Daily national Republican., 1865-08-05
tn. J.n. D.y,. Meeting In New york.


day, publishes the following sworn statement
respecting the meeting o. JsrS's ympathiz-
ers In Broad street. g
The following Is the sworn statement Of our
informant, Mr.. Brown, whose name was men.
toned as one Of those present at the meeting:
Estate Of NeO York, city and county Of NeW
York. IS:
Robert Brown, Of said city and county
Of New York, being duly sworn, deposeth md
saith:
'fon Monday, the Sist Of July 1865, he
attended meeting in this city, having re-
ceived an invitation in the following terms:
4" you are invited to meet, with several
gentlemen, at the Offices Nos. 10 and 20 In
tho house No. Broad street, on Monday,
the 3lst instant, at 4 p. M, Ito devise means
for tho fair and full defence Of Jefferson
Davis and his associates, so that, whatever
happens, justice may be done. .-r r.
"'NEw YoRK, July 26th, 1885,
"Tho meeting was held at the rooms des-
ignated, being those occupied by Carlos But
terield. There were present at the meeting
Messrs. Gideon J. Tucker, Surrogate OF this
county, Theodore MARITIME, Peter Y. Cutler,
Clancy and Douglas, among others. One Of
them said that Mayor Gunther would attend
if business did not prevent him, and that ho
was entirely In Union and sympathy with the
objects of tho meeting.
''After some delay, II was remarked that
IL would be as well to invite their southern
friends outside to come in. This was done /;
several persons entered, after which the
doors were closed. There were now ten men
present. .' -
"The object of the meeting was to raise
| n. - he al; iura 10 he in,u rad
in the defence Of JEFF. Davis. The following
committee was appointed for that purpose:
@. Godfrey Gunther, Mayor Of New York;
Carlos Butter6eld, Theodore MARITIME, Messrs.
Douglass and Clancy. .ng-r. ... .. ...s
| "a general conversation followed, upon
the signl6catiou of the trial Of Davis. II
! was, they all agreed, the most important
trial In the worlds history. Every lover Of
liberty in Europe and America had an in
terest In II. They were on trial. The cele-
brated trial Of Warren Hastings would sink
into insignifcance compared with that Of
Jefferson Davis.
"Mr. Cutler declared The Declaration of
Independence to be tho Magma Charta Of
human liberty, and quoted Il to prove that
the southern States had the right to secedo
Another person, one Of the New Workers,
remarked that the State Of New York refused
! to enter tho Federal Union except tho right
was insured TO her to withdraw IL she thought
proper. The proceedings and debates Of the
convention were referred to In confirmation
Of this statement. .... -. ...-
"Anothor Of the New Workers declared
that even in Massachusetts, every officer
! taking the oath of Office swore that he owed
allegiance to the State paramount to every
other obligation Of fealty. .y..
"Mr Robert NJ. Livingston, Of Mobile,
| .l,o.l L.. Ea,- had
read the constitutions Of the different States.
: He had read them, and found in several Of
the constitutions Of free States the expressed
right to secsde.
"a running conversation followed this
statement; in which it was said that tho eff
feet Of tho tiial of Davis would DO revoiu-
: ton of sentiment every where, in favor Of the
South. 1t would be proved on the trial that
tho secession cause was right, and entitled to
the sympathies of the world. One Of the
company, Mr.. Cutler, If / remember rightly,
/ quoted a passage from Burke, to show thrt a
5 State cannot bo guilty Of treason.
3 "Mr. Livingston, now wrought up to high
pitch of enthusiasm, made the declaration: in
: twenty-five years the man that now accuses
the South Of having committed treason will
be looked upon as madman and fool. lie
repeated this declar r2tion, saying that in fifty
] years the revolution in popular sentiment
0 would be so great that such man would be
Q looked upon rs a madman or fool
s "One Of the New Workers denounced the
, execution of Mrs. Surratt as cold deliberate
, murder. Another declared that she was con.
victed upon forged testimony. A third Mar
tine) asserted that the court by which she
was tried had no legal jurisdiction, and thai
the execution was deliberate murder.
'Mr. Livingston said that he had con
versed with a number of Englishmen, in re-
gard to this brutal murder. They told hin
that IL would send thrill of horror throughout
/, Europe, and the howl Of Indignation that
will be sent back would 10 COVER and terrify
the American Government that IL will be
afraid to bring Mr.. Davis to trial lie be
lieved that the intention was TO keep hin
lingering in prison till he died, without
bringing him to trial. The friends Of Mr.
! Davis must keep such an agitation Of tn,
matter stirring, that the Government woult
be forced to put him on trial without further
delay.
"Mr Cutler said that he had been O
= opinion that the Government would brinl
:, Davis to trial before the District Court o
y the District Of Columbia. But It hrd beer
ascertained that u Democrat Judge Wyl;e
!. had been appointed one Of the judges; enc
hence the Government would not dare le
! = him be tried there. 1t was probable tina
4 Mr.. Chase would hold the couis.
l "The conversation took another turn; ant
= Black Ropublicanism was token up. Tn,
question of negro suffrage, IL was predicted
would divide the Black Republicans
"Mr. Livingston said that he had con
: versed with great number Of western sol
: : diers. He found that their hatred for tn,
n Niger was even more intense than that o
. southern men. IIo would mention fac tina
L had come under bis own cognisance within
' a sholV time more than hundred 'niggers
: : in Mobile had been murdered in cold blo0'
) by western soldiers.
"A New Yorker asked Mr.. Livingston hoy
Alabama would be likely to vote at the mex
election for members Of Congress.
= They will return solid delegation o
u = staunch and true Southern men, he replied
u Working himself up into another fury Of en-
i thusiasm, he declared that thirty-fyo hun
% dred noble, ion-hearted Southerners ha,
), kept at bay. for many months, an army O
y seventy five thousand Union troops. Mobil
only capitulated when she was worn out an
exhausted.
"He then paid glowing tribute to th
y noble. hearted women of Mobile They loo
:, down, he said, with scornful contempt upo
u a Yankee officer, and suffer no advances iron
them, taking care, of course, not to Civ
cause or pretext for arrest. The feeling
universal that no damned Yankee must b
allowed a foOthold in tho South Thes
l. are not my words; am not swearing man