The New York herald., 1869-08-03


remain silent Sus cssSs % protest ssaina. the
land nor spain have claimed. that the men hsye
spoken Of were prisoners OF war: they claim IN N
Bn that STs SsnSe
themselves with the idea that the uprising p
of the indignant Creole race, smarting under
silent disturbance OF the peace. Great Britain
and Spain, therefore are est0pped fron reference
to the claim that in time Of actual war American
citizens who see ut to Ngnt with foreign foes must,
OF course, expect the contingencies wncn apperaln
TO such situation The question about which I've we
meet Is one which lies beyond the relations Of lrlsn
oppression to British despOtlsm. and Of Cuban
wrongs TO Spanish tyranny. The Domentous con.
to remain snubDed In Great Britain or in Spain, ana
shall tnat snubbing be tamey acquiesced IN Dy tne
British government s say, the forms Of naturallza
tOn be Idle ceremonies, Then when Q R0vernment
coners rights Of citizenship should at least
and enforce them. And certainly our government
should jealousy guard the immunites or us natIve
born Subjects and as effectively as Rocky noun
tam bear guards Its cub when the hunter suddenly
enters her den. Does not the American eagle IN her
Nevada eyry ny straight to the eyes OF the Dack-
VINO invaaes sne mes. rean e eayie st
supinely in the White House and smoke cigars ana
talk horse and not rise when her young are
by some adm nlstrati0n man that In due time the
Secretary OF State Will go fishing In these deep anu
his generis and admlrals have re-establshed their
health shattered by recent conflicts Win angry rani
cal bounding office seekers then the cases Oh nne Ine
time, indeed In these days OF two ocean cables,
rapid mteroceanlc communication ana railways reu
sealing wax should be broken IN American state de.
partnents and red tape burned SO lar as Cupa ana
spain are concerned the negotiations aD0uL 0utrages
on Polhamus and Wyeth aud American citizenship
should be opened on the quarter-deck Of frlgate of
the coast OF CuDa and not by the deep damnatoh OF
some Admiral Aoif, but by some man animated. Dy
the spirit OF the commodore in the kosta case or OF
the British government when intelligence reacned IL
OF the Mason and Slide seizure upon the Vest India
steamer, and her Ministers ADOPTED stringent meas
ures to conpe appeaslng Of the outraged BRUSH
hon. And yet the American Eagie, cnalneu IN tne
soar INTO the democratic clouds Of freedom. "a
Voice-"The General Is looking for crown" Mr.
ial-"Ah as they say Id the streets OF London the
Qaughter.) Valny do we claim TO be q great peo-
pie. vaInly do we sing the Drake Haleck hymn
Forever float that standard sheet,
Where breathes the foe, but falls before us,
unless our people are always able to nurrah for
some spontaneous actlOn by the administration in
&C least shall, falling in that by warm hearted and
vigorous protests shame the administration into
maintaining the national dignity, and bring the
blush OF shame TO the cheek OF General Grant. "a
vOce-"Y0u cannot do t') AS the call of the meet
ing well says unfortunately the democratic party Is
IN minority of the administration upon these as
well as upon questions of a mere expedental cha
racer Let the democratic cannon, therefore, thun-
der down the line OF all the States which hold cleo
tlOns this Monday or the next two months after,
and perhaps when Congress meets and the summer
junketings Of administration officials are over some
Of American citizenship (Cheers.)
SECRETARIES.
At the conclusion OF Mr. Hairs speech. Mr. THOMAS
O. FIELDS proposed Messrs. John HOughtalin and
William Hitchman as secretaries Of the meeting, and
they were 80 elected.
RESOLUTIONS.
Mr.. ROBERT q. HUTCHINGs, Assistant District At
torney, then read the following as emb0dying the
s ae
there were no n0es:-
Resolved. That the United States government view of
o he MON should at once Confront the try
q ss The ss :s
q Ne y
claims Of Irish American citizens presents an international
arising out Of The conflict between the two cOanes on the
beserent rights Of the North and South commonly called
TIA. ihs .ymp,sss Of the democratic party Of
struggling to overthrow The ersctons q Spanish OH
ces and the bloody tyranny and partial soysrnmens for
ing ourselves properly anenabe to the neutrality laws,
Rss9vea Tha. the al the g subjects
ing the uggees OF rsdapery and the procrastination of
The which has
anns nn ot &
then national honor would be better and the
just demands well sympahies Of the American people
mens IN Cuba IN the execution Of American Citizens Poha
and Wyeh without form OF trial SHOULD have received
Grant and such as would have been given in
behalf Of an Outraged american people had the democrats
Resolved, That in would the administration against
the wishes OF native Cubans acquire their island by
chase and make them Stizsns Of the ned States If the
American citizenship recklessy dsregarded by fed
ResoIyed That although was to be expected that an ad
mnsaon whose supporters have demanded and to some
ereirn States like Texas and Mississippi would sympathze
with similar acts on the part Of Spain
patriot demand we democrats in mass meeting now as
reticent becity and enleavor at right the
American nation upon these great OF ousrage by
citizenship.
The CHAIRMAN then read to the meeting the fol.
lowing
DESPATCH FROM GOVERNOR HOFFMAN,
received your despatch, on my return to Albany,
loo late to enable me to reach New York to JOIN in
the demonstration at Tammany Hall. hope 1t Will
be an enthusiastic and decided One Our govern
ment has been disgraced by It's failure to protect
American citizens against injustice, cruelty and op-
presslon whether IN Great Britain or Cuba. IL ID
the mission OF the democratic party to wipe out that
Disgrace and they will do It, tApplause.l The next
administration will nOa say LET u5 have peace"
when the rights OF American citizens are tramped
upon. (Appause.l
Mr.. O'GoRMAN was next presented to the audience,
and said he was amazed to read In republican
paper few days ago the prediction thai an attempt
10 unite Tammany Hall for the benent OF the nation
alitles of Europe would be miserable failure. That
pred dlctIon was not verified for he had never
at oeSn amy sS showing
enthusiasm than that which he had now the honor
to address, tApplause.) In what assembly but
democratic assembly should men expect to meet
enthusiasm ior the oppressed natiOnallties Of the
earth9 What party Of the United states started
the principles OF freedom to the oppressed naiiona-
ties of Europe but the democratic party
Of Of, the United s'aess SApplause5, WHAT
she asked that her local concerns should be
governed by lrlsnmen upon Irish soil, ana TOR the
interests OF the irish nation (Appause.) What did
democratic party ask for Virginia, for Texas, for
Tennessee, bat that their local concerns should be
governed by the men Of Virginia, Texas aud Ten
nessee. The principles OF the democratic party
were division OF union; OF the republican party
OF unity or empire at last. The demo-
had seen the civil law tranpled under foot. The
people who composed the democratic party had
seen the constitution they respected violated they
mad seen radical revolution lnaugurated into the
system and yet 1t triumphed at last, and all true
democrats hoped IN 1t still. At the last Presidential
elecnon TWO millions seven hundred thousand men