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THE UNITED DHOCRiCV.
Mat** Meeting at Cooper Institute
Last Night.
THE ffABD FISTED IHTHEIB GLORY.
Cheers for the Poles and Groans
for the Russians.
Enthusiastic Reception of Governor
ftoynourt
Conciliation to be Superadded
to Force.
Tbe South Not to be Subjugated,
but to be Brought Back Into
the Union Under the
Constitution.
Speechet el Get. Horatio Seymour, A. Onkey
Hall, aid S. 8. Cox, of Ohio.
OUTSIDE SCENES.
*?., ktH a*.
A grand mua meeting of iM united democracy?bo
called becauao It waa hardiy ever before ae fragmentary
and disunited?wan held last evening In tbe Oooper Institute.
The hard fisted were there la their might, filling
up tbe large ball and blocking every avenue and ap
proacn to It. The thousands who could not get in were
regaled with music and speeches on tbe outside. The
five or stx thousand who squeezed their way into the in
terior did so in the expectation of bearing a speech from
Governor Seymour. -And they were not diaappolntod.
If the democracy were indeed united?If the McKeon
corps were joined to tbe maiu army Instead of having its
lances lovelled against It, there is no bnilding
In the city with auditorium half large enough
for us mass assemblages. But there Is no Institution,
political or religious, into which heresies will
not creep, end the democratic party, with all its undeniable
purity of character, oould not expect to he exempt
Drum the evil. Tammany has made up with Mozart-, but
uu> mok001111c8 are iuu unman ageaDie, ana odbiiuhioiv
refuse to oome Into the dear old fold, of whiah Captain
Byndera is ono of the chief shepherds. The Captata was on
hand laat night, and ao were many others of the chief
guardians of democratic rights and advocates of popular
privileges.
While the crowd was waiting for the proceedings to be
opened It amused itself by cheering and groaning alternately
democratic and republican celebrities. The amusement
woDt on something alter the following programme:?
Three cheers for McClellan?HI I hi I hi I Three groans
for on inner?boot Three cheers for the dimyeratlc party
or New York?Hi 1 hi 1 hi 1 Three groans for the man
that suspended the habeas corpus?Boo! Three cheers
for Governor Seymour'B friends?(Laughter and cheers.)
Three groans for the man that issues the greenbacks?Boo!
Three cheers for the whole democratic ticket?Hi I hi I hi!
Three groana for the renegades from the democratic par
ty?Bool Three cheers for Governor Seymour, who sent
more soldiers to tbo war than any other governor?A
faint response. Three cheer* for the Pole*?Loud huzzas.
Three groans for the Russians?Responded to with evident
heartiness. Three cheers for the next admlnistra.
tleo, with McClellan and Seymour at its head?Hit hi I hi
But ail f.ingB come to an end, and so did this prellmt
aars amusement- The curtate rose at length, and Mr
A. Ookey Hall was presented as chairman of the
meeting.
8PUCH OF MR. A. OAKSV BALL.
After tbo cheering with which he was greeted had subsided,
Mr. Hall said:?
1 do not think that we need an introduction; I-do not
propose to increase your taxation by taxing your patience
with a long speech. (A voice, "Louder, Mr.,Ilall, louder.'1)
1 understand that there is to be no resolution, offered
to night. But, looking around at this vast assemblage
f the united democracy of the city and county
of Now York, I read in every tace one
1 l-n< > uu, ftlill IUAI r, IIMI WIIU uuu UUIMK1 TOKV III
union and in harmony nest Tuesday yon will lend your
usual greeting to the interior. (Applause.) I say, "tho
Interior.'' I am reminded in saying that that the abolitionists?
(groane and hiasea)?like their all lea, the aeoaaeionlsla?
la few hisses)?hare always operated onjlnterior
linns, while the democracy, like Union soldiers, operate
on exterior linee. I have just returned from the interior.
' took the liberty of saying there that Just such a greeting
as I have bad to night will be sent to thorn. Thoy
are full of promise: tbey are full of hope. It 11 not very
long.?only about a year?since I left that
party which has now become abolitioolzed. (Hisses )
7 saw beneath the specious sugar costing of "military
necessity" the bitter pills of eboiitinolstn and anarchy
( That'sso ") lie use me for dealing in figures. Thoy
belong to election times When I was In the Interior I
met an old a-seciate whom I had seen at Pittsburg, at
Philadelphia and at Chicago He said to me e< tu Brute
] took him by the hand and Bald, "You quote rrom Julius
Cvsar, as an abolitionist should. 1*1 me say to you, my
friend. In the language of the Roman tribune, and I com
m <ck1 it to the Sew York Tribune?
t"hes,? floating feathers, plucked from Caesar's wing
Will make him fly an ordinary stretch,
' Vhn else would soar above the reach of men,
And learn us all in servile Tearfulness.
He said to me?What now are the principles of your
new partyT Said I. excuse me, en old party; It is true
my new one I will tell you in two sentences. He
lis toned, as you do First principle?that Uavis shall not
paU- the stars of Union?(taint applause)?and second,
and just as Important, Lincoln shall not obliterate the
constellation of the constitution. (Load and hearty ap
plauec?again and agam renewed.) 1 told you I mould
not Ui your patience with a speech?and 1 shall nut.
(Go <>n twki-y.) I know very well the duty of
presiding officer, though 1 never yet have presided at a
democratic meeting But I hope to preside et a great
mmyfinore. (Applause ) The duty of a presiding officer
is to lead off the listening, sot the speaking. I thank
yon again, my reilow citizens, to whom 1 reel that I
needed no Introduction.
a long list of vice Presidents end Secretaries was read
and approved.
KB. EPTION OF OOVSKWOR SWTIIOC*.
At this prunt in the proceeding Governor Seymour waa
conducted to the platform. Aa soon as tie arms perceived
?nd rn-ogmsed by the audience there burst forth, aa If
by one single impulse, cheers that made the echoes
ring. Tha whi le assemblage roes and, with tho waving
of hats and handkerchiefs, gave to the Governor a most
eaiuuaiaetic reception. Alter me applause nan nutmiaeu,
<Hiv?mor Seymour, without any Introduction, stepped
forward and oomir.eicod
hih rpckchHe
said ?
rminrs?When I <u Invited to address my
fellow rltlxen* In thla condition of public affair*, I felt
tnyaoll compelled to renpood to that Invitation. (Ap
pianae.) t feel that our country la In extreme peril, and
] feci that H la the right and the duty of every man at
thia moment to eland forth and do what he can to tare
the right# and liberties of the American people. (Cheer*.)
Upon a renenl occasion, when the President of the
tfnilod 9Ul*s adlreased an assemblage of hie i Kill Ileal
friends, be aald he knew of nothing In the constitution
that forbid him from ao doing. On my part. ] can Bod
ranch in the constitution of our country and the gemua of
our institutions that makes it the duty of every official
at times itku thee* to stand forth and apeak plainly with
regard to public affaire. fCheersj One year ag > I
addressed a vast assemblage like this m this
very room What hae transpired since that lime'
T.ien the people of these United Stales in reapunse
to an appeal which was made to them by its
g> ternatent, had just sant up six hundred thousand men
to nil the arm lee of the Colon At that time we bad a
right toe I peat before twelve months should have passed
away that we should have reached an end to the sad war
whCti has earned desolation over our land and mourning
Into Us home# (Applause ) Hints the beginning of this
war the ad ni in l? trad ma lias at dilferont time# called upon
the people formally lor nearly fourleea hundred thousand
men. We ire advised tnat this call was more than
responded to, lor we are lold that the North western
H'ao ind. under the call made by tne ascription act,
at.-' credit# which were to be deducted frma the amount
whiihUiey were to fnrntsli under that act of f'ongrees.
I inlet the lonsertptMMi law Itself, In addllloa lo the
thirteen k indred ant seventy five thousand men that
tt drier III time* have been railed into the .service, de
......... . .. ..r i niuir w??ii mr??t nuQiirrn tjbouHari 1
bJ. .th?! t?k>"d 'nto Monnt
tbe iurplo* wblch h?d tam f?rntabe.l hr thr
Wc*i*rii ~i*tn* Md the demand m vl? upon the Atlantic
Mate*, H would email lb* cam m.d* upon thl. people up
It nerenfeeii hundred thousand men Within the Uat
fow wrefe> the rren^nl. In addition U that bee ealteo
for throe bmdred th?t??n<1 more, winking n toUi o( two
Million of men who ba?r been demanded thna fa? tn tbe
pmjreaa of thin w*r, more than fourteen hundred tho i
and ot whim have | m forth to tbe hntile 0*M.
(f heert ) When | n<Mro*eod j 1>Le year a??j the arm*#
WJfiW YOl
of this Onion eioeeded MMO hundred thomand tn Burn 1 I
Vorv smi -ears MM ky the Ires ideal in bis proclaim- I
My Ml m la welt known to svery intelligent Hlnn Ip this I
ji ik.i oar forces aro In euffielen I for the I'urpcse of putllog
Mown Um rebellion, snd now another additional call la I I
made upon you, whlck ,aa I said before. eouatiag Iks nan- ;
born cootemplated by Ike Conscription act, and counting
tn those that are demanded ky the President, will
amount to nearly aia hundred thouaand men. The experience
of this war baa (hewn that every year watt tee one
half of our armtea. Thta la now well aaoertalned. It is
ascertained from every eoeroe where inquiry baa kaeu i
made , It is our experience lb tkta Stale it ia tbe expo- i
rience of other Stales; It la a reault wbleh we have ascer- 1
tamed so accurately and precisely that we can now lay It |
down ns n ml# that every twelve months wast e one half
of our armies. And when again our nrniy sb til bavo increased
to seven hundred thousand men, or when, as a
year ago, it numbered aevea hundred thousand men. each ]
day diminished its numbers by one tbnuaand. I do not
say that ail of these fell upon the battle Sold, 1 do not i
my that they all languished and died in hospitals. I
know many of I bam returned to their homes; I know
that their lates vary; but what 1 do mean to say is this,
that they were kwt to tbe armies of our country lor tbe time
being si least. New in, view or this monstrous waste of i
human Hfe, and in view of another faot, that when this war
began we were a people free from debt and comuaratively
free from taxation, we Und ourselves to-day burdened
with a debt which is variously estimated to be from fifteen
hundred millions to two thousand millions of dollars.
Now, ui view of tbu) result, and m view or me ruct mat
tM war la oot yet ended. I stand before yon tbls nlgbt to
addrees to you some considerations which seem to be of I
tbe utmost public tnaportuDce?nay more, cooaidorationa
which do not merely concern nam a nation in our relationship*
to tbe nation . but which coucoma every man
within the sound of my voire in bis own person, affecting
his property, aliening hia home, affecting all the dearest
and most important relationships or life fApplause.)
Now, however we may differ about other things, one
thing all men must agree to, that there Is an amount or
debt which will lead to national bankruptcy. One roan may
fix the sum at two thousand millions, another at three, or
another, perchance more sanguioo, at four thousand millions,
but all men, 1 care not what their political views
may be, whether thoy are democrats or whether they are
republicans, agree in tbls. that there is an amount df
public indebtedness which, when It is once created,
win be beyond the ability of ibis people to
pay. But more than that: In view of what I have already
stated to you wo all agree In another proposition, whatever
our political views may be, tbat a continuance of ibis war
will involve as In national ruin; for when I tall you what
| has been tbe waste heretofore, every man will agree that
| there will be a time?one may my a year from tblB, or
another two, or another, perchance, three years: but we
I all agree in this?tbat there is In the pathway
on which we are travelling a point of time,
which. If wa reach It, If we do not save
our Union and reach an honorable peace before we
reach that p >int of tune, we will be Invoivedlu national
ruin, ( 'That's so," and cheers.) Now bear these two
points in view upon which we are all agreed What, then,
Is the problem that wo are compelled to sovlef It is upon
tbls tbat I mean to speak to-night. I will forget tbe past.
I win overlook all tbe wroogs that have been done to the
freal patriotic, conservative democratic parly of our land,
will forget whatever of personal injustice may have
been done to myielf. 1 My, lor tbo time being, let tho
curtain fall over tbe past, end wo will leave It* transac
Hons ana event* to tbo judgment of a dlsnaasmnute future;
and now at tbls time let ue come forward und plain
ly, fairly and boneetly con'ront tbe questions of tbe day.
Our country Is in imminent peril. A* I said before, If
we continue on with tbl* war without bringing it to a
timely and successful conclusion, wo are of necessity to
be overwhelmed with bankruptcy, national ruin, social
anarchy and disorder. (Applause.) II w, tben, is
tnis to be done? Now, we all agreed on all
bands upon another point, republican and democrat
alike, and that Is, that our Union must
be saved? (applause) ?our constitution must be
upheld. I My upon this point *11 are agreed, republican
and democrat alike. I nf that because I am in mood
In this sad and mournful bour of our country's distress
to indulge In no harsh remark towards my political oppoMots?
(applause)?yet I was mortified when Lho u d
that tbe Vice President of these United Slates?(hisee
and groans)?perhaps lb this very room.dsclared that he
supposed "tber* were men In this State who want tbe
Union as it was sad tbe constitution as It Is,but they cannot
have It. I tell tbe Vice President we will have
It. (Applause and a voice?"Butcher namliu.")
Then we are seeking on all bands to bring tbls war to a
successful result b erore, In the progress of time and
evonts. we are overwhelmed with floanncial destruction
and national ruin. Shall It be done? That is tbe question
before us. That Is tbe question,wbiob ws ought to confront,
and, ir possible, solve at tbls time before we deposit
our votes in tbe ballot box. (Applause.) Tbe proposition
which 1 have stated, and which no man will
gaibMy, makes another thing dear ovcry day that rolls
oo. Ibis expenditure, this waste of blood and treasure,
brings us still nsorer to the calamities to which I bare
alluded. I have stated wherein men ol all parties substantially
agree. Now. wbereln are we divided? Why
are we tbns divided In opinion' Why at this moment
in our country's peril Is the public mind agitated
by contention and by strife? It Is this. We declare that
we battle for tbe restoration of our Union, for tbe preservation
of our constitution. We say Uiat this war
should be waged for that purpose and that purpose atone.
(Applause.) Now,tbe radical portion of the republican
party say moro than tbls?that tbls war must be carried
on not mersiy for lb* restoration of tbe Union,not merely
to restore the jurisdiction of your constitution, but it
must be carried od,m they say, to root oulwhil tbsy
assume to be the cauM of tbe war?tbe institution
slavery. Agatnst that we protested, because it waa
deviating from thai policy which was arrived at
at tbe outset, declared with all solemnity by tbo Preat
dent of the United States, and asserted by tbe unanimous
vote or Congress. (Applause) But that is not all. The
radical portion of the republican party, whose policy has
prevailed in that party up to this time, declare now still
another thing?that tbl* war must go on until the peopln
, J of tbe South and tbe Southern states are subjugated. ibat
duced to a territorial condition, and. to uae the language !
of a .Senator from New England, they demaud euhjugaHon.
He eaid subjugation?that la the term. Now,
tb?n, what la the attitude of the two parties f
We, on oor part, eombat for that upon wbMfe
the Northern mind is united?the restoratMB
or oar Union and the support of our constitution, bringing
our people back to the condition they were in before tH
unhappy war broke out. (Applause.) Now, we arewow*
tending for that which is most easily attained, because
upon that point wo are a united people?most eaaHy attained,
because once declared before the whole war Id
that snob Is ths purpose of the government, and yeu
will have not only a united North but a divided
South. I tell you there are hundreds or thousands
at tho South?oay, mors, I believe that at this hour
a majority of the Southern people, if tbey could return
once again within the fold of this Cnion. and feel
tbemeoTves protected by lie constitution, would ageia
come back to their allegiance, and the blessings of poaee
would be again restored to a distracted land. (Applause.)
Now. no man, I care not whit his political views may be,
will deny this proposition, that It tt| mors easy to bring
this war to a successful result, by making it a war for iba
restoration of the Union and for the support or the constitution,
than by making It a war for subjugation, by
making it a war that designs to trample out the rtrhia
and lives of states, by making It n wnr that substau
tlally must change and modify the whole nature of our
national institutions. (Applause.) There is no man
who will deny that upon this point we are more united.
We agree upon this. There la no man who can deny that
upon thla point we could rally to our standard thousands
nt' thoaA ahn m? stand In armed maiatanca itaintl Lha
government, because they fear the poller they will per
sue, when they declare It ia not the purpoae of thia government
to reetore the Union a* it was, or that would
protect the constitution In all Its term-. There we hare
this advantage over our opponents. We are contending
for that which may he reached moat easily, and In the
shortest time, we are contending for that whtab
may be attained with the smallest waste of treasure. We
are contending for that which may be reached with Mt
least possible waste of blood and the liven of the American
people. (Applauae.) Now, then there le no fairminded
man who will aland up and nay that H la ae aaey
to subjugate the South as It la to consolidate Me outa.
There la not a fair-minded man who will lor a mat?I
contend that It Is not more difficult, more ei|4Mtf?,
more uncertain, when we attempt whit baa tan
rarely accomplished in the history o the wertg,
when we attempt to subjugate the . eople a#
the South, to reduce them to an > h,ect eengttlon,
and to dictate to them the conduiio* under
which they shall exist, sod the morr especially
when the dec lar si too goes out expressive of extreme
antipathy and hatred. (Applause.) We nil sgree to
this, that the continuance of the war will bring national
bankruptcy upon us. We all agree in this, that the con
tlnoanee of the war Is a waste of oat lot ml lie a waate of
the blood of our people, that It destroy labor, and
drives men away (Tom borne, and not ufr?|i ently drives
them to other lands. that the prolongation id the war
beyond a certain period of time brings national ruin.
We of the democratic party are In favor of stopping the
war at the earliest moment ef time, In favor of what,
ever men-are la calculated to brtogfll U>asucces*ful*re?ull.
while, en the other hand. It la clear that the apprehensions
of every man?of tbnee who would go further, those
who would prolong the war for the purposes of
snjugitl -n. of carrying out the theory of centralization of
government?are tlx we who are increasing the ll-l o;
calamities to which I have alluded, nre those who bring
us nearer and nearer to the fatal sbvaa into which we
must he precipitated, unless in some timely moment, we
bring the war to a just, proper and honorable coneuslon.
{Amiiauae ) 11 Is clear te the mind of all we are contend
tag for that which la most easily attained?that we, as a
party, are pursuing a policy vastly more eeenre, vastly
snore safe, and far m >re calculated to preserve ti* from
the evils to which I l ave alluded This nation is like a
mtn Hosting above tbe Fulls of the Niagara river?above
the mighty cataract itself, and while he is yet at safe
distance, or can save himself from tbe flood which
will carry him to daatructtou, he dor* nut avail
himself of the meana of escape thai mav be within
hie reach, and be goes nearer, and nearor. and eilli nearer,
till st length he Beds himself beyond the Inllnences
which might have saved him, and he Is overwhelmed
beneath the flood when It is too late for him to wltiidraw
hunm-ll from the cilsmity which must terminate his es
istence (Applause , We are not only contending for
that which ? most attainable, hut for thst which is moat
valuable It may bo said th.it although we admit in asking
more tlian they oak in maklug further tssuaa?in
going for subluxation and centralix.?t 100, lu changing tbe
character of -ho war. wo ask what may ba more difficult
fo attain yet. when reached, will be worth all theco?t of
blood and ire isure now spent, let us look Pi this, lor It I*
lbs true answor I islon to me for a moment. If the war >
brought to an honorable conclusion, If wo can bring
??""? u/ iviv 'i phiw, uiu rum %
lion, now in reaieianre to the government to return to
their allegiance?when we ham brought ihoni 10 u? oy
three term*? we have a baela Indeed, wh?n we I. .v
br.ughl them l<> thin Rtate of mind, and they wl.l t tent
to remain la the full eoioymenl o; ttielr i .1 . . .
Ilonal right* Now I aiwn lhat the people of tint , u
are a* deeply interested In preferring ibe natltul.. ual
r ghie (If the Nwlh ae iho people of the South them
aeltea are Vow can ham no peace la the land while one
third of l be poo pie feel ihemeelveo wronged, and
Injured, and trampled upon Lverjr man kuowa
>ou can bar* no peace In the land unieea ail tne
people etand on the name platform aa regard* their con
"tilt.iHioel right* and |.rhrit gee and enjoy e>|tinl (erm> In
al. teenecw with reference to the government But. 01
' til IM 1,1 OH" ee we epend more money andb ahdt'ae>>
. suppose weemxenter all the h irer la *1
p>' to ti j k roj'piee we are?v mi l .mue latlend to uh
IK I1KKALD, SUNDAY, 1
lordioit* M b? able to wbjoiit* lb* South?what
Lhuu I Mil you aueh a peacem Hut *m W in any
mom of the term t Applause ) aebjugetiob makci occupation
necee-nry. it ueceselUlee a waste of treasure; It
heepe up the oust of the war; it twiiiti the waste of
blood, and treasure and llle of Uu people, for all know
that Mo im wasted no Southern soil, waned
under the Southern sun In moments of inactivity
as well as in active service. 8ucb a peace, If not a
mockery and a snare to call it a peace, moans what* That
the people of the North are to maintain great armies, to
end forever their sons under one perpetual coo
ncrlptloii, to bold their brethren of the South in sublecHon.
(Applause > If not conciliated. If not reconciled by
generous treatment, what hope is there of peace' Hut
what is the proportion? That they shall be beld by limitary
foroe at the expense of the life and treasure, aye,
tod at tbo end, at the expense of Ute liberties of the
people of the North. (Cheers.) What would be our
renolve under like ctrcamatenses? What man would bo I
bo mod who would dare to my, in the face of the people?
If perchuncc il had been our Bad misfortune to be brought
In collision with the government?that New York could
be kept In tho I'nion more easily and more eoouroiy by
war and conDncatlou than by giving her ber just
rights, by conciliating ner people, by restoring that
love of Union and love of the constitution which should
ever dwell in the hearts of ths American citizen? (Applauso
) The , real conservative party is contending for
that which is most easily gained?that which can be
reached with the loust expense of life, and blood, and
treasure And,'raoro than that, we ere contending fur
that which when gained is far more valuable than the
nbjugaliou of American States. (Applause.) I have
told you what tho coat of this war has boon. Now.undor
the policy that has been declared by the radical leaders
of the republican party, when will that cost end'' If. in
addition, you prolong the contest, lucre icing Its cost,
you make peace itself?that kind of peace wbicb they
would have?almost as destructive as tho active
war in which we are engaged. Now, we object
further to the policy of the radical republicans
and those who control that party. Tbey
are not only attempting to gain that which we believe to
be unattainable?not only attempting to waste more
blood and more treasure, but tbey arc not bringing to
bear upon tho contest something which la as great an instrumentality
?o secure success as war. They say In this
hour of our country's peril, when we are now eugagod in
this wur?when everything bangs, if you plosso,on the
events of the battle Held?that tbey would put forth the
exertion of every material power, and so do we. W?
will go with tbem in that, but wo will do more than thai.
There they stop, and say, "force, force alone;" bore wo
say ws would superadd to force the power of conciliation.
("Good," and cheers). We would have wine
statesmanship, we would have a liberal patriotism and
an enlarged philanthropy that, rising above passion and
above prejudice, should honestly and thoughtfully seek
out the real good of tho whole American people. Is thero
no power in this beyond the mero power of arms 1 No
man Is more impressed than I am with all the magnificence
of battle's array, no man has boon more impressed
tban I have been with our magntflcsnt army, as f have
seen them pass me in their vast numbers, with ell ths
material strength which tbey |dlsplayed?young men in
the prime of lite, full of vigor, full of ambition, full of
daring courage; but, high as I rank the armies of my
country, much as I admire their bravery, their daring
and their patriotism, he has bat an Infirm mind wbo
does not know that there are powers and Influences
i>?nuInr Ihnn film! ftf mnt.Arial atrnnirth / A rtnlnnaA ^ la
not wisdom more thau strength? It not virtu- more tbau
mere muscular power* Is not the wisdom?is not tho
Christian charity?is not the earnest patriotism which ut
this timo calls upon us to superadd something to
the power or force greater than even material
force Itself? (Cheers) Will the preacher id bis
pulpit?who, alss, too many times forgets the
character of his own religion?dare to stand forth and
say that force is better than Christianity??that lorce is
hotter thau wisdom??that force is greater thau inlluencea
which are generous, and which should bo exerted when
tbey con bo exerted consistently with honor and with the
Interests of our country? (Applause.) Now, we tell
you to what end and for what object we would exercise
all these tntluencos?as 1 said before, to the restoration of
our Union and to the preservation of our constitution.
We stand, then. In comparison with our friends of the
republican organization, on the advantage ground in
every respect. We contend for that which we can attain;
we contend for that which is far better as u result than
the one they seek; we contend for that which will not
only show that as a peoplo we are marshalled, and that
we will make our history glorious by our deeds upon the
battle Held, but we coulend for that which will elevate us
still higher in the estimation or the world, in our own
estimation, aud in that of all posterity, when we show
that we are a people capable or magnanimous aud generous
action. (Cheers.) But looking to this more closely, I
contend thai ibe radical leaders are not only In this matter
contending tor that which they cannot reach?contending
for that which it less valuable when attained,
aud contending tor It at a fearful waste of life and of
treasure, but they are doing that whieh Is Inconsistent
with the nation's honor. Is there a man within the
sound ot my voice who believes when Chase came here
at the outset of this war to call upon the city ot New
York tor its treasures, ir he had told them what he declares
to-day, that tbey would have ventured one dol.
lar In such an enterprise as that" ("No, no.'') Mo?o than
that?the |proposition of subjugation contains within
elf the proposition of repudiation and of
constant consciiption, because it Is ill faith towards tho
public creditor. It says to him:?"We have now got your
a 1 A ?iilo>M ~r ?a.. Kaoa lal na hatia
It, trusting to the national honor and to the national
wtidom." We uudei stood that yon meant to bring this
war to a conclusion as noon aa may he consistent with
Sbe purposes for which it was waged?for the Union and
the eonstltution wo supposed there was nine slgntftaeaoe
in the unanimous declaration of Congress when
they adopted the Crittenden compromise; we supposed
there was some significance in the declaration of the
President of the Coiled States when be had taken
pun himself im solemn oath of office to support
the constitution, and when be then declared
Mint (fee i.niy object of this war was to hrtttg hack the
States again to their proper allegiance. (Applause.)
Now, oTcrv act that prolonged this war unnecessarily,
every act mat brings us nearer and still nearer any point
of lime, to which all concodo we will reach if wo continue
la that pathway; everjr such act is aa act of repudiation,
and he who holds s government bond, when he sustains
Ml policy as that, ears by his role:?"I want more
debt in addition to that which we have got' (Applause, )
Will this community step lorward aud uphold a policy
whlah has been declared here?that this war shall not
atop whaa the Union is restored that this war shall not
be waged for the purpose of maintaining our constitution,
Mil shall ha waged lor other purposes, not merely to
dsaaroy the government of Mates? they have got beyond
that?for we have the bold declaration that it shall go on
until It destroys ten Mates themselves. That Is now the
proposition openly made In this city, and openly approved
by the radical leaders of the republican party. It
was declared by Sumner and by Chise ? hisses)?and It
was deolared in meetings held in the New Kngland States.
This rightfully cells out the Indignalon of the peo
pie, who embarked in this contest for the purpoee
of restoring the Union and for the purpose of up
holding our constitution. Now I bog all of you to think
af these propositions which I have submitted to you; t
bag of you to see If (here ts any eeca|>e from the conclusion!
that 1 have indicated. Hut that is net all. Iho war
la uat waged alone for tbc detiuite purpose which I have
meotioneu bus for tho present It Is cirrled pn for a cer
tela purp .se nun e indetim < than that. Why is it that
the Northern unoU ts to day distracted and perplexed"
Why Is It that wr have not the community we had two I
years ago. whon uf on all hands it nv said we were bat11
lag for the Union and battling for the constitution!" It
Is thai day alter day we have new theories of govern
oat put forth, and we are now turned to plunge
earealvee Into the bottomless pit of discussion on
questions touching our government which have been
settled by eighty years experience, and which in trulh
were settled by tho plain letter of tho constitution, as
It was written down by ourffatners Why. we hear It
Id not (infrequently that one of the ends aiul ob eels or
Ms war must Ire to maks this government strong and
aaaralt/e power. 1 am willing that our national govSMWii
shall Ire made aa strung as human heart and j
? skill and human wisdom can make it; but I do 1
M tMe gavernment Is to be nu lo Krong by giv
fel It a JBrtaCMtPW thai it eannol exercise wisely and
M. I Msl apaa it that the strength of
Mi gawarassai depends not alone upon
Ma fa e?'S thai have been given to It br the coastltutlon,
got M w>o iu, u?|H>nun upon me powers mat
MfttlMT from it by tbe oostuution (Applause.)
BlVHrMlM menut when they forme J that constilu
MnttltMku tbia that the government, to be strong,
must be founded upon the affections of the people: that
Ifeey must aot to accordance with their will anil wtahaa
to a proper exlaut tle:< at Washtngtoo fsuciad that legii
lattoo would give them power, and they have tried tbe
experiment. Now what have been Ita remit*" for 1 want
to call your attention not only to tbe
telle of that syetein to our whole country,
but mora particularly to the evil* which bare
bean brought upon our own great Stale. A? I told you. I
have not ooe word to cay In defence of myself. I do not
oare what may be thought of me iu tuch agad and solemn
boor as this (Applause.) No man live* who values ihe
kindly regard and good opinion of all men more than 1
do; I love to have tbe affections of my ceigbbor, whatever
|arty be may belong to but at this moment, whan
the destinies of our country tremble in tbe scale, all persona!
paaatoas are hushed ami subdued within nay heart,
and I ap|?roarh this question, not as a man who
cares lor man'* .tudgmeul, but as one wbo
in a raw brief year* 1* to give an ac
couul to Him wbo rulgns shove us all. (Cbeers )
1 pass bv unnoticed ten thousand hasty words of reproach
uttered against me. but I oevertbeioi* cannot pass by attacks
made upon this great and glorious State of ours.
While 1 will not dnfend tuysei;, I will defend the ectlon of
this State, embracing as It does, the opinion* of men of
all pertle*. sod 1 wish lo view that In connection wild
the subject which I bernre alluded to?the ovila of tbe
centralization of power?the attempt now made in certain
quarters to consolidate power at the general government,
because recitals of the wrong* of our state will nerve to
illustrate tbe view* which I mean to put forth.
Why Is It that when we have had victories we
have hail no |?licy such as victory demaoded t
Why is II, that iu the whe n program ..I this war there
bas never ret b*cn put fortb. that which tbe common
Judgment and common sense of all mankind has ever demanded
. when nslrons will resort to the arbitrament of
arms What did our father" say whou they altempted
lo throw off the joke of their allegiance?
They declared thai a decent respect for tha
opth.oos of mankind called uputi them to state their
wrong* and their pur[? < ? .vril yet it I* niMl remarkable
mat in tic* war unparalleled for It* magnp
tnd? and ilk Inft'ence, from ite twgtnning d..wn to thia
time tbure ban never yet been put lurth by [but govern neut.
eacopl e-'inc br aou pn miao any d.oltiM.1, clear
enunciation of U*p>-y,of tbe end wlilcb It uiuaiit to
reach and where It meant in atop (Applaueo.) Wbjr le
It? Iaakwbyieit tMien we' buined mchelgnil vietor
lea at Viekiiburg and p..rl lludaon all the world thought
that tbi* coutoel wan I bn terminated. We were elated
wiili our vlcloriee and thoae agnnrt whom we
battled were *prcaaod by their defeat We called
upou tbe government at oooventione at tble meniont
when every iuot.ee of maguanlmity, honor and patriot
turn dem.nded it, that tbey ebinild mm* forth and offer
urate to the olhar party that *bouid reetore poa- e to
the land, not peace to ttiem alone, but peace to oe? not
peace alone to their home*, bit ponre and liapplne** to
our own home* -not only to ear* thrlr blood, but to *aee
N'.w thorn blood lor the laat tbrro or four month* you
all blow tbat a cloud baa raated upon ibe North aa
we I aa lb? Sreth, Ibal lab r ban been ibeerful;
when it - > not know how ten it might be
03i lie home and ail llu-?e I- vo l U ao lur :u
NOVEMBER 1, 1863.? TRIE I
I tary service la tbe distant battle fleM < Applause ) Re
i naked that tins ruine great and goaeeeua policy atiould be j
j put for lb, but our prayer* wore then uafceeded M by in |
thatf Why id It tbdi lb a war is no strangely prolonged? |
i Wby la k that ua detriment and injury to tba rights of I
the people it still roll* on) You may Judge for yourselves. j
! Every man who Is In favor of centralization, every man
| wbo is iQ favor of coosolidatiou, nods a motive In tbo I
j views for the cooUauaitoo or Ibis war, for It la by tbe j
: virtue of arm* and armed force that power is oonaoli- I
i dated aad centralized at tbe seal of government. (Ap j
: plauae.) Tba doctrine of consolidation and centralization I
I is of itself rull of civil war and full or disorder and j
I resolution It Is now proposed to strike out of existence ;
ten Stales ten States wltb a very lame populatiou?to |
deprive II is in .if tbeir representation in '"nitrons until ;
| the party in power may see Qt to restore them to their !
i r 1^his aguio. Look at our constitution. It whs
I never designed that the general government should
have these vast powers. It was never designed
that it should have tbe power to destroy tbe life of tne
States. What would be tbe inevitable consequence? New
York, over patriotic, ever generous, ever true, when this
constitution was formed, came forward and said it wauted
to preserve tbe States, Jibe Uvea of tbo .Slates, and tbe
rigbta of the states. She wanted not to preserve tbe
I rights or Min siaim alone, out trial too geoerai guvvru|
moot should not overleap its proper limits. Although at
i this time New York was one of the largest
i SUP'S of the Union, and was destined to bo the
foremost State of the Union, yet sbn declared in tho ( on
ventlon that every State In both branches of tho legislative
department should have no more power than was
given to the smallest State of this confederacy; but when
in tho end It was adjusted by allowing State representation
in tho Senate and popular representation In the
House of Ropreseniatlvos, the delegates from the Sute of
New York withdrew from that convention, bocause they
declared that it was a blow at the rights of the
State to which they could not consent. But, not
withstanding, we did oonsent to this compromise,
and gave to New England, with Isse population than New
York, siz times our voice lu the government?a power
that is now need for the purpose of injuring and mining
it. I tell you that a government thus constituted was
never intended to exercise all the franchisee which you
would now heap upon it. The ohange which it has undergnuo
has revolutionized the character of the government.
The Senate of tho United States Is absorbing the power of
the government. Why. the President of the United
Stales does not appoint the principal officers of state.
He cauDol appoint bis own Cabinet ministers.
He cannot make for us a brigadier general?(voices,
"Busteod," and laughter)?without the help of the
Senate. (Applause ) He is powerless without the co?
operation of the Senate. Then the Senate controls the
Executive: but, more than that, the Senate, being snbetanti
Uly the appointing power, and holding its terms of
omce for six vears, controls the House of Representatives
In that branch of the government we Qnd
that the Stale of New York has lee? than onoslxtb,
In proportion to the population, of the
power that the New England States have. Now,
borotofore we had the balance between tbe
Northern and Southern States?wo had something to pro
tect us. The Southern were smaller States, and they did
not always agree with the Northeastern States. New
York was commercial; New England was manufacturing ,
tbe Southern States wanted both manufactures and commorce,
and thus situated all went well ; we became a
great and prosperous people. But now these gentlemen,
who have six times our power, coolly come to
New York and say wo will destroy this balance.
Tbe practical result in the workings
of our government Is dangerous and injurious to us.
This is not mere speculation. Let us see what practical
results nave done. You all know that power will exer
else itse f. We all know that tho twelve Senators from
New England, who look out for their respective States,
have Six times tbe power of tbe two Sonators from
New York. I have no doubt that our Senators do
all they con to protect our rights. Nothing was
more material than when we waged this war,
aud troops worn drawn from the dlflereut States
by quotas, that these quotas should be fairly adjusted.
But, more than that, whon Congress declared that we
should have a lottery for life and death, I appeal to everv
mau within tbe sound or my voice, If it was not of vital
consequence that such transaction should bo equal, fktr
and Just, Let me call your attention to certain Tacts which
are important to us because they not only exhibit a great
wrong, but they also expose the tendency to centralization
upon which it is important that tbe minds of the Amortcan
poople should be aroused. I found wheu I came into
power that New York had furnished moro than its quota
of men?(applause)?and had sent more than its share
of rorces Into tbe Held Tbe Northwestern Stales bad
done the same thing. Thov were in advance
or New York. The Northeastern States were a
little more patriotic in expression than we.
Y0.1 well know tbet there hud been recruitlog
oflces for New England tn your city
during the last two year?. Now, we wanted to know
how the account stood. It has never been fairly stated
how many men these different States have sent?How tbo
quota was made up. Under the Conscription act New
York ww called upon for sixty-eight thousand. We wero
told in fixing the number at that amount that tbo proper
credit to which we were entitled had bean given. When
the draft waa about to bo made notices were
sent to me showing the enrolment in the dif
feront Congressional districts here. When these
returns were sent to me from time to time, I discovered
that thero was great inequality?that in on# district in
Brooklyn they called ror five thousand, one In this city
where they called for nearly five thousand, and one
In lb# interior of the Stale where they called
for fifteen or seventeen hundred. I called the attention
of the government to tbia thing; I endea
vored to have Justice done. I bad a correapondence
with the President upon this subjocl?called
by our friends upon the otber side a very disorganizing
correspondence. Why did they publish It (Laughter
and applause.) I never did ao. If there was any thing
tn that correspondence calculated to sxcila the popular
mind, or distract it. tbe guilt of its publication
does not boloDg tome. The correspondence was moat
respectful in Its terms, most honest lo its purpose, be
causel wanted toot justice should be done between tbe
different districts, I asked that inquiry should be made
as to this difference in tbe draft. I aakod another thing,
and I never met a man who did not say that It waa not
fair, and that waa tbla:?I sent to Washington sod asked
when tbe enrolment was made that It should bo put up
up In some conspicuous place. That Is tbe habit in
regard to tbe osnsoa. It is put up all over the country.
Why, wben this enrolment was mads out slips might
have been printed at a trifling expense and placed
In conspicuous places wborever men could see them.
Another thing, 1 never met tbe man who would not say
that some fair system should be devised by which every
man should be known whoso oaina was to bo submitted
to the wheel of fate. It waa so done Id certain districts,
in others It was not done. But in no instance waa at< or- j
der sent forth to know that these things were fairly tried, |
and the names of the cillxen fairly drawn. I appeal lo
any one If In an ordinary transaction of life?In a lottery,
for instanoe, of * horse, would not (be parties interested
take rare to Me that It wm fairly drawn; and yet tbe
most solemn transaction In life?the moat a lomn
transaction In tbe history of the world ?whan somebody's
eon?somebody's brother?some poor woman's
husband Is drawn?a case on which soma
08,000 persons would ha made unhappy?surely in a
transaction of that kind every thoughtful man would aay,
in Hod's name let us have no complaints?no appearance
of any Injustice. That this was done we denied, and we
wero called bad men. I soon began to discover that
they were not only wrong In tbe Congressional district",
but they were wrong every way. I told you what Sew
York had already done, and yet they told you that New
York was deficient In her quota Now compare New
York with Vermont. Vermont never furnished her
proper number of men to the army, and yet in one of
our Congressional districts?Bulfklo. there wsa a call Issued
for more conscripts than were oalled for in tbe whole
State of Vermont. While In all. or most of all of the
other .Congressional districts tbore were deficiencies,
Now York gave a surplus average In the
dlilerent Congressional districts of twenty per cent
more than the New England Stales. Was that right or
JukC ("No, no.") Why was lhlsv I do not charge the
government that it meant to do you wrong; bnt I want to
draw this lesson from tbe fact, and the most cbarltabla
conclusion I can come to Is merely to ahow you the prac
tical evils of centralization and c<?ao!idallon on the reprssenlatlves
of tbe government. (Applause.) Tbe New
Go gland states have twelve senators to eleet, while New
York, with a much larger population,electa but twoSeoa
tors, and New York, in like proporlloa, has given all to
this war; and she has been wronged, not alone of treasure,
but robbed of ber citizens and of the beat blood of her
sons, that which make* her great and glorious. Oar ot>po
nems say that they will not have tbe constitution as It is,
nor tbo Union as It was. And Vice President Hsmblin
end others told you that we should not have tbe Colon ss
It we?. Tbey do not tell you bow It must be, but leave
It all so uncertainty with tbe future. Look at New York,
tbe crest commercial metropolis of the country, made
rich by the trade and commerce or the Wee tern Atates .
we Ml m the agenta of other state* and grow rich and
great and powerlul. The trade and commerce rpsria
upon the country and all prosper-. la It prudent or right
to ask you to engage in revolution to bring round a consolidation
and centralization of the government' I do
not want changes. I want New York to maintain bar
power I am williug that little Rhnde Island should
aland forth as a State, ('"beers.) I am willing
that New l-ngland. with her ten thousand
glorious memories, should have all bar power; but I am
not willing to bavo a central and consolidated power established
in the government I am not willing to give a
power that may he exercised to our detriment and l<> our
destruction (Applause I No man who I* a true friend
to himself and the country will think of ever doing this.
Kvery Intelligent New Yorker must |iercelve such a system
ot e nsohd limn and centralization must result m In
Jury. It is saol that centralization and consolidation
would make the government more powerful: but I deny
the propo-ition. and I assert that the power of the general
government would be stronger retting on the constitution
th.ui all the power it could employ by centralization
If you take a barret you will And It Is made strong and
serviceable by the Iron hands wuleb bind it together It
Is then of a certain capacity as a barrel, but II It should
take It into its head t? become a hogshead with all its
oapacily, and to accomplish this should bur-t all Its restraining
hinds and boops. it would be neither a barrel
nor a logs bend, hut a bundle of staves. (Applause)
When the bonds which keep government together are
votlated. when the restraining checks are east aside,
wheu the influences which hold It togatber, making it
useful and serviceable, are destroyed, you have destroyed
the general government itm-lf. (Applause ) A gentleman
lately asksd me if the general government was
not going to destroy the action of the Ktatoa.
1 -aid no Our States can live and will live in tptte of all.
You mav roll over Ohio with your tro-P". you m?v In
nil I ennrylvnnhi the Keystone RUtte?atlll on* thing
al nr will live to be re( robnted and condemned by the
men of all t?artier would bo tit* at tempt to rula tinnte
Mate* tiblo. and t'enniylvaula, and Kentucky and every
other - t.igit Mao will lire and *mt in all tbelr
rigor, riteee mart who are inverted wltb power forget
what ought l . he. They are Intoxicated with aueceea
and forget that they are hnl the reelplenta of the people'*
bounty. They panned a cooacrlptlon act. I begged them
not to I<* that meas ire. 1 warnod them that II would
fall In lie nvtnre. 1 Implored them to allow u* to rah*
troop# a* wa had rateed them before. I pointed
to the proud btatorr of N#w York and the enrnlmeot we
made. and. after the aad even la which nrcurred here. I
again appealed to I be President and pointed oat the feet
that tbare were bot few men here who had not aoat out
ona to rare the national life, to protect I'ennaylrania
an.I to aare the capital of tho country. Itut thia rerpiml
wae not granted rhe time for the drift had enmr in
\ew Y'irr. while it had not oonte to the Western Malee.
If i .til net rente to ttieeonetn and will t,et till aflrr the
jK SHEET.
election. Rut there ?h no tlm? given to Row York. I
Coventor Seymour undertook to abow that New York had !
been foremast among all the states lo furnishing troupe
to the government, and said that It wouM be found that
Mew York had by ila voluntary action icot thirty live
thousand men since the 1st ol January last; and be believed
that that wbs a larger fnroe than wsa sent voluntarily
by all the rest of the States, lie denied, as a libel
on New York, that the roderal government bad beeu
hindered in New York from recruiting Its army.
He claimed that the citizens, and journals, and orators at
New York abould not bo so untrue to the state as not to
make these facts public and felt throughout the land.
There were citizens of New York who felt that there
should be a well organized militia in the states. The
militia had been able, on two or three occasions, to render
the nation signal services; and yet they got no oredlt for
it. He wanted that the citizens of New York should
ebow that regard for their atale as to make It felt and
honored throughout the country, and then they would not
tnd such mistakes made as representing the State to be
linhlo for t?nntv or ihtrtv tinmsnH m*n mora thnn who
should bo liable for. This city could oould not lot the
Uulon perish. Its oitixeos were the trustees of the Colon.
Its merchants were entrusted with the wealth and products
of the nation. New York was the heart of the
Union, and they demanded that when It can be saved it
must not be lost again merely to gratify any fanatical
theories. Then this war must stop. Up to that time
tbev should put forth every energy and withhold nothing.
Tboy would dedicate themselves, their lives and all thev
bad to this Idea of Union Citizens of New York, he said.
In conclusion. I am hopeful for the future. I do not, I
cannot, despair or the republic. Whether the Union
will be saved now or saved after still more sulToring, 1 for
one will never abandon the ides that it must be saved.
No personal injustice, no insult and no wrong shall turn
aside lour'stops one hairbreadth rrom the stern,
straight pathway or duty. Whatever other men may do,
wo will contend rur the Union aa it woa, and we will have
It. Wo will contend for the constitution as our fathers
framed it. We will man tain it. We will support the
flag of our country with all its lutegrity, and when tbla
war is over that (lag shall glitter with every star that
glitters on it now, and every star shall represent a State,
(loud and continued applause.)
CHEERS FOR THE UNION AND CONSTITUTION.
Mr A. Oakky Hall?The Governor calls ifor three
cheers lor the Union as it was. (Responded to.) Now
let us give threo cbeers for the constitution as it was, as
it is and as it ever will be. (I-oud applause.)
SPEECH OF HON. B. B. COX.
The Chairman introduced as the next speaker the
rioD. ?. S. Cox, member or Congress from Ohlo;and then
tbore were three cheers given for Ohio and three more
for VaU&uriigham.
Mr. Cox said that though tho democratic party did not
gain the lost election It bail polled one hundred and
ninety thousand votes?a larger vote than any successful
candidate there had ever got before. Tbore bad been
threats used against Governor Seymour. Well, they had
beard the old English snog?
And must Trelawuey die?and must Trelawney die'/
Then twontv thousand Cornish men will know the reason
why.
If they would substitute the word Seymour for Trelawuey,
and for twenty thousand should substitute a hundred
thousand?(Voices?"More, more")?it would apniw
into. a Itiifi.irnH thntionnd Vow York men would
know the reason v. ay. (Cbeers ) Governor Seymour
was worth all the Governors or New Kngland, Including
Governor Andrew. fGroans for Andrew.) If the federal
government tried to drag Ohio to the foot of thslr mill
tary footstool thoy would also try to drag New York
there, (triesol "Never, never.") If the Iedoral government
should undertake to do it New York should just give
Ohio it little intimation of It. (Cheers.) The democratic
party wanted no war except such a war as would restore
tha constitution and the Union, while the republicans
mode war against non-combatants, against women
and children, against Slate lines, against Stats rights
against State institutions?a war to break up the lormaad
structure of tbe government, and to break down tbo
very constitution for which the war was Initiated. Who
wore the apostlos of republicanism i (Voices?"John
Brown. John Cochrane.") Mr. Co* did not know that
thore was much difTerenco now botween John Brown and
John Cochrane. (Laughter. Voices?"Not a bit.") It
was said that Joha Brown's soul was marching on; but
neither tbe soul nor body of Jobn Cochrane was marching
now. (Laughter ) If they wanted delegate-* to meet
Southern delegates to frame terms of peace, whom would
they choose ? What republicans?Seward, Chase,
or others?could do it? They could ooly send
such man as George B. MoCleltan. (I/>ud cneers.)
Me declared that every one who favored the emanolpation
proclamation was an abolitionist?an unadulterated, disunion,
Wendell Phillips abolitionist. The people of the
country were meeting, not In cathedral halls, but In public
assemblages, and wars solemnly excommunicating
and accurslng Abraham Lincoln. (Cbeers.) Me read a
few verses Irom tbe Acts of tbe Apostles, where Paul
roftised to leave tbo prison until the magistrates
would send and letcn him?comparing his case with
that of Mr. Olds, of uhio. who bad been imprieoned in
Fort Lafayette?and said that If Paul bad been living in
these times he would undoubtedly have bean a good, true,
constitutional Union democrat. The democracy proposed
to oonflsaate confiscation, to break down emancipation, to
reach tbe States as States Mr. Chase wanted to have
Union and emancipation The democratic party wanted
Union and tbe reserved rights of tbe States end local selfgovern
mem.
The meeting adjourned to reassemble at the polls at
a quarter to seven o'clock A. M. on Tuesday next
Outilde Sesnee.
The scenes on acted outsido were of a varied and ex
citing nature. For some time before tbe hour appointed
for the commencement of the proceeding* Aetnr piece we*
quite crowded with people, who remained quietly waiting
for the appearance of the orator* who were to addreea
them. Governor Seymour being recognized descending
from his carriage, at the entrance to the Cooper Institute,
was welcomed with a tremendous bunt of cheering,
which bad scarcely subsided when music was
heard approaching, and the procession from
the Sixth ward died Into the square, headed
by a donkey cart, In which were eeated some boys, one
or whom bore a large placard with the word*, "Maesa
Lincoln oan't draft die child." To thle succeeded a nuro
her of men bearing banners, torches, ho., and headed by
a powerful bras* band, the rear being brought up by a
small cannon and a largo car crowded with \ arsons bear
log banners To those again succeeded processions from
the Eighth, Seventeenth, Sixteenth, Eleventh.Seventh
and Twentieth wards, In the order named, each prores
aion being beaded by a band, and the members bear,
log torches and banners. These processions marched
and countermarched through the eqoares around the
Cooper Institute, their appearance each time being the
Signal for renewed cheering. When these precessions
hailed In the square, the Sixth ward congregating on and
around stand No. 1 and the Eighth ward at stand No. 2,
the excitement reached its highest pitch, the voices of
the speakers being drowned by the uproar and applause.
At stand No. 1 Mr. Maher presided, and the speakers
were Messrs. J. C. Anderson, Kerrigan, Cramer, Tucker
and Johnson. At stand No. 2, Mr. L R Rlert, of
the Sixteenth ward, presided, and the epeakors wore
Messrs. W. C. Grover, J. F. Seever, H. H. Morange.J.
Coleman, Rrackett. Corns, Hutchin* aud Mahouey. At
aland No. 3 (the German stand) Mr. L. Kor?inger, who,
with bis party, were early in poseereloo of the stand, presided
for a time; bat a difference arising. Mr. 8. L Weill
was afterwards appoialed chairman. and speeches were
made by Messrs. Luke F. Cozans, Rbetm. Hermann. Gen.
Jeonett and some other*.
Another meeting was organized on tbo portico of the
Institute, Mr. William H. Mansfield presiding, but the
addresses owing to the noise andfeoofusion in the square,
were little more than mere pantomime. About half.past
nine o'clock tbo clubs commenced to move out of the
s itiara, and in a short time the place whioh juet had been
tbe theatre of so many varied and exciting soeoes relapsed
into its uaual quietude.
HEWS FROM WASHINGTON.
WesnmuTOii. Oct. 31, 1893.
THE AMOUNT OP INTEREST TATABLE ON THB FIVETWNNTT
BONDS.
The fallowing is a lint or the outstanding fire-twenty
bonds upon which Interest Is to bo paid on Monday:?
Registered bonds $40,230,100
Coupon bonds, first series 100,000,000
Coupon bonds. second series 100,000,000
Coupon bonds, third series about OA,000,000
Total .$836,230,100
Of this amount there were issued previous to May 1,
1803. $04,380,308 upon which the whole six months, Interest
is due. Upon the balance tbe interest Is paid only
from the date or subscription to the loan. The subecrlp
lion having been heaviest during the last month.
It Is estimated that the amount of Interest to be paid on
tho bonds issued since May 1 will equal about three
months' interest on tbe whole amount. This added to
tbe six months' intereaet upon tbe bonds issued prsvleus
to May 1 will make about six million dollars of gold to be
paid on Monday.
MtrAirrritK op mr. mward for auburn.
Secretary Seward started this afternoon for Auburn,
Now York, accompanied by Dr. Verdi, bia family physlclao,
to attend Colooel Seward, who Is ill with typhoid
fevor.
NEW YOKE TROOm 0018(1 HOME TO TOTE.
During tbe last twenty four hours, from slxtesn to
eighteen thousand voters have been provided wltb link eta
for middle and western New York by Mr. Norton, the
agent here for the Northern Central Railroad. Over three
thousand furloughs are being granted dally for man to
viatl their homes and participate In tbe election.
to ihe h apllale in tbia city a large aombn of alck and
wounded aoldlera have been and are being ftirloughed for
a ahnn timo In order that they may t>e aent to tbelr
botnea to Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Michigan
and other Mites
THE NEW ASSISTANT rEOVOST MARSHAL OF NEW
TORE.
Gsneral Hajea baa been relieved ftem tbe court mar
Hal, of which he taaa fbr aome time bean proetdent, and
ordered to New York, where be will perform tbe dntles
of Asal->tant Provost Marshal Honors], uperinlendont of
volunteer recruiting eervlce and chief muntertng and dmburaing
officer for tbe drat ten dlatrleta of New York.
Tbe court baa adjourned until tbe Mb proximo.
RBRIOWATtOH or AW OFFICE HOI.DM.
Colonel W T. Dennla, A cent or the State of Indiana, baa
reei|-urd the position of Ktanilner in tbe Patent Office
RELIFVEP FROM POTT.
I leuienani I Itch, pare odlecr at beadquarter', Oepartn
eel of W .eh ngl 'ti liaa been relieved by Ma or Wiliard ,
1b order to enable him to report to the Retlrtr X Boafir
his health rendering It Inexpedient for him to rem*"1
longer in active service.
THa patent orrica.
During the peat year the increase or the business of the
Pslent offloe has more than compensated for the fal'lng
off at the timo of the secession of the Southern Iftalee,
and enabled the offloe to pay all Its expenses without any
rurther appropriation. This Increase is derived chiefly from
patents for labor saving machines, particularly agricultural
implements, the inventions of which have been stum
lated by the detraction of Held labor by the war. It U
estimated that these Inventions alone have made up for
the loss of manual labor, and enabled our agriculturalists
to secure the crop. Numbers of patents have tout
Issued for inventions occasioned by recent discoveries.
About fonr hundred are roa la tared solely
for lamps to burn cool oil, which are now reduced to I 1
uoh perfection that h light equal to that I rum the moot |
approved gas burner can be bad at the cost of one cent !
per hour. The front gallery of tbe Patent Office Is to be
converted Into a national gallery for tbe exhibition of tbe ,
trophies of the Union armies daring the war?all of which
are to be collected here. '' I
dk3ertbit8 sent to the army.
One hundred and forty deserters were aent to tbe Army
of tbe Potomac this caomlug. ^
post oppioe stationary contract.
The contract for supplying stationery to the Poet OlBco
Department for the ensuing year haa been awarded to
Pbilp k Solomoos, of th a city.
tbs oranok and alexandria railroad.
The Alexandria Journal aaya that the trains oo tbe
Orange and Alaxandria Railroad now make regular tripe ^
to CatlettV Station, some thirteen mllae beyond Manas
aas. The road will be put In complete repair as lar oat
as tbe army has advaocod in oonrso of four or five days
more. So much for the story whlcn stated that It would
take months to repair the road.
arrival op refugees.
It is ascertained rrom Colonel Wells, the Provost Maraba)
General of the defeDoes south of the P itomac, thit Urge
numbers of refugeee, principally British sabjoots, are
dally coming Into our llnea from the South; alee deserters
from the rebel army, as well as others flying from tbe
rebel conscription. u
recovered grain.
Twelve hundred bushels of government grain hvra beta
recovered during the last few days, In Maryland, wharo ,
it had been sold by dishonest employes of tho Quarter
master's Department. ' 1
appointments.
Springer Harbourgb, of PennsylvanU, and T. J. Carter,
or lllinnia. have beon anDOinted as tbe two government
Directors or tbe Pacific Railroad Company, as provided by
law.
William U. Grover has been appointed United States
Attorney for tbe Eastern district of Missouri, tn place of
William W. Edwards, removed.
Captain Letts has been appointed a special agent of the
Treasury Department and assigned to duty to this city.
TBI FORT CRAWFORD MILITARY TRACT TO BR BOLD.
Tbe Surveyor General of W tsconsin has entered into a
contract lor tbe survey of the Fort Crawlord Military
tract, at Prairie du Chien, which ts to be sub-divMed into
blocks and lots, and sold at auction, under tbe dlreotlon
of the Commissioner of the General Land office.
DKAD LKTTSR8.
The dead letter office is lumbered up with quantities of
letters addressed to departments In this olty upon which
postage has not been paid. It Is estimated at tbe Treasury
Department that much business of serious Import,
aoeo to individuals has suffered from their oversight in
mailing letters to the department without prepayment of
postage.
REBEL DESERTERS COMING IB.
A large number of deserters have recently arrived at
Alexandria from the rebel army, and, taking tbe oath ef
allegiance, settled down as peaceable citizen*. Among
them are several officers. The secessionists of tbe city
are bitterly arrayed agatnst them, and treat them much
more scornfully than they do our own men.
Omr Washington Correspondence.
Washington, Oct. 38,1803
Infumct of European Policy upon American Again?
Departure of Prince Napoleon for England?HU Mixtion
There?Danger for Ihit Country of an Offensive and Defensive
Alliance Between England and tranet?Sanation
Created in Eranee by the Visit of ike Russian Fleet in
New Fork?The Intentions of France Respecting the Sess'hens
Confederacy, Ac.
The approaching departure of Prince Napoleon tor
England?where he goee, It ! assorted, on a seoret mteuton
from hie imperial coualn?excites a great deal of atten- ,1
tion, and hae given rise In political circles to many suggestion*
and comments, which won la be too long for me * *
to reproduce here. \
The general impression, however, is that his visit has
been determined by the necessity of drawing slHI closer
the political ties which bind the policy of England to that
ot France, and to pave tbo way for an offensive and
defensive treaty of alliance against Russia, which would
come In force next spring, as seen as the joint dlplomatlo
notes or representations which will be addressed to the
latter Power before the opening of hoetiltttee wilt be in
position to be supported by the efficient argument
of one hundred thousand bayonets and an iron clad fleet.
If the Prince does not soccaod In Inducing Earl Rueeell to
sign such s treaty, if the noole Lord declines to share
once more the chances of a battle Held with rranee, It is
supposed that tho influence he enjoys with sorao members
of the Parliament will cause serious embarrassments to
tbe present Cabinet, already weakened by the timid attitude
It has assumed in tho Polish question, and compel it
perbnps to resign
ir tbe combinations of French policy in favor of Poland
arc sucreaeful, and lead, as is generally axpecled, to an
Anglo-French alliance, otEsnsive and defensive, the probability
Is that it will react upon American aflhlrs. logIan
t will then be brought to share tho sympathies and
the views the French government entertains for tha
South, tha recognition of which is considered by Louts
Nspoleun as indispensable to the maintenance of the Integrity
..f the Mexican empire, if not to the peace of tbe
world, menaced by the hostile attitude of tbe American
people, and by their disposition to enter into an allianee
with Russia.
This last danger, which European statesmen see looming
np on the far distant shorn of the New World, has created
a certain sensation tn the counsels Of the Free oh empire.
Tbe hostile and significant interpretation given by Im
prudent politicians and newspaper editors to the demonstrations
mads in honor of tbe naval representative* of
Russia here has been looked upon as an Indirect menace
by the Cabinets of England and France. You may rest
assured that new political combinations oalculated to
counteract their effect will grow oat of this evsal be
fore long.
I am not even sore that tbe suggestive toast of Mr.
Ssward to Prince Oortschakoff, and tbe allusion made by
Admiral Lisovski to tbe burning of Mosoow, have not
or will not be received la Paria as the symptoms of a
policy profounddty hostile to tbe tltns and views now
entertained by the Emperor of the French. At ai
events, It H not when three great European
Powers, in their desire to free what they consider
an unjustly oppressed people, are contemplating the
poMlbllity of a war with Its opprsssors, that any prospective
allianoe, or any token of sympathies far Russia, may
be looked upon with tndliferents, or coldly accepted by
the aforesaid Powers.
For tbe preeent, however, there Is no Indieatlon that
France will act alone and stnglehanded is tha settlement
of the Polish question, and still lass that sbs will laterfere
Is our affairs. Notwithstanding tha opinions of bar
highest and moat Influential states man, that the North
will never achieve the conquest of the South, or forci it
to live quietly under tbe same rule?ootwilhsland
lag bar want of tobacco and oottoo, and b?r
desire of firing stability to Mexican Institutions
by removing tbo only obstaclo in lbs way?an object
which oould he easily reached by creating on thta continent
aa equilibrium of power?I bavs tbe formal
assurance that sbe will oot interfere in our aflhirs. Tbe
only wan 10 Which sho m;ght bi Mm depart fnm bar
pladga of neutrality would be if tb? ftoutb, through a
ark* of victoria*, wu fully demon*trallng to lb? world
II* capacity (or ielfgorerntneit and for lb* mtlainuc*
or it* independence
I'litll then the Krencb government, ante** backed by
Kngland will keep It* band* off and adhere itrtctlr to it*
former pledge*?with tbt* understanding, however, that
any outward circumstance* *och a* an alliance of the
Northern States with Kueaia, or any aggreaalr* demon trallon*.
might lead to tha adoption of a different policy.
TOO UT1 FOR CleAMiriCATIOW.
THR TWRLFTH WARD f? A tAROR
and enthuilaelk meeting, held at R. Bret* ?.aoraor .if
Rroadway and llhth ?treet, rep-wt* free,
arary election dlatrlet In the Twelfth ward of the nuat ?atterlng
character for tha nrtaw of, ro?"-ar deweomaiw
nominee* Among nthar dtaUngtilahad gaahaia tha Hon.
John K. Daralla addreaaad tha taefilW J"rgad the da
m erary o( tha Twelfth ward ao aappart Thomaecrieldt
for Henalor and hldner T lngTeliam. ^5j* J ol
Aaaemhty. with the
Aaraaw Innw. Sac rotary.
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