The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1864-09-09

pie. I say to NJ. Seward. to Abolitiooisn md I'll
thst Notwithstanding that ne PIsuorm co. n ne
fCbeersj We will invite the South once more 70
come back in the Union All those In favor o, @:
b. Mcclellan for President, say aye. prolonged
ay,'sJ Another vote from those who are In favor
OF Peudleton. cloud responSe)
Andrew Jackson Rogers of N. j., q present
mc,abcr Of Congress- was the NEXT speaker. Tic
said he had Just come frou, the main stand, where
he bad made a speech. aud he had come here 70
offer few words Of consolation; we bad bad wN
enough, and now IL was time 10 have peace. He
wanted no such Union a. the atoltionists Of this
land would set UP. ]. was union Of despots-
without freedom ~ speech, freedom Of anything.
lis dec's tMcCle!lan) have shown him TO be
statesman Of the FIRST type. pure hero in orpos'-
ton 10 the tyrnn's In power lie was let, long
enough In the field to reap rich 'ame, but bad
teen abused enough TO bring down the wrath OF
the civilized world. | tell you, " the slain hets-
combs Of this adm nstrahon were hcsped up, they
would be at symbol OF spilled blood Mt Wzshing-
ton. lie then denounced the administration IN the
soverest terms, and was highly aTplauded. ne
tad wo must have comprornse, the Union could
never be restored by war. The troubles u France
and Austria with England in regard to
Holland did not prevent = settlement. We
have evidencca enough 81 compromise and con-
ciliAuon without gong " foreign countries. Our
Constitution Ia full of Il. lie then made cornpa-
rispn ~ Stays rebellion, ia which a compromise
was made with the rebels and peace restored 10
,lso IN tho great whIskey reDellisn Of Pennsylsa-
MA. We intend to elect q. ". Mcclellan President
Of the l.. s. We are going 10 make new drama
III his election Of G n. Mcclellan in opposition to
the tyrant Lincoln, whose policy was first started
~ OLD John Brosn ~ Harper Fer y. He asl cd
II the dcsro,sm Of this Admin s,raton should tc
allowed to march on un1uesloncd NO, no y
Our object wss not " address ourse ~ the pre-
juiicc II the Republican party, but 10 review the
records OF the last four wears. That was all that
was necessary. Let us make one more Herculcsn
attempt TO save this union or perish in the attempt
Other speakers addressed the meeting. who were
listened to with undated interest.
The meetings as the other stands were a.! largely
attended, and the speeches Of the various orators
Of whom there was large supply, were listened
TO with eager interest. The German stand was
surrounded all the evening By crowd o. no, less
| than three thousand Germans. who listened to the
| presses Of Mcclellan in the an.,unge Of der ciser
| land. A noticeable feature Of the meeting tho
| presence Of large numtcr Of females, evidently
Of the middle class in company With their male
| relatives and friends. The whole number present
At tho meeting WAS estimated Mt not less than ffty
| thousand. There was cons,au, current OF per-
aous arriving and departing oil the evening.
Soon amer nine O'Clock an incident occurred that
came near producing serious results. The yasone-
ter connected with the Drummond light in front Of
The anison Dorce exploded, producing q stampede
and sirgIng among the dense crowds, approaching
to something like q panic. The enthusiasm and
personal popularity OF General Mcclellan with tho
| masses was manifest in nearly all the features Of
the meeting. Every mention Of his name was the
signal for applause, and tho orators ct the minor
stands who early detected this tendency, humored
1t by deS,erJusly introducing his In all. ost
every sentence. I. may also be stated thu. those
sentencci which indie ted attachment the Union,
and which most positively pledged General NJ
Celsn a. restore 1t, in d his election Pres
dent, were most rapturously cheercd by the multi
tude. On the whole, the proceedings were orderly
AM pcsceable. and considering the immense crowd,
were marked by good humor and good feeling.
The NEW CoLLECTon.-iIon. Simeon
Draper, the newly appointed Collector OF this Port,
| took full charge Of the Custom House yes,erd day
| morning IN presence OF number Of well-known
| citizens, among whom were Messrs. Flwd. n.
M!nturn, Dcnnng Duer, Peter vandevoort. George
w. Blunt. John J. Cisco General Van vleet,
Noses Taylor, aud John Jacob Astor, Jr A few
minutes after 10 o'clock Mr. Draper entered the Col
ie;ior's Office and was cordially received by M
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Custom House from Mr. Barney, the papers hav
ing been previously prepared. Mr.. Barney then
made short address, AMI NJ. Draper replied, say,
ing that IN conformity with his duty he would hav,
tie pleasure Of rendering the Deputies the oath o