The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-08-14

70 tnese wealthy p0hticfans, who, while they say
they give OF their wealth to the poor emigrant fcl
nothing but charitys sake, yet happen TO get roll
| on nothingness and build great houses in Fifth
avenue. Let us agitate until these emigrants are
taken from this spot. Unite and rally, and we will
soon find the pest-hou removed from our midst.
At any moment where he 1.-THE speaker) could act
with the people he would be found with them to
the last moment Of his life. (Cheers)
Mr. DANIEL b. TAYLOR was next introduced to
and addressed the meeting. He said he felt a
pride in meeting them here this evening on the
subject which called them together, for he consider
ed that that involved greater interests to the city
than any political movement they had been engaged
in for quarter Of q century II he understood the
call, it had grown out Of the fact that peace and
happiness had been invaded and he admitted
that the price Of peace Ike SeTty Is ets,na! vg
pie, and il our sapient city fathers have sent out
guardians of the night to protect this Castle
be could only gay it was but carrying out the acts
OF folly which had characterized them in this com
reputation that the law nnder which the Castle was
taken is not worth Che paper which it Is printed;
that be who drew It up knew nothing Of constitu-
tonal law, aud that the Legislators who voted for il
were blinded to everything but money. (Cheers)
The only rightthe Legislature have for taking city
property is that it must be for sanitary purposes
Those sanitary purposes were carried out at Qua
iantine; and once vessel passes Quarantine she
can land her passengers wherever it is desired They
say they are going to place the emigrants here be.
cause the law gives them the power lie thought that
even II the law had definitely stated the purpose
into which 1t had been twisted, II would never have
been passed. An action has been brought, he was
told, against sea captain for landing his passengers
little higher up; but he expected that Judge Hon;
man would soOn decide against the prosecution.
When did the sympathy OF these Emigration Com
Bsissioners conimencel Were any OF them before
they received their appointment noted for phan-
thropy or love towards Irish or Germans! He never
knew one of them to look into anything except the
political puzzle box, to see how many dollars and
cents he could draw out OF it. They getting
as much money as they can possibly squeeze out OF
the emigrants, levyng head money on them, and
country. ca Voce-"What about the African slave
tradei) They say their efforts are made to
save the Immigrant from the $4,000 run
ners, or highwaymen, who infcst the city.
they have taken the most sacred spot the island
and cOrsected it to the meanest of uses. (Cheers)
We can no longer have the pleasure OF our walk on
the Battery as we used to do. We cannot have the
Some years ago, they cried out for an enlargement
OF the Battery, and now that the work il nearly
finished, they tell us that it is OF use, that the Bat
terry is disreputable place, &c. (Chcers.) He
hoped that the able journals would change their
tone and not believe all that Is told to them about
these 10000 emigmnt runners. This great question
Is about to pass the last tribunal OF law It has not
passed the Common Council yet. He believed that
they would step between this manifest wrong and
the people, and that this building should
not be devoted to this purpose. He was
assured that Mr.. Conckln, who first took
the contract to 'enlarge this Battery, did
It for speculative purposes, and it has since passed
into the hands of Geo. Law Ii two men deserved
to he most notorious, they were Concklin and Law.
He had heard gentleman say that II all the bones
which George Law had caused to bleach on the
earth were gathered they would make pyramid us
high as Trinity Church steeple. He should have
this Castle Garden to cap the monument (Cheers)
Our City Fathersare about to form park which will
cost some twenty millions of dollars. Why, man
might sit there till he was gray badger before
he would inhale as much fresh air as he would in
twenty minutes from seat in the Castle. (Hurra y
II is worth hundred times as mnch as all their
parks But there some big men in the specua-
ti0n who wish to prey upon the emlgrints,
and they have the Erie Railroad and the New
York Central Railroad TO patronize. (Groans)
He came from Thirteenth street tonight because
he felt that his enjoyment to be cut of If
that Castle il retained as hospital for emgmnts.
He did Lot believe that enigrants should be locked
up there and handed in droves 10 the tender merces
oil railroad and steamboat companies, and hustled
away from the city before they had time to its
beauties. In conclusion, he deprecated the idea Of
his being supposed to have motive to injure the
emigiant; but when he men put on the livery Of
heaven to serve the devil in he would raise his voice
against it.
The next speaker was Capt. Wm. Young, Of the
Mexican Volunteers. He said they had met here to
express their indignation against the foul demon
who had taken possession Of the most glorious spot
Oh the face Of the earth. (HurraD
And so he went on to express his Indignation.
The meeting adjourned Immediately afterwards.