New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-09-18
GREAT OPPOSITION RALLY.
MASS MEETING OF ANTI-REpUBLICA ANS.
coopIa NIGHTTIME cpounEn ro uxspco

last night hlm II ne imposing tie rec-nt splen
did expression Of puolicau sentiment at the came
place. In measuring the relative importance Of the
displays Of any grand American campaign, the vast
ress of the numbers Of people partcpa ing, and the
Stunning hesrness Of their cheers and exub-rauee OF
their embems confuse the observer that with shat
ever csmness he tries to estimate either sizes or symp.
toms, hs judgment is apt to be greatly betrayed. III
II was difficult give fair guess at the exteit OF the
turnout ssi Thursday evening, With he Thousands
oosely packing the great bail of the Institute over
flowing into the ample square, and ebbiug ont through
all the coDvergipg streets, it was no lee dlicu to
dissect the facts from the full body Of thu Union rally
IN the matsi Of Enthusiasm there far less that
was eueg stive and uni lue in this demcnstra ion than
il that. TIE old machinery of campaign work wa in
The main p eserved. What brilliant novelty there was
IL the ~ neral view boro we'd from the manual OF
tie Republican party. What beauties Of o eauizstion
ard pictorial illustration were seen were reflections OF
the superb tactics Of the orgius Wide-Awakes. TIE
rest wss in the coed old fashi,n
loud mouti cd cannon invited the city, With quick
reverberations to the of action. csets were
layshed on the air. and the brightness and ui smoke
Of pitch Burning The gr' uUd, relieved tbs neighbor
hood Of The Institute of all dllness The main saloon
Of the building implicitly filed before clock
the aisles were choked, the windows ran over.
The decorations were less handsome than signi6-
cent. The American flag draped the Charman's
iate and bore the o, Justice aud Fraternity"
The words Of Washington that have been adop'ed BY
the Bell-EveIett facti n" Indignantly fownog'
&c.-w.re displayed s,ove the st,ad, while Numerous
epsgns inscribed with the wa'ct words of the Consti
tutiopal campaign conspicuous about the stage.
On the rear wall were the folio 9og declarations of
Daniel Webster: 81 shall stand by the Union and
those who stand BY III" 81 shall do Justice to the
whole country, and act for the good of the whole
country in all do;" 4" mean TO stand upon the N
stp utin; 1 need no other lla FORM Tae names OF
Washington, Jefferson, " sbster, Clay, C0oate Mad
ison, Jackson, Calhoun Wright, Benton, aud Monroe
were ranged at intervals along the sides Of the ROOM
The platform was occupied by very respectable
company Of gentlemen, obviously complex in occuoa-
ii D and principle. A capital band Of music beguiled
the intervals Of time.
While ire thousands inside in the full glow Of
he ated atmosphere and a generous enthusiasm the
clubs and association from toe yarioos WARDS arrived
and swellod the multitude that lad been drawn to tue
rce by the common instinct Of our KIDD toward cen
sstiop. Marcbirgs and COULTER -marcbings kept alive
he interest uot speakers cout be drawn forth for the
outside stands Each If there had lis tumultdous
ever. was reserved for an hour when the excite
ment at the LIS itute was at its zeDith.
TIE Union Minute Men, the Un,ed Lea.us
of Brooklyn the Dgs County b, Ii and Everett CLUB,
the Minute Men Of jersey City, AID the Young Mems
Natiopal Uni n Association, of N-wark with other
more or les martial oIgariz 1ioue came togeth al the
PAX, about oclo k a1d joined ia procession The
display ar The columns de6ed through the grounds and
"A Haah lanterns
bearing qusint ranfparencies aud ri1gius maldludi'
nous bells and sounding much biass and caliokn, was
quite ar attractive if satisfactory to the practical
eve az hat Of the Simon Pore Wide Awakes. The
gea, ms rity Of participants in the parade were from
New.Jenoy The Minute Men of Jersey Ciy we're
800 strong and than 600 young men came from
Newark II evolutious Of the ,sSds OF course,
ess exact end harmonious THAI thOse so lately seen on
the same tboroughfare. TIE accoutermenis of The
Minute Men are similar to those devised by the Wide
Agakes The notices borne on the ban lers aud
transpsrenciss were plainly the efforts OF wits
" Hel, ef's Helper, VIM. Ii. Seward Virginia
when in her BroUR study, soon got the hang OF
thiugt ." Sootbog sirup for Republican grpes,
with mary more of like efficacy aud keen hdlnor,
elowed on the canvass. Old Abe ~as utterly used
rp in rude but forcibe designs, now figuring as
" VIVA, L. lt7' about TO 90 up in balloon aud now
as a very dfesry looking old mao, shouldering bis ak
and about TO be off. The same grand s.niment
which .resthed ike a to nado ~i'hin the Institute
swept along the route-death 10 the Republican party
The procession nightly augmented the pressure out
side the mas meeting the of which IL reached,
amid intui excitement, about 10 o'clock.
Meanwhile the meeting was organized by General
TaImacge whn at O'Clock, nominated JosHuAJ j.
HEsRi as President. He was elected rira roce, and
returoed thanks for the honor conferred upon HIN
He said tat the thoughtful brows of those around hm
too plainly indicated the importance of the crisis He
saw the supporters of the brave and fearless Douglas
Great applsuse the parts ns Of the Track aud hg1'
minded Breckenridge ApPlause AID sst bd' nos less
rocpe # the fri-nos of The eta'esman John
Bell tf Tenn see Applause The Republican PAL
" hsd nomiua 'ed nan Whose highest doJt iue wa,
hot Of he "irepl essibe conflict and ths the eo1a-
tfy ne, become al slave Ill free. Hlse de
mir. HeI ~ hid been ia businees TWEEN yhye ysars,
al h. knew SOuihein mfu; he had trav led over the
SCuth more in one year than Lincoln had IN All hs NE,
and be XII that there 20 iTrepresslble coonct
except that VIII esci'ed By tie Repuhlcan PARTY
lAyplause.l Now, unless all the opposition 10 LOGON
VS. conc' trsted 90 ticket, lie wonld De
elected. Never, neverI His e ec'iun would y ~
the fouD6a.ioDs of ihe Urion Even nov the pea'a OF
more than of the States wss perled by the loren
Of III nceBdiary. The opposition 10 the R7puohcs9
patty could certainly agre. upon one thing they
rot Al Tabam Lincoln 70 he President Loud aud
Tor g.ctninusd applause. He did not believe that
dissolution Yves imminent, but we should get All tue
worst consequences of dlssoldtion we should cease
to be ous people. Have not the principles OF the ke
publish party tendency TO destroy ths no1 !
/" No Sir" Yes they have Let Bell ana
Everett Douglas aud Breckiuridg cease to point
their eurs at each other at es far as to secure tbs
defea OF Lircolp {" We will Let merchants sod
Mechanics whose interests were 80 closely bCund mp
in the Union come forward and do this work, uoon
which their welfare 30 intimately depended lAppliuse
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