New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-09-13
GREAT MEETING IN PENNSYLVANIA

Great was the excitement yesterday a, Media s,t
ir ed tbro ughout Chester Couny La consequence d
the great sstiug of ibe P1ople patty ~ Cha DIS
FeTd in a large and umbfsgeou- grove which
mabded landscape Of kreat Ie tlty ard rurs be sayT
The country through winch pa sed, son sftr lesv
l. West Phils1epbit, II r1lGanuc aud picturesque 10
the highest degree especially before arrvi X AZ Aat
after leaving Media Every where the eye is ples,od
with gu cessye patorauas OF sottly sSell CHI l.. VIA
here end the re- roldcr emIaeuce crowGed with wsr
il 2 woods, bounding sBd mclosng green sud lovely
vaee which are enriched With crystal s.res ns zad
gen med with farms or msout4clurDg S.Iisges who's
abound in ma ufactOIies, while the emerald SIDES Of
the bills brilliant with cottages, lne-washed ast
white rs crven snow.
site Of the emorable battle of Brandy vine aud tis
time too wac very appropriate being th- eighty third
anniversary of that well contested Struggle 10 which
or revolutionary ancestors displayed much p4roas
ardor and heI osm. The seven aud half c'OGk IAid
took dow several Lincoln clubs from Philade p1is
ard still greater number left by the ins at ten anf
half not wi bstandDg that the weather unf.yors
bic. IL cleared up, however, before Que oclOjk and
there were many additional visitors by train at
and half D. m. Several bands Of music acoOmp anied
thtm from the flty.
BIT not from Philadelphia alone was the grove
yisited by " ide Awakes, CoutiLentss w ard luyRc-
bles al clubs Of different denominations bat al emp
poiters of Lincoln, Hamlin and CarCD; for Upper
Providence Contributed one hdDdred aud ify incols
Guards, the Union Club Of Willistown and NeSto~a
about sc msDy, and large delegation from Chester,
all equipped Id uniform, and with tOrchgds for night
parade The West Chester Club was very numerpus
ard provided with excellent band. The West Pail
acelpha de- cations repaired TO the rendezvous Ia ON.
pibuses, with band. There We're prob ably from2 OD
10 coo embers Of clubs present several being from
neiebbOIboods the names of which did not trsn-pire
BY one Of tbOse errors and ays that will some
times Ia prem even in tie bessr gu'aed families
WeIe too late for IL NOR, Ug traiss, aOd did IN
fore reach The ground uat after F. Tue dissaaOs
etween the city aud Cha os Foo Is 20 miles, aeeis
eng about midway. The cars topped at 30 m .uT
A sIaf kaln hinkt shak
The progress mad. WAS rsthr slow.
But We had fair opportunity Of seei'g all the APP
Or aches 10 Chadds Ford AID nowhere 60 gr-4tsc ST.
tage han from the eminrnce on which the Pc JPls
party assembled We have no bssatlvn la stating snx
ne Tly 40 zoe people assembled tue hills aud val
leys being fairly covered while roads 10 all direloaJ
displsy lOUg lines OF two aOd Tires ml-s each OF
Iog ludeed there at least rOn three to fur
thousand isges at the inspiring &C. ne. Al
was animation, ali was mt usiasm.
The meeting was C-led 10 order, aud Mr. Blysrd
Tayor Yves unanmoul " electe1 President. Ga TAX Qg
The char, be spoke as folio We:
FELLOw-CITIzESs: la accepting the 'norable po-
sitiOu To which bave been ied let ne say that nv
tba0ks specially Due to Won for over king ,he
stance t1st have lot heretofore taken active
part in political affairs. | take this ~ an iGii ,atisa
that you as well IA ms self consider that moro imn-
nent questions than the ordinary irsues OF patty
queetons Of universal and faf eacbing mpOrtars In
vOlved in this years ntes. lt Is a nitOn, not a
party Struggle IN which we are engaged for the Qu-s
lion whether national pollcy shall shalt no be
based upon the recognition Of the iura rights OF
upon the re hts OF labor the eed free ION "
thODl ht and Of speech-upOu those principles, 10 a,t
on which the progress OF tle race depenIscOnceras
not merely party, but all mankind. Our firm Of
Government ma 1t sill be dsred AN eEpsrin snt
and lis success be matter Of dOuO long Il, Ope
aCn Is oieced ty the pr'Ju.ices and Interests of
Sectional obgar,hy.
1t il vital question whether we shall advance or re-
cede in our careeI-whetner that free future which
Washington toresaa-t-ougb, as Southern roes-
pondent of mine says, without the light Of Scripture
snd TeasOn'-ls to become dream of the psst or a
blessed reality OF our day. Tue sooner We dscde .aI
question, the sooner we shall have peae. L. caa
neither he Ignored nor suppressed. Let therefore,
march boldly to the Issue, and settle il at and for
ever.
IL has been my privilege to observe from tims 10
time, duTiIg PERIOD OF sixteen years the chaogss
which have taken lace IN nost of ube natl ns Of "a.
TOIe. in that lime | have seen Englani marching
with slow bot steady pace to the abolition Of pasi
grievances, snd The muOddoton of benehcent reforn
have teen constitutions Ore0 upOu IN wiling rulers
10 GtTmaty re 'gIous hter es a)lis ned IN Sweden,
the first steps taken toward the emancip alton of Ide
surfs of Russia, ard Sard ia risi g by fOrce Of
liberal ard enlightened police, H. be the ber Of
Italy. On returning home ana l,OkUg arouUd for the
sgIs of progr ss, have found IL true She Sane
marvellous growth of material interests the same Vi
GAL tic march # empire, bat [ have not fOun | am
soITy 10 say, corresponding mpTosem NJ in the Aa-
min strait Il or yOyerSmsLt Ga TIE co tsary
have seen influences prevailing which are dr,sly at
wsr with the spirit OF our republican III titutious aud
that COnsii uon which Is ter i'm Ital charter Our
work now If 10 restore "a, inStatoDs to thsif org
Da purity and inegrity-to press III asceod -ncy
OF sectional ioteres,-to make eff q honorable bs-
cause 1t 10 honest and while Iess sting rafi an am on
the one hand and rtb king ycot h4ncy ON tue other 70
give to or country an Administration which vii be
the eXT preston Of her true Character As a Republic
our Government should relic. the political consci,sce
on the people. Has'hat cons nue-ha,a coascisu,e
at a-been manifested in the acts Of the preseat Aa-
mil isIatiCn.
Fellow citizens, the battle of freedom in the words
ofyour call for this meeting, is achieved ia day
or generation IL ia bequeathed from fnher 70 son,
from cettury TO century. Eight, -hres years ago
gay THIS peaceful valley haken wi the thundcrs
cannon, Which beloved their stubborn cry Of
on even while retreatog before tbs sue ny. They
eiowed that cry until the scepter Of Georgs Ill
Toktn IN the United Colonies. Oar btale-cry IT, day
is still tie same. We are Gghing to preserre the
tonality Of the principle of fcs d'pi No fathers
fought to establish IT, We have also our &c rye tho
Third 10 oyeIthrow-not that venerable public fuAo-
uopary-who in his stubbornness fis petuance and
his dresry state might well be thought 70 nble ths
old kug-but a George ire Third with $50 900 beads
hydra king throne on co ton ADD crowned with to-
tscco no stretches tis ebony scep thoss do,
mains which tee Constitution has dedlcst d 70 eedom
Aud IL seems 10 me auspcious omea, thst as foar
years after Biancywoo came Yok own, SO hers,
wLers four years ago yOu met together, fought aAa