The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1872-04-20
Meeting at the Cooper Institute.

NEW YORK, April 13.-rhe Worlds
preface to the Cooper Institute meeting
last evening as it follows:
The first gun of the coming presiden-
tial campaign was fired in New York
under imposing circumstances. The
great tide of national reform which has
sweiied and surged for months past
through the length aud breadth of the
land with irresistible volume rose then
to It's highest point, and swept every
thing before it. 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
against the abuse of good government,
attracted an immense concOurse of peO-
pie to hear their eloquent words on
behalf of the reform programme. Never,
since the Cooper Institute was built,
has such Il tremendous audience filled
the large hall Of that building. In the
square and on the sidewalk in front of
the building the dense crowd congre-
gated at an early hour, and strove, long
after it was announced that the hall
was filled, to gain an entrance within.
The firing OfcannOn, and explosion of
fireworks attracted still greater num-
bcrs to join the multitude already col
lcctcd, but they came only to be disap-
| pointed.
! Mr.. Trumbull spoke with great ener-
gy and fire, and not only electrified but
also instructed his audience by his elo-
quence. His assaults on the centrali-
zing tendencies of the present. Admins
tratiou were hailed with indignant
cheers, and he astonished his hearers
by showing them the dcspotism which
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upheld, in unqualified language, the
true Democratic doctrine of States
rights, and While denouncing the rebels
as traitors, he yet said they We're not
thieves. lie warned his audience
against the dangers of a centralized
authority, which has already estab-
lishcd in different States of the Union
tribunals 70: the adjudication of proper
ty and lives of the people, subject to its
own control, and said that this power
was in great danger of abuse.
Senator Schurz next took the stand,
and received Il similar overwhelming
ovation to that of Senator Trumbull,
as the lion of the occasion and the lead
ing light of the Reform movement.
His speech was eagerly anticipated
and attracted many persons expressly
to hear it. lie spoke calmly and yet
! S'ehie91lS, NSlilS very lull uOlGS. Ills
manner was not full of fire and fury,
signifying nothing, but clear, logical
and convincing.
His dispassionatc arguments did not
carry away the feeling of his audience,
but they appealed to their reason, and
held their attention closely. His voice
rang loud and clear through the vaulted
! hall, and throughout the packed yet
silent throng like the notes of the cla-
rion. The audience seemed spell
bound, and only at intervals recovered
themselves sufficiently to applaud.
This, however, they did repeatedly and
with vigor, showing that the eloquence
of the orator was fully appreciated.
Each word was received with atten-
ton, and every point made against the
Administration was fully appreciation.
AS to the speech itself we can only
refer to the full report annexed, which
can alone do justice to its acumen, pro-
findity, close reasoning, wit and other
admirable qualities.