New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-10-31
4 GRAND DEMONSTRATION AT CORNING.
SPEECHES BY THE HON. A. N. COLE AND
THE HON. j. III. ASHLEY.
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THE HON. j. NJ. ASHLEY
IBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUHEl
CORNING, N. Y, Oct. Ex-senator Wilson, in
speech which he made short time ago in this village,
said he was forced admit that there were two places In
the country where there were Liberal Republicans
One Of these places was Cincinnati, and the
other Corning II he or any other Grant man had been
here tonight he would not only have been confirmed IN
the opinion which Gen. Wilson then expressed, but he
would have gone home taken down his table Of esti-
mates and stricken 100 or 800 OF the LOU
majority claimed In this village for Grant Gen.
B. f. Butler and other Grant orators, more notorious
than famous spoke at Emlra this evening" and an at
tempt was made to draw away as many Greeley
men "a possible from Corning, by running
special train, land furnishing free transportation
to every man, matter what his politics, who would
wear blue cap and carry Grant torch. They got
about $50 men and boys to attend the Elmra meeting
But they were not missed in Corning. The streets
were Just as full before, and 200 torches, all
belonging here in line when the Liberal Club took
up it's position the lack OF torches alone prevented
the procession from being twice as large as 1t was All
over the village, residences and business
places were finely Illuminated and at several
points there ereditabe displays OF nfe.
works. Washington Hal already nearly full at
aout 81 o'clock and special train on the Tioga Road
brought 400 more Liberals from Blossburg, so
that hundreds went away from the place OF
meeting, unable to get within the reach Of the
speakers voice. The chairman for the evening was
Austin Latham, and the first speaker introduced was tie
Hon. Asahel N Cole OF The WesrHe Free Press The LIB
eral candidate for Presidential Eector In inns the
XVtn District. Mr.. Cole, In q short earnest speech,
eylnced Of the plnck which marks the
entire liberal party Of this county (Seuben ana Con-
gross District They have crossed the river and burned
the bridges behind them, and they will fight 1t out on
the line of Reform no matter how long 1t takes;
The principal orator OF the evening was the Hon
James NJ Ashley Of Ohio, who spoke for an hour and
half to one Of the most attentive aud enthusias
York. He devoted bis attention principally 20
showing how groundless is the charge that the
Democratic party was dishonest when it accepted at
Baltimore the Cincinnati platform, and in explaining
the objects Of the Cincinnati Convention. Cam
eron, Morton Butler Logan Carpenter, and u
scOre Of others who assume 10 be
the only true Republicans, were Democrats long
after Greeley, Charles Sumner, Gen Banks Geo.
W. Julian and Others who are now In the Liberal ranks
left their old parties. Nobody thought OF calling the
Wing party dishonest when, in 1856, 1t changed
its base the Slavery question. The remainder
of speech morally scathing review OF the acts
and policy OF the Administration during the past three
years. and discussion OF its tendency 10 contradiction
to Substitution OF the military for the civil law
its failure 10 reform the Clyll service
&c. The meeting adjourned, cheering for the state
and national tickets A great number of Government
clerks from Washington coming into the adjoining
for Grant. Almost every one OF these
were forced to vote year ago IN Washington
to sustain the Board Of Public Works,
and they lost their citizenship an States
where they formerly resided. Every one OF these men,
al over this grae and in other States, should ho email
enged aud made TO that they did not register aud
vote 10 Washington not only tais Fs but year ago