The New York herald., 1866-09-18
THE MAIN STAND.

Ex-Governor Parsons, of AlabamRs Judge
Emory. of Kentucky, &c.
The meeting was called to order at quarter before
eight O'Clock by Mr. DouaLAs TAYLOR, who nominated
as chairman General John A. Dix-foremost among the
lovers of his country wsest council and valiant in
the ed. The nomination approved Uy acclsnatlon.
SPEECH GENERAL
General DIX, in assuming the duties OF the chair
spoke follows
FKLLow CTIzESs:-I thank you for asking to pre-
side your proceedings this evening | am glad Of
the opportunity OF saying few words TO you. shai
not 60 into detas-those leave to others But wish
TO state briefly the great principles which conceive TO
be involved in the coming election .tle moro than
five years ago you assembled on this very spot
under impending national peril to save the Union
from forcibe ACKNOWLEDGMENT. You met the crisis in
the same spirit Of patriotism with which the city OF New
York has met every danger trial and every ad-
veriiy in the history Of the country You resolved that
the Of your fathers should be upheld You
solved that the Union sbonld be preserved You carried
that patriotic determination with expenditure cf
and blood which has parallel n any other
country any other age After 1ve years of toll and
privaton and suffering shared with YOU by the great
Of fcliowcitzens, your sacrifices and abors
were crowned with triumphant snccess You believed
and you had right 10 believe, that you had earned the
reward which all noble Resolutions deserve, when
red into execution with manly spirit OF sefsacrtfce
You had preserved the Union from DISRUPTION; you had
saved tho constitution from the civil convusion, which
seemed than IN the of other nations TO
tional dissolution You had right TO expect, when this
great peril was over, restoration OF The domestic
quetude the security the equal government and the
untrammeed prosperity which the Union and the
stuton we're designed TO ensure to yourselves and TO
your children Are you in the enjoyment OF these bless
ing OF good government fCries of "No no,r Where
Is the internal peace which you looked as the first
fruit OF patient struggles against the evils OF long
and sanguinary war? Your soil is longer troddcn by
hostile armies meeting In deadly conhict-no longer
drenched thank God by fresh outpourngs OF fraterna
blood But the war Of passion and of prejudice is kept
mp with unmitieated bitterness, although all resist
ance TO the public authority has long since ceased
What security have even you for continuance Of the
present precarions tranquilty9 fNone'D All the les
CONS OF history teach that cannot 60
going now, alenated from eight millions OF our people
by our own yolition making ourselves felt by them only
through the pressure Of our power without stirring up
and eyasperatng tho old feelings of enmty which
every consideration of justice policy and magnanimy
calls soothe and subdue by a generous conf
dence tCheers.) Are we living under equal
government ttNo 'l-the only government known
to the constitution We are in Union of thirty
six States, of which ten excluded from
oil share in the administration OF the public
affairs t'' Wont stand it any LONGER" lsughter)
in the hands Of the remaining twenty enjoy
ing prosperity free from all useless resrantsf Eight
which they are entitled, living under a political
abasoment humiliang to their spirit embarrassing 10
their industry and dscouragng TO their efforts to rse
up to the standard OF the social fs which s opening
oD them under the altered condition Of their domestic
relations IL blind IA voice "Blind Butler :"
laughter that this injustice is rcacng on
uson our growth production, ourwealth, our whole
social capacity for useful and successful progss Ia any
man so biased as not TO perceive, perccivng
pecnniary burdens, which ought not to bear, and
casting the South the weight and the odum Of po
lca disabilities, from which they have right to be
ireef thppause Fellow citizens, we are not acting
the good part We neither generous nor inst. We
are aa untrue 10 ourselves as We 70 others IL s
the senscessness OF prejudice tho blindness Of pas.
SION 70 suppose that we can be false 10 the higher
impulses Of our nanre and 10 the great principles
of right and justice. without drawing down
upon ourselves in some form other, the
reirbution which is 10 fall upon the individual
the community which disregards and cots them al
ii hncfilt ltty tn tha
policy OF which the evils have skechcd are the in
evabe results, that tho members Of the convention
Union They have spoken TO you through their address
and their resolutions You know the part took iu
proceedings are supported viii come better from
others than myself You here 70 pass
Judgment npon them-tand we ,wilr'l-and !
know well from long years OF experience,
what the verdict Of this city viii be- Although you we're
called together TO express your concurrence In those
ceedngs there other subjects 10 which may prop
erly invoke attention. In pursuance OF the usual
custom stale convention has been held at Albany,
as responding 70 the convention al phadeiphA Il has
nominated candidates for the State Offices 70 become
cant with the close of the year These have
much than their ordinary importance They carry
with them an endorsement OF the policy OF the President
Of the United states IN regard 10 the States excluded
and from all share In the administration OF
the government, In giving the nominations your
thy Of the public confidence, but you endorse the
Of the President just and in accordance with the
constitution under which we i've shall give inom my
vote on both grounds tCheorsl IL il unnecessary to
speak 10 you OF the candidate for the first once, Mr.
Hoffman tCheers) He was born In your immediate
vicinity; he has grown up among you from youth
manhood and he has given abundant evidence
OF hs nrmness hs integrity and his talents. He is emf
high Office for which he has been nominated. You
not know tue other candidates 40 VOL know them all
believe them IN be hones capable and IN thfu 10 the
constitution" coming up In these respects 10 the
dard OF Jenerson and what more need We AK The
entire tirkct viii receive my cordial support. shall
receive the support Of all the friends OF the Union
tie constitution throughout the State. Th is " tine
for The glainca,ion OF personal wishes-no time for
considerations OF self IL IA time, like that which has
Just gone by for dsineresteness for sesacrince for
patriotic effort for dedicatng the service Of
the country, Tor doing all we extend the prvl-
leges and the blessings u tho Union haze already
extended It's authority every square nile OF
territory on Witch The sun -iappauseand 20
spread over our whole people, wherever within the
th,rty-siy states their lot may have been cast the
sacred and The aI'-embrscng esis az the constitution
trions coIrpeerS In the federal convention completed
their abcr, signed the great chsrter Of liberties
and prepared u for the ratification 0f the States We
have lived under u aevcuiyscven ycs In that period
ct time We hnve grown from our millions 10 thirty mil
lions Of people Threeqnaraers Of century moro VIII
over two hrndred millions u souls between the At
lniic snd Pacid~ ocean the great lake. aud the RIO
Grande ~ we are true 10 ancestors aud TO ourscve
may hone with Gods blessing that thoye who arc TO
come after win then living under tho same con
tuiion aud looking back 20 us With thsnkfuiness for
twice preserving V at great cisis ~ our history
theerslonce by heroic service IN The field, and again
by thc more glor0u triumph Of justice and nagnanin-
ity the narowncss or prejudice and the lmpacs.
bity 81 passion u.oud cheers.i
rRisinEArs Axe sEcKrTARIs
Mr. HrAv kKTcHrw Jr one OF the secretaries read
hong list Of vico presidents and secretaries of the
ing, which was approved
s11Ec3 og DntEL q M pEx.
Mr. SaNuEr J. TLDss having been introduced 10 make
report ia reference 10 the Philadelphia Convention ~
the lsth % August last, spoke n .ollOyss--
MR. CHAIRMAN AsD FuIDw Cuizfss-Y0ur committee
of arn,ng gsmcDts have called me chairman The
a Of IA rIiiaIelphia
Convention Of the l4th of August 10 make To you
Official report ~ tue proceedings OF that body. Even
while the convention session intelligence of Ia
dongs passed by the lightning flashes oi the tcegrsph
10 the rrnoscut OF extsndef counry Ia thc
four weeks which have sinca elapsed the wonderful
journalism of limos has carried ny still
wonderful OF rulrosd communication every detail
10 our whole people. To-day this vast concourae o.
citizens has assembled 10 declare tho almost
approval by the people of this meiropols
of THE action ~ the National Union Converon 30 pro
nouncs their almost unanimous Inda moht IN favor Of