The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-08-16


| up In 10 GOOD, and his political enort was In the
same ratio OF excellence. or course, II 1t was adj
IL would not 20 for much but as an appeal 70
heated prendlces nothing nerceT has ever been ut.
tered 10 COOPER institute; Mr, Garnes mas , mGs
and his earnestness amply compensate for the de-
fciency. He spoke for upwards OF an hour, re-
exhausted the great names which the party still
contains, and after an eloquent peroration sat
ons %sS
ent that the feeling Of the negroes was worked up
rose 70 make the final speech the audience ran AZ
him many o. them rushed n,air 70 t the door,
demons Mr.. Garnet and the chairman enGeavored
70 secure order, but their effort was unavailing.
M MS r o ns
TO encounter scene which would be disgrace 70 q
firmly and ranged themselves around the stage.
for Saunders and grave fears were entertained
that he would be taken bodily from the platform
few 1isoiu.eS sentences ana SS'v aser '' iorcbe
rebnke to the uacharity Of Rev. Garnet whom he
foai play, resumed Ms seat, having elected the
admiration OF every impartial MIND In the audience
When the closing scene OF all came rush was
made for the platform, and IN an instant It was
graduating Saunders, and others manfesting a
strong determination to go for his scalp. All this
time ana Inc was going ON for Gar
| embraced by his admirers male and female, after
their kind. The policemen eventually had 20 clear
the stage, which was done with difficulty, number
OF bullet-headed rufans showing q strong disposi-
ton to resist but vigorous use Of muscle and clubs
the most unruly audience It has ever contained,
and thus ended the great cOored political religious
Garnet but Saunders has gained moral Victory
which should be more gratifying to him than the
yes and sna1 which
Of Captain Byrnes for the preservation
@ ANA y s
took place. After leaving the hall the combatants
S eny y q s19 wS
| unearthly music
Mr.. WILLIAM H. SAUNDERS was then introduced.
He said that in his short experience an American
citizen he had found that ON Idea existed that q
his opinions were or where he might happen to he
In the Union. Here q Grant and Wilson campaign
few hissesl Mr.; saunders continued BY saving
far as that prejudice arected the future
nsgncaacc in he work before him. and nd; cited
that he was not able to DO more for the great and
%no shS es BBar
| Of cheers for General Grant.) He acknowledged
the sacreaness Of the sentiments proclaimed in The
| Declaration Of Independence, and stood upOn
platform which reaiiirmed those principles He
| was speaking for man who for more than quar-.
Tt 'tsee nag He 0s might e0h naye
give you encuehrS Long before the rel republican
Of Lincoln, and all through the war Horace Greeley
had always been the friend a.. Of freedom. Mr. Lin
sas N Of ss %. So S
threatened to abolish slavery In the States then
n ren .h , but did not do $3.50 So until
was only when .
found that black body was rs good to stop q bui-
finally declared. After that the black soldier
army IT, often said Ibid f the republican
party abolish slavery 2" He said in reply, "No."
CURED an interruption Of a minute or 80, during
which an obstreperous partisan was put out by the
by can S ss
BY groans for Greeleyl.Greeiey and SUM
had done more to bring about the abolition n't Of
slavery than any party Beside the Hon Horace Grace
stood one Of the philahtSropsts OF this century
who twenty three years ago stood up in the United
States Courts to plead for equality before the law,
Hon. Charles Sumner. II Sumner was wrong, he
was willing to be wrong with him. and to go down
SO much for his race Mr. Sumner said 10 Of Greeley
and Grant that each was nominated by republican
Convention, so that In this respect they were equal
except that Greeley had been republican for
| twenty-five years. while General Grant had never
in his life yet voted republican ticket Mr.. Sann-
ders continued to read lengthy extracts from Mr..
Summers famous letter, which he claimed was the
platform adopted by $4,000 Of the best republicans
| In this country at Cincinnati. That was platform
on which no man could he ashamed to stand for IL
was practically q reanirmation of the Declaration
Of Independence made o hundred years ago
1t was, any way, broad enough for him
On the other hand look OF what the Philadelphia
Convention had said. They declared among other
| 81 Ia n 10.
really Wished t That ter should ,a be carried
ionged to denerai Grant and his minions a
sions OF the meeting showed conciusively to his
mind, and to the minds of the American people,
raise his voice against Ulysses s. Grant. "a cry,
Judas followed by rounds ofcheers for Grant and
Kisses for Greeey0 He did not deny the splendid
merits OF Grant as o soldier, but remembered what
General Grant had said OF his race. During the war
Grant had pledged his honor as soldier that he
abolitionism he would lay down his sword. another
interruption Of several minutes, with cries Of Gar
Gee ST nmse s VIZ ne they
disiked so much but the men who were associated
had been nominated by 25,OOOrepublican votes, and
afterwards the baltimore Democratic Convention
| He wanted to know what there was In democracy
p' San wherever found 70 wSeSe
lican or democrat CHOW about 63 and the riots''
| and loud cheering.) The power OF government
was constitutonaly vested In the people, and when
this was respected q republican was democrat
and democrat republican The democratic party
| had not made new departure at Baltimore, but
had simply come back to the principles OF equality
! proclaimed In the Declaration Of Independence.
| We lived in o progressive age. We were moving
on, not by decades or centuries but by the light
ming speed Of Gods Justice. He believed that God
| was In this work. "a voice-"God don't know
you." They spread their banner TO the breeze,
asking no man to vote for their candidate but to do
! him and his cause that simple justice which be.
longed OF right to every American citizen. He asked
them to do simple, evenhanded Justice to that
his LIE TO the down.trodden and the oppressed.
Surely he was not asking too much. Horace
Greeley, now totterng TO glorious and honored