New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-10-06
AMERICAN RATIFICATION Nge TING.

| ANERtCfH RATIFlCh ZION Hhf. f.'''
The meeting for the ratification OF Ire An 'enc~a
nominees for S,ste officers, BY the Americans a me
city WAS held la; evening in tie lar,s hall n the
Cooper Instn. Mon than half Of the scas wcre a.
cuped The hal would doubtless have been crowcsA
bu, for the fire a. .hr Crystal Pa!sce. Many Repuba
csEs were present. the cheering showed, but ID
were Americans. Thu side hall grsced BY th~
! prsseGce II several ladies, and th.rc clrclenh
| muse.
| The meeting was ,aAed to orie- by Gen. joss
LIoYp who nornins; 4 the Hon. Hrsn ketchuia for
President. The nomi,siion was enthusiastically &C.
ceied 10.
Mr. s. RixyR Their rad fcrmida ~ lis. cf vi o.
PRESIDENTS and Secretaries, who were -lect~d. The
names of tSsar %. Baker Ambrose &. k,nxslsni Jsa
". Barker Zophar Mil!a Vim. ID. Andrews, Johs
Lloyd Shepl.rd Knapp, Janss +. Cooley, Joha II.
Rnggs L. {. " gner, AND ,ktn \. kctcbsm among
the Vice Presidents we've r-Neised with spylans..
Mr.. llIR,N ksrcHvs wss received with loud
cheers. lie sad they net for e consideration
Of che nomnarors AZ SyracsA- Sr State Officers. Tie
had to say that vrrsas was not n the State " New
YORK. ard Afr;-an Slavery had been aboished fx
thirty years i'll this STATE. TITO klccutve of State
Mad p.thiny to do with Kansn or African Maycry;
In, il snd to do With the con -rns ~ our o-u eress
Conn enweslth vi the far erd''stes for tIovsnor.
,sery Que was = man Of high responsibility
ard integrity. He thougG Mr.. sarrsws,
lo~rypr best calcsAted TO ill that nigh Office. Mr..
Burrows vas a member Of Congress At the time she
great Compromise treasures wee psnrd thosS mess-
urea which were ipt.su,ed BY Henry Clay linnieuee
che~rl, rnpportei ls Daniel webster cousisersese
cheers aud voted for by most oi'the leading Den u
the Democratic parry. tCheeri,g.l We supported
those measares. 1t was Gen. sbyds opnionthat
although Gsrri Smith vs~ Ne-y respectable man,
although Judge Parh ~ WIS ve-y res lectsble man,
although estima felsw-cl,iss IN Mr. MorgafwHs
Il. ,.s.,kA
more safely intrust th~ d.tes % the >gh olisc u
Governor 10 Lorenzo Burrows. tGreas applsnse.I
The candidate for Lieu. t-GcyeTpvr Mr. Benton.
xas such mtn tley should ttk be ashamed -
have suppor.3' even IN case of def a.
The Hon. EaAsTus Broow,. in behalf o. the Ccn-
rstee of Arrangements. sid hat he had prepared
series of resolutions which he read.
The resolutions p. to ,he met;sg sssl carried
with three cheers and tiger.
Mr. F. W. ASpRyws resdjesers fr IA Meprs. jas.
| O. Putnam. ". Il. Lord, Dos. VIM. T. Minor, Goa
Grstavus A. Scroggs and Henry J. tisFirs. NJ.
Gardner speech wss strongly opposct ~ fusion, and
called forth some Kisses.
Two banners Of .b. "YouDy Mems @ericsu Union
Club" and one of the Sixteenth Ward Young Meme
National American Union Clu5 were tres brcfghtin in
Ex-Attorney-G;sn. CUSHING wa introduced. He
commenced By susion To the mistake wtch tho
Americans made in supporting Daniel ,. remsnn for
Mayor instead If making s'raight-ous nomination.
He eulogized the American caDi1laes AID the other
candidates worthy men, the only d houlty about
them was that they weren't guoi-lookiDg aud couldn't
come in. Mr. Cushing found that prescription If for
eigners the Constitution u tho United States
th. President OF the United Sates must be native
horn citz.n aad he entered into n defense OF the doc
triues of the American party. Ia reference tn fusion,
he said that most IF the Republicans aynpathized
with them and il they came anywhere ne AZ the Amer
lean party they would soon get Americenized. Lot
them guard their otboxes, ard guard he men thaA
counted the ballots.
Mr. f. W. ANDREWS commenced hc address by
complimentary illusions Ia the ZION. II ury Winter
Davis, and continued with COMMUNICATING the Hon.
Erastus Brooks whose name called forth three cheers
and the lcudest applause lie comylmented the can an.
them not support any who declared hostility To
American principles. Yet he would Join heartily with
ally man or any body Of men, where ho could do V
consistently to put down the present corr 70. Admins
tratiop. loud appause His course n reference
To Kansas was ecrnally dsgracefn 10 James Bnchan-
all. CONTINUED applause. The bride With which
he tried 10 force down the l.ecompton Constitutions
should he enough to damn him and his party. Cheer
ing and music
The applause with which EKAsrUs Bro oxs
greeted rendered introduction Ia the meeting i'm
possible. He said that the kind greeting which they
had given him must b. due, not to himsef but TO his
devotion to their American principles. lie had en-
desvored to eubo, those principles for their adop-
ton and had he time he would be glad 10 show them
that they were the textbook If the of the HevO
luton. He could show that they the princi pie
of Washington, and that Thomas Jefferson went further
in his Americansm than the party 10 which he had
the honor to belong did to-day Was it not reason
able tn suppose that those who BERN rsxed and
educated under any Government, werc best 6ttcd 70
exec cute il He hOnorei the Gernans for renewing
here the festivals Of their iatberand the Irish for
celebrating ST. Fatricks day. lie repeated Scols
famous stauzas, commencing:
Brcathrs there with soul so d-si,
Who 20 never to hinsK has said
Th, my osn. my native land "
He liked this il it wss Scotch patris IL Three
cheers for Walter Seott."l He had no OBJ tctons -
seeing honest bold, true from any lard in this
country But ho would not have his country The
Botany Bay Of Old Eng and or any Other, county,
We talked great deal about foreign commerce.;
but few people considered that foreign comTsros
was but small 10 comparison with oar internal CON
MERGE They must protect American commerce and
industry. He hsi heard tonight with sincere souow
that our Crystal Palace where American agrc allure
AID American manufacture most fifty represented,
was destroyed by FIRE. II the legal voters OF New
York we're to vote intelgenty, the American oandi-
dates would be elected. There appeared 10 DO ~
much chance now as there did when LIreDzo burrows
was elected before But what DlAttered It who vas
Governor, Let them do night and triist To God fr
tine consequences. Better q thousand times Nv ngn1
than .ucoe .sfnI # 10 be ucccssfi 70 be wrong.
L., them arouse. In the words. II tGe old nursery
rhyme:
30 M. Pea.
Psmsun be-, oar mother. VIC sss, ne Ger desr>S'
t., them 90 to work and redeem the Stete, asA
make her What u true commonwealth ought 10 Ne.
Mr. Brooks concluded by reciting the wellkIown que
,afion hat constitutes a State ~
The meeting then quietly adjourned.