New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-01-28
LID FOR THE CRETANS.


The meeting at the Cooper Institute on Saturday
.ng 20 express the sympathy of the people Of this
c,,v with the Cretans in the struggle going on
Ntaen them and the Turks. and to take measures for
the relief OF the starving families Of the patriots was
well attended The walls were decorated with the ma
tona flags of Greece and the United States and on the
platform were seated some OF our most eminent citizens
The meeting called to order by the Hon. FREDERICK
A. CoNKLG, who announced that the Mayor Of the CITY
was present and would preside On taking the chali
Mayor HOFFMAN made a short Introductory speech
SPEECH OF MAYOR HOFFMAN
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN II snot expected OF INTENDED
that shall make any speech tonight That IS reserved
20 Others take pleasure in presiding over TINS meeting
and am happy to do all in my power TO ad the suffering
women and children Of Crete. agree with you that
charity begins at home and hope you agree with me
that does hot end there lApplauseJ II thought that
this meeting would tend in the slightest degree 10 lessen
the charity which we owe 90 our own suffering Women
and children this city, or to our stellng ~
in any of the states OF inns tCh n wf tSi ~ g e f et
beeets another deed OF charity beges anOtne ana
sre Sr for the suffering every where winot
stop toask whether this Crean revolution VIII De success
eIoouence the art the erosm of the Greeks That will
be ably and eoquenty done by the speakers VINO are 20
ferfns women and children of Cree-the starving wives
whose husbands and sons are gnmg Tor S9 SPo em
ioyment OF Christian freedom. lApplausel II you seo
sid TO these starving women ana cilure you WIN
etitnde and low that win than recompense YOU for
an tbst Won do ask Won 10 keep your eye steadily fixed
anon those starving women and children during The pro
An executive committee to carry out the object OF the
Chairman; Charles K TGcJerman secretary samuel G.
Ward Treasurer joseph Thoron Frank T. HGwe Ro9erS
Roosevelt, 60; Bliss, jr. VIM T. Blodgeu ,,, NJ, ,n,
The President then introduced the Rev. HENRY WARD
BEECHER who spoke as follows
SPEECH OF THE REV. HENRY WARD BEECHER'
Mr. CHAmMAN LADIES AND GEHIEnhN ~ ~ ~ wiSGg
when Ii comes that II brings such abundant harvests III
Is % TSF us eS " 2ye g f Kom and then
when. with sweep as broad as te SeS v ourS
are more frequent and more abundant IMAM we are WIZ
ling TO receive We lovers Of liberty Our synpa-
ihes CO. the world over, with all men who seek TO be
free. And when that honest desire Tor persona d
s sGSiu he is no true American that holds
back his sympathy from any such men OF from ther
struggled lApplaIse Nor Is 1t possible Tor us 10 DC
true 10 ourselves if we confne sympathy TO mere
sentiment, emotion IL must take on more than
decaratiye form, it must be practical long ia ts reach
and powerful in its results For one, do not desire that
the calls upon public sympathy should be less IRE
quen for hold that we are dstnetyey men IN the oe
gree In which we producing effects for Others ana
mot IN the Se ST M T sey we RSpaase For life after
an has its blessings I'm the exercise OF our hgheSt
ities Il is when we become creators. in some sense Of
feelings Of enjoyment aud happiness IN Others ~ rs %hen
work among men, that we begin to have supernal pleas
ures which time cannot take away, and which sorrow II
self cannot shroud rejoice then IN these recurring Op
1ortunties and these constant appeals tat are made
will not say to charityI say 70 our dagfor hold
that this Government, and our Institutions and our civil
social and industrial history have brought upon us duties
shat commensurate with our blessings ana
God has not given TO us The fruit Of al the aDors OF
the nations in days gone by that we might be niggardy
freedom has there ever have not reapcd the
died that have become his heir and do not inherit
what he achievedG Into this nation y rolled an th&
history has done I'm time past ard we claim that IN this
nation, where people obstr9eted 10y me dSols OF
me hnderanSes OF U tn m tSe things fiat the
prophets sought and died without the sight the things
that the martyrs and coniessor srove for we have them
and most chcaply Did Cod give to the results OF all
the worlds tears and blood up to our own m9etne re-
ncnts all the national gowths and national uecauenee
% h sns pSs % All Tor us because we are people
worthy but the stewards Of time ana all INC
pinng and sickelng need sympathy ana n n9R we
may administer tRst M 0 SSu Of Sor~ and of the
Christian religions tGreat applause We are mere ndn
or ourselves and our children also for all otherna
lions and peoples For consider you please that Is
,ess as ours shond not he disturbing force all the
world Whether y0 G mean an 6oc Sr mot bo 30 We
ircPogate doctrines j. is not that we are making cru
Sye do uns0e foundations abroad and We are not sorry
for IT, lIauglerl would not have TINS nation MAKE
IN its chief business TO cOnrOvet political doctrines
or to scatter and propagate other political doctrines
THANK God we do not need to do ~ We neea 10 seG Ior
MS TO demonstrate that there is such thing as public
safety in with the highest degree Of personal
liberty That demonstration nothing can hide from the
eyes Of that there is one land not some niue island
Slid away in the sea- whose seclusiOn has enabled IT To
5nantain itself not some one single people dwelling IN
Ssnp latitude. homogeneous
about them them that they have thereby been protected
aud enabled 70 their destiny but great people
with interests varied and diverse people that have in
themselves representatives OF every race on the globe All
1armOnlzed Onsolidated seIeontIomg-
aaw majestic and better exeeuted-Vhere wealth.
IS easier gn and safer when had than III any other
9andwhere education is as universal almost as suhle
and as productive the summer sun where the whole
nation IL free and each individual Of 1t Is ree TINS on
OF older nations whom do not reve, but over against
whom we stand perpetually saying-nore mpreSsYely
with every succeeding year, saying WIN every success
with every triumph when daYeIS are lfI ara @ %
" II is possible for men 10 be individually rec ana the
state be compact sound solid heclhel ihat ls our
testimony. We are saying 10 every nation III the WolI
sTIst your people, and they VIII not betIay your trust
Trust yOur people thoroughly wholly ana prepare tneh'
80 receive your trust; educate thco uhDnd then prac
lice them give them not only books but also that other
education which books cannot give give them the Tlgh
so administer Their Own aars hho e9cate theinln uong
So and mankind have 50 common and universal nature,
nature so alike every where that II VIII ne lOd that
wherever you give 10 men trust VIII hteheehee ana
moral culture the @ VIII he the same that you see here
and the state will be safe, and prosperous and great IN
Tree" We have given that demonstration II is not
theory with us il is fact and It Is not small Tact
In corner 10 Is continental fact; 1t is not TACT OF
score OF years. already count centuries and are be
coming august the example which we set In this
shines out over the sea travelling through France,
through Austria through the fyrOl travelling into Italy,
down to the very bottom Of IT, travelling through the isl
ands OF the Orient and al through the great Russian
upireit Is just ms certain that will work and produce
South will again TO disturb the frost and ice, and TO
pry aud bring forth the myriad flowers that lie and
wait for his coming, lApplaise Aud hold that While
we DO NOT need send Ou propagadists, II Is because
we ara ourselves by national structure, by our social
re cloar down to The roots Of society it because
we are ourselves great compact national propagandist,
md are perpetuay proclalmng The d3eIine me world
government lGreat checring.J Now, where VIC by
bur example wake up these latent tendencies ana
longngs aud aspirations for freedom. hold further
that bound 70 follow out our example ana ~
effects and TO take care Of them as far rs IN us lies We
have right make liberty precious ana then 10