New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-07-10
dozen b.s horn. Mr. Morsnge gave up the Orstoricsl

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| John Kelly TO be present, but he had not come. lie
| then proceeded to introduce " Mr. Newell, grand
son Of Gen. Stark which gentleman made speech
| I- orntorica efforts will never make MI. Newell as
celebrated bis iustrious grandfather and II ne ever
becomes iustiious for any thing il will probably be
for being "the grandson Of Gen. Stark" But Mr..
Newell, too, was interrupted by the arrival oil The
carriage with the Mayor. The cheers were long and
loud and the Mayor agbted and was escorted to the
stand. When the cheers had subsidized he addressed
the assembage as olows:
SPEECH OF MAYOR WOOD.
FELLow-cITizESs-I have responded to your call
cbeers although aboring under some slight indispo.
ston fiom cold and although with doubts as to the
proprey Of my appearing on an occasion OF Tbs char
actr at tbis time; and although had sent, tonight.
letter of dec naton, yet the Committee whom you did
me the honor TO send me have 20 faithfully and ener-
gtcaly discharged their duty, that had but to obey
your call and am here before you lCheersI Aud |
appear my fellow. citizens in my individual and per-
sonn capacity a. Fernando Wood, one OF your own
f,low-ciiizeDs of yourselves, and net as Mayor
Wood, or the Chief Magistrate of the City OF New.
York. And the few words propose to say to you
will be said in my individual and personal capacity.
as ore Of the sovereign people ana not as an otciai
If The Corporation of the city. Therefore it is say
that with you this great and glorious resistance
10 the usprpston aud tyranny of masters at Albany
Cheersl 1 am with you and the sovereign people in
an appeal from the Court of Appeals to the peope-to
that corr. ctOr of all power, whether it be Judicial
Les islatve or Executive. l with you in the
cuton and obedience to all laws, and with you in
repeating and resisting at the ballot'box all laws
which are oppressive, tyrannica and repugnant o the
il Institutions Of this free Republic Cheers Thank
Gtd you reside in a nation where the Almighty has
created every man with equal political rights; that
here you are guaranteed by the Constitution OF tn
country the innenable right to elect your own repre-
sentatives-that you have certain inherent constu-
tiopal and ipalienabble prerogatyes which no Court
which DO Legislature, which no dictum can wrest from
you IA voice-And no Kngl. And let me say to you,
fellow citizens, that in this country tyrans cannot e1
ist long-ihat here under election system where al
representation, whether they be legislative or jul
diciaI must sooner later return tn the pe0-
ple and give an account OF thcH stewardship
and present their record for Endorsement or repudia
tom that here in there broad masses yOu nave 1t IN
your power by the voices Of her electors to repeal
1pQi REPEAL! and reject the ingrates and traitors
who have deceived and betrayed you lCheersl. Now,
fellow citizens as odious as are the laws under when
we suffer AZ repugnant have been the acts of the
Leglaur to pride, and to our inherent rights;
az 0dious they TO YOU call upon you to obey
them. call upon you to respect the authority OF the
officials who have been created by them. cal upon
vou TO render submission and obedience TO ecery aT
of the Legislature tosg as al IS tdm You
have always in this country Il remedy to which have
alluded remedy which exists in the hands OF every
American citizen. Above everything, let me counsel
YOU to make no resistance to the law because you do
not like it--nO attempt to Duy any legislative action
which may wound your feelings as citizens OF New
York. Respect every man who holds office Is long as
IL II DeIC ubuel law, so IoHS SVWt' n"'o
cided it is law so long is it my duty, and so long is il
your duty from the highest to the lowest in the com.
munity respect it, to regard IT, to obeyit This fell
low-clzens, is the only doctrine which any Amerl'
can can preach. 1t lie the only course that any true
American can follow. We must here, where
we ourselves make the laws through representa-.
tives-it as duty 10 obey those lars until repeated or
declorcd By The evens. Feowcitizens
it would give me great deal of pleasure to continue
these remarks, but am sat fed that nothing can
say can add to the enthusiasm which you feel in
resisting, by all legal and proper means these bills
am satisfied that your own intelligence VIII furnish
YOU every argument which cOnld think OF in enabling
YOU to arrive at correct conclusions upon this subject
can only say in conclusion that return you my SIN.
cere thanks for your many favors. IL has always
been nv good fortune whenever l came before the
people of the city of NewYork for their surages to
have them give rae ready response The masses
and more especially the OF my adopted fellow
citizens have always rendered me energetic and unan
mous support Enthusiastic cheersl.
The Mayor then retired from the stand and returned
home in the carriage, and the meeting adjourned.