The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-09-09

Wing Meeting In neutrality-suspicious.
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whig meeting WIS held on Tuesday evening in
Grand street, Williamsburg, in tho open air. Among
others VINO were expected % nc pre- and address
the meeting, was M S ,eard, out neither he,.
those expected ATTENDED. w,;h The exception Of Mr.,
Culver. About one thousand persons were present.
mostly very yourg men, aod the enthusiasm exhib.
tied was very slight, aid the observations Of the
speakers especially the earnest oratoral interroga-
tories Of Mr.. Culver, met With no response. A few
cheers were given ard then for tho whig Presi-
Dental candidates, but they were led of By some
gentlemen ON the platform, and then were but par
tial. The most sapguipe wing could scarcely say
that the meeting was successful demonstration OF
feeling, so far as outward appearance went. A ban
ner was suspended across tie street, and band Of
music enlivened the platform.
Mr.. j. ID. HOLBROOK nominated president Of
the meeting, which having been called to order, was
first addressed by
Mr.. JOSEPH FLOXEY-Ho said he had been
through many of the States and was able to sneak
Of the feeling which prevailed in them Virginia
was not altogether hopeless Maryland, Pennsylvania
and New jersey, were in favor Of wing principles.
PenDsylvan had not forgotten the tariff of 1870.
Before that time she had large number of iron
mills, but now only two out of tho sheriff's
hands. Vermont AMI Ncw Hampshire Massa-
cbueets, Rhode Island Counecti,ut eyerywhere
were turning up friends for Scott and Graham, and
would continue to Increase He hoped all minor
chickering's would BE- discarded; such as the
"Seward" ano "silver gay" differences. He
asked them what majority would Williamsburg
give
A VOICE. COO
Three cheers were theo given for the speaker,
who resumed his sent
Hon Mr. CULVER sid that if they could
not succeed with Goosral Scott they conld
succeed with no or'et living man. Their
willy enemies dOdgaA rho question, and looked
like n black squirrel -" treo top In 1910 the
wbis party were dghtoz he rarh and sub treasury,
they put the sub TREASURY down. and altered tho
tariff, and elected Geoer,l Harrison, who was suc-
ceeded but thirty. days after his inauguration by
that long red nosed monkey. John Tyler. By tho
aid Of good whig Congress they wrought out
tariff, and in less thur eighteen months different
view was put on the transaction for the benefit of tho
country. In 1874 thee vent into another fight
the Texas question, ard Mr.. Van Buren, and Mr.
Clay both gave the warning, that if we took Texas
there would be wor The locofocos had the go
verpment for four wears. ard they got us into D
laundering snarl. (Hcsr.J Polk got up a row to
make himself greet man upon 10000 Mexican
graves, and We bad to elect General Taylor in 184S
to get us out of the snarI, and we got the exist
ing tariff. The wings wanted to develope tho
resources of the county Cass and Douglas dare
not como out openly aud oppose internal improve
ments. because thew want narbors but lodged, and
made speeches against 'ime. At the last democrn-
the wings wanted system of internal improve
meDts worked ont, that they might mako the profit;
but be did not say whether his party was for or
against it. He (Cass) said that the great wings
wanted to get up great monopoly for the agrisul-
tural interest; the geat head of the party told
oil that. and then talked about the alien laws-a
sorry subject just now Lewis Cass, when . boy,
the black cockace in proof of his fathers fede-
ralsm; now be could make great democratic
speech. But where evidence that his sins had
been forgiven! We required the benefits of inter-
nal Improvements, ard labor to do them. Why
should we send bushels Of wheat three thousand
miles to obtain those manufactures which We
should have at home! We raised sevonty-two mil
lion OF dollars OF raw cotton Mr.. Walker said
value increased to 504 million OF dollars Now the
democratic policy was for the cheap labor Of Eng
land to work up this raw material, the whig policy
was to encourage home manufactures, md keep tho
money at homo. An interests were interviewer with
each other. Only fifteen per cent went into the CO.
pitalists' pocket, but the who worked picked
up eighty two cents on the dollar. Now, which
party went for this policy (Three notes.-the
whigs) At one of President Folks levees that lit
tie man was ecpsed by the handsome appearance Of
General Scott, who found the favor Of the ladies.
He Or. CulveD went for General Scott because he
was the tallest man and had the warmest heart.
The speaker next referred to his military achieve
ments in the usual strain, and satirsed Cen Pierce,
who was the son Of Benjamin Pierce, who intro
dused into New nampsbire the odous Catholic test.
Let them elect General Pierce and he would 20 to
war to blow himself up-[we suppose the speaker
meant initiate -REP land a war he (Mr. CuIver,>
was afraid We should have To settle the dsigrace-
Jul Mexican war Dobly, gentcely, and quickly, we
were obliged to send down Gen. Scott whose splen-
did victories and achievements had immortalized
him.
Some cheers were then got up for thcspeakor, and
for Scott and Graham. but they were fairly draw1
out, and then but faintly given.
Mr.. } W MORGAN, Of the Seventh ward. was tho
next and last speaker. He asked. had not General
Scott voted every thpg for the benefit Of his coun-
try? cloud and several cries Of mo, no - and one
or two f"yes!O Had he not voted for harbor and
river improvements! (No, noD lie (he speaker)
said ho had Had Pierce ever voted in favor Of the
working man! (Cries Of ''no, no! ~ and "yos,
yu.O The speaker here changed his arguments
for q line OF eulogy, and so concluded.
Three cheers for the working uan, and also three
cheers for Scott and Graham called for by the
platform, and duly given.
The meeting, or rather what remained Of it, (fof
it had somewhat dwindled away, then dispersed.