New-York tribune., 1872-09-30
LIBERAL MASS MEETINGS.
TIE LIBERAL MERCHANTS' RALLY.

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| THE LIBERAL MERCHANTS RALLY.
| A grand Greeley and Brown demo nstration
took place in Chambers-st, Saturday afternoon very
large proportion of the merchants OF that vicinity
admirers and supporters Of tho Liberal candates and
II not surprising that the banner raising Saur
day afternoon should be genuine srecess stand had
been erected in Chambersst, between West Broadway
and GreeDwich-sts. and gaiy hung with flags and
bunting, Immediately above being the new Greeley and
Brown banner. At o'clock DR.. p. Mel Burbank, Chair
man OF the Executive Committee, stepped to the front
OF the platform and nominated the Hon. C. Stanford
Chairman Of the meeting. He unanimously elected
and he appeared before tho audience, the banner
was unfurled. The audience consisted mostly Of "soid
men. Mr.. Stanford said 1t with ordinary pride
that he accepted the honor of presiding such a
meeting as that IT was emphatcay a meeting Of the
| business men OF Chamberss st. and vicinity, and In
striking contrast with the meeting held three weeks ago.
when the great gftaker ndorsed In that section.
That act libel ihe business men OF the neigh
borhoOd but to-day the business men In large force
TO the front showed their preference for the
great advocate of reform The following then ap-
| pointed vice. e-Presidents:
n F9som. John Ears Gee G a,le h Abb,t II Robbins
Mor.oU Tho. H. Ss%mn SAINT Archer, jane, %isisa A.
PhR, H. y O. Heard u 4 D. Smell Gee Leach A. r. 7 1sgcs j.
So k . SSRS9 c: %s:.I Ise' s n g. cSsts s
n pale Eve4i Trt Pvan Waterbury Thsmas Watson w s.
K Yale W. p sehnrann 4 l. Decnp stsphsa BuEnateT b j.
kssaHdsr %iiSS1 Hsny Qotsr,
W r. Cray Fraser Lightbody Rndu1 G. Young
"a I IISg J 4 Gi'Ts n ~ ys VIZ W weas,m Henry o Ks
| Samuel q SEandel, w. b. Stout
The following were then presented by Morris Duck
worth and adopted amid loud and continued applause:
We regardless preus differences
rO,s,l opinion HAVING assembled together public
ss o0 mutual desire for mere bones, ad honorable smoaSn q
pp on record some expression Of opinion % the eyeTs @pon ae'
jsR y '''p' "' VD''' ''' '-''''''''
Be'o'r That sop, profession Of roitca hh the plat.
Rord That mehsnts closely identified with the financial inter
cu,ge porn The Civil Service Of the GoveuHe has be-
object Of selfish red It scandal snd reprosh nig
an We therefore, regard such thorough REFORMS Il the
Sm.rd % Of PedeTsl TAXATION which hall moi inter-
e With The industry OF INC pos s1a which shs provide the
tered public credit be sady maintained and we dsuOunee
R,SoIrS Lastly a, We pds. to Horace Greeley 'nh B. Gr,t,
Gee toon believing sincerely s We DO 6st in ief scon
shall secure 70 ourselves and our an smnrssoa ,,
DO read actual that all bring with It Tranquility
soa ahSst 1 hs pI nesSncs INDUSTRY 1nia%se
s as o o whCn ever ea TIE sails marine and
cary ever foreign shore the Old aag ensem Of free 'ad unite
proud boast Of each Individual am citizen"
| The first speaker introduced was the Hon. James
Brooks, who spoke in part as follows;
When the Administration came into power. the golden
eagle, OF golden dollar; was IN every mans p0eket.
Now, coin is curiosity shown in the museums THIS is
IL no sign held ont by the power that they will
restore to the constitutional currency OF our
with the world. We buy from abroad with gold but
pay in deprecated paper here at home The fuGtua.
necessarily exacts from ms customer difference OF
from between 20 ana 2 per cent in paper to prepare Tor
u per cent the gold. We forced 20 pay at the
Custom-house all in gold. when we receive only paper
0%T s@c ds on their are backs that the
vi" he PEOPLE pos @ PUT on mh the IA and tse
Government monOpSzes the gold Hence a ss this IN 5 Is
manufactured exports to Europe and Asia and Ahica
have nearly all vanished since 1900 save IN such articles
mcns, where American mechanism overrides all other
workmen American cottons are now scarcely seen III III
China or Japan; and american woolehs are nowhere
abroad Our exports of boots and shoes, OF car
riages and furniture manufactures or copper and
brass and OF innumerable smaller articles, are now al
lost while all have to export IL what other countries
| cotton, and other agricultural produce, cheaper
| here than elsewhere, often because our
ear wc So haSS been Finding down. for past
merchants and others with an unnecessary taxation
OF 900 per annum, solely to make this
Grafton in its poverty after the civil war; hurry off the
payment OF a national debt, which ought 10 be paid
when this country has had repose it is richer than
now, or. when immigration has made 1t moro populous
That unnecessary wilfn taxation have done my best
in Congress for four years past down. and by the
aid Of others. have succeeded only In part Tor now
SIS 100000 than the Treasury needs IL was hard
| work 10 get of the tax savings banks deposits
and on gas, taxes for three years past
wholly unnecessary. The Secretary of the Treasury
| in Conference Committee resisted both Houses
of Congress in taking of the stamps upon matches and
bank checks, both OF which willfuly levied and
wholly unnecessary for the support OF Government t
f. very doubtful yet whether have at all reduced the
millions upon millions now collected at the customs
certainly we did not exclude tea and coffee from
taxes continued upon iron and steel and all the manu-
features thererom. we have left the manufacturers
about ali. from the farmers who produce corn, wheat
oats pork beef &C., or from the merchants who bring
these products TO markets over railroads OF steel and
rOn which, being doubled In price by unnecessary taxa
ton necessarily double the cost OF transportation alike
10 the merchant who buys and Sells ana 10 the iafmer
who produces.
Able speeches were also made by Col F. II. seaver,
Cen II. a. Barnum. and Col. j. r. Fellows. Before
adournng audience hearty cheers for the Lib
eral candidates.
LIBERAL ACCEssIONs IN TIE FIRST DISTRICT.
A special meeting of the lst Assembly
District Liberal Republican Association Samuel
LeComte President, held on Saturday evening, at
No. 1872 West Broadway. This is the old Republican
organization Of the District and four years ago all its
mcmbers numbering about 90. were strong Grant men.
Heretofore during the present campaign, 1t has taken
no action as body and though its members have been
understood be favorable to the Liberal ticket u was
Thought best that the Association should officially de-
clare itself On motion VI James Lee the following was
unanimously adopted:
B.d Th,t Committee appointed by TIE chair for the
rn Of the meeting rafy the nomins
hs f he Liberal Republican National and State Conventions with
fn power carry the said Committee to be requested to
action without delay
After adjournment Ist Assembly District Greeley
and Brown Campaign Club was organized and more
than 800 voters in the district applied for membership
The Chairman opening the business Of the Club, said
,bot tho membership would not be limited to the adhe
rants OF any old party II was open TO AL VINO were o
posed TO corruption and favorable 10 REFORM he haa
his old candidate Pour years more or government Dy
Grim