Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-04-17
Political Meetings.

Political Meetings.
The meeting that assembled at Cooper
Institute in New York, on Friday evenin
last, to give force and effect to the teraI
Republican org tniz4tion, preliminary to the
Cincinnati Con yeution, seems to have been a
SatheI Ing OF no small proportions in point
Of numbers or enthusiasm. Ethan Allen
called the meeting to order, but whether be
assumed the high authority Of his dstin
gui>hed namesake on a certain other occasion
it does MT appear. lie however nomin tied
CI. F y Cynkling for presiding officer,
who was cheer-iully elected. Senators
TrumbulI and Schurz and Horace Greeley
were the speakers inside the Institute, and
the thousands outside who could not gain
entrance Improvised a speaker or two and
then went quietly home. The speakers all
strongly endorsed the Liberal Republican
movement, and seemed fully 10 commit their
P 'lisicaI fortunes to it. A letter was read
from Senator Fenton OF New York, which
was in full sympathy with the purposes Of
the meeting Whether it will amount to as
much, OF more, or less, than the Buffilo
Convention movement in 1913 remains to be
seen.
As aprop1s IN this connection we notice
that the late Republican meeting at Brook
Ign, was addressed By Rev. Henry Ward
Beecher Mr. Beecher is evidently pOliti-
clan outside Of party restraints, the same
as he is an orthodox preacher outside the
rules Of - the most strictest sect, and he
sees, what every close observer Of society
and of party sees, that agitation is the only
purifying element that can be relied upon.
Men, like the air, are kept pure by it, and
the moment you try to STIFF it, you add
something to the clement of corruption and
decay. The worst enemies of any party are
those who conceal its errors and oppose It's
publication. and who count on successes
which are not wholly successes of principle.
Disciplining party. as many party has
already learned at a cost of ultimate defeat.
does not generally mean to purify it, to
correct its errors, but it means to coniue
its members within the gauge Of it's conveD-
tional acts and measures, or make them in
harmony with acknowled ged or assumed
party leaders. Mr.. Beecher dos not feel
that restraint resting upon him, hence he
takes and talks the enlarged or upper view
of the political plane. He can address a
Republican mass meeting and discuss princi
pes prominently cardinal with the Repub
lIcau party without ostracsing men who
have been recognized, from long time and
valuable services, as useful members of that
party. There is-certainly something noble
in the manly and discriminating spirit # the
following sentences. whatever we NAV thi
of particular acts OF some OF the dIstiugui shed
men referred to:
- No man can surpass me in my gratitud,
to MIR. Sumner. and 10 acknOw gment oi
the great work of his lie but IN my view
be has not hem Moses who has led the
peOple;tOthe promised land. or led the ., ouIt :
into the valley Of the Moab | am very
glad that our emIgrant population have 50
wire and eloquent a representative rs Mr.
Schurz. listen whenever he speaks. know
ing that ! am listening to one Of some dis
tinctiOn; know that | am listening to an
hOneHt man you may caricature bin if you
will, but listen TO him with or at respect
The same is true of MIR. TrumbuI They
propose to meet as liberal Republicans
should like 20 know If | am not a liberal
Republican? Perhaps you are liberal Re.
publicans They propose to meet in On
ClAhhtl- " tlFt the result OF that meetIup
viii be no prophet can be found to tell II
may be that they will have a council AMI
confer and Hat the result will be a new deal
IF it amounts u this, and certain good
features can be brOug out and put in
stronger light, you and will 20 with them
We say in advance. if they can raise up u
more loyal power within the land, if they
can raise up platform that shall be higher
than it would have been raised by US. We will
accept their influence and it. You can
not act up an administration that can be too
pure; you cannot take away selfish Tess and
pride from men in greater degree than we
shall approve
Were such sentiments to prevail generally
such thing as party split would be
rarity, and there would be no division of the
Republicans into two camps. The argument
which caricature and deuunciation carries
becomes very pointless when subjected to the
cauterization Of a Plymouth brand, and
politics from the pulpit" receives prof
motion when dispensed by such an apostle as
Beecher