The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1867-12-19
11ulitital.
Grant for President.
$4,000
Great Mass Meeting in n. York.
Eloquent Speech by Gen. Siokles,
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Remarks of A. T. Stewart.

Lrrom the \. Y. rImes. Deeember 5.

tFrom then. Y. Times, December 81
The public feeling in favor of the
nomination Of Gen. Grant for the
Presidency, which has been rapidly
increasing in this vicinity for some
time past eliminated in a grand mass
meeting at the Cooper Institute last
evening. held in response to a call
from large number of our most
prominent merchants, bankers aud
business men representing both Of
the leading parties. As the FIRST
public demonstration ia favor of
Gen. Grant for President, il was Il
great success. Seldom has the Coop.
er Institute been filed with larger
audience or Que better representing
the various classes of our population,
than the one assembled there last
night. A good number of ladies
were present. The hill was taste
fully decorated for the occasion with
the Stars and Stripes, aud the flags of
the leadips nations of the earth
Suspended at tho rear OF th1platform
was life. size portrait of General
Grant, while in front Of the speakers
desk plaster cast of the Zero repre-.
scntcd him sitting at c sc in his chair.
smoking the inevitable cigar Among
The notices inscibed on ths walls
were: The COnstiturion-It Lives
Forever :" The Uuion-lt Must aud
viii be Preserved" &c. The fol-
lowing among other prominent citi-
zeus. occupied seats upon the plat
form: Peter Cooper, A. 7 Stewart.
William Il. Dodge. Moses II. Grin
nell Mar,hall . Roberts, General
Daniel L. Sickles, General Cochrane,
Hon, Lyman Tremain. aud Gov.
Ward, OF New Jersey.
The meeting was called 70 order at
9:l5 O'Clock by Hon. William L
Dodge, who expressed his grati6ca-
ton at seeing ths large hall crowded
a quarter of an hour before the time
appointed for the meeting. They
had come together. he said, to give
their spontaneous approval of the
nomination of General Grant for the
Presidency. Applause He had
the pleasure Of nominating for presid
ing officer Of the meeting Mr.. Alex
ander T. Stewart. Applause The
nomination was unanimously ly indOrs-
ed, and Mr.. Stewart, on taking the
chair, spoke as follows:
MR.. STEWARDS SPEECH.
I thank you, fellow-citizens, for
the honor of being appointed to
preside over this great meeting,
representing the industrial, CONNER
cial and monetary interest Of this
metropolis. The situation Of the
country calls for a Chief Magistrate
Of wisdom, 6rmness, virtue and ex
pcrience, and these are possessed in
an eminent degree by the great
chieftain, and now distinguished
statosman-Gen Grant. GGrestc cheer
ing We have assembled here to-
night to aid his election, rot with
any party or mercenary objects, but
solely 10 promote tho substantial
interests Of tho whole Union. The
country now requires the immediate
and wise adjustment of its disturbed
social and political relations. In the
performance of whatever duties may
devolve on the President in this
matter, all must feel, as we'll at the
South as the North, that, if elected tn
this high office. all the magaunimity
that is compatible with safety will be
shown by Cen. Grant. His solid aud
great qualities assure us that he is
equally fitted for psace as for war,
aud that under his administration the
purposes of the war will be accom-
plished in securing this great connected
country for u united, free, prosperous
and happy people.
At the close Of Mr.. Stewards
remarks, Gen. Cochrane read a list
Of Vice Presidents and Secretaries,
comprising the names of Vim. b.
Astor, Hamilton Fish, f. b. Cutting,
Geo. GrisWold. Moses Taylor. John
Jacob Astor, Jr., A A. Low, lie
Grand B. CannOr. and 500 others.
Er Judge Hilton then read the
following resolutions:
Resoiued, That the American peo-
pie have ever been true to the ia.
stinets Of patriotism in maintaining
the rights aud honor of the nation,
and that the acknowledgement Of
distinguished services in the national
cause, can not fail to be regarded as a
grateful duty by free aud iptslligent
people.