New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-10-06
ruE MECHANICS fon FREE LABOR
m.sp DEMONSTRATION AT THE TABERNACLE
,,rroH OF THE HOE. HENRY WILSON.

:, = ,honsand mechanics and abOrng men Of the
.4v assembled on Saturday evening to listen to the
,.5drers Of the Hon. HEsRY WILsos of Massschu-
.etts IN behalf Of free institutions and the bearing. of
Che present Presidential contest upon the interest Of
the free tailoring population Of the country. AT the
time Of the organisation Of the meeting all the ayAa-
HE open space in the Tabernacle, either for sitting or
standing was occupied by the representatives OF intel
kcent Free Labor and many compelled to leave
the building, being unable TO obtain admittance.
RoBrRr b. MosrGoNERY President Of the Union
moved the meeting be organized by the election Oh "e
subjoined list of officer:
P1ede"t Mosan Mors.n. John Wind, ThomA' B1n
NJ Mad..n SfP .ev J sssard iSdb@s S Fd% WIN
Rove VIM W. Cornell Geo. T. Hopper Inos nss,ley G.
Ss SS.S James NJ coS Geo " Elw'd Baae
MosIey Lyon John H. keyser, VIM L. "s'nO''"''
The nomination was affirmed o.,
The President then came forward and sad
Nv EyItow.CrIzESs: I am proud OF TINS hSn
honor that vel have this night c0nierfcd upon me- pa
6cuarly 90 ar called upon 70 pie9iue ID D ,,io
a,;ng ~ the Mechanics and ork ngiDen iSepuo-
Scnn Union a body of men congregation oSeIner l9'
The rmrnoee of sustaining free principles lapP,a17el
Wehaye met here tonR9t 10 Ie eat cRersi United
Sts,es Senator for Massachusetts, upon me suect OF
Freq Labor which is uppermost IN me nea,S Vi our
Republican wOrkingmen. In carrying ou1 t1ese PiIu
RlaIEsM
Ia,r,n of which Fremont and Dayton are the stand
arJbearers loud cheers aud we call upon all ireemen
70 oin us upon this platform to carry out the principles
of free labor and Of free soil On which to carry that Ia
Dor out OH prolonged applausel
Music by the band" Hail Columbia
Al this iuncture Senator WIIsOS was conducted to
the platform At the instant the honorable gentleman
vas perceived the immense audience rose en- mlsse,
and amid the waving of hats and handkerchief,
eheered till they were hoarse.
The Rocky MoUsrAIs GLEE CLUE, at the request
of the PRESIDENT favored the audience with couple
Of their well known campaign songs.
The SECRETARY then read the platform OF the " Me-
"canics and Workngmens Central Republican Union
"of the City of New York, ~ as follows:
I-Opposon TO the further Extension of Slavery,
and 10 the admission OF any more slave states
into the Union.
U-In favor of making the Pablo Lands IN limited zee.
quantities Free to Actual Settlers, aud that the
seid lands be exclusively devoted to that purpose.
HIN favor of the Principles OF the Rt publican Far
ty, and of John G. Fremont and Wlham IT,
DAYTON its candidates for President and Vice
President of the United States.
Pledeipg our united and individual support TO the
above Declaration of Principles and Measures, and ou
cooperation with similar organizations throughout tue
country.
Senator Wilson was then introduced to the audi
ence and received with enthusiastic and prolonged
applause. He sad
SPEECH OF SENATOR WILSON.
Mn PRESIDENT ASD MrCHASICs AND LAB0RING
Mrs. OF THE CITY OF NEw-loRK: want words 70
Ypress tn Won the gratitude of my heart for this
dial welcome of the mechanics and abon0g men oil the
great commercial capital Of the kepuonc' IL mas
Happened to during the past two years 10 stand De-
kre mighty assembages of the free men of our country
TO speakupob public questions concerning human hOer
~ in America i'll the halls OF legislation To stand IN the
councs of the nation with tue Representatives OF the
Sovereign States of the Union and To offer my Opinions
upop those great qu sOns concerning hu nan liberty
America but can assure you 10 night that never
felt deeper responsibility than while attempting To
speak few words here, and now, TO those men whose
workmanship is all around and about u.s. IN th)u-
sand forms OF utility and beauty. shall not speak IN
favor Of tie emancipation oil the bOndmdn ~ the South
tonight shall speak for the freedom of the tree 1T
boring OF the North fellow citizens Loud ap-
plause. | shall not speak of the long existence Of
human Slavery the States where 1t Is and now exists
by the force ofocalaw but shall speak against the ex-
tension Slavery another inch OF the North Amer
lean Continent Prolonged cheers i shall nOtspeak
tonight of the of the master his poor bond
man in the South but shall speak against the DON'T
nation Of that master the frcemen of the North
iAppausel. Gentlemen, we are engaged thus day aud
tbis hour i'll mighty conflict III America, and that con
fict is Shall human Slavery be extended over another
inch of the continent, shall il be confined TO the
limits in which il exists Tha. is the grand, the
overpowering, the ove-shadOwng issue OF this can
vass in which and the people of America are now
engaged. And in such a conflict where stand the me
CHANCES and the working of the great commercial
capital OF the Republic Where should they stand
in contest like this, when Liberty is in
peril Those whs not with are against us
lCheersl. In CONTEXT like this say the descendants
Of the men who sollod ut the lawn of the Revolution
with and other of that time here II the City
Of Newly ork-the descendants of the men who ran
at the Green Dragon the city of Boston under the
Lad Of Paul Revere, and took counsel WIN Samuel
Adams--the descendants of the mechanics OF tue
Revolution who took the ead in that great contest for
national independence and liberty for all 'naukind-l
say the descendants of those men, the men VINO
follow the honest callings they followed, IN their
contest TO save the Free Territory of this Re
public for the free abOrlng of the Republic,
their children and their chldrens chldrenhey should
be- one and all, for Fremont aud liberty forever Load
applause Gentlemen cast your ~ les this night over
thr broad land of ous, and you will mud sixteen Free
States. You will tind there free population; you
will find free speech, free presses, free institutions,
and Freedom and equally for all the children of men
IApplause You will find here the mechanical arts i'll
q thousand forms. You will ind here literature. lOn
will find here all the clements OF progressive pegma
nent Christian civilization. Cast your eyes beyond,
10 the other section Of this Union and you fifteen
slaveholdiDg States. There You do not fnd the mo
chsnical arts but in rude forms; there you do not
find the commerce Of the country there you do not
find those institutions of humanity of charity that
Eeve the unfortunate. But there you hl.d the few,
the privileged few, holding nearly four millions of men
IN perpetual bondage aud there you hnd at least tive
millions of poor, degraded dishonored white men
Looking beyond the 81 states Of this Union You viii
find 81 900 600 square miles Of terery, large enough
to make at Least 50 States the size Of the Empire State.
Now the question before the American people u be de-
cided ON the 18th OF November is this SAa the free
institutions that adon aud bless the sixteen Free States
of this Union be extended these territories or shall
those institutions that characterize the savchOdng
States of this mon be eAcncC those territories
Shall the mechanics and labonug ntn Of the City of
New. York, many of whom were bern III the country
and many of whom hope before they die to own little
spos OF land III the country, aud to lay quietly down
when LIES abors are DONE beneath the shade of green
trecs-I say shall the mechanics ~ the CITY Of New
York--shall the labonng men of the City oi Newly TX
60 into those Territories aud plant there those II no.