The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-04-15
A MIGHTY UPRISING.
THE Liberal REPUBLICAN MEETING
At THE COOPER INSTITUTE.
Trumbull, schurz and Greeley Shoul-
der to Shoulder-Immense Enthusf-
asm-The Great German SURPRISES
Himself-A Broad Declaration Of Prin-
cIp1es.

asm-The Great German SURPASSED
Himself-A Broad Declaration Of Prin-
cIples.
NEW YORK, April Is.
All the morning papers give full reports o.
tho Liberal Republican meeting held last
evening. General opinion is that the gather
Ing vas the largest and most enthusiastic
political meeting ever held in this city. The
World says: TIT Is now certain that the Gin
cinnati Convention will nominate q ticket,
and unless SOD great blunder is perpetrated
in the selection OF candidates, that ticket will
unite all the elements of opposition. The De-
mocrecy will not put distractions in the way
Of movement which seems to stand on 80
strong a basis, but 1t must nevertheless re-
serve its final Judgment until the present
hopeful anticipatlons ripen into established
facts.n
Inthe preface to Its report the World says
ssLast evening the first gun of the coming
Presidential campaign was fired In New York,
under imposing circumstances. The great
tide of national reform which has swelled and
surged Tor months past through the land with
IIcoIotiUlC tOluuuC, lOsO Iuoh " 10 h'SaOop
point and swept everything before 1t. The
announcement that several of the ablest and
most honorable United States senators would
expound the principles of this movement, IN
favor of sound craftsmanship and againet the
abuse of good government, attracted an i'm
quent wards on behalf OF the new reform.
Never, since the Cooper Institute was built,
has such q tremendous audience filed
the large hall of that building. In the
square, on the sidewalk, and In front
OF the Institute, q dense crowd coDgre-
gated at an early hour, and strove, long
after it was announced that the hall was
filled, to gain an entrance within. The firing
of cannon, and the explosion of fireworks, at.
tracted still greater numbers to join the null
titude already collected; but they came only
to be disappointed. At half-pastseven O'Clock
the police refused to admit any more persons
within. The doorway, corridors and stair
ways were then jammed to suffocatlon. The
outlets to the main hall were blockaded,
while the hall itself was q dense, excited,
cheering mass Of struggling humanity. 10
estimate the size of the crowd would be Idle,
bat 1t Is enough to say there were thousands
present and almost as many more turnea
away without gaining admission. The hall
was utterly inadequate TO-. the occasion. and
1t is evident that II the needs of the Reform
era during the coming campaign are to be
consulted, We must have, another and far
larger meeting place in New York to contain
them. When they met In council, the crowd
was as respectable as it was large, and
comprised many Of our most prominent
citiZeus. They were well dressed and
weh4 to do, including merchants and
professional men, mechanics and politicians.
Democrats and Republicans, Germans. and
Americans, without regard to opinion or con
ditlon. II was an audience comprising the
wealth, responsibility and intelligence of the
nitu and waa firmly rpNrpapntQ1iVA In Charac.
ter. The hall was decorated with the Amer
lean flag and q number of small streamers,
while q brass band played appropriate airs at
intervals. The platform was not less crowded
than the auditorium, many noted persons be.
ing. noticeable. The meeting was opened
Frederick Conkling as chairman, which posi-.
ton he filed with excellent Judgment and
good sense, pacifying the audience when dis
tnrbance occurred-owiDg to efforts OF the
crowd outside to force their way into the
room, aud preserving order In spite OF the
the vice-presidents were Horace Greeley, Sim
clair Toncey, Moses q. Grinnell, Hiram Bar
new, Charles A. Dana, Marshall o. Roberts,
Judge Blatchtord, Samuel Sinclair, General
John A. Dix aud a number of prominent Ger
man citizens"
The following declaration of principles was
adopted at the opening OF the meeting:
That political action In individuals and con-
yentions should BIZ free from the Influence OF
political patronage; that business men should
not, under the fear of unjust official Interior
ence In their affairs, be compelled To- pay IT'D
ute for political purposes; that public ohces
are, or should be, created Tor public convent
ence, not as rewards for partisan services nor
for personal ACKNOWLEDGMENT; that the acts OF
officials should be confined within the strict
letter OF the law; that the triumph of Repub-
lican principles Is OF paramount Importance to
the country; that the success OF these pin
ehoqId not depend upon any one individual;
that the prosperity Of the country demand q
thorough, radical and immediate reform IN all
the Departments of the public service, civil,
military and naval, and that the "one-term"
prinefplefor the presidential Office Will CON
duce more to that end than any other
measure.
9 Senator Trumbull was received with tumul-
tuous cheering, which, however, was sur
passed by the enthusiastic applause from all
sides when Horace Greeley appeared on the
platform and took q seat near The speakers
stand. Trumbull spoke with great energy and
fire, and not only electrified. but also inter
ested his audience by his eloquence. His
assaults on the centralizlng tendencies OF the
present administration were hailed with lndig-
QauC CuSSES, duu 10 oSIoLitShSo hAo - W
showing them the %despotism which threatened
the safety OF the Republic. He upheld. In I'M
qualified language, the true Democratic doc
trine of State rights. and while denouncing
rebels as traitors, he yet said they were never
thieves. He warned his audience against the
dangers of o centralized authority, which has
already established, In different States OF the
Union, tribunals Tor the adjudication OF the
property and lives of the people, subject to lts
own control, and said this power was In great
danger of abuse. He said: -
s'There are several causes for the dlssatis-
faction of the people which I can only briefly
allude to. But Que cause OF complaint which
produces the alienation of the late Insured.
iionary States and keeps alive the hates aud:
animosities engendered by the war, is the con-
tinuance of political disabilities after the &C.
casion for them has passed away. In conse-
-ouence of this continuance the governments In
the late ipsurreetionRry States have fallen
inbb the hands Of inexperienced and In many
instances corrupt adventurers, who have
plundered the people OF these States scarcely
less than you in the City of New York have
been plundered by your former city govern
ments. tApplause.]
ssWhy are these disabilities continued
Why.are they not removed and all the people
enffanchised ? think there are TWO causes,
and two alone, which prevent ft-one merce'
nary, the other political. [Applause.] The
mercenary one the adventures showed oy ex'