The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-11-05
TIE FREE SOIL MASS MEETING
XHALL ARDEN.
LAST EVENING
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Notwithstanding the highly unfavorable state of
the weather last night, there was very respecta-
be meeting at Vauxhall, of the friends of free
soil, and of those in favor of the nomination of
Martin Van Buren, for the Presidency. The ex.
pectation Of seeing and hearing John Van Buren,,
who was expected to speak, no doubt tended
Co draw together a considerable number of the
curious in such matters The fact s there we're other
besides the incle of the weather. which
have thrown damper upon this movement. Mr.
Webster has dene more to kill this party than any
other man. and he has done it by novel process that
Ii, not By opposing and fighting against it. but by EN-
bracipg and as 1t were kissing 1t. Kisses are, in
deed, sometimes more dangerous than daggers. Ever
sine he in his Marshfeld speech embraced the party
ted its idea, and declared 1t to be the common
dt Of the whigs and that 1t his own party's
thunder which Mr. Van Buren, was laundering WITH
the free soil party sensibly to have faded away
and to have been the wsne. MIR. Webster CON.
trived to dssipate all the novelty fresh ess and
force of the idea, by spreading 1t out over wide
surface, and thus de troying that concentration
which Mr.. Van Buren, beginni to give 1t It is
quite angular, that though this perty numbers able
men in its ranks, yet no one among them has
met this argument of Mr. Webster, and weakened its
force and prevented the apathy of feeling which has
since undoubtedly created in the public mind for it
bar been generally felt that what every bodys idea.
is nobodys, and, indeed, almot no idesat all Now
If this party had possessed any able journalist to write
ths deadly effects of Mr WeSse,s n,roeo aoss
against them but might even have turned It to their
own adva ntage. They might have urged and argued,
that II the principle s received by all parties nothing
could be q better demonstration of its truth that,
therefore, being true ought 60 be carried out that
tbose who pretended 1t belonged to them and that
they received it, only did order to alb it. to
weaken 1t to desert 1t, and kill 1t of, they not
sincere in wishing to carry it out So &C.. therefore
they were its enemies while they recognized its truth
&c Go. Be this as 1t may the idea put forth first
believe by MIR Webster that every party in the North
especially the wing was already and long ago for Free
SOIL has tended to kill of this distinct separate
and Independent party, by confounding its lines Of
down, and let the cattle in We may perhaps, on
these grounds account in some for the small
nefs Of the meeting last night, though that the vet
weather contributed greatly to aid in the coelness of
the multitude as we'll as its smalluess, there can
hardly be doubt AS it is, tie meeting within the
saloon full as large, though not half enthusiast
tic. az the last wbg meeting at the place where
they had fine weather on their side.
At little before O'Clock, the meeting called to
order and the chair taken by the Hon s. j. Tiden A
number Of Vice Presidents and Secretaries were then
nominated ar d appointed.
The report Of the delegates Of the the
nomination of county officers, reporting the Of
the officers noninated-Emmet, Spence and Scott
wards adopted nnsnimousiy The Williamsburg sise
club then came forward and sang song 10 beautiful
style an appropriate political song We have heard
voices and singing at operas and the hestres half
so sweet and beautiful as those Of this little club.
MIR. TILDEr congratulated the meeting on the large
of the weather The ticket presented by the convsn
ton, and adopted by the meeting would bear compar
son With any which the Opposite party could produce
MIR. Tlden then pr oceeded to comment upon the
duct OF whose integrity and fidelity had
been such as to command the general praise and ad
mration Of the people of New York cloud applause)
MIR Tilden continued with a discussion of the aims
Of the other candidates whose names we're hailed ssve
rally with loud app ause. Mr. Tilden next proceeded
to vindicate his own nduct from the sspersons Of
city paper, in reference to the course he pursued
the school question, and was responded to by the
mi led rnuh wifi land ntano Ia %
adopted citizens, Mr. Tiden observed there was one
asp ct Of the free soil question which very mpor
to be polluted with slavery? 1t degrsdes the white
man to work side by side with slaves In reference to
this matttr Mr. Tilden quoted the following eloquent
passage from an address by Robert Emmett, Esq, of
this city -
ssamtops condition Of the Irish people may be Justly
than to the other IMPRESSIONS the British And
yeti monopO in many re poets worse tina. We are asked
Ireland which teens refuge which
the s N
of her % c 1n,s by my S or S
the lar Of adoption still Less our vast western
mi Ion. and in Which the children and the ma.
tive born citizen arc Dnss and to share the which
graduation and wrong which We hal INFECT upon them"
After vindicatiDg the nomination Of G. +. Adams
the free so,l ticket, who Mr. T. said better.
man rs the grandson of q federalist, than Mr.. Bu-
cbsnan and General Cas-, who had been themselves,
person, old federalists, MIR T. congratulated the
meeting on the prospects, before them He believed
the chances Of their better than that Of any
other ticket cloud applause) The free soil ticket
would come out 100000 ahead Of the old bunker
ticket (Applause) The friends Of General Cass
SAID they could do without New York-they would
find, indeed, that they must do without New York
IL Taylor tbonld be elected, where are the hunkers
togo Gen Cass ten years ago said truly, that you
cannot establish q third party. The bunker party
will have TO join the regenerated reformed democra
tic party whose flag or the black slavery flag Of Gen.
Taylor, will be the only choice left them for they
will nd that they out Of the democratic party.
True and honest principles must prevail, and suoh
were the principles Of this party and all true demo-
Gratis will have to join 1t Mr.. 7 then concluded
eloquent speech received with unboundsd applause.
by referring to the position Of David wilmot Of
Pennsylvania and the glorious prospects before them
10 the late elect ons in Mr.. Wilmots district Mr..
Wilmet received 5000 votes and some odd hundreds
Gen Taylor 1000 and ditto, and Gen. Cas- received
so only UoudaDd laundering applause In Ohio,
Nh O'ddiDss In open opposition to Taylor, received
1000 majority over the Taylor candidate. Mr.. T.
concluded by strong and earnest appeal to the
meeting TO their utmost exertions At the election
Tuesday next, and not to flag In their Efforts
After another cong BY the Williamsburg 0iee Club,
Mr.. ScHApFER addressed the assemblage for few
mir the n Tamma n y HaI