The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-08-14

doubt Il would have the effect of increasing the
value of American securities ct the same time
those of the nations of Europe would greatly
decline
The Great Popular Gathering mt Philadelphia
To-day.
One Of the most important conventions that
has ever assembled on this continent will COM
mence its session in Philadelphia at noon to-
day. The developments during the last eight
months have convinced the public of the neces-
sity Of such gathering This being the case,
its meeting is timely, neither too early nor too
late. Like the spontaneous movement Of the
people in 1861, 1t comes at the very time to be
useful; and II 1t acts wisely it will, like that
uprising, concentrate and consolidate the
universal sentiment Of the people against the
bloody radical usurpers. Its voice, in that
event. will be potential in behalf Of the Union
and the complete restoration of the country.
As it was in 1861, 80 it is now the time has
come for the people to make their power felt
and to exhibit to the world the majesty of
popular government AT the commencement
Of the war the great mass exhibited their deter
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ton, the Union and the flag against the
assaults of its Southern political enemies. The
| spirit and the determination of the people to
assert their power at that time was manifested
at all the mass meetings Of that day. They ex-
hibited that settled purpose which at once put
an end to all cavil and overcame all opposition.
The rebellion was crushed The great object
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rolled onward, until now we find the political
pendulum, in those vibrations back and forth
which mark the epochs in nation, swung to
the other extreme. The country is once more
threatened, It's existence perilled by the usurpa-
tons and the insurrectionary deeds Of the other
extremists. The time has, therefore, come for
the people to assert their majesty and once
more exercise that overrulng power which
belongs alone to the citizens Of democratic
government like ours. IL is not proposed to
wait this time until the only resource left for
them to assert their power is the bullet, but to
commence long enough before they are aroused
by the sound of the cannon to crush out the
radical conspirators at the ballot box.
Recent events point Enthusiastically to the fact
that the Massachusetts, radicals of the North are
preparing to plunge the country into another
bloody revolution. Unless we mistake the
signs of The times the people are on the eve Of
bringing about peaceful revolution, and yet
none the less effective and sweeping in its
results. The radicals would force upon
as revolution that would drench our plains
with blood and ill the land with mourning,
while the people are preparing to bring about
q revolution, although silent, yet far more
powerful and lasting. This is why we see men
from all sections Of the country assembling to-
day in Phladclphia. It is to give expression
to this sentiment that men from the mountains
Of Maine aud New England join hands with
those from the gold fields Of the Pacific. It is
for this purpose that we see delegates leaving
their homes on the Western prairies TO meet
those from the cotton fields Of the South
and thus in the City Of Brotherly Love, to
renew their devotion TO the Union. A radical
4 Congress has attempted to permanently divide
the country. For eight long months il labored
TO increase the bitterness between different
sections. The radicals have refused to admit
loyal representatives elected by the people in
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have inauguratcd and lcgalized Jacobin clubs
throughout twelve States in the shane Of
Freedmen's Bureau, and thus estab-
lished machinery that needs but
spark, with the New England parsons at its
head. 10 bring on a conflict OF races. They
have de6ei all law !; traduced the Executive !;
inauguratcd riots in Memphis, New Orleans
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and the taxes; taken money from the pockets
OF the people TO expend on their Jacobin clubs
in the south; appropriated funds taken from
the hard earnings OF the masses 10 support the
negroes in idleness: INDUCED in the most
profigatc and corrupt legislation in the his
tory Of any nation; made no provision for The
payment OF our debt or adjusting our cur
! rcncy, but fostered speculation and enacted
laws for the benefit Of the rich against thc
poor and medium classes. The independent
press has sounded the alarm OF danger, and
we need no better evidence that the people
are becoming aroused than L. found in this great
popular gathering in the Quaker City.
A few individuals at the national capital,
seeing the danger that threatened The country
through the usurpaton OF a radical Congress,
issued call for public meeting. II has met
! with a response from the remotest corner OF
our land and is now the absorbing theme in
every city, village aud hamlet in the rcpub-
lie. A !; was in 1861, so il is now men Of
opposite parties, men who have had no SYM
pstby in political sentiment with each other
before. hsvc dropped all their past differences
aud, having cut alooi from their associations,
now come forward without regard 10 their ante
eedcsts and unite in this movement to put down
The radical enemies Of the nation. Nothing