New-York daily tribune., 1865-11-14
Meeting at Cooper Institute Last
Evening.
Addresses by Gev' Parsons OF Alabama,
Naior-Gen. Meade, Gen. Fisk,
the Rev. Or. Thompson. and
Henry Ward Beecher.

s1der the auspices OF the American Union Conlnss''
was very largely attended the great hall being coM
pletely packed with human beings. The oolect oi 'o
meeting was TO give impetus to the good ~oth VI
relieving our war.desolated and poverty-s y-striekeh
brethern of ttbe South which the Union Commiss.on
have in hand Senator Morgan presided AFTER
fervent PRAYER by the Rev. Dr. Bacon oi Nc"
Senator MORGAN addressed the meeting
SENATOR MORGAN d ADDRESS.
NJ None. .x SID that il was not the first meeting oI
che lind he md attended He would not anticipate 'o
sentiments which other gentlemen Wouu Ene IH 49,
ance TO- except 10 recall whai ihe Aiheivnn O"r ,t
Cnnuss;or had done in behalf Of humanity curing Tue
war. NOW when the authority o! the Go'erniL'ht Is
syeiywhere restored the Commission unolds It's pans
''' ''' GOV. PARSONS ADDRESS
Gov PARSONS of Alabama was introduced 70 tbe
audience amid great applause. lie sald that no nhu
come from desolsted country. the appearance VI
which could only give an idea al wnat war Was "a, III
reality Daring last March and Apr1 the heDeion
suddenly collapsed; at that time Gen. wilson sno,ea
dagonaly across Alabama, through one Oh Inc mIss
fertile regions of the South. Selma was carried ny
storm ali the houses sacked and the people foooeu
For one week Wilson's forces occupied tne toNb
and day after day the buildings were gwen 10 the
torch nv the awess soldiers On the hne OF the march
yoa were scarcely out of sight OF some INDICATION OF
desolaton and death. The speaker Win ssed ~ nun
self No description conld equal the reality Wnen
the Federal troops departed, their way was uehtea
by confagrations; and this was always the result o
fbe war. Up 10 that time Alabama hau exP.HeIceu
comparatively little Of wars desolaton. Out OF her
poonation about 20 90 had died IN battle and tnoa
fands more were now come back crippled and broken.
There never was in toe southern States any iced OF
proysion for the blacks; but the necessities OF the
,,yIite rsce were extreme The corn ready 10 be
resped but the presence Of the Federal troops inspired
tbe blacks 10 seek their freedom the crops were almost
ruined 80 tba, the State is now LETT with about one
NTH Of a crop OF corn and small grain LITTLE cotton
having been planted. Now, the same
ratio Of derivation exists among the blacks as among
THO wbtes there will be 80 people destitute In the
Spring The State must provide Tor them, or some one
else When the state was turned over 10 Gov. rar,
h l;,@lo -har fhau( (ou
III the treasury and that was worthless Ibese iacs
were stronger than any argument the speaker coWa
offer. The Government had proyided Freedman
bureau which, in Alabama was under the control OF
Gen. swain The people were convinced that me bu
woud be the means OF Subsistence FOR the blacks
meet this heavy demand upon Its
Material means are wanted. They who are
in want of bread, when it is furnished 10 them
nre well prepared TO receive other counsels In
connection with the whole country. How mucl
can now bc done which will in turn become fruit and
canse 10 produce other effects in future years. Th
speaker spoke of the Freedman Bureau, which ne cor
siered would work msrvels In relieving the people
Alabama; but their means. though great were not su
fcient supply all the demands upon their resources
Let the Northern people lend their entire aid boh 10
the whites and blacks. IL n this way that the Unio
vii, be restored in the heart which bayoDet can piI
together efectually. II will be the foundation for
union ana n s sS5 'ns nyoySe ywS %
her and her fathcgless chdrea Slch charity !
forgotten. 1t Is by such means, indeed. that W
shall hear universal song OF gratitude
90 m from both givers and receivers The speake
thanked the audience for their attention. and woult
assure his brethren of the South of The good feeling
isting toward them in the North. Be kind aud chari
table and viii have such Union that, in event o
foreign war; The world VIII see the Southern soldiers
proceeding sbonder 10 shonlder with their Northern
brethren 10 the battlefield. Ii the South fail TO do
their part then cali them towards. but not ti tLen,
Great applause
TBE REV DIR. THoMPsoS's ADDRESS.
The Rev DR.. THOMPSON President OF the American
Union Commission, then arose and made the following
statement OF the condition and objects Of the Associa
tion: The Commission was organized for the relief o
refugees pouring the South. 1t extended relief q
rocco persons as Will be from The printed report
1t has branches IN Boston Chicago 81. Louis Cincin
natl and elsewhere 1t is proposed now 10 extend th'
sphere o. its operations TO whole states upon the basis
of freedom charity and justice. Gov Parsons has por
trayed the state of things in Alabama the same hods
tree ofneary all the Southern States Merchants have
come North buy goods 1t is true, but they OF the
class who did not place all their means in Confederate
bonds. They represent only favored localities In the
interior it IL scene Of spread devastation. j;
has been said that these the people who attempted
tie life OF the nation Jet them suffer No. my friends
il IL insincere What OF YOU. seeing widow
phans at yorr own door. even II Of Rebel husband
father, wOuld turn them from fOur door. Not one
of you. You wOuld take them in send the children to
school and teach them all 10 reverence tie name Of
sH Ma'%gi0n 6aS before sda@ ,s csesra
There 500 such widows in Macon alone and l.OOO
children needing aid We have 10 idea Of paironizng
the South but TO 20 10 them brothers. We have
furnished many i'm plenents already. We entering
into the work Of education. We have found
average only in Is Of the poor whites who read
write 10 Tennessee and other States. IL was this
ignorance made u possible 20 raise Rebellion. We
cannot afford TO let this state OF remain in
the future. We are helping them 10 establish and
better schoole, cooperating always with the local
thorities. We need means to enlarge sphere
Of operations. The South Is ready TO receive II at our
hands. Cheers. Cooperation with the southern pco
pie ID OF our principles We know no distinction
our work Of caste or color without beng sectaria
or denonlinatona. We have ontgrown the OrthOgra.
ply niger Outgrown contraband,' which implied
property; now we must get the term Freedman
and know them only as men WilI the nation and
strike hands with these people in perpetual amity As
stood at Gettysburg at the headquarters of Hero
pre- dcafenng and prolonged cheers
v hich he made the headquarters of Union, Freedom
and Vctory-as looked upon 900 graves felt that
we pledged eyermore TO the Union. and that the
blood o, eighteen States theIe shed Is symbol Of the
fu,nre unity. Applause.J
THE REV. HENRY wARD BEECHERs ADDRESS.
Mr. BFEcHER Was received with great applause. lie
Bad that il not strange that nations speaking diff
rent languages should not understand each other
AID custom is as separating as language Our English
jrOtieIs understood US as little as though spoke
iIefeDt language. They made many wise predictions
n, Of which tended 10 the pointthe ruin Of this
,0nniry or The triumph Of the South. Now, eight
months after the conclusion !of the war there is
,ueIriiia band 10 be found in the South, and the
,Ootbern States are almost ready 10 support the
federal Government as the Northern States There is
nore yet which Our Transatlantic cousins will not be
bic 10 understand. The South Is about to take her
march equal footed with the North. In this she is vic
oriOns. In the destruction Of slavery her Olden curse
be IL again yictOrioGs-nOt over the North or /
,orihern Institutions but over oppression ignorance
I'D vice. The speaker hailed the victory OF the South
~ would rather be citizen 0f the south today amid
smoderDg ruins. than ever before. She is richer
,-siay lhan eser before. community Is strong By
degree Of manhood and morality iDherine In it, aud
the South Ii stronger now than heretofore. p
ausei Before there is utter restoration OF the O
fDon the SOrth aud South must conc 70 all under
-lndIng tie subject Of EeconstructoD. la regard
The North. she must remember, when she hys down b
q swoid the war is at an end The speaker thought ,
az ne North Lad no night 10 impose upon The South