Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1865-10-21
LEADER.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 81, 1865.
The Democratic Meeting at COODer


The Democratic Meeting at Cooper
Institute.
After great putting and blowing tn,
Democracy of New York had "grand
turn out at Cooper Institute on Wednes.
day evening. The Worlds account of il
Is curiosity, showing up as it does the
desperate fortunes of this decaying and
desperate party. The meetingi is the latest
and rarest exhibition of Democratic i'm
pudence. Claiming that the Democracy
has controlled New York City in these
matters, they adopted an address, de-
claring that that city, 'faithfufiysupporting
the Government in all just measures dur
ing the recent struggle, and merging all
minor issues in the supreme consideration
OF the safety of the Republic, has never
wavered in thesupport of the war for the
overthrow of the rebellion and the restor-
alton of National unity. Whenever in
the dark days of defeat and disaster it
was necessary to rally the country, or
whenever amid the glories of success it
was fitting to raise still higher the stand
ard Of victory, the great metropolis has
furnished the graadest demonstration of
confidence in the sublime cause for which
the brave soldiers of the Union were
fighting, and has given those soldiers that
encouragement and enthusiasm without
which no armies could have sustained so
severe and protracted a contest" Intelli-
gent and loyal defenders of the Gov
'ernment during the war, will wonder
to what extent these patriotic up
risings of the great metropolis have
been promoted by the Copperhead party
We're the Woods, Belmont, Barlow and
Others whose illustrious names figure in |
this marvellous account, at the head of |
these patriotic movements2
They then proceed to "emphGticaLLy ap-
p,ooe and adopt the admirable resolutions"
of the Albany Convention-which our
readers will recollect are full of ponipous
declarations of loyalty and overdone
praises of President johnson, (which we are
told by their author were put in against
the advice of Marble and Cassidy and
other COpperhead fuglemen). Once at
this brazen farce and villainy of repudi-
ating the Chicago platform and eveyy
other public or pri0ate oppression Of their
sentiments, there is no depth too miserable
for them. And they go on to declare them
selves the 'Only original" war men, the
adherents and bleeding defen-
ders of our "blessed country" the pillars
Of the Constitution, and their success 'the
last best hope of liberty"
Though long familiar with the
jokes of this thimble-
rigging party, we confess that
his last specimen of unparalleled
Drassiness is almost sttmHer. We were
prepared for almost anything from party
whose leaders are political gamblers and
whose masses are stark mad" over the
'lectioneering bugbear of negro equal
ty; but this is, indeed, the "Himalaya of
rigidity." The slime of sickening adula-
ION spawned upon President johnson,
Who is pronounced GALL A PATRIoT-THE
lost EMINENT STATESMAN OF THE AGE,
5 natural enough. 1t is the Democratic
tock in trade, just now, to bespatter
he President with their foul praise, that
hey may divert him from loyalty
nd seduce him from honor. That
hey may Tylerize his administration,
,rab the rich gifts of his patronage, and
yrcak vengence on the radicals, they
at their words without shame, and mouth
heir falsehoods without remorse.
1t is interesting to see that this bolster
'us assemblage of "unterrifed patriots
vas addressed by Sunset Cox, General
'locum, John Van Buren and Montgom-
ny Blair. What motley set How
mighty is the cohesive power of public
,luuderT'