The New York herald., 1862-09-02
Grand Mass Meeting at the
City Hall.
IMMENSE GATHERING OF CITIZENS.
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UNFAILNG ENTHUSIASM OF THE PEOPLE.
THE THUNDER STORM LAST NIGHT.
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ADJOURNMENT or THE MEETING.
LETTER FROM GEN. CORCORAN
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PATRIOTIC RESOLUTIONS.
SPEECH OF HON. H. B. STANTON.
10. DO. H..
THE THUNDER STORM LAST NIGHT.
LETTER FROM GEN. coRcoRAN
PATRIOTIC RESOLUTIONS.
SPEECH OF HON. II. B. STANTON.
10. 10, H.

A&ASVAA SA~ASs
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The grand patriotic meeting Of tho people OF
Kings county was held last evening tho City Hall Park
Brooklyn according the announcement that effect
The popular heart fairly enlisted in the dsmonstra
ton, which overwhelming In point Of numbers and
enthusiasm The late mass meeting hold last week
pgmy this great gathering The whole Park and It's
surroundings from Court 70 Montague and Warren Streets
thick with people. The universal sentiment was
against rebelon-war 70 the knife. and the shifting
Of the Amalekites in their very tents It fact
Union meeting Everybody thsre for the same pur
poseto support the in the desperate ssrug
gle in progress, to frowu down and crush al fac
tous spposton, and to make noble and gallant effort
for the Of justice and American liberty The City
Hall proper most brilliantly illuminated From
every window there shons dazzling light and ell
through the Park great streams Of light flowed from
innumer able lamps temporarily contrvsd for the CO.
cason.
Unfortunately tho elements were not propitious Tho
rain. which had been threatening all day, down in
shortly after tho opening of the meeting But not
all the blankets Of the clerk Of the weather could
damp the ardor Of the people, It Is remarkable that
nothing could disperse the crowd until the chairman
found that would be utterly impossible to continue in
such storm He therefore announced to the people that in
consequence Of ncemency Of the weather the meeting
would be adjourned Wednesday next the hour
when. doubt, there will be large il not much
larger gathering.
The proceedings far they went, not without
interest, may be from the condensed report
furnish.
The Chairman Of the Committee Of Arrangements, Mr.
j. n stearns called tho meeting order and nominated
Hon. Martin KaIbneish president, which nomination
was ratified with great acclamat0n
Mayor KALBFIxa said they had again assembled to
affirm hsir devotion to the country and their loyalty
the government, and to reassert that their deter
mnaton TO stand by that government and furnish her
with and means until rebellion shall have been
crushed out from the land. (Checrs)s His honor read
list Of vice presidents and secrotaries and then sub
mitted the following resolutions for adoption
Resolved That In victory disaster, glory or in
gloom, the people Of Kings county cling with unaerabe
affection to the constitution and flag Of their country
Resolved, That the efforts which we have heretofore
made sustaining the government only an earnest Of
willingness to redoube exerti0ns for the future,
pedgng ourselves to shrink from no sacrifice yet need
be borne, and to stand shoulder TO shoulder in the
OF tho republic and its free government.
Resolved, that If eny towards rebels in
polite, that time has passed and we respectfully but
earnestly mpore the government to make Of all the
powers conferred BY Congress- all the mesus provided by
warfare 10 crush the rebellion utterly and forever
The Mayor stated that he had interview with General
Corcoran in the afternoon, and mpored him 10 attend
be present He had written letter to the committee
which he would take the liberty OF reading the
b.age He then proceeded to read the following
LETTER or GENERAL CoRCoRAN.
HEAporARrties, LoRcoRANs IRISH LEGION,
Asrog Horsk NKw YORK, Sept 1, 1862.
Messrs POTTER PARKS ard wNsLow Committee &C.
GgNrEMEN-I have :: honor TO acknowledge the re-
ceipt Of your favor Of The 18th umo, inviting to
address the citizens o. Kings county this evening at the
war meeting TO be held in City Hall Park
deeply regret that tho exerons made by me during
the past two weeks render reposc from that kind
OF labor necessary. in consequence compelled TO
decline your kind invitation.
My sentiments in regard this unhoy rebellion have
that II would SEEM useless for me TO reera,e
cannot, however refrain from giving expression the
hope that the citizens Of your county will continue, in
the magnanimous manner they commenced 10 aid and
assist in the good work OF crushing this unhoy and
unustnable rebellion. This is, perhaps, the most
trying crisis that beloved country has yet exps
renced may encounter, Such being the case, the
duty Of evory loyal citizen Is to cast aside every other
consideration and attend promptly and enorgeticsly
to the work or placing the troops called for by the
President in the field at the earliest practicable moment
Let every man consider the duty which he sup
port the general government and be careful to perform
that duty with scrupulous fidelity Let those who can
not enlist contribute porton al cast OF the they
have acquired through the benehcent influence Of free
government under which we have all lived and pros
pcred.
trust that my fellow countrymen will also continue
to do their whole duty and that all past differences OF
opinion upon political questions will, for the time be
buried and when peace Is restored think can safely
which the loyalty and devotion TO the Union they have
exhibited at this period Will certainly ente them to-
am, gentlemen, with feelings Of the highest considcra
MICHAEL ooRcoRAN, Brisader General
SPEECH OF HON. II. 3. STANTON.
Hon. H. B. STANTON introduced 10 the audience and
proceeded to make patriotic and teingsspeech, In bis
Introductory observations he said that he like Marc
Antony In one respect, vz:-That he was a
plain, blunt man, who talked right He would not
ask them responsible for what hc would say
agree with him In what he might utter, but he
only asked them to give him patient hearing. lie
CURED with Gen Corcoran In clause &C the letter Just
re ad by the Mayor where in substance he said that
never since the fall Of SUMTER had this country been in
no much peril as IL was at the present moment. Why,
instead o invading the rebel capital we were defending
Bull run which contested year ago in July
were contesting In August and september, 1s62 He
would. without establishment or preface, give them two
or three why the country IN such peril and
why had not made advancement upon the foe.
The first he assigned why had not met with
success in crushing the rebellion that had been
slow 10 understand the character and the purposes
rrcmnent members Of the democratic party and beiev
od that these lighting for some real OF some
fanced right under the Constitution Not 80 They we're
nghng destroy that constitution Tho Mayor and the
speaker might have believed that the people OF the South
contesng fancied real privilege wthinthe
Union No. they were lighting 10 break up the Union
Cheers and sThats 30 y Some might have thought
that the rebels might be "seduced by some Cancellation
or comprsmse 70 return TO the Union; there had
been feeling arising from the most patriotic Of mo
uves that IL not wise TO press them too far lest
they would refuse TO accept conciation or compro.
dspsed by the bitter experiences Of the last twelve
months They do not ask FOR Cancellation nor comrro
mise they and spurn H. They lighting for theft
independence and establish their Confederate govern
mont upon the ruins OF the republic built by our fathers
in the Revolution. loud applause) When We como %
learn that the issue between and them B not compro
mise concession not to return through the avenue
OF cancellation srewn with fowors not tho guarantee u
fanced or rights which they claim 70 have lost In s
Union, 70 have been eoparded IN the Union, but h
destruction OF the fair fabric which Washington and
Franklin erected and which Jackson and Webster havo
defended on the cd and in the Senate, then for
what and with whom contending Let us
dispel this error from the LIST OF September onward,
and understand that this death struggle and that
we do not crush the rebels the rebels will crush u.s.
loud cries Of .sNever never) There another de-
sou which had pcrvaded another class Of who
alio tho al