New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-05-22
PUBLIC MEETINGS.
CENTRAL CAMPAIGN CLUB.

that this was not one Of their regular meetings Duh
quite exceptional and there were no minutes 70 be In
cted on the audience. One of the objects Of this club
was TO cultivate good soch feeling, and not asperes
His father before him editor, and the mouo OF
his paper Principles and men, and not men, be-
cause he said, there could DO no principles without
men. BY the authorized method a gentleman had
been placed before the Republican party whom he pre-
Lincoln and then three for Hamlin.l There was
no better man than Lincoln. There was nothing 40
tpendons in the Presidency that only one could
for Mr. Seward but they were outvoted.
The men who were opposed 10 ma called NJ Black
Republicans; they were fond Of colors. Now we had
given them Lincoln green, winch would make them
look blue Laughter and appn.Ise Llhct on VIZ
the head Of Charles /. The stock went from Hing
ham. Massachusetts 10 Pennsylvania, among tho
Quakers then to Virginia and Kentucky. ana Mr.
Lincoln struggled along with the worlo ana !ne aw,
and when it was necessary 10 pit man against tne
Little Giant, they took him, great giant, anu n'
overpowered him. The people OF Illinois were id I'm,
coin men now as they were in 1853; and they wouia
be more 70 before November. Applause we mus.
act as party and strike together and never slcken
our efforts until victory perches on our banners.
Mr. GREEs said that there never had been q Tune ~
the history of the country when party nad oeen 10
early in the field. and with much enthusiasm:
ICheers.l Months ago, while the other parties had
been denorzed and scattered 10 and fro, We as ne
publcans schooled in the great contest Of 1870 fen
ready for the contest We never had been disbanded,
and the time for further action had arrived we
had our candidates and we felt that their selection WAS
the wisest which could be made. Three cheers Tor
| Lincoln and Hamln.l The State Of New-fork was
big State, but il was not the whole Cnted otanes'
Here we were able and willing 10 elect any man. We
must look to Illinois, Indiana Pennsy lyania and New
jersey. And when we told at Chicago that one
man would not do, and another would do, we must
give up to them.
that the nomination Of Mr.. Lincoln be made unanimous
How different the Chicago and Charleston Conyen-
tons The first ballots were only feelers; the tnlrd
expressed the universal feeling OF the Convehuoh.
We in this way taught the other parties that we were
determined to win--that were determined TO carry
out our platform and to carry in our candidates. we
could el about the contest when we had opPs-
We were ready to enter this contest with whole
heart Mr. Green concluded by predicting the success
of Lincoln in November loud applause.l
DIR. LANGEs SCHWARTZ told story about vessel
which Lad large number Of passengers and terrible
| disease on board. One man took his wife, who was
very sick 10 the side of the vessel and pushed her
| overheard The captain asked hun why ne qua 90.
He said she sick he was afraid che would de.
The Chicago Convention was afraid that William H.
Seward would die in November, and 20 they had
pushed him overheard. The Convention had decided
| Il so that we should have Lincoln and Hamn surely
lie was in favor of Abraham Lincoln, and his German
friends in Illinois wrote him that he was the right SORT
| of a man for them. IAppause.
| Mr. A. c. HILLS thought the Chicago Convention
had given us the right sort of man. We always
| knew where to find Lincoln. However much the re
publican party was attached TO any man, It was more
attached TO its principles. He had heard some OF the
| Tammany men talking to-day about MIR. Seward as
| though they were very soreheaded on ms account,
and would never think of voting for anybody but Mr.
Seward. He merely rose TO renew his vows OF devo-
| ton to the party.
Mr. CorFIS read the following from THE TRIBUNE
OF June -, 1856
M HAxIS rose and asked to be excused serving
Chairman Of the Committee Commerce BE said for the
nine years had held in the Senate he had been almost
silent member Upon the subject that mad so m5cn asa.ed
the country he had rarely uttered word he loved his cogn-
could ssst sh and disturb h harmony thou
the repeal of the Missouri Compromise was great moral ana
political wrong unequaled In the annals of the legss
ion Of h. country and VSsSuAsds desire to p ns
harmony and bothery feeling he sat quietly and Ali
the exciting which led 20 that fatal result and oPposedt
not DIV IN aecodnee with bis own CONVICTION but in
with the instructions Of hi legislature passed BY almost
cpes Of that party with he he'd always acted and in Vi
Station Of ;S ,st. n1 e hasce ~f hS
by Cincinnati Convention its consummon
longer nantVn party associations with any party that insisted
upon S Doctrines S Rd I f 40 and
| test in opposition that party.
The motion TO excuse was agreed to. - -
He continued, giving synopsis Of the difference be-
tween the Democratic and Republican platforms. lie
| had had Seward fever before the nomination; the
wet blanket which somebody had spoken about had
taken it out of him, and he was now well man lie
knew that they would all 60 forward and dOal in their
power to secure success IN November. Loud APP
| plause.
Mr.. LAyGTRY said he loved Seward much, but he
loved Lincoln as much. We had in him the personih-
cation of virtue of talent of enterprise and OF Repub-
! lcan principles. Applause. We Were now face TO
face on the eve of great battle II TO be decided
whether Human Slavery should defeat liberty in this
land of liberty. We now had much stronger party
than in 1856, and much weaker foe. Success was
| within our grasp.
Loud cries and cheers for ULLMANN brought forward
that gentleman. He said that he had come here to
| hear gentlemen who were come from Chicago. lie
had told this Club before the Convention that he had
full confidence IN IT, and was sure that they could come
| 10 better determination there than we could here;
that while he had high yeneraton for the statesman OF
| New York yet should that Convention confer the
honor of its selection upon another he for one would
| give him, should give him, ought 10 give HIM, hs
hearty and full support No man appreciated William
| H. Seward more than he. He needed not the dlstin-
gushing power of the Presidency of the United States
to give him name and place IN it's history. But we
must remember that there were other men, other ora
tors other who had upheld Republican prn-
cples Az well rs he.
| He thanked God that there was such man as Abra-
ham Lincoln. Cheers There could not he more
representative man than Abraham Lincoln. Win
nothing but what God gave him, with no ading pa
rentage with Of the goods OF tins world IN sncn
position that whatever he nigh attain he could owe
it only 10 himself and to his God porn III Tue tpeh
bloody ground of Kentucky taken TO Illinois, then
growing M 10 manhood he took his place among inc
chiefs of the people and in 1875 contested every ham
let of the State with the leading man OF tne De,h-
| ocratic Marty and in all the attributes OF a man he
showed himself 10 be q statesman and an orator, head
| and shoulders above him. OF one thing let them DC
| sire the next President Of the United States was
born and his name was Abraham Lincoln Loud APP
plause.I . g. III :. .o,,,;.,5 sor,o ,;r,o
for n man of as weak physique ~ he 10 recover from
the shock of the OF the nomination. But be was
| a Republican and be was willing 10 sacrifice bus midi
-, diam IL