New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-04-14
WHOLE NUMBER 1885.

vauited hall anu throughout the packed vet
silent throng like the notes of the clarion.
The audience seemed spell-bound, and
only at intervals recovered themselves suf-
fciently to applaud. This, however, they
did repeatedly and with vigOr, showing that
the elOquence OF the orator was fully appre-
ciated. Each word was received with at
tention, and every strong point. made
against the adminis:ra lion Was Tully appre-
ciated. AS to the speech itself we can only
refer to the full report annexed, whicH "ar
alone do justice to i:s acumen, profund..y,
close reasoning, wit and other admirable
qualities"
The following is the Times preface -
Cooper Institute meeting:
"The meeting at the CooperInst.tu' sa-
evening was large one. AS early as ~':-
o'clock the great hall was crowded, Dst s
few Democratic organizations having tu.E'fd
out IN force. On the platform were c.!a'E=
for distinguished gentlemen, among who.i
were Messrs. B. Texter, Moses Wier, w. j.
Iraver, Jonathan Bixby, B. E. Watson,
ID. w. Mcdonald, s. KOpmann, W.
Irefhnger, Arnold Frazer, H. 3. Stantt n, f.
Hopkins, Henry o. Kent, W. Hamp, George
z. Edgar, Francis Snyder, Stephen Holden,
b. P. DrinOster, Bernard Reilly, John
Honey and T. II. Barker. Atterward, when
the Senators arrived, David Dudley Field,
Sinclair TOucey, Colonel William Grosvenor,
OF MISSOURI. ana some others came UPON the
platform with them.
''As early as seven o'clock the hall was
crowded to excess. At half-past seven Mr..
Ethan Allen proposed Frederick Conkling
as chairman, who, in taking his seat, made
a short address,"
The following is the Tribune's preface to
the meeting: "A crowd of thousands out
side the Cooper Institute utterly unable to
gain admittance. but unwilling to leave,
and pnakJDd the with that old
time chorus Of the nation in its times of
peril and heroic efforts, John Browns
body lies mouldering in the ground a
crowd inside that filed every seat, and
packed every aisle-that OverfOwed the
| platform till the orator had scarcely room
| to move from one side of the narrow read
| ing desk to the other, and jammed the great
| space behind till egress and ingress were
| alike impossible, with an audience back OF
| the speakers far larger than the average
| lecturer is able to get in front of him;
| a crowd that contained the best elements of
| the great reform meeting last summer,
which began the overthrow of Tammany,
! but was as much larger and more imposing
| than that as the work of national reform is
| grander and more imperative; that number
| ed many Of the foremost men OF the cOun-
! try, and was neither gathered by the GUS
tomhouse nor by any Of the ordinary appli-
| ances of party demonstration that
| patiently waited for an hour for the sake Of
getting places at all, and stay ed, en- masse,
orderly, but enthusiastic, till the last echo
Of the last cheer that followed the las
| speech had died away-such was the
| opening last night Of the Liberal Republi-
can campaign for the Presidency, and the
answer Of the Empire City to the call to
| Cincinnati. There has been no such meet
ing in New York since the war. The speak
| ers, like the audience, were Republicans
from the start, recognized champions in
| council and on the field in the day when to
| be leading Republicans meant to be tried
patriots, but ostracised since by the shOddy
| contractors and Customhouse clerks, who
would now assume to control the Organiza
ton.
The speeches were worthy alike of the
speakers. audience and cause"
The following is the Neralds preface to
the meeting: The mass meeting at the
Cooper Institute last evening, initiative Of
the opposition to the candidacy for the re-
election of President Grant,was big thing,
as far as numbers went 1t partOok good
deal of the Chinese system Of carrying on a
hOstility-a flourish of tOm-tOms, beating
Of drums, shaking Of old bones, plenty of
chin-music, but little harm done. In the
words of one of the principal orators of the
evening, the question might indeed te
asked, "What we're they going to do about
it p question more easily asked than
answered. Of course Carl Schurz
was there, and his cOmpatrior,
Senator Trumbull, and they did
all the talking. All the political outs and
soreheads were on hand in the corridors, on
the platform, and in the body Of the hall,
and acted sometimes out of all order, and
most inopportunely as claquers to the speak
ers. There was very noticeable absence
of influential citizens on the platform, which
was altogether given over to old Custom
house men and ex-oficials, doing nothing in
particular at present, but waiting for some
thing to turn up in the good time coming
after the Cincinnati convention.
Senator Trumbull was in good voice, and
spoke with his usual vigOr and force.
Mr.. Carl Schurz spoke his speech from a
manuscript before him, failing to excite the
sympathy or feelings of his audience
throughout his long address, even when
most denunciatOry of the administration.
That the anti G rant men could not have
| it all their own way under any circuu-
stances was pretty evident from one Incl
dent in the proceedings: that was when
Mr. Trumbull made what he and his
friends deemed most palpable hit against
the President, the cheers and applause fol
lowing upon which were equaled, if not
surpassed, by the Kisses and grOans of the
friends Of the President.
AS a whole, the meeting was very orderly
and quiet, though lacking in the principal
ingredient denoting public sympathy and
support, enthusiasm.
The only speakers, with the exception of
Mr.. Greeley, were Senators Trumbull and
Schurz. A very full list of vice presidents,
headed by the name of Frederick A. Copk-
ling, as president, and secretarys, was read
and confirmed.
The general trade of the week was quiet,
and in some quarters positively dull with
an approach to stagnatiOn. One OF the
great causes for this condition of affairs
exists in the fact that money is still very
stringent, and good to fair three and four
| months paper, satisfactorily indOrsed, has
passed slowly even at IA to " per cent.
Cotton has been dull and depressed; sales
| for the week have reached $4,000 bales, OF
! which 72, 600 we're for future delivery, and
| 10000 on the spot and to arrive. VI spots,
| exporters took about 1913 bales, spinners
| 1926, and speculators 740 Tobacco has
| been more active.
Naval stores have been active for rosins
| and dull for spirits At the Produce Ex-
| change the market for breadstutfs was
| irregular: at the opening there was consid-
| era HE activity, in part for speculation, and
| nr;ces advanced, but afterward there was
more or less depression. and the latter days
of the week were marked by very unset
| tied market.
Miss Clara Louise Kellogg sailed for
England to-day.
The Atalanta Boat Club left ior England
to-day.
| Arrived-Calabria. Arrived out-Atlar-
| tic and Algeria.
Evening Money closed easy at for cur
! rency to gold. Sterling 91s 09A. Gold
ll01s ll05s. Governments closed firm at
n II. oHU five