The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-01-20
HOW TO Save THE COUNTRY FR0M EXIST
ING AND IMPENDING EVILS.

The attendance at three NJ yesterday and last
ing No. 81 sixth avenue responsive to advertisements
announcing 'hc peoples meeting and solution Of tia
momeni0nsIy important qaestioi, "Ho~ % save the
corn.s from existing and impending evils"
very thin. .?y shabby exhibit. in fact.
Of popular patriotism. But The few patriotic
individuals who did GEL up the meetings,
who did pay for the hail. IRE and gas included in ad-
vance, and who did come together, were
bound to have their two meetings, aud they did
have them. queer looking set OF parlots they were
boards very careless indifference on The subiect OF
clean linen and combns their hair aud very marked
shabby gentilty Of dress generaiyhat style OF men
that generation has ever been Without who probo
all political questions TO their farihest depths Who
is making, who know how things should 20 and
always stand ready to point the way out, and
who In short submey gifted with most
enlarged conceptions upon subjects o. national
polity and finance particularly, but who never
pay cash themselves q u possible y aSca and he
preundity OF whose political precepts as unheeded by
people teachings OF Tho old prophets
the anteduvan days There were twelve, an anoaloic
nusbor OF these people present al the afternoon meet
Dr. shepherd, who, from sso prominence he took. Is
the ntcubted loader Of tue ao-k led on in The grand
work or aAowng how the country TO be cd ont
his leading Oh showed him to be only follower aerai
he read sir Robert pse1 sP Pee b 10 ne Eng
lsh huanoes and took his iren, the then English
prcmicr He would save the country from changing
tho poor classes md place II on the rscf.
Mr.. Cummercrd won't back 10 tho days OF the ni-
peria Caesars eaped several censuries and took
tour OF continental Europe. and, alter great doai OF
wandering from tho subject, announced as the TO
tho country, thu encouragement of emigration.
He announced his tbeory clearly bus his powers
OF ratiocnatlon TO proveit were not as cleay.
MIR. Cello insisted thet there not statesman
Congress- and that ., the laws passed by Congress
would not be passed anywhere else outside OF in
asylum Hc would thseoantry by sending different
mon TO Congress- by refund.ag the tax Gotten and
spirits and by building tacto1es all over the country
MIR. Pomeroy strcnuoGsly opposed emigration. W0
wore filling country with paupers, VINO wero eating
up substance and draining resources lie would
save the country by stopping ernisraiion.
Mr.. sawyer advocated taxing Inited states bonds
the chief requisite measure to save the country.
Mr. Sheldon would save tho country by doing away
with the primary elections and putting stop u polti
cal corruptions.
Mossrs ,uran B!rnoy and others spoke each Offering
theory. Alter some two hours and half session,
ceased the tired takers withdrew 70 take respite and
something TO eat preim nary 10 the evening session.
At tho evening at which Mr. Cello presided,
there the apostolic number, though ,dcaa
id,m present. Mr. McChesney insisted saving tho
country by improving the moral condition oil the people,
another advocated tho abolition OF the national banks,
third pitched into the press fourth casgacd tho
Catholics nth urged patiins the negroes Dack INTO
condition OF slavery and sixth went in for speedy
restoration OF the southern states 20 the Unonai to
accomplish the end, the saivaton of tho country
At length round went tho hat. IN went the currency
stamps aud went tho apostolic twelve, each, doubt
less satisfied that his way saving tho country tho
best There many ways, and any ono can taao his
choice.