Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-08-31

will be placed on the retired list, which has
been increased to see under the recent act OF
Cons;oss
Meeting of "COlOred Dem0crats'' I'm
Baltimore.
The democrats OF Baltimore do not seem to
snare "a the repuscance 10 cultivating the col
ofed vote shown by some of their party in other
parts of the State.
The Sun says that ga mass meeting of colored
democrats was beld last pight under the aus
P'ccs OF Colored Democratic Association, OF
Mblch jonathan Waters is president, in Zion
Church, corner or Hanover and Montgomery
streeS, which was comfortably filed, about
one-haEf Of those present, however, being white
persors." An organization was effected by he
election OF the following officers: President,
Jonathan Waters; vice presidents, Isaac Ste ~
Hu ano rnomas Sorreli; secretaries, n. How
land and VIM. Waters.
The president, in assuming his position, made
an address, in which he stated that the meeting
was called - afford the colored people an op,
portunity to learn the object OF the colored
democratic organization, which was to elevate
the colored people, and to do nothing that
ests. He coStended that where % the Iemoers[, dem sst
were in power the colored people Jared better
than where the republican party predominates
He referred to the late cOlored celebration of
the ratification Of the fifteenth amendment aud
said that il they would get him up procession
like that and make him marshal, he too would
pnt new front in his house; and III they would
send him up $50 from Washington when they
wanted TO elect mayor, he would also take
lot Of colored men down there, under q
promise to get S5 or $40 apiece, provided a
certain man was elected. The republicans, he
contended, were all for themselves, and cared
no more for the colOred man than any one ell >.
None Of them would allow q colored man to go
and take dipner with him, except it was the one
who called him a Hammer the other night.
There pever was republican who gave the col
ored man ten-cent piece. The speaker said
he had wife who was even a better democrat
than h'u.elf; she would not let Q republican
woman eat at her table. This, he said, was a
good government, but we had bad rulers; but
when there is n democrat in the Whit, House
The cOlored man would be in his glory. Lin
coin, he said, freed the counIy, bat then he had
to do II, or all the carpet-b yygers would have
crate ali the time. It did, however, % 90 %repubii s
can once, when SwaQn was elected Governor,
bat that was done only to show how things could
change, llaughter;l and II Swami would change
back, the republicans would all vote for him.
he had been brought up democrFt, and he
never knew democrat to promise him anyth ng
that he did not fultill. Not so with the republi-
cans-they would devate so much.
Henry l.. Young, colored, OF the District OF
Columbia, was the next speaker, who made q
brief address. He always was in favor Of tree
principles, and man was not free who could
rot exercise the principles OF q freeman. In the
first place, he sand, it was the duty of the col
ored man to inform himself, and thereby mako
the people. If that man should be a democrat,
he did not see any law to prevent him from try
ing to secure his nomination and election. The
cOlored people formed part of the people OF
the State and of the United States.
VIM. Waters, coored, was next introduced,
and spoke briefly, claiming that he was justified
should not be led any more by the ears by the
reputl lican party. They had to study their own
elevation. They did not want to be Republicans
end "bum" on the government, but wanted to
be de mocrats and aid in supporting every honest
man in the country. The democratic party had
opened his eyes and showed him where he had
been a tool tor The republican party. God for
bid that be should be a tool again for any party
He was a democrat, not for dollars, but from
principle. He looked to the democratic party
1or elevation, and he would get 1t there, too.
around at their sociation, but that was not the
fact They come in with their own free will,
from principle. The democratic legislature had
given to the colored people the right to testify
in the courts, and made their testimony as good
as that Of the whites. He hoped every coi0red
man in the State would support that man whom
Jon, and not the man who seeks the ofice.
The democratic party, he said, would carry the
next election by large msjority. He hoped
the colorcd people would see their error, and all
turn before 1t was too late.
The <ReTicdn says of this meeting:
"For several days past announcement had
been made that on last night mass meeting of
the colored democrats would be held in Zion
"
ard streets, and that said mass meeting would
be addressed by q number OF well-known gem
tlemen. Ever on the alert for the latest seIsa-
sLtiOn in Baltimore, } one OF the reporters of the
An.tricoa lest right hied to the church In ques-
ton, and there encountered queer gather
ing as could well be found. Sandwicbed IN the
building were parties or what is known as
"Ferry Bsr Renters" (white), hob-nobbing
with cOlored Den who, but a short time sine;
were looked upon by the "Ranters" as the
viest of the human family, and whose touch
was pollution. but who last night were regard
ed in the light of brothers and firm friends
From the fact that no white men took an active
pan in the meeting last night, it was evident
that they feared ID be seen upon the platform
lcss their names should appear in the papers.
They unanswered tue holding Of the meeting,
and relied upon q few deluded colored men 70
prick their political bubble, so that it might
buret upon the world In grand fare, and gull
we1-thiukinR minds into the belief that the
co1ored men Of Baltimore are powerful in their
love for the democratic party, and viii not
ambate with the republican party. Well, the
bubble was bursted as per arrangement, and the
trODbled Waters which o0zed from out OF that
meeting failed to sprinkle the audience with
any of their promised balm. The Waters spoken
Of we're Jonathan and Willjam-the former the
eelf-contituted president Of the colored demo-
cratic association Of Baltimore, and the latter
his brother and man-of- all-work. In fact, they
appear to be the head, front, body and extremi-
ty of the democratic colored voters Of this city,"
The CoLoRID CADET AT WRsr PoINr.-The
colored cadet at West Peint must take care not
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