New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-10-14

IN ,Iose Lands. In the grestert days of the Roman
Empire there were 10000 slaves In hay.
and Incredible cruelues were committee upo"
them in order 10 keep them IN sueecuoa'
Mr. Fry traced the growth and the cruelies of k0taan
Slavery. and the fall Of the Roman Empire thercfrou'.
Over thousand millions OF sores IN this country Sefc
devastated by this curse-land enough 10 support inc
outire population Of the globe. lie had shown bow the
South estim ated mechanics. No mechanic, dependent
on his wages, IN South Carolina could be elected 10
the legislature For that, msn must own ten slsve~.
or its equivalent in lanc-5s0 acres The Govern
uent OF the country in the hands OF sixty thou
sard Shareholders. OF the three hundred and forty
Lousard slsveovLers only sixty Thousand held slaves
enough 10 make II their interest 10 hive Slave Oil
garchy. Nh,n George W ashirg'on was elected Pres
ident the whole North voted for him. The South be-
gan It's sectional.sm then John Adams who was the,
gre pamphlctoer OF the Revolution the great leysa
FOR in Congress, tie man who nominated George
Washngton-the South voted in great pat agains. him
Mr. Fry traced particularly the votes for Presidents
ard NicePrcsiGents, showing how tie South had ruled
suu,cge although the North was superior the South
in votes in arts and in arms. When John Quincy
Adams was elected, the South received bis election
with a general sncer Of disisn. Martin Van Burea
was elected because be was Northern man with
Son,b,rn principles. Mr.. Fry passed in review the
later Presidential elections he said that tie South hsd
uniformly nominated the President OF the country and
that they had never missed their man. The hrs' ques-
ton asAsd of who set himself up for representa-
tive Of Democracy III the South WAS virtually: DO you
buy and az II mechanics and woIkingmen II we looked
over the House OF Representatives, we should ind that
~, Southern kepfest nihtlNt
les What did these get for their work Tie had In
an account the cost seepng slaves on va
rous limitations in the South, and the average annual
e,reuse OF keeping them was from so 10 ~ MI
Ery here entered AT length into the dout site STATISTICS
of slayekceppg. and showed how they affected ths
WAGES and coGition of free mechanics. liz bad been
oenied that bocdhounds were used 10 hunt the DIST
mechanics at the South. Bat IT was common through
cut Texas and louisiana Mr.. Fry held uPa largo
printed poster advertising saye-hunters busineesl-
This was the way in which carpenters and mechanics
were treated in Texas. In addition to this WAS pro-
posed 10 open the slavetrsde directly with Africa Mr.
try read from The Charleston StcHiard extract
demanding This favor OF the North. MIR. Try sad IN
conclusions Gentlemen, few words more, and havo
done. l have endt sNortd Ia dehne exacty
the proportions OF this contest and TO show
the who take up Gods creation where he LETT Il
and fashion II 10 the uses of their fellows. WHAT are
the true Issues of this mighty contest have shown
which of thee platforms Is for Labor, and which Is
against Labor. And now, gentlemen allow me, in
lew words of conclusion, 10 ask your serious attentou
10 tie awful nature of tie contest on which you airs
about TO enter. You are the ireemcn who have re-
duccd this country from sayagcry and mado
il the wonder of the nations. iour agriculture.
your manifold abors do not blast the North, the moro
you work the God blesses your abors for Earth
loves man to LEI deepest recsses If he only obey the
law of love and treat rs he deserves Ia be teatcd
Let him work on al his stature reach tho
clouds ard honor sits Tuned ON his brow. That
il tie work of mechanics ard labor-saymg ma
chinery. And it seems TO me that the mechanic
would be more than recreant TO his trust whose
voice and whose vote IL not tor sweeping slavery
the EARTH These we're the doctrines oi lhe ather"
of the Republic, doctrines which i have shown pre-
Cedcd tie Declaration of lndepe ndence, and which
were necessary to that Declaration Mechanics ana
workingmon, you hold the defense OF this nation IN
your hands. 1t was you who invented railro .ds and
locomotives which send Us over the land like thoughts
il was you that made the electric telegraph which says
to New-York stand thou side by size with New-Or.
leans and it is obeyed ia you who have invented
the sub marine telegraph subsollng the ocean, and In
two years you will have tongue OF fire beneath ths
Atlantic saying as nation speaks 10 naii9n shd CONT
uent come, ali We that are weary nd heavy laden.
ard will relieve you of your dso4ors your fsrdels,
al the ulated gnominy OF SIX thousand years, and
YOU shall be before your God rs He made You, erect;
and you shall walk forth heemen III land not dsno-
ored by the tread Of one single slave.
Mr. Fry closed his address amid a hurricane OF APP
pause and the thanks of the meeting were voted Ia
him unanimously for his mastery effort
MIR. VAs WIsKLE then challenged any Fillmore or
Buchanan man who might be present to meet him in
open debate and answered some questions which had
been asked by the many questoners during NIL fiJs
speech. ,.
The resolutions were then put and carried almost
unanimously; the Fillmore men voted " No through
ont, especially on the last, which read: -.,,
Resored That in svo Of unl0n to the SAKE OF
There was party o. 80 or 40 Fillmore men, who, ~
lreconceIted plot present for the purpose OF n
tenuptons and they succeeded ia producing some aus
order for while and in making the tone of the meet
ing more political than anticipated, but the Ne
publican sentiments were almost unanimously indofsed
by the meeting; and when after checI' Dau pee"
given tor Fillmore by the dstu bers the name II Ere
mont was proposed, the building fairly shook with APP
plause. .
Tie meeting literally great uprising mass Of
the Workingmon of jersey City. The hall was crowd
cd tie scene lively 10 the last degree and the oppo-
sion offered from time 10 time by the Fillmore men.
who questioned the speaker and forced him to read
documents III order to crush their oppostion gave ad
ditional stimulus to the enthusiasm 1he address oc-
cupcd about two hours and halt IN delivery, and mo
attention given to it shows that the Workingmen ct
Jersey Cy are eager to learn the truth regarding he
great ssue.