New-York tribune., 1868-10-28

cheering the shouting showed pretty concusvey that
retirement from the ticket would be in
with the wishes sentiments OF his Tammany audience
last night The saohemson the platform rose and eheeTed
GEN Blair smiled In the sweetest manner, bowling and
smirking his peculiar physoGnomy capable Of as
molly stood on his right waving his hat Brick Pomeroy
his left little more demure and Metropoltan
When and order had been in some degree restored
Gen. Blair began and spoke substantially as ioiiows;
SPEECH OF GEN. BLAIR
Gen. Blair said that he from the banks of the
to the Bemocfacy Of New-York the greetings OF the
of h West S1s dsred @
message he introduced his fayore qnotauuon i,oin
Senator Benton that In the hour 81 trnpn Of
victory" and denounced the Reconstruction laws .he
s9s of Senator om Mon Those
minded him very forci6y OF the laws MADE ~ hngaa m
believed 6at they had borrowed the very terms OF
those English laws Shall We SAID ne make new aS i,S
teri The speaker explained that he meant To IN
quire as to the proprley OF making a noy neT
but the Radicals had done more at the South than Eng
land had ever done IN Ireland tney nau P]ut ] so % h6
never done that in Ireland That's SOL Ana yet ne
Eew-York-men claiming TO be leaders among them. who
were aiding the Radicals TO make new ireland AZ inc
South. Groans and great indgnauonJ lie had Deen
arraigncd and denounced as Ieyolntonst al over Lne
country by Radical orators ana presses ior say lnB a
the Reconstruction acts were nun and VOID ana must DC
set inside but he wond prove that that was only sim
pie declaration OF the truth in the case. No
OF the Constitution were null aud void aud therefore the
only question Are the Reconstruction laws uneSnst
tntionalI l' They are " They aTeH' and laughter
This point beng settled the General went on TO illustrate
his position by reference TO the McArde case ana 10
auober very extraordinary case which he related that
uf a Catholic priest In the West whO Tor preaching lhe
gospel Jesus Christ aud Him crnched had been tred
s9e case 20 snf snG tSpt Court TO declare that
states, ana gSt hed d bcoo cnnvirted was nu aud
void since which decision Gen Blair was HAPPY 70 De
able 10 assure Democrats Of Nowfork u had Dctn
to fOSpel Missouri VERY mia
appause He would tell them also an0iher thing NOT
SSSore re snnrrme Court was the immediate moving
cause OF the Impeachment or the PrcsdehI ahu iutncI,
that that case had been postponed the President
wonld have been condemned. Applauscl It had been
charged that he wanted 10 have al tho Rebels paiuOheu
hut that was not true. He willing that the Govern
nent should 20 on and prosecute them under existing
hws and n were found dangerous 10 the hePuulc
he would have them punished. But there were other
men also whom he would like TO see tried for their
crimes, among them the man Butler ana Ed~ih VI.
Stanton, and he even willing TO undertake MIN
self the prosecution of the latter, whom he REGARDED
as the greatest felon In America Applause Inc
Radical party had for their cand date the com
mander Of the army. and he had an army IN
the South with its bayonets nj The breasts OF
the people, 90 compel them TO vote Tor MIN yet'that
party for eec touecrng pun pOses were continually cry
ing out let MS have peac" and by al means get Td o
that warliEe fellow, Prank blat Laughter sna
applause lie did not now command single muskei'
revolution; Of thing hc could assure them, that
II elected 80 help him Goa lie would do what he coud
TO protect the laws ana lhe au ,hoo
danger that they would not be protected the people
would only elect Seymour and Blair lChecrSl But,
II other cnuddatts ti'tttu hh l' I''oh
structon laws indorsrd by the ptop.y the,c y graf
danger. The men who have estahlshed &c
potism In states Will be willing TO ostab-
lish 10 In ten States more. or Ia MI inc Statcr'
II you put the power IN Their hands tell YOU fellow
citizens that the nominated their candidate Tor
the Presidency, and who has ALREADY put ia execution
those Unconstitutional iAws-I tell you mat he stands
ready II the power put IN his hand, 10 establish and
execute the despOusn In ten more of Ia All the
States OF this Union.
IA Yocc-"Wcl back the Army Of the Potomac against
him" Another Voice" lie has no policy j
Gen. BlAr-Oh. 10 won't do my fellow citzens 20 tax
a policy tell you that be ust much of policy
a. Cromwell had, and jl.t much ~ policy I
a. Louis Napoleon had. tuisscs.l II you think bc /
has got policy you arc dfcAdully mistaken ANA lu
i,erate my feow.ctleus. thai u mighty bad policy
on our part think that he has no policy lie har -
policy and the worst kind Of policy, Tor ts country
and for the Constitution do not believe thht Gen |
doncy of this country for four or eight years ahd ret
an office almost equal m dignity, equal Ia salary when
for his life, aud which II Ia accordance Win ms
military education aud his military taste, believe uat
he would prefer tue Office which =" hodr tp hht oi
constitutional President ~ states, ctlcclally !
n ho is be- tied up by Com acts hk" fTcsdrht |
Johnson tell hc has Jf that ~ all lie mas
the military instinct ia him. and that military instinct
has told him that The party that ready Ia make -
military despotism n ten states OF the Union was rcady
10 make II ia all the States and he has gone WIN that
party because he has an Instinct Tor TIE de,Posh VIZ,
thew intend to establish Ia tins country aud he intends TO
be al the head Of IT, iu nv Judgment
I'm conclusion Gen Blair remarked that The Radicals /
had two objects In giving suffrage To The negres hs to
negro vote and 5CcOud ~ degrade ne shhgo
the white OF the Conulfy Wouu 40 iohbl |
care to use IT, aud thus prepare the way Tor military
AZ tlc conclusion OF Gen Blairs speech the audience
again yelled Brick POmeroy, who made bHel spettn
OtLcr addresses were made and TIC meeting AhouIhcu
In rg6 repeated