The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-07-05

associations OF higher and better Mfe 1t was ike
wise day Of retrospection Of consideration Q, ,e
The Senator then complimented this city ana state
for tile honorable record both had always borne In
the great struggle for constitutional liberty begun on
the day we Commemorate, and in the progress OF
the experiment which that struggle developer, ne
sSs early r the the and
self-sacrincng devotion Of the then colony OF New
York, and showed how when the armed CONNECT
had closed and local prejudices ana pretensiohs
stood IN the way OF the consolidation Of tnat empire
OF freedom so hardly earned. New York gene;
acres snds to The gesea in order to
remove an obstacle TO the general Agreements. New
Yorks voice was then potent to CONSTRUCT the uion
In history the speaker referred 10 the struggle
that took place IN the early days OF the republic De,
sedluon laws OF Adams time--laws, he
now In existence In violation OF The Constitution.
When that struggle culmnated It was upon the
election IN New York state and IN New York city
that the result turned and then, as ever the great
voice OF this people was found on the popular Side
and federalism was wiped out. The senator then
rapidly skeched some OF The events Of the war and
the SOUTH Happening in the course OF his remarks
and nsm company W 70 areaea
with wild outbarst OF enthusiasm, such
as no other incident called forth, which was re.
peated again and again as often rs his name was
mentioned. The reconstruction laws MI. Cassery
severely denouncei, and CAV: the IN ormation tnas
way, that it had the powe. TO IDEAL" with New YORK
as Wen as with the south. Cries OF iet lem Gomez
morseIess twotnirds majority In COngre IS where the
sober sense and though,fulness was all an the
a @ army wnen IN
Egypt that VIII n about TO march the order was
"asses and savans to the centre. With the present
two-thirds majority in Congress 1t was 'asses and
savans" to the front. Save Us from philosophers In
politcs Reviewing some OF the acts o. the present
enforce the afteontI amendment was one OF
the most audaciols ever Imposed upon Tree
ps az Unlimited number OF Circuit Court Uommis
si0ners, with power To appoint an unlimited num-
Der Of balins, having almost unlimited power, ex-
tending even to calling into requisitlon to enforce
tier orders the army and navy OF the United States
drunken loaier WAC might push away man OF
color from che polls might under this act, give o.
CASTOR or The IN erietence OF the military authority
Of the United States with that Of the state Courts
Farther, oil naturalization laws proposed In the
present Congress treated applicants IOr citizenship
rs though hey were criminals.
by far the most interesting part OF Mr.. Casserys
address was his Concluding reference to the qnes.
tion Of Chinese abor. But little response WIS gwen
his sentiments on this matter from me platform, but
the body OF The hall was loud and hearty In its
d0rsement. Promising that portion OF his address
by stating that he regarded this subject OF The In
PRODUCTION or Chinese labor into this country as one
OF the most nome atous issues OF the day, he con-
tlnued:-NO society Ii well founded unless resting
ON a sound system Of labor. That Is Interrupted
when his wages are cut down TO below remunera.
tive hgAre, or such rivalry as Asiatic labor Is in
tro uced by capital 10 bring about suci result lie
did not believe hat there was such antagOnism be-
tween capital aud labor Us many people argued
Capital has many privileges, but the righ OF the
llDorer is tie greatest OF natural rights. The capital
Of "a country has no right 10 divorce itself rol the
natural labor OF the country. The plan now
devllsf one. A tax system was in operation
over The country dropping with the blood Of the
workingman. tarn had built up gigantic and
tyrannOds monopolieS II many branches OF industry,
and The same Class who are responsible for these
evils would now, by substituting Chinese labor for
free white labor. drive you to the poorhouse and
perhaps some OF you to the pententary. The safety
OF the country requires an intelligent labor class.
Yankees aud noneyed men would submit to cen
TO their interest. IL was wOrkingmen
who saved The country. They must now save them
the democratic party VIII take on this questi0n-the
same as thar Indicated In his remarks. II not he
Will cease 10 act with 1t. No party was 50 far free
OF the thradom OF capital as me democratic party.
He had gwen this subject much thought and con3i-
deratiOn, and could ses out one solution OF It, After
some fur her remarks In tile same strain the speaker
sat down, tho interest felt in The question under
consideriuon being manifested by frequent cries Of
go Oh go o." THE ODE
Then came an ode, by Mr.. John G. SAKE, very
clever, Well delivered and quite amusing. 1t began
III this way
IT'S the voice Of the croakcr
heard him complain,
The Tarnmany boys are at II again.
Though clever and amusing, however, II did not
please everybody. for 1t contained hard rap at tae
yammany copperheatls who threw rhetorical cold
the rank and file present, however relisned tex
ceedingly. When Mr.. sake had concluded
DOUGLAS TAYLOR, advancing to the frJnt and adj
dressing Mr. Samuel b. Garvn-charman in the
absence Of Big Boss-sald that there were number
OF letters which sh0uld nave been read from distin
guishcd democrats, among whom were Governor
HOfman-wh0, by the help OF God, would be our next
President and from George b. McCleilan--lOud and
epealed chez ingI-bat they wOuid appear in the
morning papers.
The short talk came next and proved to be a long
speech rom Mr.. y. ). Cox. Mr., Cox opened and
concluded, throwing jbes aud Jokes into the middl,
OF his discourse on the Shortcomings OF the rad
zeal party, sighed for the consultation as it was,
want or ability displayed by the administration,
touched gingeriy the coolie question, made more
jokes shouted the praises OF the New York dc.
Ing tie removal of ali existing evils
In the good time coming, when Tanlmany viii Lead
victory He was reasonably well received; but Il was
observed tnat a large Dunber OF persons, probably
more up in the live issues OF the day than the dstin
guished carpcsbagger from Ohio, lett with tine fist
part OF his speech ringing Ii their ears, ald did not
return to hear the rest. -tf
OF course after such q speech there was more
music, ana then, W tlont moments warning, Mr..
James BROOKS precipitated himself on the front OF
Inc plat Orm and addressed the audience, skelchng
The history Of tine movement for Independence |
and criuc,znQ the conduct of George H. The eo- |
tween The perveisenes3 and folly OF the much bella
bored monarch and the republican party, ana
shrek OF admiration for the BIRD Of freedom and a
peroration, full OF sound and fury, sgnifylng tie
Fourth OF July.
reception room, the crowd dispersed, sachcms,
braves and warriors glided OF the platform and the
Wigwam Was deserted.
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