New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-10-07
DEMOCRATIC RATIFICATION MEETING.

A ratification meeting, called by the Young hez's
Democratic Union Club, held iaet evening at the
Academy of Music. Stephen ID. Dpaye was called
to preside and large number vi Vice Presidents ana
Secretaries were appointed
Resolutions were adopted nde rshg the State nomi-
nations; denouncng the legislation of the last Legs
lature "a tyrsnDical and subversive Of municipal hb
erty; affirming that the Republican party had largely
increased the State and City tsxes indorsing Mr. Bu
char an and his administration and congrstuating tho
City Democracy on tie recent union Of the two Gen
era Con mttees.
Letters were then resd from the Hon. ID. s. Dicki-
son, Gov Wise, Mayor Wood greeted with great
cheering e., j. Clancy Jones, j s. Spencer Of Bait
n ore Richard Vaux of Phlat elphia, Judge Psrker,
+. c Branck James n. Buchanan, the Hon Jacob
Tbom on. Erasius Corning, St. phen Douglass.
j. H. Tucker Of Virginia, J. p. Sullivan, Juc9s Bos
worth the Hon j. S. Black John Jaycox, j. V.
VardeIpoel, Isiael T. Hatch, the Hon. d. l.. Sey-
mour ard Others. who had been invited to tue Dem
oce'c feast, but excused Themselves from accepting
The invitation.
Ex Gov. SEYMOUR then addressed the meeting. lie
said this time of great commercial distress 10
which the whole country was looking to the City OF
NewYOIk for succor and support and yet this was the
time choaen by the Republicans to disfranchise Nes
York and Brooklyn Such tyranny was unheaId OF
under monarchy. The Republicans had found the
State prosperous and would leave II bankrupt The
return to the bosom Of Democracy this Eau, and the
Republicans would be overwhelmingly vsnqushed.
THos FRAncIs MFAGHER was introduced as " The
Toreh-besrer Of Liberty" Mr. Meagher slth, ugh
he had worked for Buchanan in the last campaign,
now for the first time publicly identified himself with
the Democratic party. lie gave u long statement OF
reasons why he bad been induced to do and then
pitched into the Black Republicans" charging upon
them all sorts of sutrsges and atrocities. lie SAID
New.YoIk had come to be but an appendage Of White
sheet and White street was but back lane 10 The
Escuriai at Albany. OF course he was vociferousiy
applsuded. ,c.,... II, A.. ga.
had been /, ue to The Democracy at the last election
20 900 votes, and he hoped New-iork would do ike
wise.
Ex.Senatrr HENRY s. FooTE OF California, made Q
long speech peculiarly dry and undressing. Some
of bis menfs depied by man In The dress
circle when the Custom House asprant with COM
nencable promptness leaped the pit and pat him out
The ex Senator finally induced 10 take his seat ~
mingled cheers snd hisses and such classical remarks
as "Ob DIV upw Whit that got 70 do with New
York 7" and " Oh switch of, old fellow 70
JOHN WARD Of Georgia, President OF the Cin-
nrat Convention, was glad, as a Southern man, 10
meet the New-York Democracy, assured that they
had sernmed the tide Of fsnatcirm, and driven BACK
the uscreants who would have uampled on ms
hearth. fires After lauding Howell Cobb as the imam
cial sayior Of the times, he took bis seat.
The HOE. Lyman TREnAIsE, candidate for the A.
toney .Generalship, was the next speaker. Mr.. Ire
names speech abounded in telling points, but the
matter was little else than reI,sh Oh tne suIo cus'su
by The Herald and kindred prints against
the Republican party They were served up IN ~
spicy asbape however, that Mr. Tremaine managed
10 keep his audience in check for an hour.
The Hon. DANIEL T.. SIcKLEs wound up the srser-
iainme Mt, and the etipg adjourned.