New-York daily tribune., 1864-04-16

meeting was 10 have been heu but tnere was no gn.
lvisiIic or nrcnaration-an instance OF forethought
,boh cva,,fy relieyed us. We ultimately found the
sexton who did not at first rccognz u.s. anu Wlo great
reluctance he Informed US Where hr uarnet couid Do
a W. T,nnd him and two male and two female
IoiHroa friends waiting in obscuIity and with mueh
th ,ion the events of the evening dreadng every
falling ootstep which seemed 70 eppioaon lhS door
me o2 the men had just escaped from personal assault
Win Tbo riots which lasted nearly a.whoc week were
-onrcsented bv some journalists as having been excited
- the draft which followed the oonser PtiOn The
9nscrptlon was prescribed BY ar act Of Congress to
Irerier the Government strong enough to put down
Reberion without dependence on volunteers. IL was
tho law of the land. The dIsit was by ballet; no man
was excluded from its action by the Federal Admin
istration The rioters attacked men supposed TO 10
supporters of Te General Government; but the
| a ff.rmen and Governor Seymour pretended TO ap
pease tho mob By promising to have the dIa suspended
The Offices Of the Tribune" were attacked, becanse
tie editor was charged o. advocate Of she abolition
of Slavery Hundreds Of cooTed people were asstiitG
hunted as wild beasts their humble dwellings grod.
and burned to asles Children old mon. ieebo woich ~
and sick and helpless negroes were killed, tuig 10
lamppo,ts and east into the RIVER Soldiers end thor
officers policemen. and respectable private citHehS
were murdered in deadly strife; Colonel OBfien was
hrutay beaten and guarded I'll be expired GS the retm
Of mob outrage. The Coorcd Orphan Asylum "ss
sacked ard burned and the little inmates only escaped
by the daring and skful manaEemens OF tho Edl.oh
and superintendent who Tskei their lives in conveying
them 70 tho policestation Streets avenues stGons
arsenGls stores and printing offices as aso teegraPhS
were rayagsd occupied and fired, while the moo were
armed with AU xmas OF UlNhlttS anu HIu-hiHnf
acted in concert as the agents of conspiracy. Ihe
New York Herald" stood by aud ohuckled Wlth EIet
For several days tie "WoTld" and the "EXpross
found EXCUSES and psatifes for tho ineendlsrI moo
holding up 10 ridloule who they alleged. had 10
hide themselves from the infuriatcd savages leo
Tribune" reported ths acts OF murder, as did the
/ "New. York fines and tho Evening Post" ana
measures taken TO suppress the riots and charged the
origin Of the riots 10 consplraiOrs who symlaILHed
with The sar ohoding robels.
We quote for what il is worth portion Of Dr.
Massie's remarks on the New-York prcss:
The tteDographo or Photographic ars is perhaps moi:
universal is the daily press IN America o. found
FREQUENT applications for the Notes Of the speaker
and which l never could supply, But am bound TO
testify that even In tho Western States in Cincinnati,
ST. Lous and Pittsburgh road reports of my addresses
which voibatl. and did noI make me as hatd o
what had delivered. They wer, promptly produced
and widely circulated. l was. however, amused on
one occasion 10 read In "Ths New York HcIBld'
a mere paraphraso Of what l had spoken. From
beginning 10 end hardly word which l Lad
uttered but in other words throughout pre.ty
correc, version OF my thoughts free TRANSLATION OF
the speech aid In strong contrast With the New toTk
Lines which reported my words as wen ms ny senii
ments. l was told by DR.. Iyng ofa case which bad
recently occurred 20 himself On she Thanksgiving day
in August he had been taken by surprise IN h!s oHD
ec.ure.room by the attendance OF much larger asson-
bly, than he had anticipated which rendcre e'peiieni
address well prayers. be had not prepared
and therefore his address was e1tcmp0r% Someihns
like free translation of what ne uttered was rfporsa
in one VI the NeHfoTk papersfor which be Tes ~ no
sense responsible as he bel not 1. before aiser
His attention 20 IL wss however enforced by an eiar
'ate oftqus his discourse 10 had been ls publ
cation which Ee read g. me from tic London Record
The words and phrases which were not his Wrrr held
Up TO seorn and be severely and uDgenefonsy Sian
LeTed as q VINO hBd departed nom .ilb utt{ mo
principles OF plcJ, and The character Of Christian
ins,or Writers who live in glass houses SHOULD ros
cast stones.
a lew papers In tho States where Slavery nngcrs,
still fe,e o. chgmy f1r Ihe soidsSai p1tIfcha ~
stitutOn. cad dcnounce al measures tending 10 iiS
eboh,oni in Kentucky Advertisements of teles and .he
running AWAY OF negroes stul appear ana er.n ar
pTctce in TIE LokisyiAc joan 4! asoWs belief NAT
the negroes are normally suited only for forced labor
and the slaves faro these are se'sio rees vi depart
Tho two main po..cal distinctions in the daily press
are The Dcocr tic and Republican crros; tie fc!ncr
again divided into Peace DemocTats-sonetiin-s called
COpperheads. the coppe Head nDAso lnLiseis 10 hc
rG.teslAkc. when ulcolLs the aSi iods oi Us ssiAi
and the manner Of south Carolina bears the rattle
snake for its iaSigt,Hr. There are also ar Deroofas
" no ssy the Governs should be euppOIed I'll sis
Rebellion ID subdued but thcy reserve bomsthing 10 Do
hereafter adnsted about tie sovereign rights o separate
/ states and the inte7-eommunal inmunites OF Their
citizens The Republican papers are also divided iho
IAntiSsyery and Sove-tVlefang parties more or iesB
vehement TIE E:s YoTk HeraIdis 'si RsHri.i some,
tmes hot and sometimes Cold nnd sometimes hot and
cod->onetmes IL reports the Truth. aud contlHs well
written descriptive artiaCsat oihe1 times u reports
what has more hc1ion thon truth or again whe' mas o
.ruia ot all. but with all rhe gravity o. truthful
chroniesr IA correspondents do mol senc bs iit'
is one ht he-dGuaIters who car make 'lehi 70
AS 10 snJ principle OF Trash virtue never cOu SO
It; one principle it holds the devil los held murder
from the sginning-rnaeEoleht, man, ds Aa'r'a v
the eolored race and al WHO would uphold lia c.uf'
Nhsn tie South began Ihig Rebellion this papcT ralca
under It's banner, til the Ioughs on the rglt tde
shreaeaed consequences which Mr. Bennett VIII al ~.
Scottish calculation. renegade dld not cover, n1d
there fore be hung out for tine tne stripes and sar
he s believed be much with tho Soutn stL but be
serves it by lies and deception by the sewer garbage
u New-Yorf part,ansh.p aud the brosen hypocrisy
whioh every Intelligent man in New fork penclrat,
Tho paper panders u the nomenaTy p1sions Of ioso
who live by their w.t. end hate honesty and ls coio.ei
man Were the energy enterrrise, ard management
expended this journal devoted TO benoyolsnt ard
patriotic multltudes would rejoice IN is sHccs4
TIE World The San, and TIE EEPres', as a!sO Tie
Ness also supposed 10 symplihze with opponents
TO the present Administration The rst OF tlose mad
bettor character I'll IL became The property oi "a
agent OF the Jew firm 0! Roth.child Nbo trades N
stocks, exchanges, DISCOUNT, ard loans.
This transatlantic broker has realized Is reported
large fortune by tie trade IN which he has engaged
since the Rebellion began His special kilograms 10
London as well as Reuters, thought y have been
manipulated for influences the stock aud gold mar
ket moro than 70 convey the truth IN iacts concerning
the war.
signcos while was In EewYork, and scarcely ever
heard Of the otherI As stranger cannot speaI OF
al the SowYort Journals, many OF which never saw
bot refer 10 such found in reading rooIns In oiuh
and at private residences were prominently an
nouncsd for sale in cers ETC. The Daily News dOes
not synpathzs with Mr.. LncOlns administration; the
journal OF Commerce urged every oIu1en 70 sIala
by tho laws and the constituted authorities OF the cy
State and Nation, but regarded Slavery and the slave
system with an eye to commerce. The Express the
'Sun" and other minor papers have not prospered es
iar az they adhered 70 the South. The " "bew.York
Evening Post the Tribune" and Times" dsscrVS
igLsr euogiun than osn'Writ.
A very considerable space il devoted by Dr..
Msss.o 70 reports Of his official proceedings, and
of ;Le reception he mot with from different public
bodies in all parts OF tho United States. He vas