The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-10-16
POLITICAL INTELLIGENCE.



Republican Campaign Meeiins--addresses by
Stewart l.. Woodiord, Isaac HI. Bailey and
Others.
An enthusiastic republican meeting al which from
1900 TO 1000 persons assembled, was held last
evening at the Cooper Institute. II purported TO
have been organized by the republican merchants OF
New York, and Lieutenant Governor woodford was
invited to deliver an address Ito the young mer-
chants Of New York" on the occasion. In addition
TO the usual campaign decorations OF the hall BAN
ner was suspended in the rear centre OF the stage,
having on IL the inscription, "The Loyal Merchants
OF New York;
The meeting was called to order by James Cush-
ing, who nominated Isaac h. Bailey as chairman,
and the latter gentleman on being elected made an
appropriate address on assuming the duties OF the
ONCE. list OF vice presidents was then read, and,
after some campaign music had been performed by
the Union Gee Club,
Stewart L. woodford was introduced TO the au-
dience and proceeded to address them on the issues
OF the campaign. In the course af his remarks he
said that four years ago, when the loyal people, as
they are now DOING discussing the Presidential
election and war was in the land the democratic
party had proclaimed that war a failure, and the
republican party on the other hand had declared
their fixed and unalterabe purpose to prosecute
the war TO victorious termination. The election of
Lincoln followed and was crowned by the subsequent
victories IN the field which crushed the rebellion.
The question then arose, how shall we restore the
relation OF these States to the federal UnionY The
people demanded that " them was to be given the
settlement Of the issues, and It had to be done by
them through their representatives in Congress.
Congress prescribed the terms and the people now
proposed to maintain those reconstruction laws.
The rebel State governments had been IN
all their parts, from top TO bottom, rebel
and Confederate. The Union people destroyed
by superior force the governments which the people
OF the South had forcDiy established when they
themselves
Of those States and there was then no government
lett when both in turn had been overthrown. The
power that had finally trumphed was then the
power which had the right To restore them 10 place
IN the Union they sought to subvert. The national
government was in the position OF an honest man
who had thrOttled an armed and attacking ruffian,
and having got him down had right to hold him
down until ne threw away his pistol and promised
proper behavior III the future. Immense checring)
Referring to the democratic argument that the
OF radical reconstruction was to subordinate the
Southern whites to the Southern negroes he said
there were only four million blacks, and about nine
million whites in the South. These whites had
as few Of the elements Of enlargement
tude within them Is the blacks had, and
so far as social equality with the negro was
SELF. The only equality conferred upon the negro
the equality OF the ballot, and there was little
o. En- se a. na ta s
Dor or demand the hand OF his daughter IN mar
rage. II such things however, did actually result
the white man had a discretion In the matter, and
il 1t was Objectionable to him could decline to
tend the privileges demanded. Very much had also
c csse t tae c was GENERALLY snp
posed that II a man had not traps" enough TO hll
decent sized trunk he was a. liberty to put his prop
critics In carpetbag, end In this country man
had right to settle or make his home where he
pleased " these carpet-bags that had been
taken South were opened, one OF the first
things disclosed would be Union army DIS
charge papers. Those carpetbaggers had nearly
'a served IN the Union army, and their tltle deeds
30 the right O. settlement III the South were TO be
found In the bones OF their comrades left bleaching
in the land they had conquered They also carried
with them the seed that would In time develop into
churches, factories and school houses, and when
they went there they went prepared TO stay. They
logged the South into submission once, and though
they were not DESTROYS Of the opportunity OF doing
again they would p 90 became necessary o u
Southerners who have come here and settled since
the war, some OF them with carpet bags and some
without. (Laughter The people OF the North were
prepared to welcome them here, to give them equal
chances In the competition for fortune and to make
good citizens Of them. Further than that, they
would give these Southerners U. .. Grant for Presi
dent and would send other carpel-baggers 70 the
South to. Ill the places these had left va
can't liza. Seymour YIN should be ,, elected
republican party had now even the Senate and
House Of Representatives and had already recon-
structed eight Of the lately rebel States When Grant
should be elected, however, the South would profit
by the good he had taught them AT Appomattox
In abiding TO the question OF finance Mr. Woodford
said he would not trouble his audience with fearful
arrays OF figures. He thought the politicians and
statlstcians had already got themselves IN consider
able Of middle on Il and would wait tiii they got
TO Mr.. McCullochs figures even. reduced taxation
$3.50 900 per year, and had paid OF s225 600
the loyal people to support the national and State
tickets OF the republican party In the approaching
election.
a brief address and the meeting adjourned amid
great enthusiasm.
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