The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1863-01-21
Immense Muster Of the Union
Democrats.
The Headquarters Crammed
to Su1fOcatiOn.
ADDRESS or TIE HON. 4. OAEEY HALL
Horace Greeley's Six Degrees Of
Crime
L.. &c. 10.

pfo"uWay wore Msb evening unPscS0-
deptedy large assembage gathered 10 bear the Hon A.
Oakley Ball. The subject one calculated TO excite an
intense degree Of among those for whom 1t
politically chosen. II was thus fully expressed by Mr.
Hall IN his opening remarks:-"The Political Crimes
Against the National Crisis Committed by Horace Greeley
and His Abolition Confederates."
Mr.. Hall was introduced by Mr. Cozans, the President
Of the Association, and greeted with most enthu
sissic welcome
Mr.. HALL spoke as follows
GESTiEMEs-I thank you for the reception which you
have given to the theme Of the evening. That theme
epread out and properly outlined should read thusThe
Political Crimes Against the National Crisis Committed by
Horace Greeley and His Abolition Confederaes" Hisscs
for Greeley Or course you cannot expect me TO do jus
lice 10 this subject in single evening daughter and
applause) Mr.. Hall alluded the celebrated Or. Person
who, when asked to write history of folly, said he did
expect to live long enough to write it, for would
fiji at least one thousand volumes He (the speaker)
thought a. least one thousand hours could be probably
spent exposing not only the history OF the present.
but TO that history which posterily will read those poll
Of the Jobn leader and his Jacobin COME
derates Of whom he had spoken. am, therefore, said
Mr. Hall, going 70 limit these number or crimes Some
Of you perhaps in your younger days have enjoyed tho
pleasure Of seeing very good play that they used TO
have al the Bowery theatre called THE Six Degrees OF
Crime." and another play in which you have seen
very distinguished prototype, on small scale, OF
Horace Greeley, entitled 'Three-fDgered jack Now
propose tonight TO confne myself briefly as possible
10 The six degrees crime Of Horace Greeley aud his
abolition cotfeterates against the national crisis. Let
sub divide these At The outset in order that may
mutnaly understand each other What do mean by
the crisY do not 60 back Of the time when the South
began TO hold secession conventions see great many
old wings here to night OF the oden me great many
old Americans, and others Of various parties and they
all agree with that when the South not only undertook
but did secede and accomplished the fact, there was
limitations passed, and crisis arse 18th
which the past has nothing whatever to do AS Long
fellow sayswho although &C abolition pot writes very
Act in the living preset
let the dead past bus lis dead.
subdivide this Crisis INTO three periods up
TO tho Threshold Of tomorrow morning There
was the period Of excitement aud agitation,
o. prejudice anf passion, not only sufging
period ended about the time Of Inauguration OF the
presont President The second period Of that crisis was
ars 'n @
crisis, which is the period OF Cancellation. (Great APP
cry ''fcace-o That will be the fourth yeriod have
not arrived at that yet. But this cried which we are
in G the period Of concaton and Of sober second
thought ana ot democratic diplomacy. (Checrs.) We
have laid upon The shelf the prejudice and passion Of the
hour, ana we are now in period which is the most
valuable OF the crisis, and it is especially against this
period that Greeley and his contceracs perpcrang
their worst SIX degrees Of crime And when speak OF
political crimes against the CRISIS what do mean by that
do not mistakes, even blande $; but mean
what the word crime means 10 its popular acceptation-de
lberate forethought with malice and with kn0wledgeo OF
all the consequences that must follow from crime say,
these o crime which these parties have
petrated and perpetatng II is accompanied with all
the intent which is necessary make ui, crime He
proposed 70 them what Horace Greeley Ind been in
the past, both as a boy and man. And when he
spoke OF conederates he spoke OF those who acted with
fun understanding Of the consequences OF their
They all knew about the great crime Of SECESSION but he
asked them If they Thought OF the wonderful parallel
that existed and still exists between the crime Of
sion and the crime OF paramount abotonsm-tbat is,
aboonsm political institution, and not philan
thropy Why, the jacobns Of the South have succeeded
IN uniting the Soun and the Jacobins of the North have
succeeded in dsunItng the North they may succeed IN
dsuniting themselves and IN uniting he North in this pc
rod 10 which now are Of Cancellation and compromise,
and that the future viii take Of (Applause These
Jacobns OF the North had worn mask for long time,
ana he would repeat what he SAID privately 70 Some
gentlemen presentthai that mack dropping, that 1t
would some day drop off, and when Il did there but
one course left for every who loved his country
the eloquent spirit which Governor seymour in his mes
sage had put forth, 10 do what Longfelow said
Let the dead past bury Its dead,
And act 10 the living present,
Heart within and God oerhead
told iny conservative associates said he, Of the re.
thousand Mosaic fragments that and many thousands
would 10 sell their American 0rthright tor
a miserable mess Of abolition potage cloud cheersl
And here the life OF the who the great cook Of
this party thoding up copy Of Greeeys le) This life
was written by the husband Of Fanny Fern,
and be 1t just before Horace Greeley
pcced TO be nominated for President of the United States
(Laughter.) Greeley said day to Mr. Parton,"i OBJ
that there lives OF Franklin PIERCE James Blu
chnnan Cen Scott Daniel Webster OF all the who
have been and likely TO be nominated for President
am likely to be nominated for President want you 70
write my life and will furnish you with the materials
The old maxim, which all knew, was true-"Just az
the twg is bent the tree is inclined" He would read
few extracts from thas work. His biogralher ssysThe
mode Of Horace Greeey upon the stage Of the
world was TO say the least OF II, unusual daughter
Of QUO VINO vas present be came into the world as ba
as chimney" Uproarious laughter Mr. Hall read the
extracts about the bsyhood OF Greeley relative to his
fear Of losing hs place in the class aud the fear which
the boys had Of woundng his feelings When therc
an execution Issued against his fathers house Horace
was sent 70 take the things away from the house,
aud TO save what he could. The biorapber says
tina, the article carried Of by the boy dress
hut gallon Of rum. twas recorded Of Greeley father
that, .a Westhavsn Mr. Greeley ss they say In the
country, took jobs, and the jobs Of various kinds
On the same head 1t must be recorded that On tive
other OCCASIONS he taken for IDIOT Once when
he entered store In one Of the brownest Of brown
studies, stranger prescott inquired "what darued fool
went down 70 the farm 10, 70 yoke pair Of oxen The
OK says Horace's biographer, creature Of habit. n
you catch the near side OK. and yoke him TO the
the side, the OF you will find has opinion Of
his and will not be yoked. This mistake Horace
committed in his youth the farm aud this mistake he
and his abolition coniederates have committed all their
lives. The OF cannot be brought 10 doviatc from
tabshed uses Thus be attempted TO yoke OF Ok on
the side and the tho of side. After
much coaSing Greeley gave up the attempt when his
brother into the field and saw at once what the
matter was, just his brother democrats
coming into the political Held where he attempting 10
yoke the of OF abolitionism on the near side OF
conservatsm-(loud laughter. land, seeing what
the matter is, rectifying the mistake. Oh.
says Horaces father, that boy will get along in
the world he Will never know more than enough 10 come
Of the weather whom II " raining, daughter
Are these interpretations from the extracts have read
foreign to the subject or gravity Of this occasoul No
For this know very well may be accused to.
morrow morning. as have been accused heretofore, Of
telling the truth OF Horace Greeley have preferred
not TO speak OF him IN my own way, but in Horace
Greeeys way aud 10 read from hs book that be
dispute IL, and applying the maxim, Just
gee how the twig was bent, the tree ncncs.
And the boy who would carry oil rum surreptiousiy
and come black into the world-f Laughter land
who would yoke the on OK to the near side
aud the reversc-the boy who taken for
IDIOT because be was ignorant Of the practica.
bilitics OF common Be. and Is Just the he Is
when be plays the hypocrite on the subject Of ten
peranee and plays the hypocrte the subject OF Jobs
fcbeers and laughter land who attempts 70 make every
body else out Of the world black he himself came
into II. CHEERS and laughter.) II 10 nothing 70 the
argument what kind OF man be has been since II Is
nothing to the argument that Greeley not en-
engaged In thsc abolition schemes which he forth In
his celebrated letter to Mr. Seward In which be regretted
that he (Greeey) had not been nominated for Governor
because his having been would make his paper sell
lie would not name Greceyi confcdcraes for they were
oil 10 be found in the diary OF Prince Gurowski Il was
said that Washington Was the great Napoleon