New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-11-01
pOLyTICAI MEETINGS.
Mu.. Meeting ut Cooper Tnstii"te'

order BY {. ). Spencer, esq 'i'oiSN''' VI Wv -,
made few preliminary remarks, and amer pairou'
song by the Union Glee Club. introduced the i0"'
CHAUscLY NJ. DEPEw.
! Mr.. DEpEw said that the response from 'le
from, and from the ballo5oS ia for the cause u INC
Union and of the country The cause is IN 'ne nanos
of Grant and Sherman and Sheridan. lchecrsJ fenh'
sylvana sends her mssiyc to lndiana aS. o1 W
nm the call until il echoes on 10 our own Stite oi ~
Work The cause will I've sucoesSia III the iuIa ui'
,ricts Of York end, it is 70 ne hop.i, III a soc
tions Once We have elected Apranah LeV i; "a n
NO win elect him again The speaker went INFO an
elaborate and able description OF the glory Nhcn mas
hitherto CLEANED upon our arms anu WIN eouen' M
ticipatons fOr the future zen. -hcCielan sa!s IA ~,
ttdr c acceptance that there are crcGms aces under
which he would not look his old cOmpanlons arms IN
the face he might web 10 ashamed to iosVb his COLI
panons in the face after having ordered coWardy re-
from Richmond when the spires 81 that city were
in sight. They declare that we must have eessauon
of hostiies How is that TO be done The sentiments
of every Southern peper as wen as those OF Jen D'ls
and his Secretary Bo amn, are opposed 10 any peace
that shall not be based the recognition Of Tie South
ern Confdoracy. Mnst the glorious Union enc to the
South for peace which II can commando IL an arms
tics should be granted the commerce OF all SodIhcrh
ports would be free, while We must relinqnHh our
efforts and. thereby. afford them chance 10 recruit
their strength. II a delegation should present
themselves TO Davis 10 plead for peace.
Davis would say: We were almost conquer
cd, but IecIporatoi, and We VIII have inde
pendenee or further war. The consequence rs mahy
the public debt, which the old Government j. let 10
bear alone. We cannot think Of anything hnt the
Union. The object Of this may not have been abollion
but the sun will fiso which Will see no SOL oil NORTH
America pressed bv the foot OF bOndsman. Tho
SouheTneIs shall hae no peace except unconditional
submission 10 me Union. The speaker used up the
record Of Mcclellan petty thoroughly saying thai he
bad taken refuge in the only state Which wond possibly
vote for him, white he looked both North and South IN
vain for retnioIcenents. We want peace as much as
the North as elsewhere but We want honorable
Lott crushed tO.lnOfruN,
permanent peace reigns And such peace comes only
through the election Of Abraham Lincoln and Andrew
johnson.
Mr.. SPENCER next introduced, with interest
ing "reminiscences OF hsfservices the Drummer Boy OF
the Rappahunnock, Robert j. Hendershot VINO gaye
The audience the Long Roll" iu most vigorous STYLE
after which
Hon. GALUsHA A. GROW was introduced, and
said that ne found il rather embarrassing TO come be-
fore the audience after the eloquent gentleman who ad
preceded him. and the drumner-boy who bad gwen
such an excellent evidence OF his skill on the lnsru
ment Of war. In 1850 elected Abraham llcoln Tor
four yesfs but sooner was the result made known
than the party defeated ct the baotbox appealed TO
the earridge-box. They believed IN the nteT1ereAe
OF the bGyoEet in the event Of Der defeat a.
the polls We can make no apologies for these
men who havosthus sought TO resist our Toy.
eminent for their own, for ambitious aims. NO
grievance justify. in n Government like tins a
resort force The ballot box only should he res0red
to. But IT, by any disaster the election should lai,
tired and the genius Of Liberty hcaymg her last sigh
NAV wing her way back fi0n earth 10 heaven. The
first fruits Of the ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF TINS Union would
be frontier Of 5000 miles continually disturbed by
contentious. Better one war though COSTS nhlhons
81 lives than "a leave war 20 last for I'll Tine better
c' the commerce languish die than that the goddess Of
Liberty, bathcd IN tears, should weep away orr e1-
istence unless this nation j. ready 10 b nation OF
slaves. Mexico began her history ~ We began ours
The hour she reached her WCIidlan reyOiutiOns De-
gan spYinging from the parties who were dhap-
pointed in the election Of their candidates.
And to-day. the country lies al the feet OF despOt-
the throncoccuped Dy scion of hc ose OF Hnpshurg
the meaIast Of the despots al Europe The Copper.
heads OF to-day ready TO permit the establishments
OF monarchy this continent il u viii compass ihes
purposcs-tho triumph OF the Democratic party with
JEFF Davis AZ its head. We claim that the foreign
power upon this continent enddpCcIs this country and
to-day the people of this country protest asain1t the
proposed plan OF monarchy in Mexico. il is enough
that We lie cursed with the presence 81 The no
tioDs of the Od world, who have crushed every yesge
Of liberty in their midst. 1t is enough that the innce
Of despois there may crash out the natonates Of the
people hat the Americans viii permit no interference
This eide OF the Atlantic by the arrogant despots OF
Eurs,le God Almighty placed the vvcan bet "vc - az
buiwarE foT TIE Institutions of liberty. TO preserve
this continent, we will not permit foreign powers 7"
plant within ts country toe seeds Of THEN Gov ernmeni
to supplait this Government OF ours. Ana WAeh
this Rebellion is over, Macmillan cannot do bet
Ter than PACK up bis trunk for the trst stenner
that crosses the ocean, But five permit this rebellion
TO succeed how are We To prevent these caiauis oi
foreign inGuonccf The Rebels have sgnlncd their 90
termination 10 call upon any fgegn power on TIC face
Of earth 70 aid them IN securing their ndf enuencc
and We must prevent IT, if possible No such moment.
issue has hung upon the balance OF ia'e Us mat
IN which now engaged. IL depends upon US. IA
this hour decide whether viii bctray all That orr
fathers have beqEeathed into traitor hands or pre-
serve it forever for ourselves and our poserty. We
make this attempt to separate end dismemher our
nationality signal faiuresO signal that u sbal never
be tried again. What produced tins Mighty JsebclOR
against the principles Of our Government HOW does
| IL come that any man, born on American sou,
raises his hand against the best government on the
face of the earth We tod that IL - the Eofk OF
Aboltionsts. South Carolina began THE war. she
always did believe that she was little bigger than all
kind. Gen. jackson took her down from her lDpu-
dent assumption Of snpIeme power. James buchanan,
the contrary. told them that they might do ar they
pleased. The war began os war OF spoliatiou
against the Governments and yet the Gopher
heads say thot i. is Abe LincOn's war-a war
FOR the for benefit of tic negroes. II isl too late
in Ae day for the gSn at sg negroes are nG Ut
Port Hudson leleersl has disproycd that argument
efectuay More recently, at Chapin's Farm, with the
Army Of the Potomac the field wos strewa with blink
heroes who bled ana died for the American tag. A.
the present t,0e. 10000 negroes keep step with the
music of the Union We must not disappoint them
now We must not 60 back upon our brave hero
martyrs Hore are IA people whom we have brought 10
shores coyiyes, slaves and they arc nov coming
forth in the cause Il our Government and Of eternal
justice There would have been no war bat for Slavery
and bus fOI Slavery there would have been no Adolf
tionists But our Copperheaa friends cry: Obno the
war was produced by abolition, by the agitation Of
slavery" Remember that. for the most part
been born in South Carolina. We s'ould have
been nre.eaters. No credit TO us that
We are patriotic today The credit is due 10 the insti
tuions that surround These Southern Rebels were
made Rebels b. the Influences surrounding them
Slavery reared them in that school These men. thus
scbooed and educated unable 10 brook restraint when
the time came sed, We will not sbmit 70 Governments
which is opposed TO views Of policy They rebeled
preicrrng TO the rule Of the Constitutional Gov
eminent The speaker continued his eloquent research
IN this direction. and then took up the Chicago Plat
form. which be ansyzed WITH much force of reasoning
and concluded with presenting striking contrast be.
| iHnen TIE nnnosinr candidates. McClcllan only