The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1861-09-10
WAR DEMONSTRATION IN sosToN.
Immcnsc Union War Meeting At Fancuil
Hall

BosroS, Sept 0, 1851.
The grand Union meeting in Fancuii Hall this af-
ternoon immense success. The galleries wore
crowded at carly hour great proportion OF the num-
Der being ladies' and long before the hour appointed
the meeting the hall was closely packed with dense
mass, while all the approaches to crowded with
thousands unable to obtain entrance. The old Cradle
posed Of representatives bffage Tho meeting
people in council united for the prosecution OF ,ncwar
and tho restoration Of the flag every icch Of the
Union.
It was called to order by Col A 0. Brewster, who in
the course Of his remarks, said;-
The doors Of Faneul Hall tonight open TO all, ire
spcctive Of party birth or religion lie claimed high
honors for that Massachusetts Major General who returned
from latteras with his brow yrianded with victory;
quent and patriotic Holt OF Kcnucky for the brave and
fearless Dickinson, of New York. to George b. Mcclellan
the for the honr; to the veteran Strnghnm; and
honor thrice honor and all honor to the Irish patriot
Thomas Francis Moaghcr.
The mention Of these pamcs was received with storms
Of applause. lie concluded by proposing the list of
officers for the evenngIIon. Benjamin r Thomas, Pre-
sIent and the Mayors of Boston, Charestown, Cam
bridge Eoxbury Chelsea, Worcester, lowell Salem and
Lynn with Others to the number Of sevcntysx, for Vice
Presidents.
Tho President attempted speak taking the chair
hut by this the pressure Of the crowd from without
had become 20 great the dense mass swaycd TO and ro
like mighty waves and he could not be heard Senator
Wilson followed, and met with no better success.
The lam nsupportabe, when it was announced
from the platform that meeting would be at once or
ganized outside.
Two vast meetings were at formed and the num-
bcrs without far exceeded those Within This
eved the hall aud the proceedings resumed. Judge
Lord made eloquent and impressive speech. lie said
The world ,eyor saw such day rs ihis All the hopes Of
humanity of ciyzation-of Christianity he had almost
sad. bound up in the contest We were waging.
While Judge Lord was speaking the following despatch
received from Mr.. Meagher, which was read amid
NEW York, Sept. 9,lss1.
To TIE CHAIRMAN UNION MEETING, FASTTII HALL
Ideeply regret the mpossibty Of being with the citi
Of Massachusetts, this evening The Irish Brigade
inperatvey detains mo here The cause you defend Is
also Irish There is no hope for ireland you
fail wi There is no hope for liberty anywhere the
! Uuited States fail to win.
Richard rockingham followed who said in the course
Of his rcmarksThe only subjugaon seek is to sub
jugate the South the laws which their ballot box
ca their own indvidualism helped create and, he
meeting responded by tremendous and emphatic
| eyes"
speeches were made by the Rev. Charles W. Dcnnison,
Chaplain in the Hattcras expeditions who exhibited tro
phes from the forts Patrick DoDohue, Charles Hale,
Erastus Hopkins Of Northampton, aud Senator Wilson,
who made eloquent appeal for moro soldiers to sustain
our generals. He said'We need hundred and fifty
thousand more in the field General Mcclellan needs
CITY thousand the Potomac tonight, and If
he had them the foe would be yanqushed before him in
week. General Fremont needs 10000 men on the soil
OF Missouri enable him TO the Nag TO the banks or
the Rio Grande He locked for glorious victories on the
banks Of the Father OF Waters" Massachusetts, he
said ought to have ten more regiments in the field and he
believed that she could have them in less than thirty
days lie defended the government from " croakcrs.
When the President and Cabinet, and generals were
working eighteen and twenty hours day 10 prepare tho
country the fall campaign, then il was that the
try fc.t there nothing doing. The government
covering mp their tracks from the enemy He, (Nr. Will
SOM knew that great deal was doing and September
| and October would show IL.
There was disappointment expressed in consequence Of
the absence Of General Butler but after Colonel rcws
tcrs explanation that the General had been summoned
| TO his post OF duty, the meeting was peaceful.
It adjourned ten O'Clock adcr passing four brie
resolutions, employing the language c Hon. Joe Holt
| Webster Archbishop Hughes, and Andrew Jackson
celebrated expression 'Thc Unon must and shall bt
| preserved"
As the meeting separated, rousng cheers giver
| for Generals Scott and Mcclellan