New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-10-14
Union Meeting Of French Citizens.

A large and enthusiastic meeting % French
citizens was held las, evening et Hope Chanel for The
purpose ofexpresgiug their opj1inn the Issues now
before the country OF 81 sir adsplion.
The meeting was caiei to'nrdci 10y VicroR FAingR,
III d., who. after ies words CT explanation, called
To- nominations for President After several gentio
men had been suggested, the name Of Prof Charles
Liz was received with universal approval.
ffof VILLA taking ts chair. cungra uated bis Eel.
low czHns that they had rcaced the place Of meeting
safe and sonnd without having beer stoned by any good
had come together 20 give ter sanction ~ tho csndi.
dates and platform Of the Baltimore Convection, he be-
escd that the struggle over and that greet efforts
were no Longer needed. They Hved in bad atwcs..
urn some bransj the eoquence Of the Woods and Sey
Inours backed BY beiMonts grcenbacss. end prop.
sgasd b Ts 8s 1 'H pss might well s' NJ:
merica and he had too high opinoc If good sense
VI the American people to suppose that they could 30
fur be their own enemy az TO ccne ~ wong decision
Even il they lacked jsstrotrr. were they but guided
hy Interest The victory certain for tie Rvd cause.
What had th fought for oar years spent three or four
billions, eeen their sons de by tbousa.ds ard by hun
reds OF thousands and all that they might d. ponance
10 please vall5ndigham apd JEFF Davis . Ma no"l
Ie was not uiuallr considered an cptiTist bt no Do
licyed that tie victory must fell 20 the REPUBLICANS
because interest good sense and riTet de,nnlueo ~
and because the uncertain measures of traitors could
prevail against the nvincbc desh "a the dcendtfs
u liberty. II he believed the GAUGE IN daBger' ne voo
beg yoies more commanding than his 10 ijlre the en-.
dinger-l people 10 their cooling patriotism, and
to prevent them from falling into tic nty bat ne as
suri them tntthe Democratic party was heEten u Was
In is death throes would spare it the honor OF 0ur
anger and merely ray 10 it some few trlths its fai
and our triumph would be snfhcient pnnishment-
Could te Democrats be SUCCESSFUL what was tbe pur'
rosef Slavery scandal. Their hopei Monarchy.
q dream iher hcroi A Zero In epaalettes.
Laughter and applause DO We combat 9
ayo preferred that the Baltimore Convention should
have chosen anoer than Mr.. Lincoln beeause the con-
tnuance OF power in the sac hands Is contrary " ING
gen:ns OF Repubicaaism, but we are IN 81 snnorIai
condition and the question Is not what shall BE- the
cbor II party hui Nth which party We Shall be iound
DetwecB Mcclellan thc fsciie tooi Of traitors AMI LIN
,On can VIC hcsitate' Lincoln has, no geaine 81, our
sdversarics Is Mcclellan a geniuai 8, Lincoln g
honest be Is Rrpahlicani he 10 ADtlSlAsery. sDd
tnsso qualities to mo are, more tnan AZ
the genius in the world DC has pug
his name 70 the grestes the pobiest measure which
the historians Of the New World VIII have 70 record;
he has continued the work beam By the MARTYR Of the
in hroad day the I'd of Dccember 1859 g1ows was
SET Up; soldiers and surrounded &c; oil were IN
terror lest the ppOr cid manned maj might escape nels
was John Brown. Loud appiause.l Wan y"o be On
the side Of tho hangnap ~ John Brown or his avenges
liberty. Our ndysrsaries cay that they the friends
bile they hold millions u men In chains and
that tsry tho true Republicans, while their rieds
speech and free thonght-eislavng Rome and snice.
md cooily Witnessing the murder OF quveripg fo'nd.
In En- ope and in America the retionsrcs are ways
the same. Here they subject portion OF tho nonan
rae. 10 tie whip. In Europe they set Up the Empre
aud The papaey-those two unc.eannessss: And every
where they accuse The same nish Of eesng tne
sol, authors Of I'll e,h Mnszini Gshoadi'
AID Iinceln arc devoted 10 the Internal Go1s.
su;prcss Mlzzini aribadi And LuDcos. AID the dee
viii remain. These good Teactonnaires imagine tnat "
snppresspg five or six men who are IN Their tney
shan see their doctrines triumph IL - mistake.
they ere waiting to Lincoln fall thinking iGi tie
Republican idea III fail wlia him. Ike lie eoastiy nan
wl:u down Tie bank OF the riser III tac wafer
should run By But the human stream too flows forever
AZ the erl ~ the TiA century Cenha vas t0ucarded
by the Trench The Dogc Lcsssro conpci!ed TO go
Ia Paris 30 10 homage ~ ths King. courier sshed
him what be thought remarkable az Fersales,
md h. proudly cred; Tina. al Eeie ihey
so git say TINT the strongest u things apparently
vas that they ube est lions Of tee iHcarltV .s'sa.
tion) saould b. sustaining Ito Government. IL vas
true bn rellly il not astonishing. Principles had
no proper names In supporting Lincoln t"', sspptca
the nsvsio3 q tbs n, ,Ss, .s I h a d !. aS
pear here always elsewhere tie soldiers o. hDerty
Loud and continued spplausy.J
Aftrr remarks by DR.. FIR. scHui r.i.oar ~ tns
kfaft Assembly 1873 who euae vith the desirs
that the United States might b-cvnv ncs merely the
United siaies Of America. ogt OF tie w'Trs'.
DR.. Victor IAiDFR proposed .iitr several eiofhenS
rrca1blrs tho ing rrsOirttglr;
Hrscrse Ib-t this however nhs crnei snd rninous
!. be- a 70 be sa:isd On q ~ a..is a, ,he KsS
sRbrn- ti 'rlves eno tbs cOn-tiu laws and Gov
RS.-,-ed The, slavery oush. dsppsr ilnsdislsy and
.o'dlonsy upon tie re-'! H'ehs 81 peace and tho
Union - =.
R.oised That ts unity and INTEGRITY OF the Repable shall
~ rlrir ttirri by oil 1icf'hecs aud al hAzsrd-
R.r,i That s-ers- ooers and sod Ct the Army,
vel a. tho sir1as oAcgs nnd sailors Of the Navy,
deserted VII. their country Ter their courage. tseir patriot
lam and tLeiI seidrIi@l
Ro e That n the oEi,on offl meeting the Interest OF
m rcuntfy e Loia- well it, honor abroad upslstiyry
ir1E,,d las reelection Of Abraham Lincoln and Andrew
Johuso-. -.
Mr. Fsior Supported theSo rcs'Ia,ions in spirited
speech, and they were enthusiastically adopted.
s;ca. Ewir.'s Account Of shc Def nsc 81