New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-09-18
MASS MEETING AT THE TABERNACLE
SPEECHES BY THE HON. HENRY WILSON, LIEUT..
GOVERNOR II. }. RAYMOND, AND THE HON.

GOVERNOR II. }. RAYMOND, AND THE HON.
b. @. NOBLE.
Although the Friends Of Freedom crowded the
Tabernacle on Tuesday night, packed again last
evening at a meeting Of the Young Mems Fremont
and DAYTON Central Club. About 900 were present
Mr.. WM H. BROWNE called the meeting to order,
a. President of the Club, and the ralying song
sung BY the Rocky Mountain Glee Club.
The Hon. HENRY j. RAYMoSD was the first speaker.
II was only for the cause which brought them there
he said. that his audience could endure to hear him
sneak before the eloquent Senator from Massachusetts,
They all knew what the need Of the country was. They
knew that the affairs of the Government had fallen into
the hands of slaveOwners small in numbers, but pow
eru in the wealth they welded 1t was our purpose,
God helping u.s. to restore it. This was not question
of Abofonism; it was no question whether negroes
should be slaves, but whether we, white men, should
be slaves. The Slave Power, not content with ruling
ducing Slavery into tho Free Territory Of
the Government, and called themselves the Law.
aud. Order party while they did so. The attempt OF
Charles l. to levy taxes without consent OF tarlia
ment although sustained BY the courts sna oy tue he
one man-Dohn Hampden-and successfully. 80 II
had always been when Liberty was in peril lAPPiause
The grand issue this: the shareholders contended
that the Constitution recognized slaves as property;
free men denied it. For every instance in the Const
tuition where slaves were named, 1t was a. persons,
and not as property Mr.. Raymond related the cir-
cumstances Of the adoption of the Missouri Compro,
mise and asked why it had been repealed He declared
that that contract sacred from the circumstances I'M
der which it was made, repealed to secure the per
manen preponderance of Slavery in the Government;
Mr.. Douglas had denied this and declared that ms O
would make Kansas a Free State IT, What la!
Loud appause]. The people were to be clothed WIN
the right TO settle their institutions subject to the Con-
sttution Of the United States So Southern Senators
SAID, but they interpreted the Constitution as recos,
nizing the hgat Of property in negroes, .. anu
tion recognized Slavery, Senator Douglas shd una!
that was Judicial question. M. Raymond must say
that that was q judicious answer lAppiaIsel II wa
matter OF record that ten days after the NeDras, nan
sas bill was passed meetings were held all along Ine
Border for carrying Slavery into Kansas and Kansas
polls were soon after invaded not at random, ouI III
regular, organized saystem. Missouri men controiiea
the elections and cOncoctcd the Infamous code nhu
which they hoped to force Slavery upon the tes'ens
of Kansas Why was oil this First to make nan
sas a Slave Territory then Slave State; then 20
carve out Of that more Slave States and 80 20 Sc
cure saveholdng Senators and Representative ave-
and Presidents indefinitely This was neces.
sary for the perpetuaiion of Slavery. In Tue lnss
Presidential election eleven out OF the hneeu oa.c
States cast only 600 votes not so many as 'ne s
gle State Of New-York. And tho whole SOUTH Nun
their thirty Senator'S cast scarcely more than one tnu
efihe votes cast by the Free States with but
Senators. In the HOuse of Representatives tue S' ru
the benefit Of counting three fiiths OF tneir
representation and in presidential eiecnons neG nae
the benefit Of both advantages having as many Elect
OTIS as they had Senators and Representatives. 30 y
happened that when the South had one electoral VOC
for eyeiv Coo yo,cs cast the North had TO cast 49, 900
votes for every electoral vote. Thirteen New:iork
men when thew went to the polls vote for President
effect by seven South CarSIina voter n As
a Consequence the South had 40 wv oineeholders 70
electiopeer for her now. aud the Government could
spend 90 ooo ooS for Mexican war to acquire Slave
territory, $lO,OOo,oO for a strip Of land worth
ss e1 et for some ns nc IN ssr Cuba Hon.