New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-11-09
THE FORCE DEMONSTRATIONS SUB
SIDING.

On Saturday the leaders of the street.valkng move
nent held their morning meeting in Washington as
well Tonpkins square, to have freer scope and
lees opposition. EcGuie Bowles and Noll engi-
peered the meeting at Washington square; il was
small Mcclure first attempted to lead the meeting,
arc after an nconsderabe speech advised them 10 60
home and rot come again until Tuesday. Mr. NoD,
however, woud not be choked off By any such sd-
iourrmert ard he held the two or three hundrsd men
ard boys who were on the ground for half an hour by
uch talk as this in German aud English:
The labo,irg man has rights, and the laboripg man
hall have biz rights. No after wbeIeth big man goes
with his money, II must como out one time or other.
The fathers Of the city shall support their children.
Have we not showed ourselves as men and peaceable
citizens ard we shall continue 10 do 20 until the last
unen ployed man shall be employed Cheersl. Let
Us have peace then until Tuesday. Let US crowd the
Common Council and rext week we shall have labor
snd b,e sd too IIaughter There different views
and expressions in the clty-but never mlnc; ishali
not withdraw my hand from the laboring man. Let
us not listen TO politicians who will le. their words %
INTO oIe ear and out Of the other IApplausel. let
the politicians come among us and they will poison
and destroy e. That's tTue' The newspapers tried
to o1ush the laboIpg man; but never mind that. As
for me- if the newspapers are against me, don't mind
them Only pity their ignorance; they stuck-up
alisto cratic gentlemen, who know no better
There were calls fer Bowes, the blacksmith with the
ing any more, and tried to get the crowd away.
Bowles however, hung on, and although Mcclure sd-
ouned the meeting eevera times be still continued TO
spesk jn an ncoherent magniloquent way. Mr. Bowles
told them, at parting, that he would meet them on
Monday ard give them principles which would give
them work.
The Tompkins- square meeting, which was rather
larger was addressed principally by John H. Paul,
street-preacher who figured in the Park meeting in
1854.
were against the poor They were accused OF drink
Jog. Well hadn't the rich their wine and their oyster.
sUpper and who bad to pay for It but the labor OF
the poorl Now, If they would drink and become
me raj criminals they had only themselves to blame If
the poor followed their example and d likewise lie
continued to saythat the poor had done all In their
power TO enable the rich TO make themselves and the
happy they se T paSd 4 Se eh hsy had
made none for The poor but had destroyed the glory
Of the country and ruined the poor. Ne was wlllng
TO compare bis character with thers TOR no working.
man could be found who robbed the country out OF
nione of dollars by forgery or otherwise. Some had
dore this who wore fine clothes and 20 on through
forgery and now, as result OF tbs the military were
broueht out to-day to shoot down the poor Cheeisl
Some people asked him why he went to these meet
ines. they were nothing but parcel Of Dutch and
Isl But his answeT to this that their palaces,
railroads and chips were built by foreigners and the
rooY hAd been invited from 61 counrles 10 the hos
pitabe chores Of America, and now that they were
here thcse whom they had enriched said, Let them
siarve 20 DEATH AID if they are hungry shoot them
down" [Cheers. He was sn American by birth aud
lot By choice, and be wss taught BY the Great Au
TO cal all men brothers. II, therefore, the military
were called out, lei them pass on but when the mill
tary attempted to shoot Let them arm both sides
the question, and shoot on both sides CT the question
[Cheers."
Mr.. d. Gordon. new man, orsanzeds new meet
ing in another par Of the square, which voted to put
cut The old Committee, and put in d. Gordon, G.
ONeill Peter DOnnely, Patrick Dunn, John N. Bass
ford, Thos. Cowley aud Henry Roscoe. Mr. Gordon
then produced board, on which was painted;
"WoRK WE WANT, OR BREAD and started for the
City Hall, vie South Wall ard Nassau streets nI.
Paul declined to join in the procession Only soou'
fifty men followed the board from the square ana Oof-
dor was obliged to 60 back and drum up recruits ne
ssd that be had not the price Of los oIt coua not
raise fifty more followers.
The COMMITTEE rushed into the outer once Oh .re
Msver ard demanded an audience Of that potenta'e.
Wcrd w.s returned that Committee had already been
heard They replied that they mad thrown the former
Conni..ee overheard, as they were political. After
vsiti,g bsn an hour, tie Mayo, allowed dvsb ceUs