New-York tribune., 1872-09-25
LIBERAL RALLIES IN THIS CITY.
IN THE TWENTY-FIRsT DISTRICT.

A few weeks ago delegates from the various
Greeley and Brown Campaign Clubs in the XXIst AS
sembly District East Side Association Hall for
the purpose Of eiecting organization through which
they could with combined strength 1t was resolved
TO hold series of district meetings The second
of these meetings held last evening in
Lincoln Hall, in One-hundred-and-twenty-f -ffth-st'
above Third-ave BY 1880 p. III. q large crowd
had assembled III and around the building aud at p
every seat filed, while large number were unable
to obtain standng-room The nall was decorated
with American flags, and opposite the stand was the
motto " National, State and County Reform
short time after the meeting in the han had
begun, the number outside became so large that
an outdoor meeting was organized. and speeches
were made by William f. Smith and Clinton FdrDush.
The meeting in the hall called to order by James M
Gray, who nominated Asher Bennett for Chairman
The first speaker d. c. Birdsa who reviewed Gen.
Grants Administration at some length The Hon. Fer
nando Wood introduced as the gentleman VINO had
long and ably represented the district Ia Congress- lie
was received with great applause, 49,, a.
He had personal or party Affiliations Win Mr Gree
ley. he said, but It his CONVICTION that he Admins
traton of Gen Grant ought come end on the ih
Of ne yt March, There were two wrongs I'm the Admins
tratiOn OF Grant which he believed t"Othlids OF
the people Of the United States were resolved
should not be perpetuated. The first was
the corruption In the civil service WhGh
Grant had pIOsituted to personal and party ends In
yesgations by committees OF Congress had shown that
s3OOO 900 had raised by taxation from the people
since Grants Administration began and only S3slOOo
600 accounted for. Publication OF the ClV Service
is the most important thing to De settled III NOyem-
ber Another cause OF complaint Is that the SOuth Is
virtually out OF the Union, and though peace was
declared even before the death OF Mr. hncOh we nave
no peace yet lie briefly enumerated the wrongs IN
fcted upon the south, beginning with military Occupa-
lion, and eliminating in carpetbagism sustained by
Federal authority and power.
Col. T. b. Lansing OF Brooklyn, I. q. Glaubenskiee,
and others also made addresses
IN THE NINETEENTH DISTRICT.
The XIXth Assembly District Greeley and
Brown Club held meeting last evening" at No s Tenth
ave- The first speaker Col Beeny. He came there,
he said not as an orator. but laboring man, to have
an honest talk. One Of the greatest Issues before the
country was the disposition of the public lands The
Republican party made the Homestead law plank
of the platform of 1860. But under the pres
ent Administration the railroads had been al
lowed to lget control OF immense tracts,
and the whole subject was in irghtfu state. II was
still claimed that there 1900 0OOO acres OF unOc-
cuped lands but when Alaska lands and United states
lands barren assigned and not yet taken up, were
deducted this less than 45o $4,000 would remain
The speaker also condemned the tmeservng course OF
the Administration the matter OF the Eight hour LAW
and touched upon other salient points.
The Is largely German, and resolutions in that
language offered indOrsng the Liberal state and
National tickets. George Walbeck Of Missouri followed
with an address German, which was warmly ap
p,audeu