The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-08-07


emganfs therein whereas the truth s the rst day OF
their use Of the premises they did boh and hsve naae
arrangements to continue the same and also making
free Of the Battery a. weu With carts as without all
which in direct violation of their intentions
Resolved, That this inQuity began with fraud upon
Of Law under which the obbiers Of had in view tho
possession OF Castle Garden that has been aided and
nhet'ed by the personal services Of Thurlow Weed,
whose many days time spent In assisting the Commits
sioners 10 determine what forwarding companies might
and what might not sell tickets emgrans entities him
the lasting gratitude OF the protected cmigrant and
tbc Central Railroad Company.
Fesoved That we ask the citizens and tax payers Of
Henry r. Conklin 425 600 year for i've years for the
Eattery enargement-why thcy TO pay him several
hund ed thousand for the wall Is 1t that a
nuisance may he sustainedr Why is il that Conkin can
give his leae Of Cattle Garden to the ana
he emgrants while they shut up in the walls Of their
andpg place 50 calleds
cnce TO cancel the violated contracts with Conln in
pect to the Eatery and Castle Garden and eject him
ir,m the Battery asa public nuisance
Resoved That we have great disrust of tho proprety
of that business done in Castle Garden which condac
tors TO think requires for its defence the bravado Of
carrying to its aid pistols and bowie knives in open
Resolved, That the courage Of Commissioner Kennedy
is only equaed By the imminence Of hi his dam asnser a. ap
pears by his published statements in the newspapers.
Resolved, That the Battery grounds including Castle
Garden have been given to the public for their that
II is our right to enjoy that use In unrcstrctcd
ner that the establishment Of cmgrsnt depot In Cas-
Is
nuisance destructive to the health peace and quiet
Of the ncghborhood, that it neediessy crcaes in
hs. ns; on sapot snip evsr and cholera n nosp. and
the Corporation Of the city to exert without delay its
power to this pest which, in its present place is
mere private speculation, founded on the plea Of be
ncyolnce and which thus located will always be highly
detrimental to the general welfare and prosperity Of the
most business part Of the city.
Resolved That deprecatc violence, but must and
will have relief from this great wrong.
loud cries for "Ryndcrs" Rynders."
Captain RYapfTs forward in response TO the call
and nmid loud cheers said--
Fellow citizens believe was not down to speak
here tonight and am sorry some other gentlemen
not called He understood there TO be emil
nent speakers here night and he hoped there would
be. He regretted there not able TO ad.
dress them They kept back because the subject
was not popular. For himself he did not care
not He addressed them an independent man this
question interested every man in the city and county Of
New York, and every man having interest in that
shoud rese his voice against the emigrAut depot He
liked 10 down and enjoy the the Bat
terry They cannot, however bribe the legislature
other things This is Of the sranges ways that ever
wa. drenm Of to improve city TO put pest house in
esis o pse as.rn ss tses E"e
Lave put 1t in Union square. daughter and cries Of
AYE, among the big buss) We must, however, defend
our rights as best We can and hope they win not fire
bad nothing say against Thuriow Weed Or The Commits
them from the citadel they would fire back
In return and take Sebastopol. Qaughicrl The
where there may be yellow fever and yet they dump
down emigranta from fever ships here in midst They
tale means TO guard against contagon in the First
ward The Cl1tAin here detailed conversation which
be had had ~t6 an up town gentleman. aud made hs
audience laugh. lie did not counsel violence but they
dsapprove Of any public question he hoped tho
day far distant when the aristocrts should deprive
no A. 10 h o putting
prote from emigration into the pockets Of the few It Is
deception practsed the cmigrsnt and fraud the
community at large II is fraud to legali,c few men
to punder the emgrant and prevent hundreds who used
to do without law, from getting share. (Taughter)
Money spent the Legislature to give 10 these mo-
norosts the exclusive right of robbing the poor emgrant
according to law. There arrangement binding
the egran. who goes into the country 70 20 the one
way aud al the price and that price rather high
too The egant when he gets Chicago under this ys
tenn viii find be has paid more e get there than he
honest in that last legislature who stood up
agan-t this iniqnity;. and that was the Hoa David
money bags3 After more excusatory remarks the
Captain Withdrew amid much applause.
Hon. DAVID OkHIE was the next speaker He called
particular attention 10 the large number persons who
have assembled together to denounce the outrage which
had been committed upon the people q the First ward
regarded as legislative swnde against the people of
New York u its true character had been known it
would have passed through that body This viola
tion Of the peoples rights had mitigation whatever
II was fraud and the bargain with the lessee Of
Castle Garden should never have been made by the Com
mon Council The Battery Was intended originally a. a
place for the citizens 10 recreate themselves in and IL
not supposed then THAI IL would be converted such
use, that the fresh air from the would bc
tainted with pcstilential diseases All this done, II
sad, from motives Of philanthropy but could this
be the when the poor emgrant would be confined in
Castle Garden, and not allowed 10 his relatives
although he might be DYING II rather attempt
to rob him under the authority OF the Law. The
speaker concluded by exhortiDg the people petition
the Common Connc to take to have the odious
bill abolished and 10 preserve the Battery for the heah
and use of the people
motion wns made that the meeting adjourn till next
Monday night, ~hichwascsrried- proce sson then
formed which passed up Broadway bearing banners and
torches and preceded by band After amusing them
selves Ia this harmless and pcaccable manner they dis
persed quietly to their homes
Hon. Mike Walsh. Daniel B. TAYLOR and Theodore r.
Toiinson were present at the meeting bat the
a,eness Of the hour they did speak II their nsen
uon, however, to address the next meeting with the
exception OF Mike Walsh who leaves by the steamer on
"Wednesday, the sth inst, for Europe.