New-York tribune., 1867-10-04
THE ALBANY CONVENTION.
eow-ryuEp IRON yiRsr PAGE.

5 eoea,S ,p t nnlic cause for the advancement Ci
whisn ne d 'Snrcdections Acting thus, he fen
assured hat the party VIII ehief inc Ia nacc
ana irosplity TO beloved country ne moHSu, Hs ~
instructed by thc state CoinUec; lLat Nc 10 ~ To
Hofman be appointed temporary President oi u'o w"
veftOn ,,, o,1 AR ToGman h
was greeted with loud and tnhusiasue cheIH s' E ore
Lawrence Of Queens and Mr. d. Ogden on ia'cS "0'o 4
asued TO conduct Mr. Hoffman 10 the PLATFORM. 81,
As Ar. Hoffman took the clali Is W's tsd Nr M AZ II
ucally applauded. Upon order beihs res'oreu' MI '"
GrSrLSMrx OF THE CONVENTION; thank yon for the
distinguished honor You have conferred upon me, nc rnre
sentatiycs of the people assembled mere thel el
~ the chief Executive Office of boslate Ohe3Is,, "9 rn3
erecting yOu have given me to-day assures mo .n" n
40 not attribute my fault mat tle DaStlc you 80 IN
sy fought was not Won Appanse t,s my ,"y first op-
pottunity to thank yOu and the people Cl tn9 ~
Inc ges1IIb G tb M % % civ of NewYcrk which for
that ticket nearly 10000 majority ana dnh me- W. viii be
Le Comfy OF Kings which added 10000 more ME- VIZ IN
ready hereafter 70 respond in the same tluSl @ ,eir sun
any ticket which you may presemt 20 t ~ tbe state IL
port let come from whatever direction , oi s' in What
NAV IChccis shah not de'ain YOU, IIs iIns scnvcon
have say the temporary d tie fine frenzy
pi the distinguished Radical Senator VINO ra,,sc
Hau.hIeri shah not talk TO you as he dd OIL tio , lou
eve of battle" which gared inilonsiy D - ~ cnnnecn
sr,I which words have become historic ln c"huoVtnn
.rifb qt slcct ever since. He told tlOso "Ss,
Una. ty,n them tLe people Of the state that me
LaVes had not fallen ten times since tle % %pane -, ;" lie
mart was umfurled but lac did not cai ~ tn o
{art That OF American lives had fallen zen huIeu
md snce he and his party had placed the country nue
sae ,esr,s lulc oi tie Puritan and the negr" io'at
applausel Ic told them that IN order 10 & n on '
Sssting confidence the people the panty must u1
ting beside prepare Tor eSfu09 % r. ca,ne have and Will
a. Tove tbe lasting confdefec Of the American people.
s ssseTG c INN @ M fTtero in the STATE OF NowYork viii
nor he six weeks Cheers said in 1851 that The no OF
sot ,pe i of fhe Repubc st lives and win live long
he and his party have been , n, 70 e Treas
hry of the country bankrupt; put ne ied ~ o e
ihe attention Of the people TO that sena ~ Sebf
,lo NritnN
with S5sOOO0OO0 OF annual taXailOn WIN Td has 10
sv stsooOoo more than France has TO pay ana 10 the
indebtedness of the state OF New & assed yaIne
tion OF property The taxation OF ne no.e VI non
York slSOoOo $40 for every y, man hS %Gt, i,nt
sf hestse. He failed to call the atehloh oi e
o these facts call their attention to these Iacts now,
md ash them Ia remember it in connection with the
policy OF his party which the Democratic parry & ~ o t
ran the climax he 0reshadowed the policy OF me party
nj which he is the representative man. ana Whch ~ Is d n
peachment and revolution. They stahu puH
where Butler and Greeley and Philips; ana Jla1ui d
the cover has been thrown of and the poey so distinctly
foreshadowed is the policy tlat mas neen do nnt
propose discuss 1t here am prepared, 70 te ne o en,5
ef my ability and my power ana my % ie in =" SU
With other questions issue shan the Puritan ia & OF
TIMES the American country, or sha the COUNTY, & n
governed by the peoplei leave mat i9l you, ny So
eoices To dctemine Gentlemen, the difference hIWeen
the Radical Puritan idea of government ana e peo %
cratic idea OF g9yeTnmsm Us NS3 u1op II thai the
best government is that which governs the most The
Democrat insists upon it that the best government Is has
which governs the least. Loud applause Inc Kaulcai
setting upon his theory OF government commences nc % iS III
ial policy and allows for no honest dneiehce oi 1p1 ~
lie steps into Rump Congress and enaets laws when ne
declares are aerEr c insists upon il that his Puritan
Ideas shall be the dominant ideas OF , tnd cSun ,n
,ry. beneath which every other idea snah i shIk'
Nothing sacred that it must not submit TO his wishes
No vieW however honest be considered honest; no
happens lie al with his From the patton i comes
to the state and what theni He declares Il, o thSs inc M
Constitution OF the country shall not be protected and
%o% YorS shall be regulated by on amendment 10 the
CONSTITUTION OF TIE United states and when the puritan
comes toa Democratic state that s particularly The
place Puritanc ideas to enter what then! Odious
ssIS aTs which ,bS make cSen w declare arc
that the adopted citizen shall net he registered so his
sSenes sSss can of his ss right S to Vote than that
citizenship and which say that popers dNtn En-
the Courts Of his State or any shall not be re-
esed his voice against adopted citizens the country
by making them class apart he goes among them m ana
applies cities such as New-fork and BrooSy1, the
hearts of the Metropotan District law % doas %cn % 1o c
sve harsh and unjust Loud ana prooIgeu , & a So
common OF nearly the whole community having @
refused to the legislature any power 10 TO moo mSqy 1
manner they meet in nominating convention az eAra.
cue and at its close pass resolution % 1y %cn a ,sy
lution which the journals Of the state designate as me
Iyentue to say serious in its character than any
Df the illicit whisky that distilled from the watts OF some
Radical invaders Of the internal revenue law lGreat
laugher say here that party when mas tas een1foi %
Which ss has power to amend and modify the laws they
oppressive harsh and unjust cannot escape the re-
sponsiby OF such legislation No party IN Legislature
having the power has any moral right to pass amy law
which inerferes with the lifelong habits and customs OF
people which as harmless as they are universal
desire to ask the people OF this state, not only
the rich who hold the bonds Of tie government not only
the capitalist whose property IS IN the STATE p9t every
posted in the savings bank, every man who has hOme
be 1t ever humble, whether he thinks the secuIi-
ties of the Government will be worth any more, or
taxes upon the people be made any less, inc
power Of the h republican 6on6fSns 3d SI ask the @en
who hold Government securities which are exempt
securities but who pay taxes whether they think their
securities will be worth their taxes be less,
with q revolutionary President at their head and Re
publican Congressf 1t as time enough 70 glNe
rutc them We do not propose, i do not at least,
10 discuss the question of the national debt. SIN ply
the honor good faith of the country pledged
dollar of the property OF the country pledged every
eTgy country pledged 10 the payment of every
dollar of the national debt honestly and fully not only
according the letter but according TO the spirit OF the
bond lApplause.l That is all propose to say In
gard 10 the national debt and how 1t is TO be paid to-day
that il pay it, either in gold or in currency,
long the country Is kept comparatively in state OF
needed Then our securities viii become worth their
IN gold. Now, gentlemen, in looking back over inc
honor every whO according 20 his conscientious
convictions and the exercise Of the judgment and talent
zion OF the Union, which the common glory of the
American people. Our adversaries may claim il to have
victory OF patriotic people lApplausel They gave
millions from the Treasury, and hundreds OF
American 6ag in the Capital OF every state
they demanded peace, union harmony, order Jaw and
clansed and they have not obtained either appeal TO
xlaaIIse Tod