The New York herald., 1851-11-01
Gre at WING Meeting In the First Ward.

they have been lively In the FIRST ward Last evening
an enthusiastic whg demonstration took place there
1t was larger by far than the ratification meet
irg at the Broadway House the night before 1t
was perhaps the greatest ward meeting held In
the city Early in the evening a bonfire lighted
at the corner of Broad and Pearl streets and number
of persons congregated around It, At half past
O'Clock meeting hold at the Broad street House
to ratify the nomination Of Alex Shultz for Senator
william Flsgg, for Assembly Edward Griffin for
Alderman; and John White, for Assistant Alderma
The spacious densely filed while there a
large number outside, who could not obtain admission
PHGNIx Esq was called TO the chair, and advert
ed to the large and enthusiastic meeting the unapmt
that preva.d in the ward the canal question, and the
tariff ar d, frsly, 10 the candidates, all Of whom
ceiyed his euog.es particularly Edward Griffin as
Alderman.
Mr. JoHs III WHITE then moved the following reso
'utiops which drawn up by himself and were una
Resolved That Of i'm of the approach
& S n .n ss M os
ths1r I s cep our candidate for AL
eermsn wereesgnse true whig man shosa nt,rest'
s sS se @ o hs a no sn0 an ss'
a endesred himselI T. the people Of the ward aud We
wl Il elect him BY an ''''"h'Hins ana ''dH plant
Resolved, That in John White, our candidate iss A.,
wbig and wlose character for nteyty SUR susrtae4
minated and viii ell honorabis means to
Resov, d. Tha. upon the charter
ticket. Al good and true worthy Of our conf
Will on the fourth day Of NovemSsr next scatter Confusion
in the camp of our er enes, and ovsrwheln them WITH
Resolved That in our candidate senator Alexander
We recognise with reputation .rnish,d with qua
tics ths epnensy 'thsm Tor The tney have be,
box. and send them TO Al sany IS prssentatye,
ass JsSs. Gree 1Gs H. welsh are f ass
ry and ssy and an & the .eG,,e1 w be but
oe. - hail
pleasure the arrival the patriotic shores
b and M O "s
they have made for his release from bondage and the
Sp and sendins TIE Mississippi to sresd him TO his
Resolved That we sympsthss with the oppressed of other
lands and look forward 20 the time when Ireland
rulers, and making her own laws
General srHrR then came forward aud reviewed the
ticket He Raid in reference to Edward Griffin that he
had met him in The halls Of legislation Mr. Griffin had
drawn up acts Tor the legislature and was he
not Therefore competent TO represent them In the Com
mon Council? (shouts Of He is y He had kuoFn
their candidate for Aldermnn as man Of businessha
had known him as msu Of utellig oce and OF kiud
heert and who possessed the pathiss Of the poor
more than the rich " ben cholera was here
be wss foremost in the van of hur 1ity In fact he
a man with head on his shoU rs and heart IN
bis tody and feet that we're swift Tor good AMI would
win the race in this election (Grest cheers de
General Matber) losthed ard abhorrsd any IN N who
could reject such ticket as that. There very
Gicredtsble movement got by some rofesed wings
to overturp the eke and set men Ia opposition who
bad the slightest chance Of 1t Of vast
Importance get good for the FIRST Assembly dis
trct and for the First ward because they led OF in
voting IN the Ass mbly and in the Common Councils aTd
1t required of bold and decision to lead off and
set a good example. The candidate for Assembly
a good enough Flagg for this ward. aud they
wanted to see his name inscribed upon that
flag outside, when the battle over. (Grest
cLerrinc) In this state the wbigs passed a law
to enlarge the Erie Canal In Albsny, John Van iren
Borato Governor srcy and other heads Of
tie dertnts ctons Of to each other
- Af-
would do their utmost 10 defeat bill The dem
that they in favor Of the enlsr, Of the
that this Is eood enough story tor the election IL
they find ishorer they tell him that they In favor
a the enlargement II they meet wall street hosncier
they will tell him they not In favor o. II All aioo he
IRE they they la favor Of It, in the very face Of
he record which shove that they have done wha. men
did before to pr, the passing Of any a~ ft
may be said that have no interest in thslaE There
10 not citizen who has not interest in ~ for there
Is not man who eats loaf OF bread who Is not iate
rested In the cheap transportation OF agricultural
duce to this city The rrst thing has 20 look cut
fer Is employment the second how he may get subst
at fair price In large city the dmzud for labor IL
great hut the supply Is still ssa.er ani the tendency
TO reduce the price Of labor IL drpends on the facility
with which provisions are brouaht to market what hsr
price Is TO the consumer. IL -four Brought here
from the Wet in 1t would oo.t forty dJiais per
barrel better means Of transit " does not cost
much but II canal communicst alton complete IL
would cost stu less II Is estimated by the State
engineers and surveyors that II viii require the labor
tf 10000 persons fr the next three year Every day
landed from Ireland Germany, and other part.
Of Europe withCu, any distinct knosedgc OF the Kind
oflabor upon which they 20 enter The canal all lrds
them field BY their labors on thiS great work they
for themssyes the means OF purch isins faen
vhie at the time they consructDg canal BY
shich 70 'snd iorNaIa men p,o,bcs h =. ors eIs
ot ihe vhgs. From Orange county TO Dunkitk, on
Lake Erie almost every settler is man who purchssed
bis farm by be earnings the rsirosd 80 viii II be
with the canal Enlargement Let all those who are
cured with bad laws in Europe come here Tue faster
they come the better The speaker advered the
tariff Id no would suffer than OF
New York by free trade, except Pennsyiyania. Tbs
effect Il trade is TO d.press and 70 enable the
in EpgAnd to reduce IL to the level
here there In conrlu,on Gen Mather saii that
owirg TO the ohssh dGrrepees Of the whxs in three
wards in the city there evrry csnger Of their being
defest d. ana II they iost the First warf they would
lose the city OF New IorksLd the damp inf OF
iush result upon the wbig party would be most de-
TO shoulder TO battle and that u they bsgrmei In
the fgh they would feel not only they had the
votory but that they deserved u (Grrst cheering
Dir. MUsDar was next called on, and said he had
lately come 60 reside among them For the last
two years his party feelings we're not exactly de.
stroyed but utre eli merged into onsto support no
vho did rot recognise the constitution of the Uni
ted States the Law Of the land and who did not carry
out the institution and the whole copst ution. (oud
ohe,rs He had long fought tor the whg party but he
uss rsedy TO abandon It, II It abandoned the consttu
ton but be hoped that would BE- The constitu
ton needed 20 praise 81 h for the last t~o years II
had been sustained and vindicsted by whose Amer
can heart was equal u his mighty intsllsct-who had
guided the chip q State amidst storms and tenn
Istt and would bring 4. safe into the harbor Ia
November next IL would then 60 another cruis
under its chief tcer first mate The great and mpor
tsnt question the canal ssue aud thing
him rather ridiculous, ssd that that all At
The democrats became the friends Of the Erie Canal
This reminded him Of the fable q the assuming tn
Hons ,kin. Chstnsld, who hsd delivered his opnirn n
sgsinst the consttutonali'y Of the enlargement,
announced 20 speak at Rocbestx IN ia favor Such
democratic GO nsistency II just the few
yssrs ego, rben Martin Van Buren put forward
the canjicsts for President ef the United States the
platform Of free soil and opposition 20 the annexation Of
Tsrss This vas the cry of the democracy. The very
neat deg they turned round and said they must
have msD who weuld for the annexation Of Texas,
aud they soosTdrgy put forward Polk Thus
the democrats always put on the lions skin but,
he hop,d the why's would give the political asses
uenebdcus hsgellation at the coming election.
| n the wings only acted together they would be
sucosHful IL on the other hand they soved q little
TO divide and defeat them in the present cleo
| ton they would be defeated In ls52
Mr. Joss VI. WHftE then 10 sddress the meeting
Tie fad " was the largest yard meeting he had ever
seen lie old not care any thing for himself the great