Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-12-14
UNION MEETING IN PHILADELPHIA.


The stage was gaily decorated with Gags. Many
public and private buildings shared In the dilplay
q bunting g 5 yie sPpFggrats m9tSss IN RSs e.
Secession" l." The meeting was held in the
day time, when business e most active. -
The meeting was as large as any ever assembled In
Independence SQUARE, numbering 1000;
Mayor Henry said: ''we meet 70 intollisently con-
slider the immediate danger which threatens tho per
pefnity OF the Union, without any partisan or per-
louai motive. This danRer has been mstured
most rapidly. The kepubli- Is III IN tts iuiancy,
yet We nov meet on the ground where the Declara-
tion Of indepenee was plorl ,imed With despair in
By the prompt efforts 0fthe peopit can this Union be
perpstuated- We meet t. decla'e an. haken conf
dence in the Union and DEL. rmination 20 dsiehd
have been proclaimed BY any portion Of the country
against the other they must be lin pushed We
must restore public seniiment to the I'D stand
point and the misplaced appeals rom our pulpits,
lecture roos; Ptesse, 4o , , No., SI 0Ii
dous applause.l II has been these violent appeals
that have mainly brought about this sad state Of af
fairs. We must preserve the Union at all hA9ards.
We will do weii 10 Tepel this ofhrous intermeddling
Of eur neighbors as long a. our social INSTITUTIONS
None may justly interfere or rightsOusiy de-
The resolutions were amended to q call for
general convention Of all the States, instead OF
seeding States. 49,
ing BE spoke strongly In favor of the proposed
convention or congress of delegates from all the
/ States. TO be held In the Hall Of Independence.
Hecautioned the people against violence, unless
| we have civil devastating war. We have all to
/ lose by disunion 1t is most important that pub
! lie sentiment be changed that we no longer con
slider each other from the North and South as hos
tile and enemies, He referred to the speech Of
/ of Mr.. Stephens, of Ga, whose name was re-
| ceived with hearty cheers. His kind sentiments
/ were most heartily recipzOcated, and echo back
| TO the people of Georgia and the South. We
/ must repeal these hostile acts of the Assembly,
passed by IL States, Interfering with SoutheTners
/ In the recovery Of their property, [Applausel.
] We must tlIus show our good feeling by action
] and not only words. We must show the South
that we will do nothing to interfere with their
rights, but everything to protect them, and that
we are their brothers, friends and fellOWeitiLens.
II Is folly to suppose that this country can be di
vided. 1t must be Union in peace, or Union
/ Judge woodward of the Supreme Court, said
We must consider calmly the position of the South
and ask whether they may not be justified in theiT
/ apprehensiOus. The platform of the party which
has Just succeeded in electing their candidate foT
/ President Is, undoubtedly. considered hostile to
the institutions Of the South.
Chas 4 Sex, City Solicitor said he had nc
doubt that the action of this meeting would be
highly endorsed by the majority OfthOse who cast
their votes for the President elect. He spoke 80
/ Northern man on Northern soil In doing so they
would not abandon principle. The vote Of
! Pennsylvania was not Influenced by the slavery
| question The main issues which the recent con
test decided in this State was the protective poll
/ Cy. ANY danger to the South would be repelled
by hosts of young men lately conspicuous in the
political clubs Of the successful party. Let tn,
! Fugitive Slave Law be implicitly Obeyed. VIZ
may prefer that It should be slightly modified, bu
as Il is il is the law otthe land, and let US submit
10 the decisions of the Supreme Court. He only
spoke the sentiments Ofthe Governor elect. (Fain
cheers for Curtin.l
He read telegraph dispatch from the Govern
or Of Maryland to Mayor Henry, denying the re
port that lie intended to convene the Legislature
of that State. Mayor MenTy received dispatch
from meeting Of Philadelphians now holding a
the Fifth Avenue Hotel, n. T., approving th'
action OF their native city,
Theodore Cuyler, President of the Select Coun
ellis, spoke earnestly and patriotically on th'
questions of the day This was no hour for Grim
inatiOn or reerimination Forgetting all party
ties or questions of eXpediency, we must unitedll
keep step TO the music Of the Union.