, 1862-12-04

GREAT UNION MASS MEETING AND
PROCESSION.


By the arrival OF the steamship Cambria,
Capt. Sumner, and the Parkersburg, Capt.
Hoffnan, with dates to the Goth inst, five |
days later,( we have the following letters from |
New Orleans:
NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 10, 1861.
The meeting Of the Union association, held
In the st. Charles Theatre on Saturday eve
nirg, was by far one Of the Eraudest that has
been held in this city for long time. The
theatre Was crammed from the floor to ceiliay,
and hundreds went away unable to get in.
Gems. Butler and shep1ey, With their staff.
cia1s Of the city we're there. But more graft
tying than aught else, there were hundreds Of
handsome and elegantly dressed ladies' The
dress circle had been reserved expressly for.
them, and none were admitted without tick
els.
The Hon. J.. Ad. Rozler, presided. The
meeting was addressed BY the Hon Thomas
J. Durant, and Colonel Demang, 75sh N. +.
Y, acting Mayor. The speech OF A1r- Duraut
though brief, Was an eloquent one, such one
as old re-; residents % o1 n the city hays often heard
home on the stage. Eloquent be certainly is
not, but there is that. quiet, easy, good hu-
moTed way about him, that delights every one
who hears him. He talks to you IS II you
were all bis intimate friends. You feel he Is in
earneet, and give him your most hearty ap-
p1ause.
After the speeches, the meeting dispersed
to assemble on Canal street, to form pro-
ceseiou, AID parade through the principal
streets Of the city by torchlight. The process
sion was large one; there certain1y conld
not have been less than 5000 il line. One or
TWO more such demonstrations and the Union
ranks will be @Welled to such an extent that
| the Eecesh knots Of takers on street corners
~Il not be as plenty SIS they hare been. They
| will have to right about face, or they will soon
| be in such small minority as to feel ashamed
Of themselves. When they find they can no
longer frown down and intimidate by their
coarse threats and ScOW1ing countenances,
Union men, they will possibly come to their
| senses, take the oath Of allegiance in earnest,
and become good Union meC.
Let this var terminate when 1t nay, it will
find tie white people with q larger liberty.
Even now, to-day, we can do In this city wha!
heretofore We never dared to. We eau noT
say what IN former times we hardly dared
thu.k. Viii the people here having once
to resign it quietly into the hands OF the slavs
eligarcby. for fear they should eudanger tht
institution By its exercise? we can now, f3l
the frst time since sll7erY took root in thl
stete, dfcuss its inertia publicly. Is that nj
small boon?
This is no idle speculation either. TIL
people are waking up to this matter, end yo1
could not possibly have any better eyiderc.
than is found il the fact that these mat
ter5 are openly canvassed and spoken Of o.
| the platform oS the Union Association, an1
the Intense interest with which they ar
listened to, and the applause they are receives
With
It would have done You good to have see1
tie way In which Counselor Esrhart was ap
plauded the other day, when he told the pse
pie that for one he did not want to have thi
var terminated and not find himself with an
. | 5rern j1ferft than he had h. fnra 10 r.
to find himself enjoying more fully the BILE:
sings Of Republican form Of goverlmen!
STATE legislation must not be permitted to b
as it has been, for the entire benefit of th
disgrace the statute books Of Louisiana an
Mississippi can be allowed to remaiu there
There is to-day an unrepealed law Of Lopisian!
that sntjecis i white man to fine and impri:
onment for applying for work on the !evee. ]
Is not l3ug since he had seen scores Of whit
In Mississippi they hnve a law in force PR
venting white men from working on steAu
boats. All these laws had been made for th
hcneft cf the slaveho1der, to the Injury (
white nen. Under the new order OF thine
. ! such inj Justice must not be.
Col. Thorpe, City Surveyor, who is quite
popular n;an among the people here, points
out tie fa!sity Of the shareholders pretcns
! that white men could not work here in ii
J South. He had had0hundreds Of white ms
Worklrg 1Gr his department during i0ur OF Il
hottest months OF an unprecedented hot sur
zier, on tie burning lsvee, and III the ditclle
c. and draining canals in the rear Of the city, l
E to their waists in mud and Water, and yet tn
Il coEtirue6 well and Aeal.hy-had no mo
sickress than others who were not SO e
| possd. he saw no reason why the poor m
:" might liot cultivate few acres, raise mis- ba
| CT Two OF cotton, or few hogshea
Of sugar, as easily as the farmers
- the Norih and West their corn al
:, potatoes. It was certainly just as ca
to 1aise cotton OR sugar, and not me
unhea1thy, then working on the 1eVee or
tie diIcbis shout the city, This would
the case as soon as the power Of the ela
= aristecr2cy was broken. They had tried
break up our common country, aud should
hesitate as to which e would save, our COZ
try nr elavery2
:, As to slavery, re are getting to look t
NJ thing full in tie face The preservation
the Union is Of the first importance. 7
I ! permanent establishment OF republic
= form OF government must not be defeated
g thu purpose OF preserving slavery. Ii slavs
stands in the way 1t must be destroyed. Su
- are the thoughts uttered here since the adv
Of Ger. Butler. It il, indeed, hard to real
- this great change. We now speak opeuly
our friend where formerly we would avoid
for fear we should be seen speaking, and 80
r. eayfEdroDDer hear Il word.