Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1868-10-29
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1868.
THE MEETING LAST NIGHT


Was one of the best Of the cam.
'paign. The Tannery was filed q
great many ladies being present. The
audience was not only large, but intel
rligent and respectable. a.is '''''A
j. Madison Drake called the meeting
to order, nominating Mr. Charles Il.
Doe as President, with the following
officers to assist
VICE PRESIDENTS.
Henry Aitken, John McCord, John
J. Coyne. Charles Rommell, Edmund
P. Edwards, III. L. Norton, John B.
Sammis, 4. PHILIPPE. ss
SECRETARIES.
W. @. vanderveer, Rufus Morris, Col.
John Danforth. Capt. G. Fl. Ropes,
Stephen II. Powell Moses G. Ogden,
John H. Good, Elias @. winans, Ira B.
Wheeler, Sydney Thompson.
Hon. John Davidson being intro.
duced amid loud applause, proceeded
-ta~ deliver ssli- address which WAS one OF
clear reasoning, full Of truth, and de-
cidedIy logieala Fornearly two hours,
the eloquent young orator had the
closest attention sofs his hearers, all OF
whom spoke in the highest terms Of
the effort. Mr.. Davidson paid high
tribute to the Boys in Blue, remember.
ing also the heroic dead, whose mem.
DRY he called npon all to unite III re
speeding. Speaking of the immortal
declaration given us by our forefathers,
Mr. Davidson said.
This instrument was issued, not in
haste, but calmly, wisely and resolute-
ly debated-viewed in every aspect,
amended, engrossed, signed and prayed
over, it was given to the world. It is
our national confession of faith
"Upo' this tree there grows sic fruit,
gs It's virtues a. can tell, man aslw
1t raises man aboon the brute, -
1t makes him ken himself, man.
If ance the peasant taste bit IN
He's greater than lord, man,
And wi the beggar share mite
E O'a' he can afford, man.
1t has been pronounced by those who
love its lofty principles andgrand dec
larations, as masterpiece of states
manship. Sa
It has been termed, by one promi.
Hnent in public life, "nass of glitter.
ing generalities, and this attempted
nickname has been handed around I'M
til the halls of Congress, have resound,
ed with the SANDER, and re-echoed back
to Boston, whence the assertion came,
in contemptuous tones, that it was in
deed ga mass of glittering general.
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Glittering generalities p Yes, it is
glittering for ninety one years it has
glittered and shone with a bright and
holy light. 1t glittered in the eyes Of
Britain on the battle fields of the seven
years war. It's glittering principles
cheered our fathers and nerved thei,
arm in the day of battle. Under its
glitter many a patriot has lain down tc
die. Above the smoke, and din, and
roar and ''havoc of war and the bat.
ties commotion, 2 it has glittered as the
pearly drops of the morning dew. II
.cheered the heroes of the Revolution
on to death, and, amid the foul, damr
air Of the dungeon, it glittered there
For the preservation of its 'glitterino
generalities" the nation buckled on the
armor of war and Went forth to battle
against rebellion. The wife gave ur
her husband, and the father his son.
Its glittering generalities have been
bathed in the blood of two wars, and
triumphed. The prison ship. at Walla
bout, and the Sugar House of the Rev
olution, the Andersonvilles and prison
pens of the Rebellion may starve their
inmates and consign to an unknown
grave the patriot heart. Starvation
and blood endured and shed for it,
make it glitter to-day as it never gilt
tered before. 1t was the pillar of cloud
by day and fire by night to- our army
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In the tangled depths Of the wilderness,
and Spottsylvania, on Cemetery Ridge
and Round Top at Gettysburg, Aye, it
glittered there, brighter than the wall
OF living steel on the summit of the
Ridge it nerved the heart and