The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-08-14
The McCle liam Meeting.
TO THE EDITOR OF TUE HKRALD.

EEw YORK, August ID, 1854
You ask in this mornings HERALD "what became OF
the invitations TO the speakers who did not appear "
and apply &c me for answer. I answer the
question: because the majority OF the replies received BY
US, while highly approving the object, either
marked "privats" accompanied with request
publish In relation TO Judge Dean. however Will sly
he Intended TO speak, but called away from the
city by urgent professional business.
Your questions to Messrs. Belmont and Barlow take
great pleasure In answering because IL illustrates
markabe degree the theory advanced by you yoster
days paper relation its being spontaneous
mcut people without the aid Of the politicians The
entire Of money appropriated by the Central Com
mittee for the meeting was about $1,000 OF this
amount the larger portion was collected by finance
committee, OF which l was member, IRON
merchants represe various shades OF political
op,uiop. the names Of mos. or whom are on the
published lists OF vice presidents for the meeting MIR.
Remort was not called upon for subscription and II
auy money was furnished by b.m Il must have been
done 10 a We: mysterious way There yet remains q
email deficiency, which am engaged in providing for.
details which must by all Appearance, have the
OF twenty thousand dollars could have been managed
thousand doiarss The solution Of the enigma
that the first time in the history OF politics
in this city the ward clubs did OF apply TO the Central
Committee for cent With the exception OF two hun
dred posters ordered to printed distributed
each several ward, the Central Comm tee under
prcc ssons which blinded the r'ms and bew dered the
tune The clubs collected their own money arranged
thee own lines of march, and came upon the ground
when and where u best suited themselves. In going
through the sixth ward one day last week met their
finance committee on its rounds looked al their book
and discovered that they had collected upwards OF
hundred dollars, all 10 sums varying from twenty
hye cents to one dollar Ono princey beneiactnr
had set down his name for i've dollars but II
an exceptional case enumerate these things to show
that bulk OF the money contributed came, not IRON
the rich from the usual political arrangements but
from the pockets OF the poor-amona the people them
selves.
word in regard to the numbers OF the meeting.
nfta pdahf ha re.f in ha rOuda
collected uDd the principal stands were immense bat
between each corgregated mass there
enabling spectator upon the outskirts % with
comparative ease from one stand &c another. Now.
that about eight o'clock when General Uuryes
took OF the central stand facing Broadway
such line OF demarcation existed We were Obliged 10
OF the police 10 enable 10 penetrate
dense and reach stand The people through
the entire square compressed almost beyond Gu
dufsnce and AT that time not q single club had set
rescbed the ground We could just discern their ad
vancing bsnners tho distance. Those clubs at the
lowest calculation turned on, In the aggregate upwarcs
az thirty four thousand So much for the figures Il
tho and Tribune. Very respectfully your obedeu
servant, HIRAM kEICHUM, Jr.