National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1873-10-11
THE ODD FELLOWS.
GiLa DiI WITH COLORED CITIZENS.

MA DiI WITH C0LORED CITIZENS.
'nradc of tho G,aud United order lie. |
view by the President and Geveraer-An
Inppsiss ,Dcmonsirntioa = Address Of
John Thomas John.on-Lcyes nc Might.
Yesterday was gala day for our coiored citi-
ems, the occasion being grand procession Of |
he different lodges OF the Grand United Order |
4 Odd Fellows, which visited Washington for |
he purpose Of celebrating the qsth anniversary |
u the Order, and are holding a convention In |
at Markethouse hall.
The announcement In yesterdays REPUBLICAN |
aused crowds TO assemble on the sidewalks and |
It the available places to witness the procession
Ind the outpourlug OF citizens never was before
.qualed on 4 similar occasion. Al 1880 O'Clock
.,e different lodge preceded " music, msrched
formed M follows. +. q. NJ. ]. Thomas Y. Shell
Ion, grand mnrshal-ln-chicf; Henry WlRqleton
and George Wilkinson, chief aids, and J. W.
John II. Davis grand deputies.
Georgetown dyision-Phllharmonlc band Of
Georgetown, Columbia No. 1870, Potomac Union
Ihomas johnson and Francis Brown
alis.
virginia division Stevens Lodge No. las, IIar.
piony No. sis, Beilhavcn No. 1909, Lancaster No.
1870, aud q. w. Parker No, ibts, marshaled Nv
Alfred Batter, p. N. o., with James Williams
aud James JACKSON as aids. THIS division was
accompanied " the south Washington brass
Washington dlvislon-Grcen Mountain, j. @.
McCrummell, bloom OF Youth, Star Of the West,
National band; Rising sun, peter Ogden. :. y. n
s,.r snn myun' vve, yvnn y; Cook, hastern
ehaled BY VIZ. II. Thomas and his aids, United
o' $3.50. GM ", NJ Ny.ps paum. 80,
,,a,nhcrs nu p,, ,h m, 70. Lii' Ninety
injge' No INA tastx r,em,,ers oAn na,sr,,
cn,nat h.n,, Wsnao,ay Ie,veish 4, "nu poJvis
msmhers iIo fSm.n,s ssn, 1--WE, ,s, lo.w-p ny
,ien ana , onhu, NOUN, LEBANON, No.
s,er rotse Sa n,-a ,h'p,r ~ ~ unmh, E'e n,,e
Lodge. M. oc,. thirty.iys member,. Mount
Nebc' Ma I,ss' tvent, '}on, m.,nhn,s. s,nn M
pJ2, thirty.two members; Past Grand Masters,
10; .. wenty.nyc member; Chief Marshal Chas.
~. Dotscy, anu 'onh o. CONWAY anu faui paVs
as Aus.
vn Ivy dvson, compose ~ Of blotnery
Love LouRc, ~ Ihrnsourg, NO. svo, tWehV.nve
nemners' WIN me hxnelslor cornet band; Car
tnaRenln, 40. w, OF ln,inlelphls, anu deiega-
ga,ions from o,ner ORGANIZATIONS In tine state.
CarIiaga, iolioWed containing Past Grand mas
ters aud me Council Divisions. Aher the line
was iotmeu tne cUluinn passed inIevicW Delore
.ne u'anu mArsnAEn-on,ei after winch u
Seventh, to Faystte, to Trst % Bridge 10 Penn.
yns m a'enus, .nence 70 inc Circle, aronhu
.ne Sic,r; uown tne Avenue 70 the District M
conmo. cn,cs ~ ~. Snepnefa me
~, tnunve 10 VIZ We,t gste OF tho hxecu-
Ne "an''on' arouhu 'he iTont, Where
PRESIDENT GRANT,
standing GU tho front portico with his hat on.
also reviewed the proccss,on. Thence il moved
10 Fifteenth street., along Fifteenth strert h
pennsylyanIa avenue along me Avenns IN the
Capitol gate, when the colunn countsrmarched
M the Avenue to Eleventh. 10 *. along X 10 SIx !.
teenth, along sixteenth street To- Massaehu,etis
avenue, along Massacbuse,ts avenue 10 p tIces'
along r 10 West street, and along West street "a
. stand which hal been erected on stoddsrd
street, corner OF washington. where the column
formed hollow square around. The ofIIcers ri
the different lodges having taken seats ON inc
stand, Rev, MI, Seston, of Ebeneser Church. In.
yoked 4 blessing: after which past Grand Ma.
Ter John Thomss Johnson delivered the follow.
ing address:
....
BROTHER ODD FELLOWS AND FsLLow-crrEsss
On this the twenty-seventh anniversary OF Uaiou
Fdendshlp Lodge fully appreciate the honof
conferred upon me BY the young brothers on this
selves and our surroundings twenty-seyen year,
since, and compare that remote period with the
present, TO US who have lived and suffered and
marvellous. Then we met by stealth 10 some
sequestercd nook, where tho eye nor the car Of
the white man could reach US; and there we
conducted me h meetings ., oar Lodge N forced
cemented us together. How ferventiy and hon.
estly we loved each other, when eye met ere In
confidence and hearts aituned In unison made
old Union Friendship a temple In which frioud.
shin, love, aud truth ever abode,
Since that time we have steadily progressed;
ths Black Code mas been stricken from the stat.
utes OF the American nation, with all its att en-.
dant hOrrors, carrying In Its course the Dred
scott decision, and by the Will OF Almighty God
tho negro, In the war for the Union, after pass.
Ing through baptism OF blood, Is recoRnizei as
q man, Thus we are here assembled as Old.
Fellows OF the District OF Columbia, with repre-.
sentatiycs from the several states Of this alo-
Tious Union and as citizens Of America, truly
called Inc land of the free and the nome III M
brave. How vast tho change since the yeaI
thrills with ecstatic Joy 10 see some OF Inc
brothers Of that day present who can bear me
witness, Can forget those who have passed
away7 In obedience to the summons Of the
great Master, the lamented Cook, Fleet, and
others who sowcd the seed but were not sparcd
to reap the golden harvest ; and methlnks thsi
il II DO possible that there can be m
Annuity between the living and the dead
their spirlts freed from earth look down upou
this sceDs with ioy: ave, such a. only ANGEL;
tnow, Al the tr,unphs Of OIll FeHowshin m,
fraternal link spaus The great ocean. and con.
nects Enrope with America. It's maQnetic In.
iiuence Is felt in the far West A. well IA on Inc
| Pacinc slOpe, and / verify believe. and IA hers
assert. that inc power OF Old FslioWship viii
| shed a hallowed raw OF 10y around the hearth
stone OF mankind ali over The habitable globe.
| History Ia the handma iieu of propheay. Aidet
i nv me same We ohtain INN rleIoe M the ma al