The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-10-10


wan q The eonnusiy sass ,ss Lsgsa.urs nov session
more Inn. ,or calm resscoc, " may thea rsoos.sruos
the whole system prudsaty and wisely and In accordance
with tho best Interests Of The comnuniv NJ hAoalesser
On concluding, introduced 70 the meeting
Mr. GDoaos H. STUART who said: Fellow citizens IN Ia
scarosy needful for add anything 70 the very luod
rema.n Of presiding officer We are here TO Gay 70
consider the condition Of the banz out The wants Of
suffering mum ty-of sixty mot seventy THO Mand
eT b Dos speedily s s..aasa DO .ss q utter
This meeting, my friends, was called upon very short
nodoe Learning, this morning. that The real naton Of
harrisburg, Il deemed whe by number Of gen.le-
TO ask fellow citizens 70 come together and give
10 speak to our Representatives in tones or thunder We
want TO kno The real condition Of things In our cry
Know ri be hearsl, responded 70 BY every merchant.
manufacturer and AboFing man In the community Lne
question which agsate the community. M Stuart thought
altogether sbove party; II was one which concern
ed every lAborpg MAJ There were cases OF dissresn
within the sno seoge OF gentlemen who stood With him
the platform, the narration OF which would brag teau
from the heart Of stsne Al illustration or th' gene
distress and degtnon hch threaten the community,
Mr. Stuart read extract from letter received yeser
day The managers OF OF the larscr mAnuscur
ng establishments in America, BY some gentlemen Of this
city The assissnse ..xed for oy the letter ~as readily
granted. Inc extract IL ~ folown:-
The money wanted for the paymsn OF Wages and the o.
.c mailing this appeal IL ascertain whe.hsg
a. his time two thousand men II We can keep part of them
emp Dyed. we think IT viii help hsm and The public 30 fer
whole thousand and upon county
for support Humanity, however determines MS TO do
thing IN and make reasonable sacrifice 10 give
Letters from other parts had been received Mr. Stuart
said. giving an equally gloomy picture.
Mr. WIN MILLS. OF Frankford, an extensive manufac
turer, was then introduced He made q few remarks,
showing how unless relief OF kind be obtained i'm
merse numbsrs Of operatives (n addition to those now
lsmy come upon the community, In The city OF Paila-
dsphla and vicinity, Within the last four wesks from
ten o twelve thousand operatives hsA been discha-ged
rfp
alcne and In two weeks more, unless rel should
granted woad be impossible for those establishments
70 &c II In that Dgle branch OF busneu 20 900
kA1 been thrown out employment here must be In other
branches upwards of sixty thousand, and when sixty
least hundred eighty thousand persons (their
wives, their children and ohers connected with them)
m1s be thrown INTO ...s Of utter ds'.snaan FOR such
. rainy cay" In this stale Of things (remGked the
speaker In ncudins must look to the Lsgsaure for
such relief ~ II is IN their power TO grant
Mr.. FRHDsRIcS FRAIIY vas next introduced, and WAS
received with applause He said'-My fellow ciazens-
.ooompluhmen. Of measure. which ma, produce
relief 70 o1r ~ ferng community Mon truly may We
be called suffering community; for although haze
Witnessed four suapensions OF specie payments by the
BANKS there has never, in my experience been suspen
sion attended by such general distress and want OF cont
may be inquired how has oil this been brought abouts
The same shines upon as that shone in the month OF
us% me name ne 49, oe .S our sns sane
are ready to bear The product OF our labor to market all
the elements willing 10 perform for their customary
services yei, somehow or other man II unable 70 avail
himself or the gins winch Providence has placed within
hs reach We Arc parayzes and almost dead Bu, what
Il ths remedy Confidence, mutual sym ,athy, and
generous support OF those Institutions which for
the pnp ply OF the tokens which the labor and the
p s o q Ss
Il Is nos bill Of pains and penalties tina. VIII give
ploy ment 70 the poor man Is !. not blu Of pains and
dollar OF gold. Only restoration Of that eonndenoe
which existed among ave nix months ago bring
refreshing streams benea, OF the whole community
At the present moment stand very much In the attitude
Of parcel Of mills located upon noble stream soiolen,
confidence In the miller ~ the head Of The sroAu
Gu. OF from all the mills bslo~ him thai they
able not only TO grind but to spn and weave and forge
How shall this restoration Of Confidence be brought
Not by INDUCING In mutual distrus not sy calling
upon every debtor fer immediate payment OF the last
penny mot by making "runs" upon institutions hitherto
considered solvent and reliable No one, II 10 70 be
sumcd, wishes . deprive them Of the power Of action
But unfortun aiely happens that every AFRAID OF
the r.ng He fears that 10 he may thrown
on, Of EN- Soyment-msy be unable to purchase bread
ts familyAnd he therefore thinks necessary thai be
should hoard 10 day l do not see (as In the
ha lit OF seeing four months ago) the members OF
savings institutions deposi,ng them there with full
confidence that upon rAiny Gay when they call for H.
their money will be honestly restored Yet those savn
bank-tnose institutions that have loaned money 10
mechanics and buiders 10 be expended lie erecting resi-
dsnoes for the OF small means-those institutions,
| from whioh money may be obtained upon morig age
by the poor man. that ife blood Of the couru
nifty may be circulated freely, and made beneicisl
hose savings bauhs have not changed In their condition
rom what they we're Their securities sill remsn good
their property has not vanished the population thar
then IN Phll,eelptis giving wealth 70 the city oy 10.
Of excitement wage warfare upon oil these elements OF
strength TO break them all Gown, In the
sured working man Ia ihs NsembAge that would
give month"; wages hare things restored tns
II We could nfse uio The ms,ses he oonsoson ihA, all
the elements OF thtr prosperity are still within their
srSp-ths. there nas occarrea merely change In 'ne
sgns spd tokens 70 which hey have been aocustomeiif
could induce lheu 70 place themselves for NTH
IN The state OF oonndtnoe and r-pose which ~i.
messed three months Agouur fears, doabti, dill
cur woold be dissipa,cd business would return to
W orc mar, channel and every enc would be again hsppy
and cononted Now can re no. bring this about,
think think the voice forth FRO this
Ing 70 day will sssfy the me nbeys or our Legi,lstdre
that, In Dimes Ike there, re do bot wish 10 Jake the
pcrIon OF tps ourher and contribute hs share 10 the
general relief II upon tae aborirg population through.
out TIE State tia. the mschcfs and mor,unes OF the pre-
cr,s fall With mos, telling edec, ais daily asor fan
Ing hs mesgre syings are xpended and then
misery, ane With misery com disease and the speedy
sequence Ire transfer Of family from iu cncc chesrfl II
bouesto the poor bouse Bat we coud again have
naDce ourxves and PIT but angle branch o. the
Industrial energy OF this common -cash the coal usde
Into successful operation, ve shoald IL ak
weess have the tables OF exchange ~ rgsrds New YORK
and Boston ,urne1 favor and not the
fl that we have been oouresd 70 cue yumb undsr tbs
pressure OF the tmes and yield TO suspension tf specie
psymerh every dollar OF The currency Of Pennsyvsns
If percnann, a.r the trouble through which they
row passing, ne sboud be able 10 hnd II there. ZAP.
plaure Within the last four weeks, soa trade mas
under the infuenr Of this general distress al FINISHED
something Ike forty thousand tons per week, making
difference In tie reoepa of this wealth In money,
(apd large part u bias h hero from Toe ciies or
Ney YORK and Bostop OF something like hundred aud
my thousand dollars Tba, trade 10 nor psryEzed, AMI
M condition u bal type Of tns pvaysis which per vades
each Of The trades which Who nov bear me are
engaged " the financial condition n OF Ter cites you
kn3v how small . poytion or specie serves 10 keep
q Al
there has existed 10 those cities tnat kind OF
Gle paying system which NC have In Phlsdelpnia
venture 70 say that In the daily exchanges N life
In tho purchase made a. the grocers, the bakers,
the bulcher's-there more go,d and
silver coirs 10 d'cplsuon among the people
OF Philadelphia than there in the city OF Nsv Yorr
&c That's So and applause II you we're ID present 81
ne bar OF TIE beat hotel In that city, half eagle 10 pay.
ent OF debt Of two dollars, word for H. roo you'd
receive In exchange three dollar noes But my el
low citizens, What 10 II that want In the present oon.
unstrve OF Affairs, Not thai there shall be IN comma
nifty disturbance In the relations o. deb and
that the Lesbature H Pennsyvsnia shall say that By
the OF dollar shall yay you debt OF two dosrs