The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-11-04
MORNING ED1T1oN---FRIDAY, NOVEMBER A. 1853

Hall to promote this patriotic purpose We made all tbs
want TO advocate the political prefermen Of any
or set of men, but for the simple object of do.
ciarng our devotion to the constitution ard hs union
which are deemed essential to the welfare. peace
and prosperity of the nation. And how we're we
ence which they recently employed with 80 mrch effect
at Syracuse we were put oui BY force; and the
put Eli All f. Purdy in the chair never have bsard OF
one politician among them who has occupied con
temp'oe ana disgracefal position, who could not be
piause and laughter intend to say few words rels.
tive to our meeting tonight. Admitting that il 10 or
nodox IN one sense cannot be looked upon autien
tic and regular in another This meeting has been held
in the exercise of right and in some way insubord
not asked the permission Of Gov sy
&c regretted that we hare not invited that distinguished
fellow citizen Elijah F purdy, to be present This is in.
ry, IT would seem that the great generous noble
heart OF the democracy not to throt by the dictates of
democratic party themselves have elevated all the
honors of his position Our meeting H. in some sense,
lnsubordnalon but their meeting the other niyh was
hea by the especial and gracious permission of majesty
(aughter lllut trious men expected to be pre-
sent nut they SAVED their reputation by not coming,
aad there wete only two ilusrious in the group
only two distinct orators forward The third was
Captain Rynde,s who cid not claim to be orator as
he dt not like the company. There only two
Martin Grover my rival candidate for the office of At
torney General, and my distinguished friend, the
Prince" tlaugbter.) There other speakers
confess but have not time TO my attention upon
the nebuous in the renotes only look
to the stars of the first magnitude But with reterence
to the Attorney Cenerashp have only to saw that nei
thsr Martin Grover your humble servant will
rive any advantages from nomination, in personal
poitt OF view for understand perfectly well that neither
OF us can be elected The choice of the people will fall
on man whom | love and respect-a man upright in
and both of will be kept in the private position from
which we have Lately emerged in order that the people
nG may oe grated % ,.a in the wishes Of their hearts,
myself in speaking of Martin Grover. From the time
when free som first raised its head in this place to the
hour now address you he has never pretended to say
that he ever renounced ot little of the faith to
which he and Mr. Van Buren, attach themselves This is
not enough for him, and in the speech he made the
other night it seems he proved himself to be Ike John
Van Bulsn--a very busy man indeed. (Hisses) The
PRINCE says he is Iothipg but private czentha he is
profession he follows As that child is the object Of his
affections it will be the object Of respect also
belongs. ! wish him all the h de-
servesLana no man can claim any. more.
onhe parish il he failed in the pursuit OF his legal pro
fession Qisses and laughter) ] do not believe that
keeps much longer in the field of politics. and does not
quit his company he will become the greatest political
pauper ever seen cheers and laughter( And he must
be succeeding in his profession my fellow. democrats
His engagements numerous and proracted. He had
long cause in Westcbester, which prevented him from
attending the first meeting in Tammany Hail. and others
which produced the same effect for he has yet it
would seem, had time to read the proceedings Of the
''short boys at Syracuse 1t is remarkable fact that
neither Martin Grover or John Van Buren, said SOLITARY
word in their speeches to what they think about the
platform adopted by their particular friends there They
not found the taste or stomach to adopt them
They do not believe in them, they trying play
punished. AS to Martin Grover nothing can be said to
show that he is not who should have presented
himself before great and truthful assembags of the
democrats of the city OF New York. Our friend-s of
course speak in iocose way--our enemy, the Prince
told you or told the people in his speech at Albany that
he private citizen bee he says he not pub
lie man unless he holds seeks office. He SAYS :-"I
am not political because do not hold an Office
and do not seek Office - and kope he will adhere
to that resolution because he does not the people win
teach him that it is easier to seek than to find. Zap
passe & and aagster1 propose fellow democrats, not
the pleasaptries with which he intersrerses his most
serious observations In addressing his fellow men.
propose to take single declaration of his solemn
ly and CONSIDERABLY madeby who would feel very
much hurt il ary one said he did not possess a high
ton made his personal word subject it to the touch
stone of truth and whether stand or whether
1t must fall And in this, my fellow citizens will de
tain you but few minutes. have paper in my hand
which is transcript of of the remarks made by
that distins leader Of the free soil party az differ
ent times, since he the public stage If politics
he said on the 27h OF September 1853 his speech at
Albany, this
In 1850 the compromise were passed From the
instant they were passed good democrat the State
tssssa s sass % s a 5 O nearly p,r to
writer spoken the subject But for years past
voting The
sraa wa 1 il Sha 3f the M regularly ate demo
Now bear in mind that he declares that for two years
prior to the assembly of the Convention of 1882 he had
not written or spoken on the subject and that for Ave
years he had doae nothing politically excep. to lend his
cratic ticket. Now, glance for moment at Of
the Princes acts CONNIE ncing in 1s49 In ls49. the
Sth of November, he delivered speech In Faneu Hail.
and made this memorable declaration -
The national democratic body has been dissolved by the
And he said further
dn under ao So the Office Of rEs
G b ana VINO VII not use the whole constitutional Of
He also said that he should have felt himself far
member OF the Democratic party as to consider such
democratic party had national creed and no national
organization and-quoting the language Of John NJ
Reed of Pennsylvana-he said that the Baltimore Con-
yention had been constructed in the South and was
shvered by the convention into thousand fragments
and he predicted that the democracy of New York could
he addressed letter to the free soil convention OF Con-
nectcut regretng that his engagements prevented him
from being present and said
slavery prohibited in tho United States and abolished by the
" Snss aad b, & were n
S0a susSs % and Sser bill dsyEss o on the GpG
principles aud their organization and their candidates
That in 1850 To be true to their organization and
their candidates they should hold their representatives
TO rigid accountability, and dismiss them il they alter
teay their trusts At subscription meeting held in
Faneui Hall, at which Charles + Adams presided he
addressed tt assembly, the Ersainy ro-eded by
two unsuccessful lawyers the one trid poet and the
other hot aboltionist-the Ese,ing Post said Of the
resolutions that they the merest and most pabe
drvelpg in the world and that it would be msnestly
unjust to make the democratic State convention re-
sponsible for them and that the resolution re-
feIring to what is called the Baltimore PLATFORM
and decai ing that he New York convention adopts
that platform Is still more childish. That the
exultinsly Of the Buffalo movement, and declared
that he fugitive slave act utterly Unconstitutional
and he said he should resist it with all the he
could command If he were seized under IT, And he saa
if the law constitutional he had supposed that Judge
or lawyer who had any respect for himself will pretend
that should be obeyed. In my Judgment said he, it
should be absolutely and condtonaIly repealed. He
spoke of the bin introduced by whg member Of the
Legislature in this Stote designed to annu the fugitive
slave act wise, just and constitutional billiard said
1t become to say what the united democracy
Of New York will hereafter do have commission to
speak for them sufficient opportunity Of ascerainng
their views in the changnd aspect Of the slavery question:
TO be able to indicate their probable But do nes
believe that they will endorse the syetem of
upon this subject styled Compromise approve Of the
Fugitive Slave act When the proper ne arrives they Will
speak for themselxes As for myself FREQ thAt