New-York tribune., 1868-09-09
TO the Editor Of The tribune.

TO the Editor Of The Tribune.
SIR: The only reply which is necessary to
regulate the above H. that any who feels disposed to
bet Seymour aganrt Grant. be accommodated NJ
the office Of Tie Spirit any day from 10 Wednesday
next. with ranging frOm 500 10 $4,000 that Grant
viii beat Ia the general election Of next Sovem-
ber Auctoueer Walters need not. therefore, badger Mr.
aCkey his friends any longer, since he can grt what
he wants aud with odds hts favor too ut The
SPIRIT office Wednesday Is named as the limit OF
me after the Maine election Il is presumabe that 10
Democrat will want to bet al all o.. W.
MAYOR HOFFMAN IN BUFFALO
BUFFALO, Sept. S.-Thc Hon. j. r. Hoffman
arrived in city o'clock this afternoon 20 open The
politicAl oanpagn this rvsi,.s nae ''"" was ueaye"
80 ,,., nours aud a half permit Mr.. Hoffman TO re
spond the calls at every station on the Efis Road DC
tween New-York and this city. The County Convention
~ Erie County has Just Smblcd. Military and civic
delegations with music and banners arc arriving every
hour public meeting held IA ST. Jamcso Hall this
evening Long before the hour Of meeting the hall was
hacked and procession ~ civic and military organfa
uous with torches. banners &c. rataded the srerts
The military organization ~ the party ~ THIS County IN
dependent Of Ward clubs numbers over 3VV m,ho'is
Outs,de the hall Notwithstanding dnLzr Of rain,
.pcerhes were delivered Ia vast crowd Iho mesthH
Hon Israel r Hatch. President with one icePresldent
from each ward IN the city AID township o the eVnAy'
and several Secretaries. After brf address, me IIeSl
dent Introduced Mr.. Hoffman. and that gentleman was vas
received with cheers. Mayor Holman "uu'e7'ou "io
MAYOR norrMlv's SPEECH.
FELLOW CITIZENS; come among you as your chhlr
man has SAID fr that great city which Is the head Of
foreign commerce. tU this great C3 when tno H,1 VI
The iand connrrce of ihr country 10 address you as
American czems. need not Say that rJ"icr Ia tho
greatness OF this demonstration; not that Lake ~ pr
sonni 10 myself but look upon II rs demon
Stallion IN ti,o interests of the cause OF con
sututonal law aud constitutional liberty. lDneernl
make up he chain Of the Union. We have vast oceans
upon either shore hayu the nnost ports IN hc NOi
We have the greatest inland lake, We have the greatest
arteries Of inland commrrcr; we have millions upon mn mn
lions Of acres Of land which nave yraeo 70 tno ouv mum
Of the hnsbamman' hha Mo nat1 hih ths foot Of
millions OF acres OF land upon ~hloh tho p .op' y ~
man has never Se1 uo"' 1nu the agricmltaTai art
Far away toward the great P"ino railroad Ls mo-" ",
Sn Gs"g nSaRy O% E"niSn and away over the Pacific
Ocean We have landing upon our shores every & yfhn
TO the healthy productive capacity OF our country one
hundred aud nfiy millions Of dollars; s9cn @ peole anu
i'm the world God aud nature have gwen 20 lien 4i
aRes equal II not superior, To any other people f3y
tanatic}sm and the hate OF men have mako theln
today more burdencd by debt moro oppressen
bv TAXATION more insecure IN lheir pI"poIys y
moro uncertain for the future than almost any
other people on the face OF the earth. d. tnppa1ae
that nag which been borne by gallant ana ave men
all the world over which & I now now waves tTimphsnty
over the capital OF every state is NOT at nome p,ooo
o lands StIens adopted the American nationality
anguish In prison for words spoken ana .Sts
1n YEARS has accumulated debt large as Great Brl
tain accumulated IN HC Ihe loo WI WI nan, 20 NV Nh
necessary expenses OF the Government and to unl rs
honest honorable. and just obligations But theL w
complain Da1 m. nSGs nS%' a an ARMY TUE u men, paid
tn , our our IN" last dollar and tho last cent,
iOr taken from the labor Of tho aborpg men OF the
| Northern states lAppauseJ Ihey conpain tnht inns tns
army Of 1900 men maintained ut your expehse III uhe
OF peace il than four times as large AS was ,ns
rhne army emuloyed by the Government 10 conquer
Mexico They complain that III ths a. ni Least fanS tnos
ia much ms gere the xpeudture for the Army ana Navy
~ ht the commencenent of the After elaborate
so to tho reconstruction acts Tor tue s91.hern states
a. UrTnan renewed the financial ISSUES vi te nay thus
Ono would suppose that by this time the party IN power
as those OF NewZealand thlnk tndo even mn o oop1 p,
Carolina Legislature could nave me uUno of nar sccnTi
ties The Mayor here read the marke, I,'aUs ,, ",.
next quoted the ,npd, @ IoG'n and the third seSton of
National Republican Platform Can you n oe tnY o &
gnd or reenbacks Does tho spirit mean god a. ana ,e
letter Rreenbacksi Can you tel Ihe "na' o yin oi
means, or what the spirit meansi Ia oNe voice
"Wliskvn Loud laughter and cheers.l one OF
tbe audience Gays the spirit a means - w wmsSy: rnS
TIore are no doubt men within the sound ot my voice
Mo thnk the bonds ought to be paid IN g0ld wan. 70
% INV sensitive friend what security he mas Hue % hat
isnse ot the Republican patforni In Tue West, you
% sherman saying that tho law does not re.
anre that their bonds shall De paH ~ y a, Van xnS end
greenpaGnSss nsan and THE NEw-YoRK TRIBUNE telling
, mat tbe letter and spirit mean tnat nS % iIs @ ~ 70
you nd s in old You will the Republican House OF
@ be pau ~ passing Funding BILL which provides
t"rthe issne Of new bonds TO take up the o b,, @
or eIe hods are 20 bear only four and nan per
new Donds DoadHt ao and it does not need man OF
orv extraordinary understanding 10 hom 1 hd .So
b DG%SI d enough ss G RSs 70 sIaaRsc bonds
having but four per cent know Just h MIA vou @ usa
!etel a lpseif when wanted to dodge that question
NV thIs same Radical Congress, WHOSE Sosa honS
NewYaI5 ts during sSq u1'y the last session Of Con-
~ nrsss soo to pass bill legaiZng go'u oo'"''
rT sph wa, stn sending In bs Mayors speech "0'a We
wtr. compelled - 90 tOprs" -EDI
NEW-JERSEY.