New-York tribune., 1868-10-09
THE NATIONAL FAITH.
SPEECHES OF THE NEW-YORK SENATOR'S
AT COOPER INSTITUTE LAST EVENING.

dehual Campaign Club, held last evening in the
large hallOf the Cooper Institute As early as o'clock
The entrance 10 the hall and far INTO the
crowded with dense crowd people, all eager for ad
mlttanee Before the meeting opened the vast hall was
crowded in every part The aisles were all filed with
people, standing closely packed and the platform was
crowded Fth the most eminent and distinguished mem
bers thsparty AS after another Of leading
hcans arrived the platform they received with
deafeng cheers The hall tastefuly decorated with
1ags, and the columns enveoped with blue bunt-
Ing studded with The meeting opened by Mr..
Charles Spencer After Mr. Spencers speech. the band
played and then 3r Andrews introduced Senator i. ID.
Morgan, who enthusiastically received. After tho
applause had subsidized. Senator Morgan began
SENATOR MORGAN's SPEECH.
Senator Morgan said Most welcome is the sight Of this
vast audience met TO reason together on the questions
before the people The country is stirred as
before in political canvass, and IL is cheering TO
find this great commercial center in hearty accord with
the prevailing sentiment accept the fact as token OF
the success Of the doctrines advocate. You earn
est thoughtful You realize that crisis Is upon u.s.
The pursued by opponents has excited your
alarm At the North they conduct their canvass with
before unknown to politics. and at the south
reign OF terror naugurated TO control elections there
We all recognize the importance of two political parties,
and OF the broadest freedom Of discussion but 10
any that leaving legitimate sphere, seeks 10 divide
the country the question OF the public credit the pub
lie peace obedience TO law These questions aro be-
yOnd the realm of partisanship; they paramount
Importance political orr @aniZations. Threats OF vio-
ence any class resistance 10 any law under pre-
tense political ardor be profitable elsewhere but
in this country The mode Of correcting every wrong
Is within the Constitution, aud to that mode a
loyal people, than ever tenacious OF sub
stantial forms, will hold every citizen, high
low. We're not used to the camor OF our Opp men
we should he stunned by their loose charges that mo
Southern states ,had been denied their rights and arb
to,. NJ We all know 40
out but let that pass. A year ago, in this place
asserted that whenever any State then out Of It's proper
relation the Union should accept the reasonable terms
fixed by Congress- IL would again take its place IN the
sisterhcod The prediction has been realized pplansel;
seven have accepted the conditions and are now
fully recognized members Of the u on. Our oppo-
nents said that tie Union could not be- ored by the
Republican party. In this they grayey mistaken,
for as after another presented ITSELF the Repub
can party by its representatives, IN the wo branches OK
ngrcss voted sody for admission, and the Democrats
voted as solidy against admission. And yet they COM
plain that work OF reconstruction is not complete
Is the complaint reasonable The Rebel allies of tho
Democracy tore out the Southern pillars OF this
beautiful temple Of the Union, and a. 9 away lis
foundations, they supposed. We saw It rocs
to the very centre, We saw the lncend-
ary torch applied, saw its property despiied, and
its chief minister the chosen head of the naton
stricken down by its mnion. What did the Democratic
party do-what theynOw doinG-tO repair the mis-
chief Nothug-iiieiay IOtnng. Tho Republican
party came the rescue. ard the country sustained
them. The amed Rebellion crushed out, aud the
work OF rebuilding the shattered edce and reconstruct
ing all its parts begun, even during the war;
They pun down defend and reconstruct Who. them
are conseryators of Americas sttutionsg Were
not for the rmness OF the majority represented by the
Republican party, this country would. like the mforu-
nate states Of South America and Mexico, degenerate
into warning factions The country was told in August.
1854 by the Democratic party with al the soemnty OF
formal declaration in their National Convention thar
the restoration of the Union "by the experiment Of
war; failure. Did you believe this. gentiemenf
Did believe it! Did Gen Sherman believe itf
Did the million bows in blue" resOutcly fighting Their
way the Of the Rebellion. believe it DID the
erty and Justice, the foundation upon which
maintained. did not for one moment admit Of hesi-
tatiOn or doubt The party said. and sl say mat from
the dan OF the firing upon sumter until forever
Oblteraed from country there can be compromise
with Rebels nor terms OF peace except sch s aIe bsed
upon unconditional surrender of their hostility and
turn their just allegiance TO the Constitution These
great meetings reassurng They recall an almost un
broken series OF tvlctores a the polls and the result Or
the September elections is bur the preclude TO our gor
animated OF lsCo and the determination that
inspired the people In 1854 are noticeable In the support
painful truth truth emphasized by startling ontages
daily that the contest begrn by tho enemies
of the Onion In 1861 yet ended. That hateful pre-
judce of caste and section which lay at the bottom
of rebellion, though tehtd, Is NOT KILLED. lhIeaS
Lave been quckened into life In fact the very who
were foremost in forcing on rebellion and who gave
the civil war its darkest hues foremost now IN the
endeayor 10 defeat our nominees They threaten another
bloody insurrecon Gen. Forrest wants another;
Howell Cobb and Robert TOombs, and many score
of that sort busy with their menaess and every
hot at the South predicts speedy eoheJ of arms
Had lately emerged from rshtiul war urgTd
by just such wild passion We might look upon inns tas
promises evil rhe remedy is ia the peoples hands They
can decide IN their own potential way at lhe paIotooA
IA the simple words Let us have peace shall stand az
the verdict Of the American people The chicago Con.
yenon OF 1860 declared that the Democracy hl iar eS
cccded the worst apprehension IN their neasuTeess SUD
changed for the bettcri Read the prOceedlngs OF 1er
late convention In this city; read General BARS Brod-
head letter. read their leading journals scrutnlze their
every unguarded expression from the stump ana press
Each ana all will prove them unchanged Lew daysaEo
took occasion TO refer my views on the question of
the finances He said that held with THE TRIDusE and
mean that the Government bonds are payable m gold
For the Mayor IS right do SO hold lAppause'l
than cold standard was known thought Of trihihx
difference between gold and currency had then been
porary entered into The calculations OF no one yet TINS
for any question this grave subject The law author
ziug the first issue was substantially IKE former LAVE,
granting power issue bonds which had uniformly been
pad in coin and all subsequent loan laws have been bnt
an extension of that OF February lS52 Was at the time
in situation 10 have known something of the doubt
tins question OF pay ynens had any doubt been enter
taned and do not hesitate 10 assert that gentlemen
never dreamed Of doing so tnen Neither the Legsla
tive Executive branches OF the Governments helh
any other doctrine than that OF payment IN gS gosS,.
The Treasurer of the United States was WIN
ONT moner; the soldiers who had so CALAMITY
volunteered the union and had leit Their iti,
lies nnproyidrd for needed their pay milIary supplies
OF all kinds were wanted These bond offered me OesS
mode of securing necessary means hundred other
opportunities for favorable investment were oherng Dns
tie classes felt duty 10 give the preference
to the Government and so the money WAS la ea ~ sums
$50 sloo and larger denominations Inc lender Mens
To The aw to the agent who sold hm the bond, ana To
the ocer who represented the Government to learn tho
terms lie was told an unsaryng story . II yen VIII
lend ms your money now, when we much need II, wa
Will rep YOU Ia the medium in which the American Re