New-York tribune., 1872-07-30
THE LIBERAL LEAVEN.

A REFORM GATHERING IN ABINGDON-SQUARE
There was an enthusiastic gathering at No.
10 Abngdon-square last evening, for the purpose Of
organizing a IXth Assembly District Greeley and Brown
Club. VIM. b. White called the meeting to order. and
nominated as temporary Chairman Sinclair Tousey. On
taking the chair Mr.. TOusey spoke substantially as fol-
lows:
The present campaign is peculiar one. The old line
Republicans were divided; part rallied round old
name and part counted principles more than men.
The latter had met, drawn up platform which. retain
inc the old principles OF the Republican party and add
n otber rrgured by the exigences OF the times was
a. able declaration as any party had ever offered
ot,.red CtS candi,Iates Who were fitted Tor the
stations they were nominated to fiji, aud
whom all the people could respect To labor for the
election Of these 20 be the purpose Of the club
He had been in the habit Of attending National Conven
tiOu- and had never seen in any OF them SO small pro-
portion QI political sehemers as az chclnntu lHey
we're Young and middeaged men, intent on the work Of
reform, and there the utmost good feeling among
them When he started Tor the Convention he felt that
out hs Judgment After the Convention, he felt that
the Democratic party could not but follow the New De
Iation9l debt Impartial suffrage aud Civil Service
form-and at Baltimore they had done il.
Close the following officers were elected:
President, SANFORD l.. Macomber; Vice-Presldents-
Jacob r. Riley, Francis Barber ADram ID. Cooper,
Joseph G. Hail. Charles j. Rose, David r. Marsh, A. :.
Roseubaum, Lucien a. HOadey Theodore Fox, D. Henry
s1ria Charles s. Wright, Matthew Kane jr; secrctarcs
Arthur = Hawley Joseph r stndeui Treasurer Andrew
j. COnkling. ~
MaCOUOer
had declined to express IN full the meaning OF the meet
iug and he should not do IL. It's friends would know
that 1t meant rettsnchnssJ, reform, cv seEolCG h,
prOvement. and the rectBlDg OF the .plSlaAe Whleh
the Republican party made al the last election. Slch
mistake party bad ever made before. He felt at the
time that cOnquerOr IN civil war was not the man
Tor Executive. Many felt that Gen Grant not the
statesman for the place but when his letter Of accept
ance with " let US have peace" came ont, men took
courage lHe would blunder, but would be honest
enough correct his mistakes. But anticipation was not
Te,zSd Politicians rather than statesmen sat in the
IA when they showed their COlOrs they not
forred In resign What contrast ala the Liberal nom
nees present. Men said that the Republicans had
turned Democrats and that the Democrats had ceased
u be party. ON the contrary both sides were ready
TO forget dead issues, and unite for the common good
THIS not the first time that the nation had seen such
sxty-eght names were then enrolled Of whom the
majority were Republicans.
AMNESTY PREACHED IN NEW-ROCHELLE.
The Democrats and Liberal Republicans of
Rochelle, westchester County, assembled at the
Town Hail. in that village, last evening, for the purpose
OF ratfyng the nominations made by the Cincinnati aud
Baltimore Conventions. The meeting was called 10
order by George Ferguson prominent Republican who
gave his reasons for conyoking his fellow-citizens
to express their approval Of the nominations OF
Greeley and Brown and closed by nominating the Hon.
Carkson n Potter for Chairman Mr.. Potter, taking
the chair. alluded to the past differences between the
Democratic and Republican parties the recent with
drawal OF portion OF the Republicans from the support
of Grant in consequence OF the corruption of the Admin
i,tratiOn. With these views entertained alike by Dem
ocrats and Liberal Republicans, they had agreed to
unite In their efforts to reGstabish the principles set
forth In the platform adopted by tle Cincinnati COnyen-
tOn and indOrsed at Baltimore.
The Hon. Jasper W. Johnson OF Oregon addressed the
assembly at considerable length on the past issues OF the
Democratic and Republican parties He recounted what
the Democrats and Liberal Republicans hope TO accom-
psh by restoring peace aud good will between the North
and the South Major James Haggerty OF New-IOrk
next addressed the meeting The names OF Greeley and
Brown were received with unbounded enthusiasm.