New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-10-14
Lists Of iuustnous workingmen were painted upon
canvas and suspended in the hall, with names as

canvas. and suspended IN the hall, with names
follows
Beq SsPsn F9s Pn,'5 :s .mps Am Row, wiz:
otmAAe Robert Fulton. mahiIt Amos and Abbott
Ftu Burr blacksmith Thomas Corwn wsssonboy TSouls,
Bsr m.Rl Hiram Po%i. tu j i HSpe
printer Henry Wilson, shoemaker. George Steers. ship
ST5 Fmofs Dauie $ Die snonP 9,or
St-pLeu A Doues.., cabinet maker
Mr.. s F. NolEs called the meeting to order and
nominated the following officers to preside:
P,,n4ent-B B. GRI$NELL.
Zee P,e.1dcat,-Fir.i Waflpavd Taylor Csuperinend
", q Iy french (SoimssT Hsn1y Baker oT
Third wsd-Wni Bum'teG ,maoT Jane. 5 Hutton bl.ck'
Sec,et1yte-Jan.cs Glkn.on OailoF Nathaniel Turner
These gentlemen were chosen the officers of the
meeting. and took their seats upon the platform.
The following resolutions were then submitted
ResrS That OF Free Labor and opposed to
H. extension Slavery aud we condemn the zoe
and normal condition Of the laboringman c.,.....t.
rsbe sud that the mechanics and sborer OF the North are
unfit Tor self government ers,
ETY. hate hing that tree oq' We are IN hVoT OF tee
Labor Free Speech Free Press aud Free Territories Tor Free
Res.ed That indore the assertion that Free Labor ia
tb natural caIiia which cons ir. ne t, @eah Of ths
alone to BE- relied Oh as the buI~ak OF Free m'u
Rc.ored That every motive which stimulate eonserva'
and patriotic citizens to earnest eSeIon for the P.oPs
atou ought to firm resistance OF the sss''on'
Relied That cri,i. has arrived in which all who inter
ested In the rights and dignity of Free Labor ought 20 free
lion Of roic ader and act With Independence their
good the good OF their country and the welfare OF he
LiGti if.''' ''''
amid loud applause.
vino AZ ba fire
he SAW in the streets he coming to the meeting
reminded him of the prairie fire which had come to us
from Iowa. frngng the Lake and reaching Vermont,
Connecticut and Maine; and he hoped that cleo
ton New-Jersey would be similarly Illuminated.
One Of the grandest things in history due to New
Jersey-and Mr.. Fry described here the initial pro-
ceedirgs Of New-Jersey against Slavery, when all
Cbris,endom was STEPPED in the traffic. The Republ-
can pary was not an Abolition party, unless,
indeed il was SO called in the sense In
which BENJAMIN Franklin and Alexander Ham
ilton were Presidents Of Abolition Societies
lie anne from the State of New-fork, State whose
ratural grandeuls he depiced-whose grand Niagara
sounded a drge of nations as they melted one after
apo,h.r into the eternal and the infinite State which
could not be untrue to Freedom. Nor did ne believe
tina, N.wJersey could be. His object in coming here
was TO present facts to people who were waverinS OF
opposed to us in this crisis, crisis, he did not
hesitate TO cay, greater than even that whlch
caused the war Of the Revolution. He would
examine the platforms Of the opposing parties
He should attempt to Re purely impersona In laying
the bodies of the different parties on his platform ana
sLould dis. ect them with an impartial scape In the
American atiom there wa seventh secuOn, "nich
WIS considered by the friends OF Slavery az complete
Endorsement of the Nebraska BILL In all the Southern
Saea that 5, yenth section was considered pcfecty
-at;sfactory,on the subject Mr. Fillmore himself said,
two wears ago, on the steps OF an Alabama
Court. House, that his early pre)udices against
Slavery were removed and but tne o'neI uay
he had declared that the Southern states
would secede if Mr.. Fremont were elected. and
Mr. Brooks acting on that suggestion hal counseed
marching on Washington and taking the treasury.
Several Fillmore Iowdes here called upon DIT. rry 70
!, ad the entire Fillmore platform. he read tne
seventh section and asked if Kansas had been admit
ted as it prov ded. He read also that portion OF me
Cincinnati platform which relates to slavery Az
the Buchsnan Senators, including CaSe n"nsen,
Il the Territories had right to smut our
slavery. GOV. Wise of Virginia had said that
Ruchansn pres, ned clear record on the suhec OF
for proof and Mr. Fly read the endorsement OF re
Rjcfmoni Enqpiyer Of Mr.. Buchanans fidelity TO the
Union Mr. Fry read extracts also from the Republican
Platform; they were received with l9ud cneerlns;c
A. REGARDED liberty. Mr.. Fry said the progress oi
he Southern States had been DOWNWARD. Inc
frst settlers were young arstocrats' who had lo't
tb.ir fortunes or then honor, and slaves were
I+orcbt 10 virginia in 1870 because they preferred
~ ~ no otbers work for them to working them
seIy,, Slavery did not begin IN New jersey OF New
finland AZ Slavery grew in the South u eGcned Tue
:; d7g,ation of her wise and good men, W ashlngtsD,
T,aer>rn Lee Mason, and Henry were heartily OPP
- ., Il Two year- before the Declaration OF In
ffr,eIdeYce the greatest men in the country mel 10
Philadelphia and appended their nades %
document demanding the abohti?n oi Tue olese
I'd, Every nan Of any distinction before
.bc Revolution was Abolitiohist L. What hes
Lst 10 do with free labor IL has everything 10 90
9Th Tree labor; If had mt SHOULD not DE mere.
Mr. Fry read advertisements rom southern papers Oh
,,u.,hrric. for sale Here Is man VINO oilers ioI
- tie beet carpenter in Tennessee. md am asked
-, Tia: has TO do with free labor Immense cheer
~ WHY the carpenter was the very ploneer ct
civ ilizaiioD the house mus, be butt before The
g,ornd could be tiled. What had the steam
-, been going for for twenty years II
XII. wa Democracy The South brougst up IN
Phbsdt phia the srgumett that they took 80 VVV,o
n wear IL goods tom Philadelphia. When they threa a.
ei.ed dissolution, this hdmission was too much IL
proved that hey too dependent on the Notth 10
Dissolve the Uri,p. The genius Of tue mechanics oi
y 6 Moth hsd united tie North aud the South TOO
clo,ey for that. The Buchanan man asked VINO 'ae
ntcf snics here worked for NJ Fry said thar ny
Eoik,d cor their bread. Tie records oil ths az
at Office slowed hat the North produced more iilan
t-o tines a. much mechanical genius as 'ne f"uT Jun
lie would answt he gentleman VINO hao - ,b"re
uectauics worked for. II Slavery did Dot exist
tie South aid COZ nan1 more tunes 'ne L.
II mechanical PRODUCTS than she nov old. Mr.. ~
%, tm S0rthern dt.cdptch Of Southern soc ICY
q melancholy account OF The poor ~bItc. ~ Po,ne
ciI b. Southern statesmen quoted Greece 9lS ctot
eud Pau ID CofrI "a Of Slavery, ac ne ".uaI imam,
ss W oaT Si H brought slavery ought y
east because il Led existed. ssyery sole ,oiE
el,ry anc ut Lit not ge1er 10" st r. H ad
sh,vt he ale OF 10Th or plo's Saver
fn,pr. a. ii Pandemonum we're Pnc;.n, S,.,,o,,.
ryT how II rev AID destroyed Eup,e: and the
-. -. 800 dep iitere- in he eEPo-ton But