Blue was
, located At the once Of o. d. Barrett, ESQ, No.
Four-And. half street. Here were Sssem-
bled number Of the members OF the Joint
oommlttees and Gen. A. Grant, and here the
mAtahAls proceeded, upon their arrival. to ! o
port themselves.
The headquarters presented = very lively
scene from seven O'Clock until the line wa
Forming the Procession.
This was done In the following order! A
%sSS ~ IIo, %oSatHS polite, Under ne con
and STAFF all mountedI Marine Band large
wagon handsomely decorated and eontaining
Potomac Council No. IS, an association Of col.
Ored Republicans OF Maryland.
Then followed twenty carriages containing
I invited guest, the first having ~ lts occupant
mittee or i5o, r. NJ. Hall, chairman Of the cit.
iIens' eaupaign COMMITTEES, and MI. o. ID.
Barrett, secretary OF the eommitts OF Boys In
| Blue, Following the carriage came = detaoh.
meut OF mounted men In command OF Col. l.
b. Cutler, with the following assistants
Fi5., yard 2p Sos clSth sseond ssiS
| neyi Fourth ward, James Holiness fint
!, ward, Samuel williams siHth ward, Charlei
Then sS cane he nf.t iiViSiea Of Nc Boy, fl
beAriDg : torch. After them was band.
L lowed, bearing in their iins SSndrsds Of fsncj
:. follows fif.s ssfdct'SIsf asSssai, xifrst
+, nsyI ASSISTANTS, WIN. Eaton, Jacob Reynolds
, second Ward-UhIef marshal, u. NJ. Kelsey
: assistants, Michael Green, st, Clair Burnley
= wm; Rutherford, John N. brown, John d
, More Boys 10 Hue with torches then fol.
! lowed. Then came the delegations from the
Third and Fourth wards, bearing Transporter
Giles and mArshAled as follows:
Third wArd-Iohn W. Hunter, q. l.. Bart
Alfred Hin, Martin Maloney, Edward Allen
Fourth wNd-John II. Crane, ]. O. wall
W. II. Scott, Palmer Brisooe, Patrick FoleJ
I A feature Of this portion Of the procession
Q was the company from Howard Ohiversity
: composed Of men well-dFtlled, who exhibited
a decidedly martial line.
The Butler ZouAves, which were In lac
> were also out In full force, and with theil
, jaunty uniform presented q most exec len
7 appearance, under the command OF Gen. y. -
! More Bsys In Blue followed, headed BY a
brAss band. Then came the Fifth and Sixth
Ward delegations and those from the County,
having IN the line many lanterns and trans
pAtsneles, Their mArIhAlI were a. follows:
Fifth wArd-Chisf marshal, Vim. A. Hug hes;
JOIN o.Ts %sn oBHs sTn! samuel T aus %R
sixth wsrd-ohlsf marshal, o. NJ. Barton,
assistants, Thomas Vermiliion, Frank d.
Gaines, and Charles McaoWAn.
County north-Ohlef MARSHAL, l.. s. Emery
assistants, Oolo1sl J. W, Green, Edwsrd kloE
County South-ohysf marshal, Jos. Worth
s S " T,t Gsors p.I SS5. 9' %SHm u
a Hall Thomas Solomon, J. W. Payne, and Jno
W, Van Hook.
! ing more Boys In Blue. After whom came thu
[ seventh ward delegation, about 900 strong
This delegation made the best display in the
500 eTSsT saS si
81
I marshal, J. u. CfAmeri assistants, ThomAI
: Thompson, George II. Newman and ohArlsi
Marshall.
This concluded, the procession WAS found te
number over 900 ItwAs noticeable tbs nc
distinction OF color was made In the line as OF
. marching shouidsr to shoulder. Especially
. | was this the case with the county deleEAtionI
: the white and eolored men being about equa
I When all WAS 10 readiness (about 50
8 o'cloekl the order was given TO march, and thu
a procession, 10 the order given above, move,
! avenue and up Seventh street to II street
along II to Connecticut avenue, thence to thu
, White House, where a temporary halt Wal
madei then down PennsylVanlA avenue, pass
ing around the Capitol grounds to the cas-
: front OF the Capitol, where mass meetinI
was formed.
Among the many mottoesin line were noticed
"The Nations second birth"
"heRdy pay for honest toll aud labor"
Free speech, free press, free country"
"rhe True Republican Club OF the Second
ward true to the fifteenth Amendment,p
"Self government for All.n
THE people shall rule"
THE fifteenth amendment ali glorious"
"FTee and equAlh
"The ballot Tor all.n
| Equal suffrage to ALL
"a Republican form OF government"
| Omitted we stand"
Free and equal"
| "Fifteenth amendment-All hAll p
"The people shall rule"
zone government for population Of IFS, :
OO0n
The nneeuth amendment, like the stars Of
Heaven, will ihen shine on ALL"
The eolored man, true In the past, will be
faithful In the future"
"The county OF Washington desires to be
enfrAnChised,h
Let US have a change OF government In this
District
Flight thousand voters are diSIranshiSsd
| In this District
1.-THE hftCsnth Amendment GRAHr-ed."
"Ciyil TlEhtb and political liberty the words
ofthe Republican party"
"CORgTess the guardian OF our liberty I"
"The County Of Washington deaiTes to be
enfTAnohiHed"
THE OoloTsd man true In the past will be
faithful ln the futuTe.h
LABOR AOAIHsT CAFIrAL. DowH WITH
THE UITY HALL RING"
"Sixth Ward WoFkingmen's Brotherhood
Justice to All;' THE Republican Party and
Equal Rights to all Men q Impartial SUI
frGge and Education to All.n
"PotomAe CITY Club - "The Fifteenth