The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-04-18
: GRANT.
TIles Demon nstrGtlOh .Iast
Night in New York.
Great Mseting at cooper
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i;7 An Immense meeting 10 endorse Ii
administration ol General Grant, and ad
lyocate shisl renohlipa ton, was held To
night at Cooper Institute. The demon
stfation has1in ipuiutm numberBS mud en-
thusiasn, but especially in the social ant
strepresentatiye character of those compos
ing 1t, been rarely equalled in New York
BY z o'clock the vast hall Of Cooper In
stitute was crowded, every seat was oc
coupled and thousands renamed outside
Il seemed to have been the intention 0
, the police to prevent the filling upol thl
aisles and uncomfortable crowding Of thl
building. This, however, proved i'm
possible, for alter Mr.. Clews introduces
yWms B Dodge as Chairman Of the meet
ing and the proceedings really began
80 loud and persistent was the clamol
OF the crowd 1ouuide to'gaih admittancl
they seemed as demons 10 the audience
within the building. The police fell back
and by every entrance to the building
hundredssth sthronged inJ and In few mo
rnents it was imp % find dditionR
standing room "a the bull ding. The plat
form was thronged BY prominent citizen
Of the metropolis, among them being
Thurlow Weed, Peter Cooper, A. 7,
Stewart, VIM. Orton, Henry Clews, q. B.
Clatlin, VIM. H. Vanderbilt, Stewart q
Woodward, G. E. Uetnold, Theo w
Dwight, Q. D. Morgan, VIM. II. Vermilye
s. B, sGhlttendeti and JAS x. q. Schultz
Outside Of Cooper Institute several
thousand people, who were unable TO OBJ
tain admission, organized an enthusiastic
meeting In favor Of Gen. Grant. The
great meeting in the vast building was
opened Jhys Henry OleWs, Who twas re-
ceived with cheers, and said:
FslIOtO Gttsens-In calling this meeting
to order, cannot pay you Q aihigher COM
pliment than to offer 10 you the gentle
man ! am about to name. nominate for
Presidential this meeting Hon. VIM. II.
Dodge, President Of the Chamber OF Com
merce.
.Mr.iDodge was unanimously and en-
Enthusiastically elected, and, upon taking
the chair, made brief speech, in which,
after referring to- the great achie6ements
Of the administration, said:
As far as l have been able to under
stand the platform of the New Departure,
they propose nothing which President
Grant has not again and again, publicly,
in his messages and by his acts, shown
his readiness to carry out. l am conf
dent he, as well as the masses Of the Re.
publican party, Is as ready. to remove the
political disabilities from the people Of
the South, with few well understood
exceptions, as any. Of the boasted reform
ers; and while I would not brand those
with whom ] have heretofore been asso.
Siated as traitors to their party, yet 1t
must be apparent to all that their only
chance oi success Is the fact that the Demo
cratic party may unite with them in their
oppoSifion toa us finfwhich case, there
would be no other natural result than
bringing the Democratic party again
into power.
sAslist of3Vice Presidents land FSecreta.
Erfes were then read The former consist.
led of about three hundred, among whom,
were Henry Ward lBeechet, John G..
Greer, Peter Cooper, Edwards Pierpoint,
Henry Clews Jas. Gordon Bennett Chas.
Butler, Fl. B. Claain, Anthony ]. Drexell,
Henry +. Vail, VIM. Ortons Franz Sigel,
VIM. E. Dodge, E. D. Morgan, George
Opdyke, VIM. II. Vanderbilt.
A letter was read from Vice President
Colfax, in which he says iatJ1s eti971Aa q.
u" - AS my absence would compel the
Senate 10 elect a, President pro tenn, /
must remain at the post Of duty Ill
could be with you, the thought on which
| should speak would be the patriotic and
political necessity Of Republican unity.
The brilliant triumphs which ia the past
ten years have so interviewer its history
with the history of the nation, were won
by the liberation of all minor differences
in its ranks happily conjoined with an al.
most universal willingness to abide by
the decision;ot the majority Of its mem.
bers, !, cannot shut my eyes 10 the
dangers Of Republican dlvisions-dan.
gers not 10 only to the party itself
and It's future, but to the nation and
its future also; nor can any one else
shut his eyes Ito, the fact that the
lgrandest reforms which the country
owes to the fidelity Of the Republican
organization, were carried through
when It's unity and permanency were
Sa sHy tTgs ifo y; oMn HOUSE,
proclaimed, is that its usefulness and
ability TO achieve great results had end.
ed, and that the time had arrived for
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