New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-08-18
Union Demonstration at New-Providencc'
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To ne II,,sv Of 7< IN. Y. TrRv1
Sir: La tbs mornings ssuc Of your paper zee
rcrort of . meeting held in Hotoken last evening,
which contains the following:
Chle Winfield Of jersey City was the first speaker and
diverted eop'idershe Iortisn OF ls VINE $780,
p,nocr.c politician hsi been over into SewJe,-y and had
reported the ese, 70 fab Of secssons;A This he pro
noune-d 70 be lie"
Tn, .sme Charles Winfield scems TO have special
mission TO abuse THE TEinusr, and prove that there
are 10 Sece ,onists in NewJersey. Al mass meet
ing ut New-Proyidenoe, N. j., las. Monday evening,
lac discharged the zane duty 10 bis country, 70 wit:
declaring that the slsnder 81 TIKI TRIBUNE IL a con-
nlinen, &C.. and tha, there sre no sccessioDisa in
New,Jeney. Notwithstanding be was in the midst
of strong Democratic population be sbuse Of lHr
TRIEusr met with no approving rspon,e from Nh
audience Of five hundred gentlemen And ladies, ex
cert half dozen or Co. The people dd not care 70
hear anv one abused except Secee ioniste. and OF
these he said there were none Ia kewJersey; atd
vet while be addressing L mon mass meeting,
within twenty rods OF him there was secret meet.
ing Of live seces ionstI beng held, which a'erward
came from It's hiding place and organized IN oppoe
ton meeting, under the aurpices oi ruer 'neeu''of
of The NeSark Ecenag Journal, and IL was i'd
dressed By that great sksdadder per nseessty from
several places {. &. Burr. You who do no, 1--we 10
this State. do not understand sic object OF these
efforts 10 prove its dsoy a.is 10 DC vrtuous patriots
of the frat order. The Democrats are moving heaven
and earth 70 carry the State this Fail purely party
Issues; and they know they have no chance II they
ALLEVIATE the traiOrous portion OF the party. Hence
thee public and private eforts TO fuse loyalty aud
disloyalty. All over the Stets you may utterly,
see thess parties chilling and eoOipg.' IL wont
work, however. Aud we now give our Democratic
friends fair notice that the rank and Gle OF the Dem
ocratc party will not be led into any such comIro-
| mise Of their principles with traitors ANY man
who can set tho votes Of the Secesionists OF New.
Jersey will be suspected by all hoocss and patriotic
Democrats Of beng 10 league with them, aud how
ever loud his professions Of loyalty he viii be iseon
tinenly whipped. So much 10 foreordained from
the beginning. 30 stand from under.
To recur to Me New-ProvdeDce Nrs Meeting.
The Secessonsts organized tbeir traiIorous band n
| front Of ponnels store, and mounting Barr on
dry goods box. be proceeded 10 address Ais crowd.
A gentleman Of she name Of T0wpeend, thor
ough Union man. not rellsing the treasonable Ian
euage OF Burr, unoereuosiously tod him he was .
| liar. and Knocked him Of tho box, ssd mounted u
hin.elf, and proceeded 10 denounce the crew ~
lot Of - Rsbsls, and II tbsy did MOI disperse he
would Iced the Uaion Mas Meeting over there and
demolish their Rsbel store and hang every one OF
them On the surrounding trees. Mr.: TOWNSEND then
left them shd procsedsd TO the Union platform,
while the Rev. 4. Armstrong wa addressing tue
meeting and requested him 10 stop while he made
,ps.ob. lie informed them Of what he had done,
and tho character Of the meeting In front OF the
store. aud called on the crowd 70 follow him snd
tear the ------ Rebel store to splinteO, and bang
the entire crew Of traitOrs Tho proposition was
MT With Q rousipg shout, "We will DO it y and
sober judges and said citizens were eager for the
tray. nit.
fed besongh. the crowd 10 desis from their purpose
and ly few timely remarks Quieted the excitement
little. but with such leader a. they head II was
hardly possible to restrain then. 1hey had nade
sp ihrlr mind 10 execute Vengeance sIon traitors on
tie spst.
Mr.. Armstrong now proposed 70 the audience to
follow him. and be would finish Ills sddees IN front
Of tho Rebel s,ors. and thus convert tho disunion
conclsve INTO Union mass meeting. The propo~,
ton WA received with shout, and tho crowd seized
.hs speaker aud carried him On their shoulders 70
tie spot, and ordered Burr TO dismosnt IRON tho
box aud let them pat up Union maI. lie roiuo-
family yielded and Mr. Armstrong hnished his speech,
urging the people not 70 destroy any ones properly
;le0u3ly. aud whea Mr.. Townsend mounted the box,
and denounced them 90 LOT Of ketek and traitors,
s.d IL he could have bis way he would In loss shan
an hour hang every one Of them ana rae the1f
traitorous rendezvous, tho seoro, 70 the GROUND,
sotne httls ndso wss made, when mayor Cro@~en
OF the Western Army told them that he was paM
by the 9evernmeut TO shoot such - Rebels ~ they
were, and If they disturbed the speaker he would 40
it. Most Of tho Union people tben returned 70 tue
Union stand, when they woro addressed " W.
Mclean and Mr. Townsend.
The Secessionists had threatened TO break up .oe
Union meeting, beuoe large delegation was there
from PIain6sld to belp the New Providence Union.
lists sustain tho old flag It wss nobly done and tue
semi TRAITORS learned lesson which they had better
Law 10 heart. There was some little hgn'ing. IN
which some of tho Rebels were efiectueny fd'd ot'
We again warn all loyal Democratic TO have nothing
TO do with those spurious Loc-focos who are
traitors at heart; for hob-nobbing with such men
exctss suspicion and dsrust In the minds OF patro's
Of al parties Ao'"'A"'