New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-08-07

be towards. God pity them. Let them sneak away
at home. They are too mean for even a traitor 70
honor them with powder. tApplause.l pad
thought Rebel the sorrest man upon this
earth. Laughter and aprliuee But strong
lmbed man begging an excuse and wbimPering
at the draft is ust the most contemplate and God'
forsaken thing that crd'rls. Great cheers.l My
commission exempts me from duty in the field. !
have felt that au honest performance OF my slotted
labor fulfilled my duty to the flag. But, now that
the draft is ordered shall file no exemption papers
Along with every p,au, will take my chance, and
if on me the lot shall fall, am ready 10 go. Loud
cheers. / need not pause IN this hour OF the con
hict TO tell YOU of the yaluo of This Union to you AS
merchants nor 70 erount the stake that i, GU have
IN the issue Of this Conflict. This gathering throng,
your fee-bauded benefactions prove that You realize
both your duty and interest. Every dollar that IN
labor YOU have coiued bas been earned unGcr the
protection of that law which this good Union has
kept for as, and which, God helping, II shali Keen
for those who come after US. livery commercial
vetture with which you freight your ships goes on
its way guarded by that starry flag which, God
belpi & us, shall float in all it's power and beauty
at every American masthead for thousand years to
come. [Applause.l All that you have. ind all That
you are yon owe 10 our Union. There is no class OF
our community WHO occupy more responsible POSI-
ton in connection with this civil war than you do to-
dsy. You represent upon this floor the largest agri-
cultural and shipping int ests of the entire North
Each wheat stalk waving on the bll-slopes of Min
nesota each TipeDing ear OF corn pours Is mite oil
tribute into the treasury Of your gathered power.
Like Joseph in the olden time, clothed In the pnr-
pie and bearing the Sings ring, you have IN charge
The garnerhouses Of all this broad and fruitful land
while from beyond the sea men come To you Tor
bread. Now, in her EXTREMIST need, your country
pleads with you for help. She asks your service,
not of life but of heart, OF colo, OF blood. She
As il not 40 charity, but her full right as your
bouDden duty. Loud and prolonged applanse.l
Press on Close up the ranks, and our loved Union
shall be kept The God OF fathers shall be with
us in this time Of strife; and from the furnace OF
this war our fatherand shall come more bright more
beautiful, more free .ond cheers.
The CHAIRMAN called upon
The Hon. Mosrs +. ODsLL who said he had
come TO this meeting with zone curiosity TO zee
whether the merchants aud produce brokers
were awake to their duties, and he had been
gratiied ut the response which they bad made
To the appeals made to them. What would their
ships he worth il men were not put into the
field to stay the rebellion, and If new Merrlmacs
were to come out upoo the ocean and threaten them
New York bad more interest ut stake III this cause
than any other part OF the Union. We most not
wait for ething to turn up, but put our shoulders
TO the wheel at once. If We have two houses we
bad better put Of them in TO save the other
He had been in Norfolk, and did not see single
ableb bodied in the city. Ii was an earnest work
with them to dettroy wDGt We should be as earnest
10 save Our harvest Ia bountitul Providence
smiles upon us, aud here ia this building we could
do mere to stay intervention than aoything Which
could occur within the next sixty days; for have
got TO feed England and France, and they know 1t.
(Applause.)
The CHAIRxAs agreed with the Hon. Mr.. Odell.
except III one particular instead Of giving house,
he would give both. TO save The country. lie 40
nounced that in Philadelphia the sum Of $4,000
had been raised for recruiting iii one week and tnst
a subscription paper now lay upon the table, con-
tanning unsolicited, the sum Of $4,000 The list
will be kept here during the day, and AT other times
at the office of Herrlck Sons No. ~ South street
JosEPH HoXiE, esq., was called upon, and said,
that although be was rather too old TO fight he was
not vet 100 old TO speak. He ouly wi,hed that be
was ~ years younger, for he would not like better
place than in the glorious Irsh Brigade, TO so with
them to the field Of blood to vindca'e the Constitu-
ton and the Union lof the country. He wanted TO
zee the rebellion put down, and Rebels put up Jap
plause and laughter. lilo said that the Quartermas-
Ter from Oswego was here, with orders TO provide
camp equipsge for 800 nen; but he had hardly got
here before be received telegraphic dispatch tia,
camp equipsge would be immediately required for
80 men. lGreat spplause lie Appealed TO young
men to come forward thus in Newiork, for one vol
unteer is worth ten couscrpis.
The meeting adjourned with three hearty cheers
for Gen. Meagher.