, 1864-09-13
1cCLEELAN RATIFICATION
In NEW EUAEK.


The "friends'' Of Mcclellan ratfecatto,
meeting came Off In New York List Fr;d.,
eFer1sg. The managers went to Iareo er
pense for music, transpareneies, flrework,
and calctumligbts.
Just a. the meeting tes1n to get n ord,,
q large ca1ciuR light near ths stand in f,o,,
Of the Maison Dsrtee exploded with . 1snd
report scattering Its fragments in every dl.
1ection. Two "omcn were Knocked over,
ssd several other persoas we're soriou.l,
| hurt.
The cfowd pRmbercd from II, 900 to Is. .0Oo
persons Of all descriptions, mostly rabp1s
attracted by the music aud display Of fire.
works. The n 7, Tribune eaJs sf the meet.
irE:
According to the estimates OF our renart.
CIR, who had the beat opportunity Of obsery-
Ing the Plumbers in fro4t Of each stand. thar,
were from ten to tHelve Thousand uresc.t
Ill told. OF these, many wer, boys mn
Joupg women. Attracted By ths Chtnsss Ian
1torhs, the mueic, and the frsw. ia. Tha
speeches, which We report at length eIst-
where. were what Was expected and the oc-
catioH called for A foreigner in the crs ri.
,En93rs4t E3r ., our % %.sair', ~. listening atten.
come to no othtr conclusion th,n Thai
We are dreadfuljJ oppressed aad do~r.
| trodoen people, deprived OF ali our r,oht.
BY tJr!nAicAl and unscrUpalous Govern
the eve OF An iBsurrcction Asalsst a despot-
lam which had iesg axn hrcoms tntolctabls.
Thkt tMre WA any rebellion, except such As
Mr.. Lincoln has provoked through tbs 1uero
wantonness of power. such ilsIcuer coula
never bayc Inferred from the speeches m.da.
and wleR he occasionally rcc.iTed n hi.t
that there were rebels Ia arms aomcwhrrA
ne couia aase come 70 no other conclusion
than that they had tho mfeiisess ana carr
age to do that which 1t Was the nnrnos. ~
this meeting to arouse Others to iois rb+m
tn doing. 1t was altogether ptsiAble suec-
tacle fur American citizens enrared "a a
trtnendouE struggle for the existence Of a
fste Government, and The moro OF the xame
sort That there ntn, Who are striving b ea-
taolffh political servitude for the North, and
to preserve to Southern stakeholder the
oWnerrhip Of their human chattels nnd~1h-
privileges belonkiDs to that system. tle bet
ter will 1t b. for Northern 1iuertY and Sonth.
ern reg generation.
We give few specimens of the nCosec,.
vAtiya" and Union character ct the speeches
and sentiments uttefcu during the evening"
One Of the oratora Of the gentry who sra ~
aa11ous that tue laws shall be respected and
ptreonal rights secured, urged bis "Censer-
Tative" friends
-. I'm F.: wh.s boy" club. in ev.tr v.rd
tion, ho aeptd they would pst Iii mo on,e..t e,s
them where they belonged. and nans them, Ha
be eest here to o.erpwe NeuYork but hc 1hnnobt
Tbs mas sent here for such purpose b. 1ond se1.
e & be y allowed s to get ~ up Bisad~ay:
Anotner anu OF tnose "conterv.tt!o'' gentlemen
WHO arc profoundly concerned ut the suD-
preston OF free speech, and who arc OPPOSED
TO tanatical appeals Of passion, remarked
that "'Aea
"1thas been tacet1:usy .tated that In hot weather
learn that tn this country While men h,d III,
rEhtf. and that the c0ns1tntiua Has ma he Tor h;.
men. and not for 'he niger. You hayo conc
tles which that secession tcoundre, and t,a,tor
Abe Lincoln has taken from you the r1chts or thst
poor pas: and M Ts haze .slected George i. N'ctel.
,en, 9ne tSe nap Mno nsia ths White MAJ absre Ass
"0nce poor man cou1d nalk the st,.ets fra md |
.psaK ~ ~. m1nd nzt Pnder ths rule Of that no
hat ,s'7 ssou.dIel Il Washington. 'l1'' ~na A''
rho Ieq ,6sa ds;s5t ~ The hero Of South Mount.l1
might make ron and lower than III nisaeraS
IcIisa no, mol No God tells me yon wos't; ,our
your Abolition tnda ia hs a;ress ths1 beic set n9t
their secession talk It you, ~ Old Ass sSG H.
@ e1sw bare done, 90. bold old Abe today to be
bigger ee:ess1oafst than Jed DAyis.r, ~ ~
Of course where such things ara onar,v
taid In public meetings 1t Is evident tsst
tree speech has been totally abolished a.
Ehen an Iowa paper calis the President ~
bloody monster" 1t is clear that freo speech
1as ceased to exist VIVA
These t.conserva1iyo' speeehes I, fa,or af
the election Of Gen. Mcclellan have heen
promptly supported BY tho "conseryatlTs''
papers, one Of which, the Ford, says:
We will strip from Abraham Lincoln the f,,sa
gsrh Of honesty he ha. wozn 30 Iou.I }Ve rii1 X
iced be. rpo1 ~, AMONG, othrr ihlnu.. ths H. IL
iamF-5e:. that's the word. intlmy-of1he Whita
Housei II necessity requires, We viii chi sens.
tors *nd trader people, In this city and elsrwhrre
to attest the truth Of whxt NC siy. va haye nn,
hcsrt II expose such public and personal lnnd-1f.
y n, since NJ. Lire ,ln's advent has festcred
kher, bt caaee Of the olsxrace It would briur nnoe
so 1narJ Innocent persons. 1f0-
Here is that freedom from personality and
dccorous discussion Of principles which arc
a1wa3e sure to be found in the mouths aud i
On the pens OF the s'conseryattye p.rty.T
aud this il the most obvious and aatural
course Of those who wish to 70 on theIr
knees to rebels and ask upon what ter1nx
hey will. allow this Government to be car.
lied On. *'Conservatism'' naturally c.1is
Jefferson Davis president Davis" and the
President Of thc United States d scoundrcl. |
:rattor, and ienoranus, because It hates the
,anee Represented By one and lovos that Of
he other.