Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1840-10-26

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From the Weekly Herad1
The AntI-Siavery Meeting Last Night In
Grand street.
A very curious meeting was held by the ADOLF
tionsts last night in Grand street at the Vocal Hall,
next door to the Butchers and Drovers' Bank. The
Hall was very nearly filed with white males, many
of whom were highly respectable in appearance ;
and the remaining space was occupied by seven We
ry homely looking negroes, black the ace Of
spades promiscuously Interpreted with the whites.
There was a long and laushable kind Of silence
before the meeting commenced; and then white
headed, handsome looking man, about As years Of
age, walked into the chair Of his own accord, and
taking out his watch, said, "Gentemen, the times
coms-wen begin the meeting. Brother Thacher
is here from Pennsylvania, and although it is not
customary in political meetings, wen open this
with prayer.
Brother Thatcher then prayed that at the next
election every might vote understandingly, and
in favor Of the candidates on the liberty ticket
Mr.. Little was then appointed Secretary.
Then there was a long pause Of silince.
Mr. Hill then and said-If nobody's got no.
thing to say, I'll say something. I'd like to know
why there's all this turn in the communi-
ty, every now and then-why we're all joggled
about in our business continy Some says it's
all Jackson; but he couldn't be guilty afore he
in Who's behind the curtain to pull the wires =
Who government to set us all TO loggerheads
Why slavery and the slave holders. can't see any
differsnce in wing or ioeefoco state government,
when once they gets going. used to be anti-mo-
nopoly man when'I was in Tammany. They said
must 20 agn all banks; and did Some said few
banks is good But the cry was, the bank must
conc down. Well, we pulled it down. Still we are
all at loggerheads.
They tell me the bank capital is 90 millions; and
that makes all tn. commotion in the country. But
Henry Clay said he wasn't willing 20 take less than
twelve hundred millions for the capital of the South
in slaves. Aye. Then that's the cause Of the row.
That's the monopoly that uses all up. And we've
| always had some monopoly, first pulling way
and then another, and scures US all over; that IL
them as amt concerned in getting il up. Why we've
been ruled by monopoly 4oyears. The party lead
ers in Tammany says to us, A" Boys, we must have
such humbug." Very well, let's have il. We do
have tit don't work well. We complain "Aye
| you made il yourself" That's the answer.
Some time ago. there thing called com
promise. The humbugs left of brawlng about tn,
tariff; because people got sick Of that Then Their,
was dead calm the rulers didn't like that; becaus,
they can only live in storm; after a storm the,
pick up fine Fragments so they always keep up AZ
excitementj the political rogucs both sides do
| SO, now they say wa must have another stormy
time in 1872. Now, expected to be doing a snug
business in 1872. The Presidential question over
! The hard cider foolery drank dry. The subtrea.
sury well under weigh; and the United States
Bank done kicking. But no. They must have
another row. so look out for storm in lsi2 We
shall be too poor to make before then; because
we can't make mach noise without plenty Of money
Well, what we to dol Why, put a man in FOR
President who can't be bought BY the 100 millions
OF slave labor capital. want no Office. Although
if you elect me, Ill 20 and mistake. I've sent up
to friend Of mine there, 20 know II have the
Of lathe till ten o'clock every morning lie says
I can have IT, don't want to fool my time away in
grog shops, sucking hard cider, as them other fell
lows did last winter. shall work till ten and then
20 into court house.
like all government to 20 by the Biblr. and the
voting 20 be done 'cordingly Oh, / know, it's q
wonderful thing to talk about voting as the Bible
says. ! remember two or three years ago, I went
to Harrisburg, from Tammany Hall I'd like 10 got
my neck broke for talking about conscience. The
| Assistant Alderman of the 9TH ward pulled OF hi.
coat, and was going to fight me; but claimed his
protection as justice Of the peace aud IL o. X
he cooled of Now, didn't vote last year; because
AZ I'm TO leave my conscience at home when goes
the polls, why shall stay at home and take care Of
/ conscience.
But this spring shall 20 and vote the liberty,
and know lots Of Tammsny men wot'll do the same.
Oh, you know, as fer Van Buren, and Harrison.
they're ju.t like cog and magog, hard cider, and
cabbages-there's not rap 10 choose tween either
on EN-. Small potatoes both. The only way to sx
EN- is by the ballot box. And I go round with the
ballot BoS"-our new paper-and they that read
that undsrstandingly viii all vote the Liberty
Ticket We work silently, bat surs There's one
thing-we can't dserease-we must increase. And
II we don't now we soon shall hold the balance Of
power in this State LEFT the "Ballot Box" with
one OF our clders-he goes hard cider though he's
Temperance man. lie says: "I've no objection 10
Harrison; but I can't 20 Tyler, for he breeds
slaves" Well, says !, read the "BallOt Box" and
that man will have TO stsSger nightly before he
gets TO the ballot box with the "Baot Bsx.r
However, any way yeu can 6x Il, slaverys an evil.
Men will not work fast for the whip as they will
for the money. Why, in some parts Of the South.
the slave and his master plaguey bad off, they
dost neither on 'em know where TO 20 for the next
meal Of victuals; aud what's more, the slave don't
care, because his master must feed him. Bat the
fact is, this slavery is great monopoly that act.
upon us 10 ininre ne. About the Sub.Treasury and
the United States Bank, they're both kumbugs !;
there amt straw 60 thoose atwiu 'em. All the
they been, was to set us all at losserheads:
and one will gouge isst about as much as the other
So let's ve,e Tor a,ither but send the Liberty eand-