The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-08-20
Cess end Butter Meeting ne Tammany Hail.
Senator Dickinson, DC.

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friends Of Cas, and Butler took place last evening, al
Tsmpspy Hall being principally composed Of the lead
ing members of the democratic party from the First
ward and those favorable 10 the nomination of Cass
and Butler in the approaching Presidential contest
who had been instTumen ia In getting up the call for
the meeting which advertised to take place the
Battery on Friday evening, but which soiour ed,
in quence of the weather About S& O'Clock. the
meeting was called 10 order, and WM BEECH Law
RENEE Esq, was nominate Chairman, which was
unanimously confirmed.
After the appointment Of a large number OF Vice
Presdents and Secretaries the following resolutions
were offered by 4. r.. Carpenter, Esq, and unani-
mously adopted
Received 1ha intelligence the peope aud their sd
herenoe just principle and 70 the prnc PIES
and Of the dmoT alto party OF the
that party the prosecution Of the war of 1872
The Ses, q the m United s.e. sn
tabshment by the independent treasury, of safe sys
naone Of ne is having in view Alike the p-ooC
ton of great agricultural commercial we'll ma
and oil of the
getie prosecution and successful unjust
though vastly super or nunber and our 90
ye,nment though opposed in its efforts give Ell eucy
nDsa nSe s % Of G scrs
Reocs That n All Ss 1So@uen a q the
party above referred 70 and in Others which make the his
public councils peacewe haye found for nearly forty
otherhero statesman butler lighting the just battles
o. oSr oouny measures 70 secure the good
to enact stu nTe part in the se war
Sessi, means hon s IA sne
and he fame brave
That having done their duty to the country they
and that The wisdom by demo
sss Pden Of United states will be yndicassd at
That We apTreh'nd danger the Union by the
extension of the o. republican institutions because
een emSin:d BY every interest 81 the ties Of
Resolved upon and present 20.
y contsnP. Hurssd BY party, aud BY il
bis Trcsen tempt that party success its
great rational measures as hyocntcal as his conduct
him omentins Sectional esouses aud in IA sing up seosrs
within the Union the people will the seal
Resolved present administration of he general CO.
Of the civil ell the military operations of the government
has high honor upon JsDe. Polk Proient Of the
they entitled tie thanks and continued confidence
Resolved That remapir our poit-
We w sEsan s nm nt9hs OF the Bsmors Con-
TSlse republican principles aver federalism and ssanion
of the meeting. introduced
The Hor. MIR DrcKrNsos, who was received with
vehement applause He said--My friends and fellow
citizens, come among you my return home, after
. protrscted and arduous session, to render
count of my Stewardship cloud cheers) Whatever
my course may have been, whether you approve
condemn, whether my conduct be right wrong.
shall only ssythere it H. let it speak for itself (vo-
oiferous arplaose) come among you with NO change
of sentiment, on the great democratic principles
which you all so much admire, and which constitute
the great corner stone of democracy. Cheers The
democratic party have made equality the great feature
of its creed 1t has struggled against perncious in
uences both regards banks nd tariffs it has taken
away the power Of monopoly from the few to the
ciusion Of the many and its leading principles are
equality, simplicity, and economy. (Cheers) 1t has
gone forth copquering and to conquer. applause
II has been said by of leading patriots that
Eternal vigilance is the price Of liberty Hear
Such the leading features of democracy. Mr.. D.,
after further explaining the leading of demo-
cracy say that by the creed it held
that capital was independent Of labor or labor was
Of capital" (Cheers) 1t showed that labor had the
same rights capital and aware of the genuine demo-
cratic feepgsthe pure democratic principles OF their
distinguished candidates Messrs. Cass and Butler.
cordially given them the nomination. (Renewed ap-
plause) How was it with their opponents! Had they
nom man to carry cut their PRINCIPLES! No.
(Rosrs Of laughter and cheers Their wing opponents
had set Of principles for year, daughter,
new set of principles for every election between
bank tariffs taxes and internal improveme MT laugh
teri They select Taylor as their candidate. whom
they denounced as a murderer whose hand was red
with blood from the Mexican war. tLaughter) In
isct the wings were in favor of thing every thing
notbug. (cheers and laughte7) aud they fashioned
their principles just to suit purchasers. They remind
ed him of preacher who once figured in Vermont and
who sgreed TO preach certain number of for
certain nun Der Of bushels Of rye After he had
preached the second sermon. he asked those Of his
hearers whom be had made the bargain with" Well
how do you like my sermons! II you don't like them
can change them. but must have the rye anyhow"
(Roars of laughter This was just the way with the
wings The democratic party would avoid all iuterfe
renee with slavery. as an Institution in the other
states 0iear, bear1 They did not mean to inter.
fere with It; it would right itself The whig party had
got into their movements the abolition party Of the
country this subject but The democratic party say
they can do no good upon the question: and that they
believed the UDicn with slavery better. than
% old ws
sprung up He had heard Of free SOIL free men, free
sssu
ancient lsndu arks (Cbeers) But be would take
them to the Buffalo Convention, which was like cab
met Of specimens OF mineraogy Naushter) in which
were to to be white and black and specked and
grizzltd. (Renewed laughter and cheers) MIR. d.
here briefly reviewed the action Of the Buffalo Con-
ventioD which resulted in selecting part of the cod
fish OF Massachusetts, to be placed in connection with
the cabbage Of LiDdenwad. Qmmoderate roars of
they found Martin Van Buren, who moved and bad his
being by virtue Of the generosity Of the people Of New
was taken from obscurty and led forth to the highest
Office in the gift of that people. iear. hear) There
Was there, also, Frederick Douglass, runaway slave,
and Benjamin + Butler who . slave still (Roars
Of isughter Byron In his "vision Of Judgmen told
them that when Michael and the devil had met. there
was mutual change between their darkness AMI their
brightness; and it was In this matter They would
platform, but scafold for the nominees Of
this convention tcheers who were actusted solely by
that all bis subjects had but one neck, so that he
could cut them ali of at one blow. Byron also said
he wished that .r. I'd.
"Womankind had but rosy mouth
Be'dkiss them II at nee, from North to South"
But Martin Van Buren, would wish that there but
one single Office in the world that he might get hold
OF Il (osrs of laughter aud chsersl After further
dencup ding the pursued by Van Buren,, and
warmly copdrmnng his Dgratitude to the democratic
party. he aso passed severe commentary on Benla-
min Buffers desertion from the democr ratio party,
which he attributed TO the ''preachngs at Sandy
Hill y MIR. D. next denounced the mock phila
by Of this party the subject Of the extension
Of slavery which he contended merely embraced the
question of trapsfer not extension aud therefore,
the wbole theory ~ these was fallacy. He
bimsef much opposed TO slavery az any one Of
thenn but the cry got to delude the people He
would tuet brothers and fathers who have gone
t. California and New Mexico, the subject Of self le
qi,s,ion That H. what asked for. The old fedora
ppriy when there but tbrtceen States, cried on
seaIst an eNtensop for fear the Union would break
"a of.l g,,rtl hon