New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-07-01

A meeting Of the Brooklyn Union Club vas
held 1t the Club Rooms, Fulton street last night 10
hear an address from Col Cross. who his recently re-
turned from the front With bis regiment little after
abe hoar advertised o'clock. the meeting was called
70 order by APsALoM HANS esq. who requested tire
members Of the Glee Club favor tie aadence with
some singing. A response was mndc 10y some Of the
members OF tho Cleo Club giving In capital style the
glee o! for the GrnbO0ts.' Mr.. Hans then intro
duced TO the meeting
very warmly received. lie said here were nov only
two parties in the whole couItTythoso who were fr
the Union, and those enemies OF the country for Dis
union. During his campaign IA the S0nh 10 met ith
q review If Judge StoTys Commentaries the Union
and il labored effort to show that the States bad
given up their sovereignty, claiming that % they
were colonies of Great Britain independent OF each
other they entered the Ccnfederacy independent
States lie opposed the faecy Of this doctrine at some
length and by number Of illustrations and said
as there was no sovereignty OF tins End 10
State had right 20 withdraw from the Union. There
never Insarreclion OF Rebellion "a oocted 90
deliberately. IFen so years ago every eori made
10 prejudice the minds OF the Southern people against
theNorth Their public men had exchanged their views
the subject years before the war broke out BuchGr
ans election the greatest misfortune that ever be-
Eel this cOuntry this Rebellion having grown into life
nnder his inaction. NortheIneTs could not believe in
the reality Of the Rebellion until the attack on Sumter
and they thought army of 5000 men 70 reconquer
the Union most enormous force. IL was
then he thought he had right to help in psttine down
She Rebellion by raising regiment IN Brooklyn which,
after considerable trouble and officially, effected,
and at last after considerable delay accepted By tie
Government, mustered into the service on the 2lst
June, 1861. Col Adams At first the Colonel Of the
Regiment At frat they had 10 buy 40 30 old musk
cts that would not go OF and before tAey fully
armed had 70 go down 10 protect Fort Hamilton ard
then at last they were set TO perform some garrison
duty OF Washington. Shortly siferward they went
with the Army Of the Potomac to the Fenii.nla At
yorktown they Grs came III contact with the RcbeIs
the Louisiana Tigers class Of men with " Eogie'
knives two feet long WHO mother gave nor re-
ceived quarter. They were in the battla of
Williamsburg aud the retreat a. the Rebels frota
that piaoe. they followed them. The LIST was aso I'm
the battle Of Fair Oaks where they sustained the shoe
a whole Rebel brigade. In the following Seven DAYS
fight tie lat Long Island nc an the time engaged
The Colonel then gave interesting account Of the
yetreat Of the regiment with tho Of the army TO
Yorktown. AfterwaTd they took psTt in the bati OF
Charlottesville. Antietam frodercksbn-g tho mad
march and the second battle Of FredeIicksTg where
they captured Mares Hghts al Gettysburg, where
they arrived Just in time 20 from defeat tho 7th
Corps and in every OF the battles fought during tire
last campaign Col Cross then paid high tribute to
the bravery Of the OF his regiment and went on
prove the preConcS tied intention of the Southern lead
ers 10 force the Rebellion from a4eer found IN the
house of Gen. Tyler Prosidert and several letters
found IN the knspseeks Of dead Rebels lie concluded
by expressing his conviction Of the success Of the army
before Petersburg.
The meeting was then addressed by Mr. LINCOLN,
md after enthusiastic cheering for President lincoln
the meeting was brought to close BY the performance
OF the "StaT-SpaDgled Banner"