The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-05-19 00:00:00

YANkEt ORAfORI.

We take the following proceedings of g "pep.'
mretin
at the Tabernacle, New York, for selecting au t, in..7lg
,1-
nent ticket out of the three nominated as delegates for e
state convention," from the New York Herald of the 30th
ult. The secretary having stated the object of the meet•
ing, a tall, athletic loolavg nersonage rose, and in a strong
nasal accent, moved that Mr. Burns be appointed to act
as one of the committee, on the part of the natives.
_ .

Mr. Burns.—No sir-L.I have come here, sir, as
a looker-on—as a spectator—and I do not mean to take
part in the proceedings. (Loud cries of " Oh, don't hinch
Burns," amid much confusion.) Here there were cries
for Tale, Bloss, Burns, Sammons, and much confusion,
when

Mr. Cozzens was called for, and ascended the platform
near the chairman.

Chairman.—You know, Mr. Cozzens, the gentlemen
belonging to the native party who are in attendance ; do
oblige us by pointing them out to us.
A simultaneous shout from the parties named proclaimed
their determination not to act. After some considerable
parley and ludicrous merriment occasioned by the objec-
tions of several to act on the committee, eight persons
were nominated, amid considerable confusion, some ob-
jecting to the names, others hissing, and others laughing,
amid repeated cries of " no, no—hear, hear." After this
scene, some retired to the small room attached to the
building, immediately adjoining the vicinity of the chair.
Mr. Clinton Roosevelt here rose and said : I think, Mr.
Chairman, it would be well if resolutions were drawn up
expressive of the sense of the meeting.
Cries of "Hear, hear—oh, oh."
Mr. Matthew L. Davis considered it would be an im-
possibility to get up such a resolution, in such a meeting
as this, composed of such discordant elements. Here
were natives, whigs, democrats, and national reformers;
and among such a body it would be impossible to adopt
resolutions such as would satisfy the meeting.
Mr. ROOSEVELT was of opinion, that in such a state of
things such a meeting was a ridiculous farce ; if they were
not disposed to unite and compromise upon a ticket and
resolutions, the meeting would end in mere farce.
A tall and meagre looking personage, resembling
Irving's " Ichabod Crane," with his veritable birch, that
might have descended as an heirloom from this re-
nowned personage, here rose and asked if it would not he
in order to move that each party support their own ticket?
Here there were loud peals of laughter, amid cries of
" bear him—go it"—and much confusion.
Chairman.—Gentlemen, let us preserve order.

Ichabod Crane.—l wish to know if there be any national
reformers put upon the ticket? (Laughter—heor, hear—
and confusion.)
Mr. Strahan rose abruptly, and in an exeited tone of
voice cried out—Yes, sir—yes, sir ; I lid not come here
to take part in the proceedings at all, sir; I cannot sit
silent, sir, and hear, sir, the industrious working classes,
sir, maligned. No, sir.
Mr. Fessenden rose amid much confusion and cries of
order. He said he had not maligned the working men—
the mechanics ; he denied it.
Mr. Straban.—Yes, sir, I protest. (Confusion and
cries of " question, order, order.") I did not come here,
sir, to take part in these proceedings ; I was. sir, one of
the committee who had been at Tammany Hall, and made
the nominations there ; but I did not come here—(cries of
" order, order, question," and immense confusion.)
Old Gentlemen in specs.—l move, sir, that we take the
question on the ticket generally.
Ichabod Crane.—l object. sir; there should have been
some of the national reformers nominated thereon. (Ques-
tion, question.)
dr. Straban.—l was once a mechanic myself, sir, and
lam now nothing but a poor lawyer. (Roars of laughter
and cheers from the democratic benches, intermingled
with hisses, groans, and cries of "go it, go it.") Yes,
sir, I am proud of being a mechanic, and the attack was
unjust and uncalled for upon them.
Mr. Fessenden.—l deny, Mr. Chairman, that I have
in any way attacked the mechanic. I deny it, sir, and I
call the gentleman to order. He must not fasten it upon
me in this way. I said—(cries of " Question" renewed,
amid much hissing and cheers.) _ _

Mr. Straban.-1 do, sir, consider the attack unjustifi-
ble and uncalled for. _ _

The cries of question were here renewed, and a scene of
shouting ensued which baffles description, when some four
or five in the crowd sprang upon their legs, and demanded
that the question on each name be taken separately, and
then put to the meeting.
Old Gentleman in specks.—l think, Mr. Chairman, at
this late hour, that if we proceed to vote on each name,
seriatim, that we will be kept here until three o'clock in
the morning. I think the better course would be to take
the question on the names generally, and get out of this
as soon as we can. (Cries of " no, no—separately, sepa.

rately.")
Mr. Strahan.—l am in possession of the floor, sir, and
I shall not yield, sir. I could not sit silent and hear the
mechanics maligned : but the attack from such a source
does not surprise me, sir. The man who in cold blood
would not hesitate to slander Andrew Jackson ere he was
cold in his grave, was just the sort of person to malign
the mechanics.
Mr. Fessenden.—l call the gentleman to order again,
sir. I deny it. I did not malign the mechanics. I
said—(renewed cries of " Order—question, question.")
The Chairman here rose, and said it was repeatedly de-
nied by the gentleman, Mr. Fessenden, that be had at-
tacked the mechanics ; and when this was done, it could
not be supposed that an attack was intended by the gen-
tleman.

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Old Gentleman in specks.—l have reason to expect,
from what I have seen, that there are too many lawyers
on the ticket. (Laughter.) 1 wish to know how the
ticket now stands. How many whigs, natives, and demo-

crats upon it ?
The Chairman here announced that there were six de-
mocrats, four whigs, and six natives. . .

Old Gentleman in specks.—How many lawyers on it?
(Laughter.)
Chairman.—l believe six.
Here there were renewed cries of " Question, question,"
and considerable confusion, when

Stephen Sammons, who was located near a E-mall clique
of the native party, rose and denounced the ticket. He
considered the meeting was a perfect farce—a humbug got
up for some ulterior object, and the ticket, with such
names as these, would not meet with the sanction of the
native party. (Cries of " Question, question," and re-
newed cheering.)
The Chairman here rose again to call order.
Old Gentleman in specs.—l move, sir, that the ques-
tion be taken generally on the ticket. I move a resolu-
tion to that effect.

Here there were further cries to take the question sepa-
rately.
Chairman.—l shall take the question first on the gentle-
man's motion. As many as are of opinion that the ques-
tion be taken generally, let them say " Aye." (Vocife-
rous cries of " Aye, aye," with loud shouting ; from the
opposition, " No, no.")
Chairman.—The motion is carried. I now put the
question on the ticket generally—As many as are of opi-
nion that the names here presented shall pass this meet-
ing, let them say "Aye." (Immense cries of "Aye,
aye.") As many as are of the contrary opinion will say
" No." (Immense cries of " No, no.") I think, gentle-
men, the question is carried.
Here there were several dissentient voices, when, amid
much confusion, the meeting separated.