The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-04-20
A Great Meeting.

The Cooper destitute meeting Was fit
thing. fifty done. The bold reliance on pop
ular support in which it was conceived was
justified by the throngiug, earnest multi
tudes of whoR only small part were as'e TO
gain admittance into tie largest public hall
in the city. The meeting appointed
at eight O'Clock but soon after seven the
hall was packed and crammed. and at
half>pa seven there was a retreating stream
of people who had valnly tried to wedge
themselves into the expectant assembly, and
had failed A black mass of bees clustering
upon a swarming hive is but faint image
Of the outside crowds, who. though coming
! early, came 200 late for entrance. Ii the
meeting had been held in the open air. the
! people attending it would have been mea-
sured by acres. The great feature of the
! meeting was, that the PEOPLE toere there. 1t
! is demonstrated that the strong, courageous,
patriotic popular heart is in this movement,
| and that il Is therefore likely to succeed.
This thing was not doue in corner"
! Here in this focus o. intelligence. the me-
! tropolis of a continent, whes . an active press
! reports every great dsmonstration, and waits
| it, as if on the wings of tho four winds. to
! every hill and valley, every town and hams
| let, of this vast country, so successful q
! public meeting is of Immense signifcancs
! The throhs of this mighty heart will send
the uulsing currents through every artery
of the republic. What Bunker HIii was to
the Revolution. what ANDERSON's brave re-
sistauce at Sumter was to the war for the
| UEion such will this New York meeting be
TO the Presidential campaign Of which the
OpeLirg guns have now been fired, and
" hose report will revsrberate from end to
end Of the country. From Passamaquoddy
Bay TO the Golden Gate, from the Great
Lakes to the Gulf Of Mexico. the Influence
Of this great meeting will be islt. 1t was
the Que thing just now requisite to fire the
popular heart" 1t Will send an electric
hTill to the remotest txtTemitIss Of the re-
public. We knew bGiUTs that some Of the
Republican leaders opposed the reelection
ot GRANT but We had no certain means OF
Judging whether they did not resemble Off
GERS without rank aud-fiie sufficient to cons
sttute an army. Ii is now apparent that
the people are with them that the people
| are ready to follow wherever they can find
statesmen Courageous enough 10 Lead and
that this movement Is IN no danger Of failing
for want of earnest popular support.
The speeches. last evening, we're equal to
the occasion. aud fully met the expectations
! OF the applauding audi4ucs. Ths Con juuc>
turs required, above all things. boiduess !;
aud they were sufficiently bold. Neither
Mr.. TRUMBCLL nor MIR. SEIZURE showed any
lHciluatlon to mInce matters, OF to handle
the administration with mittens. The truth
was spoken without lear the breach BE-
tween the Liberal Republicans and the ad>
mlnlsratIOn 10 made Irreconci,able; hsre-
/ alter 1t Is a war in which DO quarter eau be
either asked or given. There Is now strong
! reason to believe that the Cincinnati Conveu-
tion will be q success, aud that it will hold
In Its HANDS the destiny Of the republic for
the ensuing iour years. 1t will not be a
mere advisory body Intended TO act rpon and
/ lnhueuce the GRANT Convention at Phiadsi
/ phIa; but thoroughly hostile body, meet
/ lug To orgaLlze canvass which will sweep
away the prevailing uepotism and corrup>
ton, re-sstaollsh kindly relations between
all the States, reform the civil ser vice, check
centrsliz 'Iion, and restore the right of local
self~government. 1t is low certain that the
| CINCINNATI Convention will nominate ticket
and unless some great blunder is perpetratsd
III the selection oi Candidates. that ticket will
unite, ln Gloss, compact phalan1. all the els
ments of opposition.
II this great and spirited meeting 10 a fore
taste Of Cincinnati, the Democratic party eau
we'll aff1rd To wait aud watch. IL will put
no obstIuctions in the way of a movement
which seems to stand ON 30 strong = basis
But 1t must nevertheless reservs it's final
! judgment until tho present hopeful autIci-
| patluns shall Tipeu, by the progress of
events, iuts established facts.-Nesc YORK
| World