New-York tribune., 1868-08-28
NEW-YORK.
BROOKLYN CENTRAL UNION CLUB-sPEECH Oh
THE HON. CHAUHCEY 81. DEPEw.

BROOKLYN CENTRAL UNION CLCB-sPEECH or
THE HON. CHAUNCEY 81. DEPEw.
A large and enthusiastic meeting was held
ast evening under the auspices Of tho Central Union
Club at Temperance Hail. corner OF Concord and Fulton
called the meeting 20 order, and IN a Few bnef
and appropriate remarks introduced the speaker
who having made brief aluson 70 his abors Ia tho
cause Of liberty and justice OF whlrh the EFpuoLcah
party Is to-day the champion, said that he age Ia NAIch
We live will hereafter be remarkable for the struggles
and riunphs or progressive deas Az tue prerehl -out
the battle Of liberty was being aged IN eiy country OF
the world In other countries the enOt OF conservatism
TO hold its ground, while here, on the con
tmry, the Democratic party "a ehgAgse an Ah enor.
give life 20 the principles that had been supposed
70 have been buried IN the grave OF tne iD,o %, EN- ne
opportunity presented 20 Il OF settling forever the Ats
tons that have tended 20 disturb the harmony oi tine
nation and had failed simply because ~ hhd permitted
itself 70 DO controlled ana managed by th0se WHO
what thoy had lost IN the field The con
trast presented by tho Republican and Democratic
National Conventions significant In the one all was
peace harmony and Patriotism aud 10 tne other all was
intrigue chcanery aud wrauglng, nnaly eliminating
M the triumph OF rebellion Tho Republican delegates
took no backward step hut proceeded hG meas
ures the state OF the country demand me platform
Land 90 the emgran who found N ths Tree isepuhr
refuge from despotsm and oppression tnat the Nag OF
welcomed back INTO the community or .auonAi pr0,ner-
hood all Rebels who repcnted OF their treason
alton and In apportoning the public bur
dens have always Disseminated IN favor Of
the necessares Of fe while taxing the uKures Of the
rloh In result OF tho deliberations Of the IsmmAnJ
Convention, embodied In the platform secession
trumphed Though defeated In the OBJECT Of his persnna
ambition. Pendoton accomplished what he wanted when
as aid Wade Hampton when lie secured the
Insertion OF the revolutionary plank Democratic speak
bond3oders Now the fact was that mechanics and
farmers Of the country through the banks IN which Their
bonds The proposal TO pay the bonds by new Issue
NH had dlHgQATRgd
obligations 20 his friend Trddles namely by borrowing
more money from him, and then giving nm bs u Tor
the whole amount Applause ana Laughter.I The
speaker In continuation argued that the reputation
and revolutionary planks we're evidently part OF settled
pan the former aiming 10 render the Govern
nent powerless by destroying It's credit thus
purposes in the event Of seymorrs election
He tthe speakerl knew Seymour Intimately socially ne
bin, "a the most dangerous man In the community.
man who could speak OF the Imperative obhgation 10
maintain iryolato the public faith, who stated that he
favored the election OF r Chase and that he could not
himself, with honor, be the candidate OF the party
and then suffered himself 20 be made h6 sCol ot DOde,
onjpiop and trampng his own honor IN the nire was
no no proPe. Penss ae eymoar the Weak. vaceans and
cowordly had behind him who whatever
might be mis- prisde snd dehphsd In IN tumEt With
seymour i'm the Presidential chair. weak ara oowardy as
Gc'Has and knowing that he had behind him the reck-
less Secession element anIOns, he faltered, 70 push
Blair into his place what chance was theie io peace Ia
ii ten Grant a man whose loyalty needed not To be
5roVed as aid that OF Seymour, whOse career was a
series Of brilliant victories In the cause ot ms country and
tn hose blended the nObest virtues that
ronld adorp a man He says let have peace, and II
was Today the versa feeling OF the country that only
his triumphant election could the happiness,
aud prosperity OF tho Republic be assured ~ tho
conclusion rs well several times during the course OF
bjs renarks Mr Depew enthusiastically applauded.
Snbscnutiv thc meeting addressed by other speak
ers and dspersedIl lcheerinR for Grant Coiia1 and
GERMAN DEMOCRATIC MEETING.
A meeting of delegates from various German
Democratic Clubs in this city, Kings, and Richmond
Counties farming the German Democratic Central Cam
paign Association held last evening IN tno Ceslno
sted et fbe intersection OF Houston and huperEysts
Mr. Oswald Ottendorfer presided. The usual routine
business OF organizing meeting nayng oeen
dtsnosed ~ MIR. Schiller moved the auoPuoh OF
a Ttsolntion propOsed by DIR. schirmer Al a proWoua
that te delegates their united enorH 70 30
sr 81. nInioaton OF Mr John Il. Hoffman fop Cover