New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-05-19
Stand No. \.

II WAS not until o clock that a sufficient number
of people were attracted TO the Second S,aud 10
warrant the organization Of meeting. At that hour,
however, the efforts Of tue bGnd-whIch did not
play IN. National eirshad succeeded in assembling
a considerable crowd and after some little formula
WV. Is. R,sKH was put forward as speaker.
lie Landed, as the representative of free speech,
Clement &. Vallaudigham, whose name was re-
ceiyed with three cheers, and groans for Burnside.
He said that we must take care, or soon this Gov.
efument would tell us that u was a military ne.
csssity tina, it should abolish the balOt-box and
assume a military dictatorship for the next four
wears. The Government now spending
g. 600 900 day. which from man with seven
children like himself was about 81 600 year. He
never would submit 10 tho degradation of keeping
his tongue tied when he found those 10 power oui
raging tho laws Of the country. The Government
said to the people; You are not loyal If you ques-
ton our acts or what we do with your money. He
answered. Beware; make no attempt 10 violate the
saDctty Of our homes for If You do, there may bo
raised the bloody hand that shall hurl you from your
places. Great applause. They taxed us and asked
us TO permit them 10 interfere with the freedom Of
our consciences, aud by -and.by they would ask us
10 permit them 10 interfere moro than we could bear
Stesltbily, one by one, did they take away our
powers their last attempt was 10 stiie the freedom
Of speech, because they knew II was In
our popular assemblages that reached their acts
But the other day one Of these minions Of power
dared TO insult editor Of this city, saying that If
no was iu his department he would stop his paper.
lLaughtsr.I or him we know nothing. but that his
name was Milo Hascall, and that be was one Of the
brigadisrs, now plenty as blackberries. This was
no laughing matter. Renewed lsughter.l Wher-
over these people struck down the law We must say
TO them: you are waging war against men who
have struck down the Constitution, aud 10 behooyss
you not 10 DO tho same The Chief Executive of tho
United States had lost the character that the instu
tons Of his country gave him. They must teach the
petty powerlings u lesson; they must not merely
in public meetings, but in their own ncig hborhoods
preach up the law and preach down rebellion Of
those in power. Great applause.
After much moro Of tho same sort, Mr.. Mullaly
was relieved by Capt. Rynders, Mr.. Andrews, and
two or three others, whose names are unknown TO
fame, and were difficult 10 learn.
At 81 o'clock meager exercises We're commenced
al Stand No. 4, in front Of Spinglsr Hotel. Henry
Chauncey presided and ID. G.. Brdsall was chief
orator. He said that were Vallandigham arrested
here, tho whole mass Of people would rise en- msase
and rescue him. lie proceeded TO speak OF the vile
CONSUMPTION act amid alternate cheers for copper
heads, and groans for patriots. IL was only for a
short time that ali audience could be kept at this
Stand, although 1t was Immediately In front Of the
committee room, and Immediately beneath the eye
Of the presiding genius.
At Stand No. 4 the meeting was German, and war
very small speeches were made by hessrs. Bsrk-
mann, Wittig, Froeh, Morkle, Which and others,
and tho intensity Of the TREASON made up for the
paucity OF tho traitors.