New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-09-24
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idea Of holding great mass meeting to be turned
to so practical use az an advertisement OF sheet
ug. shirtings, prints, and ready made clothing TOR
the Southern market, was as bold as it was orlsi-
nal 1t was sort of coup de rags amounting 20
genius, and proves that the Henrys are not only
qualified for the management Of State affairs, put
that they are capable of dividing, as they prooaop
will all the Departments at Washington among
them, under the first Fusion Administration. mat
the whole family-rst of all the brothers, ana nov
only the brothers but the brothersin-law, ana not
only the brothers nsw but the clerks, and not only
the clerks but the pOrter-the porter whose very
wink is more expressive than the words OF ordinary
men-sbould all have found place among tue
officers of the meeting, is a stroke Of skilful man
agement unequaled in the history OF mass iiee'"ss
But even this is insignificant in comparison win
the sstuter ess shown in the choice OF Vice'fresi-
deJts for other States.
Who two of these we're, the Honorable John A.
Williams of North Carolina, and plain untitled w.
J. Bep amin of Texas, who they were, and where
they i've and how they turn over the large and iu-
yiting stock of Dry Goods to the admiriug eye Of
cious shop somewhere between Leonard street and
Catherine Lane, wehave shown already. To adver-
tise Dry Goods was the first purpose of the Henry
family; to honor the South was the second. 1t Is
not improbable that fifteen residents OF Southern
States might be found in the City at this season
who could have bsen made Yice-Presidents, and
the appearance of whose na mes on that list the
South would have held as compliment But how
would that have helped the Fall Trade 7 Then
Dry Goods men with Southern custom could have
easily been found who would have willingly &C.
cep ed the laborious duties of that post of honor
and, Ike the Messrs. Henry, have sent of, the next
day, bushels of reports of the great meeting to
Southern customers. But how would this have
BEL Gifted the great house of H.. S. 81 L. ? The
difficult thing was to compass both objects without
sacrificing either. H., S. d T. were equal to the
occasion. They CRAFTY the South BY choosing
men who are called Southern, and who, it is to be
hoped, at least influence Southern customers.
They advertise Dry Goods and Old Clothes without
helping rival houses. How They choose their
Clerks ADD Statesmen. Certainly it was master
piece of strategy Let us turn to the list, aud see
again how cleverIy it was d)ne.
The first Vice. President was the Hon. d. b.
Coleman for Alabama. The Hon. ID. b., for aught
we know, may be all that his title indicates, aud
also, for aught we know, may, at some period of
his life, have been a resident of Alabama. His
place of residence, however, is now Ne Work and
il any of his old Southern friends are in want of
pots ard kettles, nails screws, hatchets, AVS,
cutlery, axes-especially axes-or any of the ar
tcles il the iroImODgery lice, they can be accom-
modated at the place where this honorable gentle
man is clerk in Warren street. He will also,
without doubt inform them where the largest as
sortment of dry goods and clothing can be had on
the best possible terms either for cash or approved
notes. In the same establishment, with the Hon
cradle Mr.. Coleman is another gentleman who
once lived at the South, and was announced at the
Cooper Institute as Vice. President for Mississippi,
the Hon. w. l.. Long. He also will serve South
ern custOm,rs in any way desired Were there
none to be found in the dry goods line who could
represent those States Or was it thought best to
have minds in other trades who could advise a
country merchant where to fill up his assortment
OF mel chaDdlse. We will not pretend to say; but
we are sure The HenIys did not act without good
easOn.
Probably, after all as the choice was limited to
clerks and statesmen, they had to take what they
could get. In large rival drygoOds house in
Chambers street, is a clerk, or salesman, whom
the world knows now as the Honorable Thos.
HaItless of Tennessee The Honorable Thomas
once passed six months at the South as an insur-
aBce agent, We believe, or something of that sort
but it is Vermont which has the honor OF calling
him her son. But probably that was the nearest
they could come to Sougherner in the Chambers
st eet concern, and on question of birthplace
there is often room for doubt Nevertheless, il vas
an unkind thing to do aod adding insult to injury,
to take clerk for Vice President from behind tue
counter of that establishment where one of the
partners was on the original roll of National
" Democratic Volunteers" formed months ago,
and represented in the lobby of the Baltimore
Convention 1t was an unkind cut in John I.
Hen,y to treat with such contempt Que of his first
associates.
Virgoia was represented at the H., s. & 7. Meet
ing by the Hon. Vim. +. LuckadoO. About Luck.
adoO, our information is doubtful We are not sure
whether he possesses those qualifications that go to
the making of dry goods salesman, as all we can
positively learn of him is, that he once kept ten
pin alley IN Rockbridge, Virginia. That he came
from that State, seems certain. Whether he con-
tinues in tho ten-pil line since he has made New
York his place Of residence, we are not informed;
but--a thought strikes us-may he not, even in
that business, and in some place no doubt attrac