New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-12-03
CITY POLITICS.
WARD RATIFICATION MEETING

| ELEVENTH WARD RATIFICATION MEETING
The Republicans Of the Eleventh Ward held q s1Ir-
tied ratification meeting hast evening at Live OAK
Hall, in sixth The large hall was erosvdeh a.
an early hour b. the most respectable citizens n M
| wand.
Edwin Stewart called the meeting 70 order and
nominated Charles Curtiss for President, which wa
unanimously earned. -.
Mr. Curtiss made few pertinent remarks and men
| introduced DIR. Ives who made bnef but powerful
sppea 70 the audience 70 do their best at The election
on Tuesday next. -.
letter from D. n Merritt esq, regretting his ina
bihiy TO be present in consequence Of pTof engage
menls, read. o.,
Gen. Kye was introduced and was received with the
beartes, cheers. The General gave true picture OF
| the positions Of he Overwhelmingly tsll ana
Mozart Hal--aDd expressed hs eonvlcton tfst aiI'
Opdvke was going 10 be elected by large majority.
Il was wise 70 take the counsels Of the old, and the
energies of the young must be moved ,,,
Thomas DOYLE, esq, President OF the Eleventh
Ward Republican Association, made "A few REMARKS,
expressing bis belief that the had grown stronger
in he ward He alluded 70 the vast increase OF eN-
pendituIe under tN City Government, and urged al
good Republicans work for the elevation Of honest
men 10 office.
Councilman Iainbeer made an eloquent harangue.
He was convinced, from the spirit OF the meeting OF
Thursday evening" that the hesitation OF 20 va. y ~
regard TO their choice Of the candidate Tor the eS pi
Mayor was now dispeled and dat the name OF MI;
Or dyke was hourly gaming supporters. lie pau
a lgh compliment II the ability and integrity OF Mr.
Solomon L. Hull, and when he closed his remarks tne
audience testified their appreciation IN the most Vocil
errsns manner.
Mr.. Cooper. member elect Of the Assembly from the
Xb District and Others addressed the meeting which
did not break up until late hour
SIXTEENTH WARD REPUBLICAN RALLY.
In response to a call for a meeting of the eii-
zens OF the Sixteenth Ward 10 rsty the nominations
of George Opdyke, Solomon l.. Hull and VIM. L.
Pinkney issued by the Committee of Arrangements OF
the Republican Association Of the Ward, about two
thousand citizens assembled last night at Knicser-
booker Hail. good proportion Of the assemblAge
were the mechanics and workingmen OF the Ward,
and throughout the speaking Listened 70 with pro-
found attention.
The meeting was called 10 order by Alexander
Mcleod who nominated for President Washington
Smith esq The nomination WA unanimously aeeeded
TO- and Governor Smiths appearance on me stand was
the signal for loud cheers A list of Vice Presidents
and Secretaries was put in nomination and carried.
Governor Smith returned thanks for the honor con-
fcrred upon him, and stated the object OF the meet
ing He was sure they would rary the nominations,
and on Tuesday next would confirm the nomination by
eectng those gentlemen and thus give their ndorse-
me1t of an honest and economical administration OF
the City Government.
Charles s. Spencer, esq. was the first speaker. He
said that il was with pride that he addressed meeting
Of the citizens of his own Ward. The Ward had pre-
scented steady gain of the Republican vote since the
and " hen men sktu uliu now nc
publican votes Havemeyer would poll, be replied that
the Republican party true 10 its own candidates
lArplause.l There had been four candidates IN the
hed but the fourth Mr. Ogden, had like Capt. SCOTS
coon came down before they had ch 10 shoot at
him. He did not believe that the Republicans would
vote for a man who escaped Sing Sing by the statute
of limitations. With all bis experience in defending
men charged with crime, he did not believe he could
Lave saved Wood on the merits OF the case iney
were asked 10 vote for MIR. Hayemeyer. Why
Il culd tley when that gentleman had TO be
looked upon as the candidate OF the admnlstra-
ton. They should not now desert their colors Mr.
Spence then alluded 10 the invasion by John brown
aud the lesson incucated by it. IL had shown that
Virginia rested on a volcano while he believed that
w should find a constitutional means OF dong away
with Slavery, and while he admitted that IN the hght
of the constitution, and the laws Of the land John
Brown had ransgre-sed; yet AZ individual speak
ing for himself alone be deemed that John Brown had
not transgressed that higher law winch we should
hereafter be pledged 20 abide when at the tribunal oil
our God bond and free men alike, to be
admitted TO the freedom of immortality.
Returning to city politics, MIR. Spencer asked u at
time like this Republicans should falter They had
heard from The Il. y Herald of to-day, the mouth
tiece of Slavery, that in the coming Congress the
South would call upon Congress to legsiaie for the
protection of Slavery, and If 1t was not granted tue
South was ready to secede from the Union Was this
tie time for our forces desert their cOors and go into
the embrace of that harlot, Tammany Hall We
should now vote for Mr. Opdyke, which would be an
Endorsement of the principle Of Freedom In conelu-
Adams the candidate for the Board Of Education, who
repie sented the principle of the Bible in the Public
Schools for which he had been attacked by Catholic
journal Of to-day.
James A. Briggs then made an appeal TO the voters
Ia work from election day for the success OF
the party. If they did this, Opdyke, and Hull; ana
Pinkney would be elected. He alluded to the claims
Of the candidates. Wood WAS in Tammany Hall until
il got too corrupt for him. and he then let IT,
IIaugh,erl respectable had been selected TO
bolster up that corrupt institution but Democracy
was now 20 bad everywhere that il was difficult to tell
which was genuine and which was spurious. Laugh
teri All OF il spurious and he would have none
of IT, They should 20 for Opdyke, even though defeat
were certain. They should give vigor 10 their prnci-
pies by sustaining the candidates who represented
them.
WIN. II. Anthem was the next speaker. He was re-
ceiyed with loud cheers. He said they had assembled
in "A two-fold capacity as Republicans TO ahrn ne
principles of their organization, and az ctzens 70 40
what thew could rescue the City Government from
ms government which had given as 4 fearful name
all over the Republic. They had now TO speak Oh can
didaies. OfMr Wood he had only to ray that he
had written his own writing. But who wac respon-
-Lle for frauds in the City Goyeument-thai rogues
| FIJI the City Habitat honest man would be an
Alderman without hesitation. IRmmany tiail who
put Mr. Havemeyer in nomination. Every feature OF
NewYork he could speak Of abroad with pleasure and
pride excelt It's government and OF mat ne Ieit tne
Disgrace. Two years ago Tammany Hall had come 10
the Republicans and asked them TO come forward and
ran as from the disgrace Of re, ecng Fernando wood
With 20 90 votes they did come forward, and with
1900 honest Democrats, and the Americans
elected Mr. Temann. But what was the resut
Mr. Temann was Democrat powerful IN prom
ICES but weak in performance, and the moment
he was elected he devoted his whole time 10 make ms
peace with Tamnany Hall. We had therefore, re-
solved to put Republican in office ana reform oir
city affairs. They had determined that that honest,
thorough Republican, George Opdyke, should be
placed in the Mayors chair. Cheers Mr.. Have
| meyer had not the ghost Of a chance They who
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