The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-11-05


which, If he has enmity in bis heart will counsel h.m
to frit ndy silence If the President had his
honorable man. " it should have been the part ofthe friend
chip they profess for him to conceal it for his sake 1t
would have been the part Of patriotism to conceal it for
the sake OF the country any of you, gentlemen,
just enerng most of you the theatre OF pol
cal e should have cause after years. your
chief magistrate matter not affecting injuriousy
the great interests of the republic has dealt unfairly
with you, then say to you, cover it up. hide it,
deny it if you will bury it in the nmost OF
your own heart and rnshed the honor of
from his But rejoice. fellow citizens that the oppos
so revolving as to its reaction, with force which
will be fatal to it. No vote for the Cooley ticket
without himself with the imPutatons which
have alluded had hoped to them disavowed by the
meeting of his political friends at Metropolitan Hall last
evening. But it will be in vain to dsavow the mputa
ons while sustaining their author and seeking to cothe
him with the influence and the authority this most i'm
portant official position in the State enteat all fair
to consider this before they connect themselves in
self with character of hostility and personal bitterness
beyond the possibility Of Misrepresentation
The PRESIDENT said:-
Gsnt,emen-You have given three groans for Cooley;
three cheers for Mr. Guthrie and the
(Hulrah hurrah, hurrah y
There we're cries for aVan BCren," when
The PRESIDENT said
Gentlemen, you will have Mr. Van Buren in good time
Mr.. Lorenzo b. She rard will address you
Cries of emo, no, let's have Van Buren,. Van Buren,
Van Buren," and great uproar.
The audience at last became s.lled, when Mr. SHs-
PARp said
Mr.. Chairman and Members Of the Young Moa's Demo-
cratic Club glad to be permitted to address you on
tn occasion, because desire to do thing, which
eive to be somewhat mportant in the contest de
sire TO clear those friends General Cass who have stood
by the national administration the Baltimore plat
FORM from the unfounded which has BEEN heaped
upon the integrity Of their motives and the wisdom of
their actions Fellow citizens, at meeting held last
night at Metropolitan Hail. and also committee meet
ing at Stuyvesant Institute where the aboonsts and
"mummies' congregated resolutions were adopted,
claiming that those gentlemen the peculiar and dis
tnctve friends of General they had stood by
him when no others stood by him--thst all Cass
who did not stand with them, and subscribe those
resolutions guilty OF treachery to that noble column
to which belonged in the noble fight Of 1913. Now,
fellow citizens utterly deny that their resolutions are
adopted upon right view Of this great question We
all remember well the events of the contest of Ss Early
in 1s49 the chairman of the Cass Central OF
the Stat. of New York, with the assent Of Ed.
win Croswell and Mr. Beardsley and every friend and
to bury the differences of 18i8 and to unite the demo-
cratic party into eonsoda ted column in order that
we might elect democratic nominee in 1852. Although
none of foresaw at that time that Franklin Pierce
would be that nominee knew ell that sta ndard
bearer would arise and require services that the
vindcaon of our principles demanded nothing Less than
his election. (Great applause) That proposition re-
suited in the calling of convention Of the of Cass
at Rome and convention the friends of She oth ar
section also called Then met two Cor ventons and
there met of the most leading gentlemen in this
very controversy and there union of the Of the
man of the State Central Committee, and daniel s.
Dickinson, and Robert S. Champin. and B MITCHELL and
Francis b. Cutting of this CITY, and Samuel Bewne and
my friend Ward of westchester They made great va
riety of propositions to the other convention. they made
great variety of propositions to which it is scarcely
cessay to aude all Of them tending to show the
desire which they felt to accomplish the union the de-
mocratic party. They passed the following resolution
This convention having exhausted all honorable
sas sad s the
made TO them with view that
sSasy ~ the sssss I; low
the statsi, t. now compelled 70 a'journ
Resolved That appeal THROUGHOUT tn.
lions to heal existing dssensions and cordially invite
tho LAY % this aia sna on'' with
Well came to S, and ,nsder>d the proposi-
ton Of union. That union voted against. Other gen
temen of New York vo,ed in its favor, and l. as
minority man was bound to sustain it, You may Judge
of my surprise when saw myself denounced for
quiescng in the union by the yer, who made the
however, formed in Tammany Hall. 1t was, formed at
meeting at which Mr. Charles OConor presided Resolu
upon the union of the democratic party in the State Of
New York. Now, upon what ground, l ask whether of
union? How could Cass man be asked to 90 against
that uniong Allow me to say this Of the gentlemen who
did against that union after they had soemny agreed
to it, They the friends of General Cass in Tam
many Hall, bnt, when they got to Washington and
arrived at Baltimore, they suddenly experienced
Genel al Cass, but for other candidates This is a
matter that all of you know and are perfectly
acquainted with (Applause:) could name number
Why then, upon what grounds should reproach b cast
uron those who stood by Gen. Cass The action was pro-
ducve of vast results to ths democracy of the whole
Union At the convention of 1850 resolutions read
by Mr. O'Conor which were no doubt satisfactory to
himself Twenty seven gentlemen in the convention
voted against these resolutions In 1851 these
solutions adopted Let me read you portions
these resolutions Here Mr. Shepard read the extracts
referred to What is it the South requires of the
democracy Of New York; The South wishes to recog
mise simply her rights She does not want that recogn
ton confined to small party claiming to be her peculiar
mousy true to their compact and consider the
rights Of every of her members My friend Brady,
who produces his effects by the light shades of creduty
and by the dark shades of PREJUDICE VIII heart
is good, but whose Judgment is mistaken-pursues po
Icy which is calculated to do great mischief to those very
interests which he desires, / suppose, to protect.
He couohes his lance against democrats as true
and faithful as he has ever been, and immeasu-aby
more consistent He has couched his lance many con-
that only personal contests ard not thacon
tests of The democratic party. have stood by Lewis
Cass in and have good cause to lament these per-
productive of majority of between twenty-five and
thirty thousand votes in behalf OF Franklin P;ssce of
this nat what the devoted democrss Of this
State who maintained this Union in good fatA. desired
to accomplish and they did accomplish it. wss know
well that there section in this State who desired
divide the ticket for Governor in the last contest from
that of President. There is mistake about that.
They desired TO overthrow candidate foS Governor
and many desired the vote for President That
a favorts idea with some gentlemen; but General
Pierce with conssancy which did him great credit,
intmated to those gentlemen that the tickets 60
together and reachey to one would be regarded by him
treachery to both. (Applause Frcra that time to
this these gentlemen have continued their assaults
upon At first they dared attack the Pre-
sdent and delayedt for little time They surrounded
the White House. and watched closely % catch hold of
pretext for assault Appointing, he did great major
y Of gentlemen to office from the vcss section of the
democratic partyfrom those who devoted TO the
Fugitive Slave law and the support of that provision
Of the constitutionhis actions censured and his
administration attacked Mr.. Coesy the IA Gf June
made in the Senate, very vrucnt speech against him.
and my friend Brady attacked him in his correspondence
with the Young Mems Democratic Club Brady has latoly
gone to charge him With utter treachery Tea-
cherry is the word But now ha finds convenient
few words Of praise, and claims to be friend Of the
President of the United States who has been denoup
lately as q misguided and incompetent gentleman.
such believe his seEtinonts infer them from
the tenor Of his speech that the way to support the
administration Why nos stand by II with cheers, and
enthusiasm and fresh greeting whenever aad worthy
principles emanate from tl Why undertake to cast
upon the conduct OF ths administration for writing
the Koszta letter Fellow citizens, they complain that
Mr. Bronson removed. Mr. Brons supports Cooley
nd at Ia rave n,