The New York herald., 1862-08-11
WAR MEETING IN QUEENS COUNTY.


and Husteed and John A. King, SC.
One Of The largest meetings held in the town Of
Newtown assembled Saturday evening in tho village
Of Astoria for the purpose Of aiding the government il
procuring volunteers Al o'clock the people began
to eoect and at halpast O'Clock at the lowest
estimate, one thousand persons had assembled.
After some patriotic and spirited music by Dodworths
band tho meeting called 70 order by Hon JoHE D.
TovEESp, who nominated President Of the meeting
Thomas Adds Emmst, Esq.
On motion Of JAMES M. RAxKm, Esq., the list Of Vice
Presidents and Secretaries read and the persons
named therein unanimously accepted by the me citing
Mr.. EKNEr addressed the meeting as follows
We meet my fellow citizens at the call Of coun-
try, our once blessed and happy country, which we
have heretofore known and held and by the blessing Of
God will ever know and hold, and indivisibls.
(Cheers) Yes, my fellow citizens, you meet 10 give
ASSURANCE that the experiment OF representative
publican government and Of mans capacity TO govern
hinself SO gloriously commenced by your fathers in
1776 shall be sustained and carried on to bright and
successful issue by their children and their children
children )endurng for ages, increasing with
its years, shedding as il was intended its blessings
upon is citizens and extending s protection, and Of
nations. That government comparatively in its in
fancy has been assailsd most wckedy; undermined by
silent son. IL has been assaulted by open rebellion
In Its hour Of need and danger IL calls upon you as the
offspring Of your creation. You hear that CALL and
you are required this night 70 respond 70 that ca-to
arouse aud stir Up the hesitatlng and altering to
encourage and assure the doubtful and waver.
ing. We meet TO declare that pncal ambition
other Id anatcism shall never separate divide
country. (Cheers.) We meet to pledge ourselves to
each other that viii not be terrified lured into
dgraccfa compromise by the growlngs and threaten
ngs of foreign governments, tho schemes teachsry
and falsehoods Of willy, half secession party we may
have in midst. Yes are met to proclaim to our
enemies at home and abroad that glorious Union
shall not be rent asunder, to drag few miserable
years Of degraded national existence and then wther
and die at the foostool Of foreign intervention. cloud
chcers) We meet here to uphold the American flag
the flag of our Unono swear that it shall not lose
star or q stripc-thnt it shall again float from the
Of the Mississippi and all the noble tributaries Of
that majestic rvsr IN triumph 70 tho ocean, and that
expand and wave amid the nations OF the world
in proud de1ance-the acknowledged emblem of the
United States Of Amcrica-unsuIied uncurailsd and in
vncible (cheers We meet (as hope and trust all in
every city, village town and hamlet will meet) TO urge
upon President and leaders the necessity OF hence
forward and Immediately acting with energy and de-
have endeayored sxtDgush this fratrcidal and most
unnatural rebellion by holding the olive branch In
hand and sheathed sword 10 the other Most Of us In
the outset approved Of this but and they have
been utterly mistaken. Our moderation has been
our misfortune. Our eyes have been opened
not be accepted. has been offered till it has wthercd
STEPPED in blood That sword, which has been sheathed
till has almost rusted IN It's -scabbard must now be
drawn. II must be used to gleam in the hands Of
citizen soldiers, who are willing TO do die The dogs
Of war must be let loose Northern dupicity South
ern treason and foreign Intervention We must crush
out and forever every disturbing element which
seeks to destroy our government and blast all our
natGrd aQVaDt3HcS which seeks 10 CurtaN the gran0
extension OF our railroads and teeg aphs those dvne
gifts annihating time and distance, made known
since the establishment Of our government to enable
to live united one great people, and showing
the impossibility Of living in peace il 1sunited We
meet also to welcome and do honor TO those patriotic
heroes who have already answered to their countrys
call and have SO noby and SO bravey fought her battles
and suffered in her defence, and whose presence here
expected but who from various and good have
been unable TO attend Knowing my fellow Citizens that
you 10 be addressed by 40 many others, will not
detain you any longer. cloud cheers.) -ss
After tho conclusion of Mr.. Emnets remarks the fol-
lowing letters, among ohcrs from gentlemen who were
invited to address tho meeting, presented and
the request Of the meeting, read by Hon. John D
Townsend:- s.sr s.#
GENERAL MEAdHERs LETTER.
New YORK, August I, 1862
have the honor to acknowledge the very kind letter
you sent me day or two ago enclosing an invitation TO
address the meeting TO be held in Astoria this
ing, in support Of the government, the laws and the
Union. regret much it VIII not be in my power to at
tend. Let repeat, however, what have elsewhere
sad that IL the people OF the loyal States- the people
especially Of this great statedo not come forward with
prompt zeal and the heartiest courage to rein
force the army which so heroicay supports the
federal authority and upholds the national flag
they themselves and neither the army the govern.
ment shall be held responsible for the defeat OF one
the destruction OF the other and through both the ann
na.on oi nus nyels so log sne enYy tne aa
humblcd millions Of every cline. Let the merchants,
well the less prosperous OF fellow cti7sns be
sured that the Army of the Potomac unless It be instant
y reinforced will have TO recede from its position
a grievous repulse, surrender to the revolutionary
army-in any one Of which events Washington will he
no longer saetreason will triumphantly lift its head in
Baltimcreand il will then be longer the line of the
Potomac that viii have 10 be defended by the national
forces what shall remain Of them, but it will bo the
line OF the Susquehanna and the Chesapeake When II
comes to that, New York had better prepare at
10 hand her quota (and it will be enormous onc)
the expenses ard the damage incurred by the Southern
States in their revolution for depend upon IT, the rcvou
onary government win compel the loyal States TO
pensate the conederacy for the blockade and the all
its bearings Southern interests should that govern
nsnt obtain the upper hand and the upper hand win
unless the Army Of the instantly power.
fully reinforced. THOMAS FRANCIS MEAGHER,
Brigsdier General, Commanding the irish Brigade.
GENERAL BusrEED's LETTER.
23T BROADWAY, NEW YoRK, August 8, 1862.
leave, somewhat UNEXPECTEDLY, for Washington to-
day, and regret will not be in my TO bc at sto
% sa sp ssHss az
seysngsSs sawaTss ri si &c ssn'mss s re-
bc regarded from exalted standpoint than any
mere political PLATFORM Let the voice Of rtsanshp be
hshed in presence Of the hrobbng and bleeding heart
OF the nation. And lot things be called by their right
names. Let rebel be known and called SUCH Let him
be hated and punished as SUCH Do not dignity this
beion with any other than treason Utter voice
in favor Of vigorous prosecution OF the The do
nothing hit easy etthem escape policy Is reproach TO
wss S 70 for ns n o free
offensive weapons In our hands must be employed II we
mean to bc considered in earnest Liberty must not fall
vlctlm 10 q Ia so ltoaSy WotTSt uHulu sAu again
against tho madness and weakness which refuse the
aid Of loyal citizen because his complexion swarthier
than that Of traitor in arms protest against the cx-
cuson Of the free black Of the North from share
in the work Of destroying rebellion. They enjoy the in
munitics Of citizenship: why should they DO exempted
from Its corcatve liabticsi state Of actual civil
suspends alters all the previously existing relations Of
the parties TO IT, and while face 70 face with an
interruptions and nsoent foe h not rank folly 10 spend
our time discussing questions OF casuistry or
constitutional lawf Tho safety Of the nation
is above any written code. Everything must
be subordinatsd TO the triumph Of our arms.
when peace accomplished we can keep the old const
tuition or make new one, as circumstances senl de-
mand but IL we lose ous nationality we lose ALL Mon Of
queens county adjure you be not diverted tom The
real issue. We Of the North must Subldfae Or be sub
you not TO give up party TO country The who now
sudcayors TO make distinctions betwosn the governments
and the admiuistrAt686 6 II by the duly constituted
thortcs traitor IN disguise wor In Sleeps cloth
ing an ass with his ears cropped of or turned W. lie
il either knAve or fool. Until this war be ended
until treason be crushed o-prt every traitor lies
stark and cold In bloody and dlshonorsd graveuntil