New-York daily tribune., 1862-04-15
THE ANNIVERSARY Of SUMTER.


The Republicans Of the Sixteenth Ward cele-
brated the Gnnivenary Of the evacuation OF
Fort Sumter, last evening, by . mass meet.
lug at the Hall No. 2%5 Eighth avenue. The
hall was deu.ely crowded, many ladies being
present. The meeting was called to order BY s.
LAsAR, Chairman Of the Committee Of Arrange
ments, who nominated the Hon. Isaac DAYTON ss
Chairman. The nomination Ma unsuimously ac'
ceded TO- and the Chairman. on sssuuipg bis posi-
,on briefly recapitalated the events which the meet
| ing was called Ia commemorate.
| Mr. THEODORE TiLTos, the first speaker. in the
courc OF q Vt rrlng addre1, made many striking his
at the events and actors o the year, 1be aiissk on
sumter, be said, wss tho sudden eaplosiou oi
Slavery; il was the sttsck u Slavery upon IAtery
the triumph OF Liberty over Slavery. Free Labor
on one eide and SIxve labor the other had q, lat,
stood up 10 armed conflict. The sppesl Of Sumter
wss TO the men who bad bard hands and out Oi
whose hard daily work The nation had risen - he'
pride. lie contrasted the civilization Of the one
,y-,sm of labor with the tarbarisn Of the other and
vipdicated the honor Of Aboliiionism, which, b.
sad, should lever oessc until slavery ceased. lie
did not know but thht Wendell PHILIPPE h,.d 70 q
| good old age, be would be Pre,iden, o! the United
s'as.
! Mr. L.sAY read letter FROM M. Geo. Vim. Cur
,s. in which he sa,d toe question wss not now
whether Slavery sbould ole, Int how Il could die
/ post deeently.
Tho Rev HuaN MaTrIscS wss then introduced
He thought il very tinRulnr thing that mcn should
mee, 10 commemorate The hauling down Of the Stars
aud Stripes. Yet be deemed it glorious even, a:
Sumter. Tho lowering OF tia. flag was poor Jossph,
with bis coat of many is cast into the q, TO be
sold 70 the IKh,ns elter. We had got through that,
snd down through the part Of II, clesr TO the
plveuea We bad passed through eight OF the
plasuss--Hate Pori Royal, Roanoke Island.
Mill Spring, Fort Henry, Fort DontI'cn Island No.
TO- and Pittsburg Landing. We bad ouly two
l.. st.<...l
Gcd lvetb. The hag should ~ up again over For,
Sumner in very few days and shea II did 60 ny, IL
would mean q great deal more than it ever did be-
fore. Il would mean that there should 10 10 more
iyucbiDg Of Northern men in The South: more
Slavery there, and that ell uien should have equal
political rights. We bad achieved much already
There could be blsck man kidnapped and returned
10 Slavery more. The Emancipation McssaRc OF the
President was . great step, and ~, too wss the
emancipation ia the District Of Columbia. lie
thanked God, lie thanked Mr.. Lincoln, Congress-,
and every man who had had anything to do with
this and he hoped that by the nsxt anniversary oi
this eventful day We would all be ready, North and
| South to erect Q monument higher than any now
standing and to place uFon IT these simple words
John Brown.
HORAcy GnIrLrY WA then introduced. lie aid
that We had lived great while IN year, it seemed
10 him longer than any previous ten years OF h'r
life Although a year OF great tragedies and reat
sacrfces, be thought II ono OF tie inOst glorious
years in the history Of this ANY other nation. IL
was worth TO us more than all its stapendous cost
From divided people. large portion sympathi,ing
more with the Rebels than with the legitimate Gov
erpment, we had become united ut the sound of the
cannon st Sumter. Mr. Greeley sllnded TO the dis
graceful fact that Abraham Lincoln was compelled
20 pass through Baltimore On blr way TO Washing.
ton, in the night and ID disguise; this, he said,
though considered excessive caution by soIDe ~ u :
time, was fully justifed when tho massacre OF The
IL A =. b.. A.
MARYLAND Rebos. lie touched upon the Young
Mems Christian Association OF Baltimore. There
were $1,000 men now in the army of the
United States, he said who, up TO the bom-
bardment Of Sumter, were sympsthzers OF
tie Rebellion; that IT, their sympaihies were
with il and they bad looked up to the leading Rebels
as their leaders. The bonbzrdment Of Sumter sev-
ered the Links that bound them. That defeat Mar
worth more than any victory. II was because
Slavery had made war upon the Government that
We were tree from oil obligations 10 Slavery They
bsd shot away all tho ties that seemed ~ bind the
KepuLlic TO despotisn. The rebellion Was wanton
attempt to chow thut Slavery was higher than the
Constitution aud the Government. lie reloiced That
its end was uigh. Through' Ut what war lett of The
Rebel dominions there wus u general feeling thbt
they must make O very deslerst. onward movement
now fall into ruin. We should SEQ terrible con.
d in the West before the close OF this month, ara
he did not fear the result. But whether the sirux-
gle be closed tins year next, III complete triumph
or in partial failurs lie felt saIe Tint the end OF
Slavery would be dated by the historian from the
rebellion OF 1851.
The Rev. DR.. CurLvyR was the last speaker lie
excused hinself with apology. He thought the
three great events OF the century were the attack on
Fort Sumter, tue passage OF the Emnn,ipu Act
by Congress, and the publication. by he Amen, MI
raci Society," OF arpeecb OF WiberiOfce against Tie
slave trade. He mad heard that the Pres dent would
veto this bill But 1t NOT IN the power ol tho
President any elss TO prevent tho immediate
emancipation the slaves 10 the Distriei Of Colum-
bn or any where else in the Southern States. lie
criticised the implied recognition by the nst speaker
Of lny duty toward Slavery ever exisiing. lie
had never been troubled by any sucn obligation.
Inc law of God forbade it, nnd tie laws Of all the
world could not stand against that.
Atcr pasting vote OF thanks 10 tie speakers, the
meeting adjourned.