The New York herald., 1863-06-04

hear } The question before them ,s- 80.
war and dissolution, peace 's" s1.y
OF the Union (cres Of 1.-The Uu u Ie ,,~ ~.
pru result The Il devastating war Without
marched to the battle sns men OF the country had
and sstneeq .e lives n The def nee Of the national
In lis opinlc lCheers and cries Of 'That's So
shoa se and prosecute peace ,s the letter until they
Vy were ssce iss e,,,d aSa restoration oaa seeeIs
aries in power were snpy @ aSe'1 ogen,s m,
ant and, whether these parties had done sns their
A. iS Ss mot, ne you'd leave il 70 the eope decide
uls opnion there was terrible responsibility some
twhege I"eegs,l That was tho first great meeting
sed in the Empire :..s of New York, exp sssny dc,
e, ,.or. and nd desire for gess t3ea they
oua sy down their ms, but contnuo 10 move ON
until the ~sW peas ef Their now distracted country
tsw wSId other rs..ars. The speaker Introduced
Mr.. j G. VAN Ioas, who proceeded TO address AZ
meeting saa that sals in asyaS .a.ns ns
Sleod and treasure Of ,hs psopIs 10th North the
The party power had been promising the eopls that
s ssg nsi sfsdf ss vf!s 5sss s
there t. stamp i with their .crest iudsp Aiou.
Was false, and the Chief Magis. g, ~ Ina. snSs omiss
promises false when be de them Tor sS.ss
anSS ans ssy say @ ssw nsis: fs, TENDED to sp Them
leaders Of the par " knew",o tSe sneusre
On. he wnr S%nsas as sisssD nov r DOue
for the Union vas nothing but III. eternal dissolution
o. inc u."np eternal separation. The speaker
went to define democracy aud said that the
Terms Gem" .racy and patriotism synony ymous.
o. :" .ood 2, and 80 they are,r &C There
no Semcs % at who not patriot. (Cheers) No
cheers But the best democrats and The best
Lsots In this land (sone of thcn) lansuishlng IN
in exile from their homes and Ibis abolition adminstra
tion at this crisis demanded tho flesh and blood the
90 @s %sds s.S for the
virtue No moro promises could be listened to They
would not leave the matter any longer in the hands
who called themselves war democrats say what
tsey pleased. II they could bastardze tho de-
WAR them Es wou WASH New h hands
OF such hence.orth and for more. (Cheers.) Hc
have no to DO with who
that this war unconsu utonal and II he had time
before jury Of the people OF the United States he could
convict Ab raham Lincoln and the whole republican party
Of high treason cloud chees) The question be pre-
sented now was whether the democratic party OF New
" its 'As pssps s It's as ss'ess esnsa ssa
tion, or whether y was 70 be hereafter
cries Of "Never never y The republican press had told
them that 1t was treason preach democracy. They
tod them that II they preached democracy they should be
shut up in basties, because democracy was treason.
Cheers and lauehter But how IL days Was de.
moeracy treasonS (cries "No. no." II democracy
treason the State u New York would treas personi.
fed by fifty thousand majority next ALL (Cres Of s.Gocd
good and uproarious cheering All the Dean Richmends
the democratic party. loud cheers) They could not
make him nor them who judges equal with the ad
minssration believe that this war, which was waged
ouisMe the constitution, was q democratic war or a
popular war Cheers Ono OF the heroes OF the Mexi
can war was Thos II Seymour. Of Connecticut. who
stoed side by side with the Palmetto regiment at the
siege of Chapullepec ana planted tho American Tag
the ranparts OF that fortress Seymour the stand
sd bearer OF the democracy in the last guberraorial
contest in Connecticut he administration called him
end his atv copperheads they sent four Thousand
epub.ican soldie home him Ry that treashe-
y he was defeated. That battle in Connecticut was
waged upon eace platform. just such platform they
together upon that OCCASION "Peace and Union
we get IL: but II VIC cannot get e. peace at all
haZards" lLoud chcers) After the democratic party
cSeuS aa ,s On's " % the ss me a
this abolition and call It constitutional you
sust,ln these Infamous procl nations freeing the
property-you are q traitor" He ihe spcaker)
cped that they would never attempt their In
famous Conscrpton act Upon him. he would say what
he would do but he hoped for their good they would
not attempt to carry cut that Conscrlrton act in Now
york His doctrine was that the war never had any
legal or institutional authority It wos an uncon titu
hona an unholy and an unpatrotic from beginning
to end and SO help his God as long he had voice,
physical strength, aud reason: hc would oppose
II to tho bitter cnd. (6reat Applause.) Tire
speaker alluded to the meeting heid at Albany
IN ieter Caggcrs Office where series OF resolutions
were passed committing the party to vigor.
ons prosecution OF tho andad that the People the
State intended by this dem TO tell Peter Capger
Co that the party which committed itself to those in.
famous resolutions was not the democratic party From
TINS Time to the end OF this bloody conflict the democratic
were committed ag inst the war aud he though ma
ory OF the thinking and houes, portion Of republican
party were as much opposed 10 the democrats
They (te rep bicans) wee ground dowa the
heei of despo,ism, which had wrenchcd from us our
fathers brothers and could not m Ter their
Vailandigham was dragged ruihlc sly his home to
crafty the private eryc of secretary Of War
Cloud cheers sor Val!a nanil The democrats OF lhe
STATE OF New York her ecorth md for ever prt
iher foot upon the hce ~ lespotism. Iemagog o.
EH' told them they must cntc TO pour out their blc.d
a "a meir irst born sons 10 the and await the
e't e another Presidential election Shall we do thats
c." f','( At Che erd Of that time the youth Of the
Sl.aln.
the le would be nation OF cripplcs and m turner's
The rstinctve ario,sm OF peo was play cd upon
by demagosues and by the who had grown rich Ivy
me War ana ieit the country. They (the Tcoplc)
thought thai the flag had been nsulted and that hry
must shed their bl cod to vindcate IT, They did sto,
to consider whether was any power in The Aunri
can constitution To wage such Infamous war After
N Mo sers eaasenng Qor Dc ,eieyed the Almighty had
end the enccraiic party these hos
ilit'es snail cease loud cheers) They demanded Of
Ln'olD--l -lhkses)-who was but the servant 6r the
pepe, but who claimed to be their al btrary ruler
Iho administration said that must this un.
constitutional war. but must pour out lies blood 10
The last drop. (We will them damned first That
was whit AL tyran,s demanded, and It that which
beiseaded King Charles the first. That drove
tps Kings u England from their throne and that was
what would drive this would be dictator from his throle
Bf we will let him remain IN the White House he be
havesh himself beys the voice OF the people and AT
ihe END OF two years we will send him back to Spring
Jons J. VAN ALIEN OF Schuyler county, was intro
doceu and spoke rs follows:-6eutcnen, when look
srod and SEQ the beoad acres covered with upturned
fooes uron this occsion IL makes my heart beat with
Satisfaction and pride mt tie result because believe that
enere is Yet le some virtue In the American people
g. iats sop This IL most important and interesting
oceasien, trivial as IL may sem to some Of the
GATORS OF your city papers and papers throughout
tno state Gentlemen, most important period
dates from to-day, when the people assemble
Tor te purose Of discussion for the purtnse OF ex
pressing thcr views and they will express them in ac
cordaDcc with the address and of the meeting
oi the committee whch has just been read inside OF
20 per Institute, which will be published aud which gu
wf6ve the pleasure and satisfaction reading Gentle
men hat nddress and those resolutions bring you
nst rriucipes-scch principles as cucaed by the
thers this repnbic who were the fathers OF thc de
m0cradc party This government established Tor
single rurpose aud that for tho PURPOSE projecting
the eopic IN the rights " their and their property
twas Congregations the STATES purp,so aud for
thut alone. \ constitution was framed which Va the
power Of attofncy, giving TO the legislative tho d cal
M ho exeeutiee ni the powers tha they possess This
was given by the trainers q that on af6 then
was subs uently rniiscd by tho sc, al sta ecch