New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-10-05
THE PRACTICAL DEMOCRATS.

a mass eetluc of the new political o--anlzat;on
called the Practical Democrats was convened 10 the
Park yet.fday evening, AZ O'Clock. Tue attend
ance vas small and little enthusiasm earuestness
was exhibited. except by .hc few individuals on the
platform The meeting was called 20 order oy Ben
JANlN PRICE who moved that CHARLES PARTRIDGE
30 tax, the Chair. CHRIsTIN WOODRUFF ani
Twelve ether, were nomi sted Nica Presidents. AMI
FRANCIS ANDREWS and twelve Others were non.-
mated Secretaries.
The CHaiANaN briefly said thu. he felt great honor
IN beug caltd Dpou - pTr side a. iha inretug though
lie ielt Eimsef incompetent to discharge the duties
;ley had i'm posed up,n him. III su'w trat they were
lovers ot or. and that they were ready 10 m il-
tain tber h 10 assemble together nnd express 10 ar
views on Try question OF public ana private interest
l. Il. DAVIS va. r,Que.fei to read she Platform
Of n, ora a..zatiou which be- dit. ~ follows.
PLATOON or THE PRACTICAL DEMOCRATS.
Ito Puafs ,Ac Primary Eecao.s Of those cor-uphous
'hr hase tec-we dls-ce 10 ogf ca'e'e - 10 i' "n'
Ito rot-et She Constitution against violation p,rvsr
Ill To Demo t,e she Government 30 ,h,. tn, laws sha
De- .utn tito to 3D., peolie iot decision .,.
NJ Fl'ct Al. Officer. b. the people from The Pre"den'
To R.,,. the .y.em Of Coutrastus Publ, w5rk which
can b. COW, iirut.y done ~ IN Al hlrti's
VI To 'hr L-uds belonging 90 he cry Government
iryroted - erection Of tuIcCEs thereon suitable Tor
@ is vae u "a. sae 70 oseaesu,. ou.sJ n
dei ti6t rOl erty yirlc 10 lily rtsury,
tlcreb, deere.rs he svaol protecting h- work
tIi-Io CT, ca she Gu Of L,lt vo pey by limiting th'
quantity that ma, De acquitted nNi and open
lie fu Ian d, ot the NeA0n to acld 1tle' IA limited
quantities. re. o. chzfs-
VILE usoree the connection qrs existing between
U.u.t. flsitu snd the At, tsat they sn, stand On
ground a. oin,t oasinss-
X. b. DAVIS uro rsd lons address which had
Teen pref AIRED b, he Committee. The substance OF
IT, aGdgess Is cout4lneI in The PlttiOrm
On motion OF the CHAIRMAS, the address was
adopted md Cairicd
sev,ral persors hsving called for Mr. DAVIS, that
2 vi email came iOrWa ana sdI that he had al
s.u. thing 10 seN m relation 20 Primary elections.
Til syst II of election ought 10 be deeply studied by
ibc American people aud espec ally by the people of
New iork. 4 was NOTORIOUS Iact that TINS part OF
our poitlca or AIz ton had reached sUcl degree
OF dc eraoaiinn To make any American citizen blush
ia the ple,euce II ireemen II was n notorious fat
that tie politicians who assembled IN Cammlay Hall
and AL the Other bead-qu ere O the drr nj parties
bad b-com. dicts'urs, and that they tyranlzed over
the pie Just az much ~ Loas Napoleon. The
SPEAKER then irvie we'd AZ length the whole system Of
primer, elections. He said th4t Il was y common
practice for hundreds of people t. vote IN wards IA
VIII ch they bad right 10 vote, and So dctatorlal
bad lie prime movers OF these elections become that
be had been tod ny d mem er Of an l. ectOD Com
mttee that he owned the hall and that he meant t0
k,.p II, aud that he was Dot the fool 10 place any III
su,c at election bat hose who wOald give ere
q. Eiinls to the man who would favor h- dterest.
The speak sad that Ut 'ferent times dnet0at sy5
f,us of nominating can1ida,es had been alopted,
al that they had all proved futures; but tue ir Al Is
which eerr pTacced the propie 10y means o. them,
were not so open nor shameful a, those wnch At
tend the present system of primary ele lions. The
members of the Gen raj Committees rodppo nttd
themselves and tney appointed iuspec Ors who woui
return rome but welkhown supporters of the party.
Nor could the party politicians be much bltmct fDr
pun upg such cour-e, ng that The people cbun-
tenanced il. The people themselves must arrest this
evil. They must put Their shoulders 10 the wheel,
and If there DC not enough of virtue among them tn
inp. ID, III % uch esertiol then they deserve 10 DO
cheated and tyrsuized over When people fil 10
resp.c themselves hey surely could no; hope 10 be
7, spected by their GvverDr The speaker cOnclu ted
by stating that the Practical Democrats had com
men.ed an organization which they deermn ned
to carry hroug hOu the city and country under which
men Of brains ami integrity might have d chance Of
oiierrg for office, and Of being accepted
by he people when they had showa themselves
worthy Of III, ir approval
Al the conclusion OF Mr.. Daviss address there wns
rome confusion, manft,t .i'e1.ion on the part of
some of the auditory to dis utb the meeting
II. X. IsGLEs next came forward and amid some
claor said that it wa the uuquetIonabe right OF the
p.olle 10 OBTAIN such laws they desired, aud TO
elect such individuals 10 be- their rulers they thought
proper Ii Ia carry out tnl. fundamental principle
that they had formed tn. present organization Severed
p.rsOL- here attempted 70 drown the SPEAKERS yolcei
lie Cha rm8n having interpreted AMI derpanfed
fearing for Mr. Ingl.s the latter was allowed - pro-
oeed. He asked Abat would ne the sstonlshneot and
ind gnauon Of the founders OF our ihsttution- If they
wer. told that the tI1e would come when the express
zion Of public sentiment would not be lrfened u,
atystm of downright ctator hip you'd b. estsb
bsh.d aud when certain indiv ldu4ls would have the
audac to erect themselves into sort of dynssty to
rule Il people Would they not nave said, II this be
So then indeed We have fought for liberty ia VAN
Ii th- system is be niiIuei he could sec no df
ference in living under u aud under monarchy. L
b. elective irsi chlsr which ~e boat Of as invsu-
sbie privilege be not cspabl, Of working Oenef-
ciAy for tie peop-, il would be veil To ths
Revolution hsa been effected sni thai the Did
Monarchy bad r.maLed. Tue time has come when
reform rs lnperaisely demanded ami When the
proper ana u-t expression OF popular -eDt nsat
ibe fitness OF any inos idu4- Tor office rscoZ
Diz.d. IL war a-maDoing for III. people more in
tier political capacity, than what they asserted in
their social capacity, for when any great public pro-
j.c' ,tsrted, tic parties Interested sere always
sduied 10 have The full right o; eectnk such parties
az we're DC. m-d best calculated u carry il out The
people had too long been in the hands Of political
sIeculaiorr snd gamblers, and II ~ wonier hat
hey had been u-a.ed with such c ,ntempt The
truth s that the people rave made q great mistake
about governu.Dt. Thes suppo-ed that rulers w.re
persons b. looked up TO- wien me true d.mocratc
Id.s H. thai the ruler were thes-ry Of he people.
lCoD'u,iob. Az affairs how stocd one political party
psy.d into the hands of The Other aud b-tween both
the people were hdmbusgef and sxIndled. At the
Conclusion OF this speech the meeting became very
D"i-! ana tumultuous. many persons crying ont,
Hos much y How much ami venting othsr
expressions Indicative If strong belief that the new
reformeIs were a. corrupt "a tie parties they de-
nouuced. la the mid-t Of ,his confusion, rosy
checked old gentleman who like Nestor hN seen
down three gebers ions ofmsn and who, il appeared,
bad been of the most ob-te porous OF the ou-d-
err, sscenced the Platform and procee1ed u adress
the etDg; but tue noi.e great and the orator
20 audibl. that S- could not catch s-Dtence. He
srp.ar.d to be- denoupciDg the Practical D-nocr.ts
ether inc-pab. or un~iling {, EFFECT the reforms
they spoke 81. On being asked hs name, H. SAID IL
Vas james Fell, end that he from Sing Sing Al
announcement -hich cau-ed considerable nerrmeut
among The by-faDderr
w. J. YousG next presented himself, asd in bold
ana in, ippsnt term denounced the conduct Of ths
m, ting. He sad ,hsi the p-ople did not think
.ou,dy, ard tina, the cour-e which hey allow