Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-04-18
Great Meeting in New York,
IMMENSE REPU BLtCAN DEMONSTRATION
Cooper Institute Crowded, and a Great
Meeting organized Ouiside-speeCIies
b. Senators Wilson and Morton, Gsen4
eraI siclsles and others.

supporters Oh IEtSlutuI GRANT ftuOulllllibu
and election, was called TO order at eight O'Clock
to night, by Henry Clews, who addressed the
audience as follows Fellow citizens. In call
ing this meeting 10 order, | cannot pay you
higher compliment than offer 10 the gentleman
am about to name. | nominate for president
of this meeting, the Hon. VIM. L. Dodge, presi-
dent of the chamber of commerce" Mr.. Dodge
was unanimously and enthusiastically elected,
and upon taking the chair, made an able and
eloquent address. Hon. G, Delafeld Smith
read an address to the people to the effect that
the administration of public affairs under Prcsi-
dent Grant has been eminently wise, cOnserya-
tive. and patriotic, and that it is an act of poetic
justice that the soldier, whose victories in war,
and the statesman, whose triumphs of peace,
have made the last decade the most glorious in
the annals of American history, should receive an
earnest OF the gratitude Of his cOuntfymen
by a reelection To the presidency. The recon-
mcndatiOn Of the president in favor of the
principles enunciatcd in the report of the
civil service commission, were timely and Op-
posite and deserve universal endorsement The
Investigations set on foot during the present
session OF congress, have demonstrated his
purity, while their cost has exceeded the aggres
gate loss sustained by the government through
the dishonesty Off subordinatcs since the adj
ministration came into power A record so
clear and honorable challenges admiration aud
compelS the approval of the people. With the
grievances OF disappointed office seekers the mass
cannot be expected TO sympathize. Believing
Gen. Grants civic career fifty supplements his
military greatness and that he possesses and
deserves the confidence Of the American people,
we pledge him our united and hearty support as
Il candidate for reelection.
MIR. Smith also read the series OF resolutions
already printed, and in few pertinent remarks
moved the adoption OF the addresses aud resolu-
lions, which was carried. The resolutions are
as follows
First. That the merchants, mechanics, bank
erS aud business men OF New York, represented
in this meeting and in the call under which it is
assembled, are satisfied with the wisdom, ability,
moderation and fidelity with which the national
government Is administered, and in common
with the bulk of our brethren throughout the
Union favor the continuance of its distinguished
head in the office which he holds with usefulness
and honor
Second That the practical result of the coai-
non movement would, if successful, be to restore
the democratic party TO power
Ihld. mat such restoration after the late
glorious triumph over rebellion, would read in
history like the record of IA tory resurrection at
the close of our revolutionary war
Fourth, That republicans elected to office
mainly by those who asSailed the Union at the
south and at the north embarrassed its defenders,
would inevitably become seryiceabe TO the now
erS that sustained them, and like those north
ern presidents who were chosen by the
south and did its bidding better than its own
statesmen.
Fifth. That the patriotism which made Grant
president of the republic he saved is akin to that
which placed Washington at the head of the ma
ton he created. The trust was accepted bv each
at the manifest sacrifice of interest and incllnas
ton, with modest misgiving as to civil expert
enCc and qualifications, but having been well
and wisely administered, confidence implied in
a reelection is an appropriate reward for faith.
lul services, and accords with thebroatest views
of public policy.
Sixth. That against hostile criticism and un
lar imputations, against alluring promises and
prismatic theories, we array the practical re
forms and substantial results already achieved
and constantly naugurated by the present adj
mnistrauon The chronic vices of existing
systems Wronglully paraded to its injury have
Deen placed in course Of ameliOratiou or remoy
al; the reduction of the national debt has
elected the admiration of the world; our diulo
mats have made peace the ally ofnational honor
ana our president has been indeed, as in name
kind and Great Father TO the Indian tribes
still lingering within our borders
Seventh. That while honorable opposition i,
entitled to respect, every effort to blackcn. fo
political purposes the character of Presiden
| Grant Is crime against truth which vindiCate
| MN, and an insult to the American people win
| honor and eXalt him. Pure in private as IRE
| proachable in public life, with strong conviction
| yet deteFential to popular will, patient under al
| X,
| no display and no oStcntaiou, those who know
| nm best bear testimony TO the sense, 5agaFit
| and power of analysis by which his utterance
| are characterized and impressed
Eighth. That in the judgment of this meetin!
| majority Of the people of the country expect
| desire and decree the denomination and re-elec
| tion of Ulysses S. Grant.
The following letter from Vice President Col
fax was read:
VICE PRESIDENTS CHAMBER.
WASHINGTON, d. G., April 10. 1872
Gentlemen. 1t would afford me great pleasure
to attend your meeting next Wednesday night
in accordance with the invitation with which
have been hOnored; but as my absence compels
the senate to elect president pro temporc,
must remain at the post of duty here. If
could be with you, the thought on which
should speak would be the patriotic and polit
cal necessity of republican unity. The brilliant
trtumphs which in the past ten years have beer
so interviewer into the history OF the nation
were won by liberation of all minor differ
ences i'll its ranks, happily combined with
an almost universal Willingness to abide by the
decisions OF the majority of its members. Witt
its millions of voters thus united, it won victory
after victory, despite secession from its ranks
on one hand, and the bitterest antagonism of it,
political opponents, on the other. | cannot shu
my eyes to the dangers Of republican divisions
dangers not only TO the party itself and its fu
ture, but to the nation and its future also. No
can any one else shut his eyes TO the fact that thu
grandest reforms OF the country are due to fide;t,
TO the republican organization, and were carried
through when Its unity and permauenCy Weri
warred upon by foes from its own household
who proclaimed, as is now again proclaimed
that its usefulness and ability to achieve grea
results, had ended, and that the time had arrived
for new affiliations. What it has done sine,
then, is, however, noble heritage to be be
queathed to our children, Illuminating, as the
record bri of ON
cOuntry's annals; and have no fear when i'm
partial history records the administrative re-
suits of the American executive of our time, but
that side by side with the once bitterly criticised
but now universally honorcd Abraham Lincoln
will be found the name of Ulysses s. Grant.
Truly years, SCHUYLER COLFAX.
Letters expressing hearty support of the pur-
pose of the meeting were read from Senators
Conklng and Edmunds, from George William
Curtis, General Smith, and =. b. s. Pinchback
George w. Gibbons president of the working.
mems central union, in a letter, saws: ''ThC
workingmen's central union of the state OF
New York, numbering nearly 10000 members
will vote and work for the reelection of Gen
Grant" Fred Douglass says, in telegram
The colored people are one and indvsible fol
the republican party and its nominees
Cooper institute was denseIy thronged will
an enthusiastic audience composed of much of the
better class of New York citizens, while a large
meeting organized outside, the latter being adj
dressed by Isaac H. Bailey, E. Detofield smith
and others. Among the 500 vice presidents OF
the indoors meeting were Peter Cooper, Henry
Clews, James Gordon Bennett, George Jones
w. B. Clahin, Levi P. Morton, Robert Lenox
Kennedy, rhurlow Weed, VIM. Orton, Stewart
L. Woodlord, S. B. Chittenden, Henry Ward
Beecher Francis T. Walker, Franz Sgel, e. d.
Morgan, George Opdyke, John A. Griswold,
etc.
GEN. sIcKLEs' SPEECH.
After the reading OF the address and resolu-
tons, Gen. Sicbles was introduced and made a
long and able speech. He alluded to the first
nomination of Grant MS made by the people,
and merely formally ratified by the Chicago con.
vention. The party which elected him has lost
but few OF its members, and their loss is more
than made good by new recruits; and the re.
cruitng is still brisk. He said Grant has dis
charged his duties with marked ability and I'M
challenged fidelity. He found extravaganza
and corruption in the collection of revenue and
has changed il all by honesty and integrity. He
found the country embarrassed in commerce.
trade and industry; you see it to-day PROSPER
Gus without example His foreign policy has
been illustrated by some Of the most signal tri.
umphs OF diplomacy, conspicuous among
which arc treaties With ms Indian mol
icy, another instance of sagacity and I'm.
maniiy Is already fruitful in peaceful results.
Under ordinary circumstances there seem no
reasonable ground against the denomination of
the president who so thoroughly discharged ms
duties After the war he drifted down into
Missouri, where there is considerable German