New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1864-11-04

rHR VETERANS TO THE RESCUE.


Mass Meeting ut She Cooper hnsiifafe.
THE VETERANS TO THE RESCUE
The United States Veterans, mt present
stationed at New.York, having formed into line Of
their headquarters, madc On Consequence OF an appre.
Blended battle next Tuesday last u
force as flr rs the Cooper Institute. We remark how
ever a. f.ct fun Of iomen for the Coprerhepd candi
date that notn outstanding 20 repeated challenges OF
the speaker not cno OF tie enemy was 60 be found far
OF near al evidently nlaking or 10 t-oir intrench
ments or rather holcs evidently conscienccsmen and
fearing encounter the looks q tie gallant but
wasted band d invalid heroes that lci the platform Of
the Cooper Union Ior vcnturng 10 gaze on the torn
banners # the gallant 9th n. Y. displayed in The
laiD. which their tieachery to their country had
aided IL rcnling Tho chair occupied oy T. WILLS
Ii-urn osq President Of tie Veteran Soldiers Club,
WHO, IL O. short aid aqpr pirate speech, opened Tie
busincss ~ trc meeting lie then called on tho Union
Giee Cuh f0T song which having been giving he IL
troduccd t0 the meeting
The Rev. Dr. bellows who was received
with loud cheers ana said be bel come from the other
side If continent for tH s l. Of styng 70 the people
u New York ~ the last STAGE OF their political cam.
paign few words behalf of the principles 10 which
both soldier aIH cilou were pledged. lie feIerrcd TO
his travels In afJE ia and the flr W,si, and among
the mighty communities there rising into existence
and said could they be there they would feel De
did what IL 70 be citizen OF the United states,
citizen Of country 80 Ya- IN tie middle bell OF thls
vast continent and destined Ia command the commerce
OF tie world The assembly YVES one not
merely Of voters but also OF soldiers ngai.
ug for the same cause. the cause 81 the
whole country, Grd not n mere PATCHWORK, nag
torn md rent, bIt - whole as when II was dyed
with the blood Of thor fathers Q.oud cEeors) THIS
VI. their work arr' fuesdny 20 vote for Lincoln ara
i, hnsol anC through hem fol their whole and undl
yded country, and IN mi, they would De supported ~
tie voter. Of alifornia and The Pacific States uOtwih
Fff lfrlf lFf
40 opposition bitter tI. u Ngud perhaps b. neces
ear 10 yudlCato the freedom 81 election with tie me
and bowie klhe. Spcnhiii 90 '.e hummer ol Nule'
present and to interest 70 exhibited IN the Union cause
IT, said tlt In California, from the cost Of service, tho
ndies had % wait upon Themselves more than was the
here and therefore rather than he absent nom
places a which the Of their Conury was pleaded
they TOOK their babies with them, To plead with tier
Innocent cries ior thr country and Union which IN anrr
m Was 90 Protect ihem Tic great question OF slavery
at pt'. 70 WAS but SIDE issue any more tAin vs..
before tie Rebellion broke ont the North having al
WAYS sniit o its own moral sense and the prompt
ngs %, l tics. adhered 10 It's constitutional pledges
on The subject and now il would f by the lightning OF
tiod and oI Slavery they might have survived but
there thing that they never could have survived
the miserable doctnGc that the country not
country but miserable Convention Of wTctchcd States
each having the rlss ~ stab 10 mother 20 the heart
when !, refused the monopoly % some portion OF
the common property II that allowed 10 succeed
and Doe established. they were 10 more nation. they
were q by.wOrd, splitting. an oi.cnsc, miserable
group o little petty states. such ~ ruled In Itay ana
~
been under tie dominion 81 the sword and ~ chronic
condition Of civil war. simply because they never had
a united and an indiyisibe country. We tried "a
Confcdcracy frr seven years aud found IL impossible
10 retain respect 10 homo or abroad. under such
miserable arrangement which bore the sane relation to
q nation that bas OF bOneS id to no body. Tie
miserable doctrine OF secession was really what their
enemics trying to bring about with 'helr doct-ine
of state Rights aud double soYereignty." lucy
might M well tain Of a double multiplication table a
double et OF 'he Ten Commandments FOR the two things
.f .fft md sf. Iu If
s0ycrcgniy there could boz but one God. IL vas the
old battle o. the members against the stomach
being played over csaln. u,d the members
would find that IN refusing 10 perform the necessary
offices for the stomach they destroying that which
gave them power and vitality. slavery had for many
years b0' ked mp tLr passage 10 the south and sent
every emgrant straight across the county 10 the Nes
and invited nobody dow South to carry the great err
culaton of the blood, TIE National Government
through the entire country. Therefore. the instincts %
The people were continually reDllhDg against Lhu IT.
mandng leave 10 20 10 Mobile or Clnrcston or Now
Orleans freely thcy went 10 Cincinnati or -.
Louis, and they never would los whole country unid
the circulation was ab perfect up and down Tue country
~ II across. The American system of Government
required serious thought 20 understand H. and the peo-
pie were not hif awake 10 The Importance 81 the issue
which endangered their nationality, AVG tho war had
come 20 wake chem up nom dream Of selfish insO-
cnce and love of tie dollar 20 the CONSCIOUSNESS that
thcy had National flag and unity that must not be
disturbed For too many years the poison infused INTO
The Nation by Calhoun had worked AID the Democratic
party rad hated everything, canals Pacific Railroads
Internal improvement systems. and everything that
tended 10 bind tho Nation together by the exercise OF
the powers Of the great central Government aud they
lad therefore left TO the toes and the fingers to think
AID act ior the whole body. The result Of this
had been exhibited in the fact that there was
only q single line Ot ocean steam nav CATION to
compete with the splendid steam commercial
navy Of England. Why. in the territory
Of Nevada there was gold oaongh locked up
which il il could only be reached by means II Pacific
Railroad would pay OF tie national debt in year IL
the GoEemment ten years ago had spent even sly
81 OO1 100000 to Construct Pacific Railroad il would
have saved them q great part Of their financial eihbal
u and would have been worth 90 them thousand
millions every Eve years But they had rot done so
and lad SLOWED nations tLat ought 70 be- thought
OF rs their peers 10 oatsttp them They must cease
these erab.c patty local ca0uses OF one stat OF the
Federal Government and each other, or IN time they
wold .csalt n sci OF petty military princes ruling
each s.aic, with he Of Custom Houses and iortiuca-
tiOas on the noutior Oi every state. lie then re
ierral 10 the Presidential candidates. and said
ilsy JGighs 70 vel ,gmpsra Salsr 10 HYDoron