New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-06-26
RATIFICATION MEETING AT ALBANY.
81 he n Y. rrl.rs

AIBAyf, Tuesday, Jun. -, $50.
A grad ratification meeting va. held til. evening
n front o! the State Hoa.e accompanied BY The usual
d. uon.uG.ion. OF music, fireworks and frlng OF
canton. The N-.val .DvK late u the afternoon. OF
hess Re.dsr Howard, and Sherman, vas announced
BY hsniblls, and (; Wa. expected that they ,ud si
dress The meeting Beng obliged TO leave. no reve-
the ssme evening, w. Howard vent Up to he plscs
Of meeting, and spoke briefly 10 the assembled malti
tude before tie meeting was organized.
Mr. Howard said tAs' having been assigned du-y
Of the greatest possible decaey-sn iov CATION H.
volvipg perhaps, more real nteres: than any Other
ever uncei'skrn in this country !. would perhaps. be
improper previous to the completion of this work 20
attempt 10 convey IN pubic manner lis own views
upon the subject The members of The Commission
had iheI efore stuciousy avoided addressing any per-
-on upon the subject since they entered upoa the work
II. b. ggeo 20 be excused also from speaking, as he
bad within few days felt the return Of chronic
disea,e with considerable violence which might seri-
ousy pieifer. with the doepg up of the work he nd
TO do Be would, however, simply sav that the dtfl-
culti.s in Kspeas however they might be decided in
vov.d questions that went to the very fret principles
Of this Government, and II certain poi ions that had
been taken and maintained thus far were carried out
by the General Government il would deprive the Gov
this country ofeve principle Tor shich their
revolutionary fathers split their blood. Blu. hope
better things for the Republic VIII. the duties Of the
Con had b. zen aduou US, vexatOu', and perhaps
had stood I'D 10 Il in spite Of all difficulties dangers
and threats They had sought s'uliOu.ly 10 avoid al
patiaies all fear all nj justice. How far they had
succ.. ded would be for their fellow citizens 10 u lge
For enc he would saw that h. willing to leave their
work 70 the asaul,s of time. They hac sought elicit
IA. real truth out Of the chaotic of contradiction
/ s ana violence, and hold il up unlocked and uu-
nc orp.d But be could not 90 Hto this question eX-
cen, o saw that Bls Judgment the people OF insas
bso been more oursgeously in-ulted and tired
than any other people the ,un ever shone uOou. He
would asrert that all the tyranny inflicted upon their
forefatLers by the Kings of Cheat Britain col.
lec,ed together and multiplied by ten he could bring
scts 10 owe that the poor settlers in ksnsa had suf
frred more than the whole of them.
Mr. FoRp uf Ohio, another Of the speakers adver-
tised was detained at the hotel with an liberated
throat.
The meeting was then addressed Dy NJ. VILE oi
Troy, and Gen. BRUCE . ,.,
I5nies of resolutions wss then read by Mr. vii
Kin son of Albany and adopted after which addresses
were made by Mr.. Hammond of Albany, NJ. Bur
rouphs of Orleans County, ana Mr.. Beerman OF Troy.
In, -peech of the last gentleman was considered tue
best Of the evening judging from its effect ON the aud
fence The speaker was n German, who had resided
venteen yesrs in this country, and hls keen WIT am
satire accompanied by the pleasing German dlaectr
ca, yused the audience with laughter tie said II any
Of lis audience stood the miserable slavery pla
form. the independence would be knocked out ot ~
| and ihey would tumble TO The ground. why wouio
they stick 10 the old rotten name OF Democracy whel
the substance had been whipped out OF it lie could
NOT fpd word. in the English dictionary to describe
the shame of this Government in prosttutng III g)
on. flag by sending its soldiers TO catch q poo
neegur" who wanted TO be fee. Some said mar
wa, not III 10 be- Precedent Til he too old 10 b,
ANYTHING else. He did not think Fremont, though
Young man, had written his name high as the eagle
pt.l in The Rocky Mountains, and in the schoo-book
Of the little cbdren-the proudest place Tor any MAJ
| To have his name written. Buchanan he had neve
seen but he understood be was very far around,
and wore white handkerchief, and stood on recor'
az having once wished to put down the pice OF ia9o
in this country to the Eu.op an standard. lie eas'
men The working people who CONTINUED the CORY -
the country and upon tie adopted citizens part "a
| larry to stand up for Freedom.