New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-03-27
THE UNION LEAGUE CLUB.


DODGE, AND OTHERS.
The Union League Club held special meet
ing In the Old Clubhouse Unionsquare. last evening"
on the occasion of its removal to quarters on Mad
son-ave. corner Of Twentysxth-st. The apartments
were packed until there hardly standing room in the
halls The meeting called to order at o'clock, and
be Hon. John Jay the President addressed the Club as
Follows:
SPEECH OF THE HON. JOHN JAY. -
After abiding to the fact that the new club HOUSE
the last meeting Of the organization the old rooms Mr.
Jay SAID the occasion recalled the R9 SSd Splendid
hSbitatons, fill our rooms With paintings anu
The Sneaker them alluded to New-YCrf at the beginning
Of the The position OF New oIk Huine is 1gnb
Influenced by the members OF tIo Nlup'
When MI Jefferson Davis and his eocSnsPratoTs eT
meneed the war It was o not hat ne lighting should be
within our borders, and in our own o
with the assurance, also, that New fork
nected with the South would side with the kepeLlon;;
and stand as breakwater between the heP 2 amu
1851 soon after the secession Of south Carolina Mr. Fer
naDdo Wood then Mayor OF our e 6SS rtDa
dissolved it was proper that New sSuI and
Rtafe Governments, and an association was secretly
organized with view 10 carry ont the p0ect ~ Uon
venen The sitting Of the Peace CONGRESS delyee
The outbreak the Rebellion and when sumter was at
tackled and the old flag humoled we answered Inc Resi
thousands in this square, whose voices clear rhgng
ana be d S6SBv " n 70 the world
Of the North that the Republic at whatever cost snou
The Northern sympathsers with secession. Even MT
Wood, forgetful that the Union was dissolved S
10 defend the policy Of President Lincoln During lhe
rear 1861 our city put into the field 6OOO volunteers ana
money After Temarkmg further the great Sumter
meeting effects the speaker gave the causes that
policy of the Government and the extreme caution tat
ruled the Army of the Potomac created profound 1
icy Of encouraging the Rebellion and thwartng the Toy
eminent was developed In the West there was the Olh
dabe conspiracy Of the Knights OF the Golden Circle IN
New York society proessedy Tor me gnHsoh o. pTii
lie ove1ment apologizing for the Rebels and demand
ing peace There were alien writers and taetlo9s press
The London Times and all these antinatonal move.
ments were encouraging not only the Reoe' Du' 0ui
Apart from their plottings at home we found tnat
isSer circles of NeS-York and were misleading Euro
pean Cabinets and the European press INTO tae DeeI t
ali arrayed on the side of the Rebellion II was to crap
pie with THIS treason ana make CHM s formed in The
beginning of 1863 and from the start lts power va" 6
ginning Of the war; the national centre OF pa'Ao'c se
msnt .,o, sno,O ., thu r,ots Of 1888 the Mot Of
which, he said, organized at Richmond he alluue9
promptness with which the Club hastened 20 anu
the Government by raising volunteers, and with true
bodness resolved that their first regiment should be OF
Snhb6 ard who had been recently mastered in
streets with features of arocy that rvaed those
tbolomew. Authority being obtained from Secretary
Stanton, eight months after the %eek ~, cr bnt
their complexion, we reviewed IN TINS square ue 2Osa
Regiment
solderiy bearing aud thorough discipline commanded
universal adaptation MI Jay lhen anGEf and no tbe
ovation given them as they marched down BrG3d%sH
bound for the seat OF war second e ; 59 CHM
OF our troops we were assured that not soldier
deserted in camp on the march or III inc nea tha hey
never tramped their oaths nor violated tlelr
honor and that their STEADY o t thew lad
learned the first duty Of cuzcnthat he must DC ead
% S dO Ss SG@s' o cuS Ted also 5000
for the Second SSts, o4er zen; ISf and enereetic
raised s2soOO and famed into temporary lame
SatoS Society the efforts Of the Club in the Presidential
election of 1864 the Thanksgiving dinner sent 70 te army
the Potomac and James and to the Atlantic Squadron
u Following Which Mr. Jay spoke of the other memo.
RES Of the old clubhouse-tle cheery shOulS
Gettys6ure Of sherman's march and shendan's raid
and which, through the night Of the Presidential election
that assured that Lincoln was elected IheIe are
6a0Sfnnes roo deem for words when we knew that
Richmond had fallen, that the struggle was ended ana
the country sayed and again OF the voices that uemDed
with grief when knew that Lincoln was dying 10y the
hand Of an asassn Mr. Say 20 5s r
Slavery and Rebellion presented by the refusal OF the
90 Sb1 caore5 ezens lie then anded TO Tie manner
which the Club welcomed and provided for the return
told of the made by shot and shell ana feeasd inc
missing comrades who fen on ne cq ] fhtn
mentiOned-Grant sherman, Meade, sheridan Hancock
Winslow Gushing and host Of other soldiers and sail
ors beside Senators and Representatives IN Con
Cress lOyal Governors, and eminent lOyass OF various
kfates South well North and ustrous representa-
tvos Of the friends OF our country ia france, ltay
members Of the Club, Mr. Jay said Sadder recoleCOns
aCain recur remember the dead whom We have
been called 70 Chief among these were: Nads
worth that noble exemplar Of modern chIValfy kObeu
and near as the model Of a CHRISTIAN merchant CAPT
Marshall another OF our Fles0entsi the large
hearted, openhanded, rankspOkcn, truesoued patriot
oeBouncing the lukewarm American, whether at
home or N Europe as the least honorable OF ira.
tors aboring the last hour 10 save the country
william Curtis NOyeh the accomplished anu eiOIent
surist whom temptation could swerve from h lnteg
cate SO suddenly called away the yigor Of manhood;
Dudley b. Fuller, who has so recently followed him to
better world Elbrdge Gerry, our venerable frend,
interest in the Club grew more tender and devoted
with advancing years; Gen william h strong, always
hopeful enthusiastic and ready for any duty those
two noble brothers, John A. King and Charles King,
whose ancestral claims 70 regard were eeIpsed by Their
and, last Of all more than brother John Albion An
drew the greatest wisest pures Of our statesmen whom
the country ceased man, true alike
to his principles and his friends, with devotion IN.
narred by egOtlsm personal vanity and dignity Of
Character thai forbade him 10 descend from high po-
Of disinterested citizen, 70 the low level OF an
was then spoken Of and avered 10 have been less
maTkable than is having lived long enough TO
zee every principle and every Of national policy
which ID has yindcated and espOused hOBOraby
fu local affairs the obtaining OF paid Fire De
partment and Board OF Health are due to the clubs
Efforts In CONJUNCTION with Of the Citizens AssOca-
On Its part in the late contest rs not 10 De forgotten
sertrg SO largely the culture commercial CDcgy,
ne social worth and material wealth Of city be
ssht we ape looking not TO the future bat to the past
and 20 the memories that we associate with this
CID Cab.House and the precincts Of the onion
Ne%zealander, Who from broken arch Of London
h6Soendant, D distant age, seeking amid the
OF the American metropolis sites that should
~ q recall the early history and youthful virtue OF our
sal-SLed Republic, imagine him lingering
around this UniOBsquaTe where history aud tradition
nd Of IN nerol