The republic., 1852-06-28
The New York Ratification Meeting.

The New York Journal Of Commerce con-
Ialns the following sketch Of the speaking at
the New York ratification meeting on Thurs
day evening:
OGDEN HOFFMAN,, esq being loudly called for,
came forward and spoke as follows
| FELLOW -CITIzRNs: i come before you this night
on a sudden call, worn out and fatigued with the
labor which in the past week have gone through.
nave been lighting for one week for that man that
we believed united, and would best unite, the
Whig sutfrages in his favor. [Cheers.l A man
who knew was deserving the gratitude and re-
spect of his country. [Cheers.l / was. fellow cit
izens, at the Baltimore Convention For the last
six nights had hardly three hours sleep; and
upon any other occasion than this should have
avoided addressing a public assemblage. But
| when received The invitation TO address you to-
| night, felt az General SCoTT has felt through the
whole course OF his life-that fatigue and want of
| sleep should not keep me from the performance of
| duty, when might, however humbly, aid in the
promotion and honor and glory of our land
| lCheers At the convention at Baltimore we
| lought a fierce, and hot, but not unkind fight
There were those there-good, honest true heart
| ed Whigs-who pointed to the patriotic and pacific
administration Of Government by Miard Fill
more, lcheers,l and asked us as brothers to give
him the nomination There others who
pointed to the giant mind of Daniel Webster, and
| maintained that he should receive it, tCheers.l I
They asked that he who had been the life. blood
OF the Administration should be elected to the high
est office of the naton-an office which he would
those among us who pointed to a man who received
| a commission from the hands Of Thomas Jefferson,
lcheers,1 and won honor for his country when
| arms were tarnished by the treachery of O Hull;
and who, at Lundy's Lane and Chippewa, showed
that American soldiers could stand before British
| regulars! [Cheers] We pointed to man whose
whole lie had been marked by devotion to his
country-a man who had sealed his attachment to
his country by the blood that was poured from his
veins-who wears about him yet the honorable
| marks on his body made by British bullets.
lChcers.1 We pointed to man, every act of
whose life had shown him to be worthy of our
gratitudea man who helped to remove the Chero-
kee Indians by his spirit of kindness and philan-
thropy; man who, the frontier, had averted
war, by the prudence and discretion of his mind;
man who did SO much towards quelling the spirit
of disunion in South Carolina; man who won
such glorious victories upon the fields of Mexico,
[cheers;l man who led less than fourteen thou
sand men from the city Of Vera Cruz through dan
gers and difficulties until he planted our banner
upon the Halls Of the Montezumas [Cheersl The
man who was the soldiers friend, who never slept
until the humbest man in his army was provided
with a blanket. The man who, although himself a
Protestant, showed himself Christian philanthro
pist by protecting the Catholics, and honoring the
ministers of God to whatever persuasion they be-
longed. [Cheers.l We pointed to a man who
had gone INTO Mexico poor. and who, although of.
fered the prircely diadem, and to be President of
that republic, spurned them all TO return to his own
native land He went into Mexico poor, and came
out of it with the rich treasures of that country
der his control, without even a Mexican dollar
sticking to his palm. tCheersl upon
whose table may be a sword that given to
him by his countrymen in the year 1912, for his
gallant deeds upon the battlefield. And the gold
medal from Congress, and the gold medal from his
own mother-the CohMoNwEALTH VIRGINIA;
and whom Governor Floyd presented to the people
as "the most distinguished living son of Virginia"
There they are, spread out in his own private
mansion. And have heard him say these his
only riches; the only gold and silver which he
possesses these grateful memorials of his coun-
try's gratitude. [Cheers
Such a man presented at the convention. The
contest between him and the others was fierce, but
not unklnd Ii was, some has said "The
Valley OF Mexico over again" We fought bravely
and never retreated. We held ground; and
alter a long contest. advanced to victory; and
when, at the fifty. second ballot, they all surrcn-
dered, and flag waived in triumph-[ap-
plause] from that moment all animosity was
gone; and oh it would have pleased you to hear
the sound OF joyful congratulaton that rose from
every part Of our land And then, indeed, Il felt
the Wing party was a NATIONAL rARry; that we
know no North, no South, no East, no West. From
New York the cry went up, and from Carolina,
from Georgia, and from Ohio and Indiana, il was
echoed back. and Michigan joined in the chorus,
"We will elect Winfield Scott!
"Agreed agreed they sbout around,
Agreed! agreed the vauled roofs resound"
WILLIAM A. GRAHAM was selected as the candi
date for the Vice Presidency of the United States.
We were not contending for men, but for victory
In opposing Miard Fillmore did not oppose
the mar When it was announced that ScoTT and
brow of every Wing in that convention We knew
that II we were true to ourselves should elect
them. North Carolina promised US sixteen thousand
majority for that ticket; and New York said that
WINFIELD ScoTT had protected US, and would
not desert him. Fellow citizens the deed has been
done; standard bearer has been selected; and
If there is any one in the Wing party who claims
TO be a Wing, and who, because the man of his |
choice and preferences has not been selected re.
fuses to vote for candidate, ] would say TO such
a man your professions have been false, and your
faith bas been weak. | would say, of such men,
''let them turn and iee."
Mr.. HOFFMAN continued to speak at considera-
BILE length, and closed very eloquent and effec-
tive address by urging the Whigs of the city be
united, and go into the coming contcst manfully,
feeling sure that their efforts would be crowned
by success, and the country would long rejoice at
the elevation OF WIsrIELD ScoTT and WIN A. GRA-
HAM to the offices for which they had been nom-
mated
Mr.. ToMLrssos, city attorney, next intro
duced to the meeting, and spoke follows:
FRLLow CITIZENS: You embarrass me a little in |
calling upon me to speak when strangers are here |
tO whom We should give warm, hearty, and |
welcome greeting. But i will answer your call, |
and be brief, that others more eloquent than my. |
self may speak
We have presented TO us a candidate who has
been called a votary OF war. Homcric page is |
bright with the gallant deeds of Hector and every
page in history is bright with its deeds OF patriot
ISM IDc man VINO falls upon the battle Held /
leaves glorious memory behind him.
Mr.. TosLrssos spoke at considerable length, in |
style OF great cloquence, and often interrupted
with the most enthusiastic applause. Owing to
the lateDess Of the hour. we have not time to give
full report either of his speech or that of General
Ednoy, Of North Carolina, who ast addressed the
meeting.
JAcoB RIcHARpsos, esq., OF Oswego, New York, |
now introduced to the meeting. and said
Fellow CITIZENS OF New Yosx: This is the first |
time ever had the pleasure Of addressing an as |
semblagc Of this kind-~ went TO the Baltimore |
Convention, and can assure you am sore head. |
Laughter My scat there contested by Mr.. |
Raymond, Of your city-a gentleman whom re
spect for his chivalry. ! was beaten there. | am
almost willing TO fight now. But there is no use in
attempting TO fight General Scott. IChccrs.l He
hes always beaten every thing before him. wns
in the fight, and ] got whipped. tLsugbtor.l ! |
am now a Scott man, gentlemen. tApplsusc.1 l |
am bound TO my beet ondeavors Tor the election
OF General Scott; for If any (ootside of Henry
Cay) deserves it, it is he who has fought the bat
ties of his country. He hos fought himself into the