New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-08-30
INDEPENDENT DEMOCRATIC MEETING.


Mr. Rose tie Secretary Of t1s Independent Democratic
General Committee read tae csl Of the nesting.
M ID ID l. Marshall was called to the chair, and @ w
Rose and siansbsTy appointed secretaries In taking
ebe char Mr Marshall said be felt much proueer Of the
homo ms, conferred than preside any meeting Of
he Prosavtr, Democracy OF Tammany Hall. Tie then
EXPLAINED u oj-ct Of the neeii'g to be TO appoint Dele
e. 70 the stats Convention Of the Free Sod omocracy
10 be held al Syracuse, Aug. 81
n WA then moved 90 DtOan election oil sixteen Dele
rates from the City Of New York to the State Convention
10 be chosen by open nomination, whseoPon tne meeting
D,fceotes-John Jay, DR. Alonzo s Bal John p. Hale,
NJ Ttomas Ritter G. H. Le Baron, Monroe Is Bryant,
Caoras "a Rose Joshua Leavift Dennis Harris Rev. Dr.
JW G. Pennington, DIR. T. snodgrAss, D B laii, Wa
liam Smith Charles X Miller Charles Sholey and j.
DSnt,,i,r,et-Isuti Hail. James o. Bennett Henry
u Dss,op L. a Siansbufy David G.. Croly, VI. IL. Bent
LIZ II W Robinson Isaac II Bailey, ". >. King George
~ brown Boltas n. Fowler, u. u 4. Marshall Or Il !.
Trail, William McDermott, Samuel Leeds and q. X.
Potter. a. ,, ... -
,ben tay referred 10 by two three speakers and
Mir Oyerbaugh moved the appointment OF COMMITTEES OF
Resolutions but this was not very generally approved sad
the Dele gates 90 uDinsructed.
a, ~ ag. Of the meeting the CharmaD remarked that
Ina was Glad 10 ind present Distinguished iriend o. the
Free Den ocratc cause, who has come among US rom
hard and well fought field ia the South Dr Snodgr~s',
from whom he sue those present would be grained
TO h. WORD. 49,.
Calls for DIR Snodgsss we're then made and that gen.
,Iemsn yesnondeo briefly and substance as iDlOws HS
woud n. guilty Of utierDg dO~urght unhutn were ne
q, sS tbst The a.teling cali this reception as gwen
we're n grateful his feelings The evidence OF their
snn,ecisiinn ana symp.hy the more graeal TO his
heart because 81 seldom received where us had
been heretofore battling in the good cause Inere he
never expected sympathy Ihst was oaI OF ae ql9su'n
He was very lucky, OF late 10 get opposition ins'eeS
Of sympathy Tits meetilg msoI DO useulsu s v
Yet s numbers and spirit weis cheering indCaOhs OF ms
time and had they encountered The southern experience
in This they would feel grateful that they we're pr
pf a, "A
neefpRs which he accustomed TO attend III tndore
and oiher parts Of Maryland rnrn cinVdsAng loo the
Uala ticke, the chief consolaOphe had, Vas 10 being
.hla "a remind the members Of the old parties wh5n they
ridcueo the sze the meetings. that he had taken ptu
in some osled by the venerable wing parry 10 Coonskn
and hard cider tunes where Chairman Secretary ana
ons psr on more 10 make tbs notions had done up tbs
bpsI.fs OF large aud respectable meeting, uaukhier
while tle Free Dent cratic eiings never were quite 50
SHINY st,ssced As that
For the appointment conferred on him rs delegate to
the Syratu'e Convention lie would rotarn his thanks,
they wopd peac bear In mind tbat the response
btv of /, was on themselves after what he had told them
Of h. reluctance conner TO assume such trust
hut he had signed TO attend he Convention, al snyrate
with desiTe TO make mo " various nVols
obsmpops Of whom he had not heretofore had
the pleasure Of taxing by the hand and he still hoped to
be able to DO SO. d.,
DIR suoderass concluded by again assuring the meeting
NJ The contribution o his deep sympathy with the princl
nes Of ttuth aud righteousness. which ne believed TO com
20 he Lr.e Democratic p dform and his readiness
continue the great battle against despOSn ana wrong Dr.
Snodera,s's speech well received and he sat down
amid warm applause -.
Ioln jaw SEQ WAS glad in being present on this
sion ard although would subject him to some personal
e. 10 70 Syracuse he would attend Com
naYed with some the Liberty party meetings few
MOO this was not a small meeting. IL reminded hun OF the
meetings Of their Revolutionary ancestors Cheers
No,iongsgo the Castle Garden Commit 90 had resolved to
mt AN end 20 agitation and the politicians az Baltimore
last wear ssed similar resolutions Snd supposed In doing
that they bad given qaeai 70 ~ me
altman Safety politicians who had predicted the annih
laiion of Free S,ism had been politically sheived The
American opponents of Slavery were gaining sympathy
throns bout Chrsendom aud In Europe had the prayers
of the friends Of Liberty in every nation Uncle Toms
Cabin accomplishing grea, gnoa az nome ana abroad
the true of the Free Democracy IN the drama of
Uncle Tom now playing there 50 many nights in sncces
sion 10 crowd, houses He was proud OF the honorth
had been conferred upon him by the meeting and trusted
New York CITY would be fully represented At the State
Convention by the delegates or Substitutes
e Sansbury Ed late editor of Burlington va
Ton lev now of this CITY, next addressed the nesting
He said he had be On for time out of politics. bat he
responded cordially 10 the call which had issued for
Organization of the Free Democracy Of the City for the
(Jty and state elections lie from State where
they had long been battling anst the Saveocracy parties
He had been educated Wig ana his VasLsr annt had
early insted into his mind the principles OF AnttSayey
He WAS happy 10 see large and respectable meeting
and il exceeded his expectations This shows
fhe members of the deiunct Castle Garden Committee that
the cause of Liberty is not dead but onward AS Mr. Jay
with his proud line OF revolutionary ancestry remarked
the csuse of American liberty never was brighter not
Withsanong the predictions vi the Union Safety Com nee
patriots whose resolutions their dying hroes and got
ten up with the view ofuhuenoing Southern trade
Anti slavery doctrines much more popular in New York
CITY than h, expected and in all tbs walks of life who
had never Anti Slavery the subject ot political action
embracing principal merchants and professional men,
nov freely declared their opposition TO Slavery nassed by
the dioisiion Of corrupt Committees NJ the mArts OF com
merce their Offices aud places OF business Wherever it
Was read Mrs Stoves book, Uncle Tom Cabin,
lutonizing public opinion and eecng great good 10 vsr
ous MANS TIE friends Of AuSsvery haa also eheciive
supporers in the oher political uik atoms aud he ueed
only refer to VIM IL Seward, cheersl Wan Lloyd CARR
n N
IhS Ersaing Post Free Sellers do justice 10 sach
friends without approving their political ultrssm. Mr.
Stsnsbury met with much applause
MIR TAFT smother Of the Deleg s.es followed Mr. STAINS
bury lie had come TO the City from Western New York,
where Anti Saverymen were gate numerous without dis
trcton Of politics This meeting sylnoed that Nestork
Socom GOmoTrah for he the faces of more
sends Congress that grss, ami good man, Gerrit Smith
tne gi estest who ever lived Applause lie oJud
give expression to his admiration Of this noble whole
souled msr whom he said he was sell acquainted with
personally He then gave Gneci0te OF the interview
Mr. Smith had with bis nurse II Mexico, Oswego Co. 70
show the humane feelings Of the de rciOcsd 81
the large attendance AID At the progress Of the prac pies
OF Free Sol In this great City. lncls Toms CABIN was
The asr. He ssid It did his heart good 20 see the
nightly weeping this plsy 81 the NsrOal IS
IL was seldom that this strn class OF men weeped
As lie had taken Up his r,soen hsre be WAS pre-
pared 10 DO battle for the Free Democratic cause.
DIR Bal was then chosen Treasurer Of the Free DSmo-
cratic General Committee.
Mr. SsnsbuIy st the request OF the Chair reported the
progress Of the Free Sol cause IN New England In New
Hampshire, Perces State the Ant Slavery is
gaining greater strength than before and Il no,
Tor most unhssrd Of and infamous GerrymAnds- the
Free So party would have two Representatives In the
next Congress IS Is all three Of the Members are rasd
fiunksrs This Gerrymsnder he said, would recol upon
it. authors In good old Massachusetts the very name OF
which state made bis heart ana that of every Erss Sosr