New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-10-26

and abetted Wholesale frauds upon the
elective franchise and screened and protected the has
tors thereof from arrest and punishment IL has
attempted to corrupt the Judiciary and sap me mor
integrity OF the people Ina word 1t hos % nd Tns
be hurled from power and consigned 70 an oph'ion VI
That we have abiding faith in the wisdom. hrmness
and patriotism Of President Grant ana ms Se a the
SoDdepSs &SS Ss aRS %S hs inspired
at home and abroad and to the fact that by s
and economical management our natonH. I debt
credit have been preserved unimpalred, our pupo
greatly reduced, the blessings Of lasting peaSe nav
been assured, and the whole land has been m"oe po
That the perpetuity of our of Government rests
upon the purity Of the elective franchise and we brand
those who would sully by fraud enemies and traitors
TO the land, and more dangerous ana more 10 No 20 80
than the meanest foopad that nfests the purheus Oh
e. All hail the voice Of the people ss proclaimed IN tse
re6ent State elections The Golden Gates OF the Pacno
echo back the victorious shouts Of the Pneree sate
Pennsylvania Ohio, and Iowa have Numbered iorIn
The Empire State, now held in thralldom solely by
gigantic frauds perpetrated upon the oa0tD MSs
servants who now rule destnes must be hurled from
Of private lie. 'N
fine Qlee club followed with Hail to our beautiful
land" which was encored and the Chairman then SAID:
GENTLEMEN: Several Of our speakers-those who have
hight to come-have disappointed US, and Mr. spencer
will now read the letters which explain their absence
Mr. Spencer then read the following letters IRON SEM
tors COnkling and Fentou:
LETTER FROM SENATOR FENToN.
JAMESTOWN, Oct II, 1871.
Ny DEAR sR: am in receipt OF your letter inviting
me 70 speak at the Cooper Institute Ratification, 25th
inst To be effective before political assemblage re-
quires peculiar talent which am very sure do not
possess have often been led to regret my Inability to
benefit our party In this direction. For many years
past have made but one speech during our annual
political campaigns and that at my own home There
FORE while will not trust myself to attempt service
which can be performed by another yet no one
shall surpass in Of effort to maintain our
principles and the triumph OF integrity ana JUS
hco in the administration Of Government.
HOUng for the beet result from the meeting and Tor
the success Of our cause and ticket remain very truly
Hon. Charles g. Spencer, Chairman, &c.
LETTER FROM ROSCOE CONKLING.
UTICA, Oct. 70, 1871.
GENTLEMEN To speak to the honest. courageous citi
York, who believe as do In the unity and
destiny Of the Republican party, would be privilege
honor which reluctantly forcgo. On the even
ing for which your ratification meeting proposed am,
hOwev err speak in another city, where such array
OF orators will be will gather at Cooper Institute
Assurances come to that the Republicans OF New
York are 10 bury in Oblivion differences which have oc-
cupied them too long, and which, bringing peril to our
cause, are treason in the emergency before us The
meeting WILL it is said be reunion OF all Repubncans
who set principle and pure government above personal
feelings and hold the advancement OF the party in is
career Of usefulness paramount to the exataton or the
overthrow Of individual members Rest assured that no
one more than myself rejoice In the contamination
WISE patriotic, and plainly right Since the hour
party, never doubunS the rights Of humanity, aud
therefore douhtng the usefulness or the sue
Instances 1t may have been; wrOnged sometimes by
those trusted it has been but Its glory and Its promise
are mmutabe in the has proved equal to the
eXigences II has been required TO confront just now
duty is laid upon it III summoned TO great %orH
Of reformation in our own state; II is called upon to
eradicate the most hdeous and terrifying conspiracy OF
knowledge. For such party, at such juncture sig;
nailed to 20 forward by an e1no6l9g past and 6eckoned
trivial chickering's is to arrest upfted of public
justice and to cover the enemies OF society Win shield
es % the city H of
mG DnG ana % be- Pc FAR
reaching good 1t win call back to the duties Of citizen
stake in government and their ODlil atoms 70 it. Many
discerning after looking for years at our great
faces 9a6taally svsrted from public affairs.
Others ssS SdCed The despang t6eoy that
urban population Is unsuited TO the maintenance OF
fsIal aUnrehenson The gbbet on which official sin
forfeit its existence VIII do only Drlet anu
Whose neglect left the unguarded while thieves and
vampires entered In If the better elements OF New
York can combined and stirred 10 activity the cleo
ton and the Of will not be such mockeres as
in preceding years In the actual presence OF the ne
igence and uprightness Of million people, the manpu-
not do they have done before The assur
overwhelming antiTammany msorities in the country.
Last year | addressed many KspGollcan meetings
where the same obstacle was found. 1t was q
settled belief that majorities sufficient to elect local
tickets all the required; that no matter
what majority for the State ticket the rural districts
might give they would be falsely counted down on Man
haitian Island All assurances Of reduced frauds in New
York were by counter statements, and 1900
Republicans who had voted at the Gubernatorial cleo
ton before did not vote at all This year the same
much to insure the downfall Of Tammany in the State
palpable indications that the people Of the city mean to
have some approach faia cote and fair count To
scneve TINS HnG 70 1S Ren1nbIicans and af4rward
united action in the city between Republicans and all
mands it. Trusting that the meeting will usher IN
era Of good feeling and OF good works,
/ remain your obedient servant, ROSCOE COEKLIHG.
Charles g. Spencer, esq, and others, Committee DC.
Edwards Pierrepont was then introduced by the Chair
man. He said:
JUDGE PIERREPoNT's SPEECH
FRLLow-CIrlzENs We are called upon once more to
engage in "irrepressble conflict. " Not this time
between Slavery and Freedom, but between corruption
and honesty If you turn back to the files Of a daily
Journal Of this city you will find that for 90 days Of last
Winter 1t had a column headed "Tweeds Legislature"
It being generally conceded that Tweed had bought IT.
hardly any one disputed that he owned It, But when 1t
came hight that he had bought it with stolen money
his title questioned trial Of that title Is now going
on before Jury Of the whole people. On the 7th OF
November we shall have verdict, and the paper will
change the heading of Its oolumnS We are going to
have Legislature that can't be bought, and which will
represent the people 1t viii not be Tammsny Legs
T. the Sn party :s ds
be named, Who zoe that the party CAD be saved
only through the fire Of defeat after which they hope
reconStruCtiOn Of the purified remnants Long since,
With clear forecast they warned the party that corup
lions would TO grief but by brute force and vulgar
aumbers these thrust aside &c was the great
Duke Of euly, the wise old counsellor OF the French
King by corrupted courerS and vile harlos Of Louis
KIN. A mans nature is no more changed by altering
his position than Is that Of any other animal Elevate
men Of low instincts to high place and they take TO fraud
naturally 1t reported that one OF them very navey
said Why the devil did the people place me where the
money was they did not expect me TO take some OF t
Fraud never prospers long Three months ago the Tam
many ohiefs securely seated firm granite rock