New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-03-20
MEETING Of THE CENTRAL REPUB'
LTCAE CHE.
ADDRESS OF HORACE GREELEY.

The Central Republican Club met last evening AZ
their headquarters in the Cooper lBaItue, when Mr.
Sinclair Tousey was called TO the chair. Soon after
the organization Horace Greeley entered Che bail amid
great cheering. After Mr.. Anderson, Of the Central
Glee Club had RECALLED the audience with cong, Mr.
Greeley spoke as follows;
Mr.. PRrsIDEsr .sD FELLow-REPUBLIcAss /
meet you a, a very anxious and critical period in our
eouutTys Lis.ory. II is what are accustomed TO
call crisie-and people rather lannon's for the
number of our crussin fact, think may iHify say
that we are addicted TO crpes. How many times the
country La. been saved within my memory, dare h0'
sy but certainly great many il the orators we have
listened to- or the journals we have read lave been at
al Vi bin range Of accuracy III Their statements bus
now TO al human lercef tOn The Government uhdef
which We I've The country which we have 90 long
been rfond coll own. almost III the thToes
of dissolution Over more than onsiird OF the teriI
tory 81 these uited States n, to-day II mol eflue
,erieiuy PERIL 10 call Tor thee cheers lot the gooI
old flag OF our fathers. Cheer. IL would be- aimosl
a. much "a mans life l. worth, not only IN ne streets
of CiAilcs lon but Of Savannah and New-Orleans 70
be caught whistng Yankee Doodle. The author.
iiy II the Federal Government Is eonteInned slld
deh.d apparently by mole than onethird Of the hmer
can peoIle They talk In their journals about phns
10 reason bu, this treason consists IN ana
oleyig the Federal Government not In deiying and
resisting II. / read in the Southern jOurnRk hat II
reople DO no, look out, they VIII becau,e OF ther
tuiou,rn, he punished for treason Already one Vol
lector 81 Customs has been imprisoned Tor persshg
arnmsn, Nobody ha, been punished or threatened
with punshrnent for defyihg or resisting the Govern
ment Of the United States bat men are In peru OF neH
lives daily for saying that they do not CONSIDER mo
Talon dissolved. fhese very grave facts IL be-
comes us 10 pOuder them deeply Let us consider thh
yerv extraordinary II not alarming state Of thing1
We have elected q President aud n Nice-Preriden',
HON the PEOPLE Of he Cotton States do not ssen 70
admire. That ia tie extent Of our otense. Perhaps
they are e1cusable for not sdmiiing Mr.. Lincoln,
for they have not been acquainted with him We have,
IN legal constitutional manner prerisely 40 our Thar
ter 81 Government directs, according to the mn!iest
and fullest requirements of law, chosen President.
The leading candidate IN opposition presided over the
Convention Of the two Houses Of Congress, counted
The ballots and Declared that Abraham Lincoln war
duly chosen President and Hannibal HaDhn Vice
Precedent not Of the Northern States the corn obac-
CO. and whea,-gro~iug Sates, bat OF the uity-three
since made thirty four United Slasr. On bis Gnlhor-
ity then M gisirate and presiding officer pro-
nounce tho4e men, whom the Chief Justice has sworn
in our President and Nice-Presitent aud L ASK Tor
reasons why they should hot DO regarded and ooeyed
a. such throughout the whole extent OF thus land
lChe@rrl They tell that this election though
according 10 the forms, not according TO the sprt
OF tie Constitution; that what We have done, though
entirely legal techicHly legal throughout was In con-
travoniion OF the rights and privileges OF the Slave
States Of the Republic. Ii Ii true we took our candi-
deias from the FREQ Statos-but that was mere &C
cdent; we had more than one good candidate IN the
Shave States who would have made good President
III there hid been any constitutional requirement thai
Que should he chosen from the Free and the other from
the slave States this would be cause for cavil hut
I remember when Andrew jackson and J. Z. Calhoun,
both Of them from the Slave States IN every sense OF
the designation, were elected together, being
supported BY the very same men who now
make this n protsIt for breaking up the Union. They
chose beth from the minority OF the Union, ana no
man whispered objection 70 II. We have chosen IRON
the majority, and they call this an excuse reason lot
inyalids;inR their election. IL is said, moreover that
we have choSen men who are opposed 70 what they
lain 10 De tbs rights OF the Slave States IL we have
done them--whicb deny-any inJustce In this mat
ter the - the men who make this objection were ART
and par In te olense. They Themselves were stand
ING ty aud oousenng-nay, more than that, they
were conspsing-to produce this Tesun NO man VINO
read the recent hiory Of the Democratic party VINO
whclu4 its Convention nj ChArierIon and al Bailf-
more can full 10 know that the very men who are the
authors and instigators of Secession to-day were the
,onstinrs ~ defeat tho Democratic ps1y ana allow
VA 70 carry the election. They would not have been
beaten had they not deliberately Svided tlemselyos IA
order TO bssi Themselves. The lsnceys, Davses aud
others the yay who combined ~ break up the
Democratic party Squaiter Sovereignty and stephen
A. Douglas the pretext and only the pretext for
breaking up the Democratic party. The conspiratOrs
lnesI give the election, and they did 1t. And
now they round 10 and say, You took the vie
tory, aud because you did II We viii break up the
Union.
This warrants the belief that the Democratic party
Ia desd. party can easily stand defeat, W. the
Democratic party did in 1870, and the Wing party
In ISL but party defeated by the treachery Of its
ieaters as WIS the case with the Whig party in 81,
and the Democratic party in 60 then is thenceforth
dead parry. Another party may ariso ami adopt That
nsme for there il spell in the name, but the party
wbiok, 4 tia main, has had the control OF the Gov
eIbnea >fsle last Thirty yesrs-the jackson Demo
cratic ~ dead patty. Peace TO its a.hesl
What. arc The plausible pre,eSts for breaking
w ths Coz Iuent under which we have lived and
loufishsd3 HI Ia bear IN mind that We, the Repub-
leans, VINO are made the bugbtar OF Secession lave
never vet pas~od law through tho Congress Of the
United Ssses, ind We have power 10 pass u law
oept b. the aid OF the ScceSsiOnss IL they had stayed
In CvngT,ye We could Dot have passed the only law
lhoy ernmtle abont-the Morrill, Tariff. To be sure
va wsnted to pass II. Ia NY Judgment, both the III
nancer and Industry OF the country required IL.
Cheers. Bot we could not have passed Il without
the NulihoB AID or their connyance; consequently
they have right 10 alleee that this Tariff
which coud not have passed but FOR Secession, il n
reaon for secesnon Coming 80 the Slavery question:
have passed act IN relation 10 IL. all the
laws the ratntebook affecting Slavery were passed
by the aid Of the Slave States. We would have no
power " pas any but for tbein. They have tho Su-
preme Court entirely in their hands. They might
have had both Houses OF Congress- for the next term
at least. There no chance tor he 10 pass law.
We could only administer tho Government they lad
put into our hands. Even after had thus got COZ.
troll of both Houses, organized three new Terrific
res, and put no Slavery restriction in any
Of them. Our platform did not require
H. II only required IA TO 20 whore n was necessary.
They did not fear that should pass any law In
o0ntravention Of their territorial rights They cay,
you Republicans must give ny your principles, VI we