New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-08-10

are deicYnihed TO throw of Grantisn. have known
every n cs ssn on on
1r. Polk, tail man with an eye tnat naa re III "a ,o
Tns wTaS ad % wSt all t was as6Sd lie did
not run for Long Branch Jerome Park races. Mag
ara or the Thousand Islands, but devoted himself ON,
treiy to the duties his Office he was elected and
paid to do mention this to illustrate that tue fIes,,
denoy is not sinecure personal poTquste 4 tell
Won the American people sick of Grantism. never
felt political result than do OF Gen. Grants
When sec Charles sumner born Senator Senate
Nathaniel Banks, the best Speaker OF the HOUSE
ever knewwhen see these men hoipnf vi pus e that
the personal Of Gen Grant ee aTeel s
WhST Ho SIf ncesaany in ne same good causc
know that intelligent Germans will 20 with him Mnen
turn 10 the great State OF Illinois and see Lyman
bun stamping for Greeey-when find senators Doolit-
tie and Upton, and host OF Others our SIDE these
things Indicate TO me the drift Of the popular current
Pennsy ivanla eve have overcome about 1850 ma,
iOrty in this county. believe shall DO II. Hartrant
is certainly defeated In this State SO says man we'll
qualified TO judge and You know that pennsylvania VIZ
j. Wilson Mcdonald, John FLANAGAN. William Romer.
and Others made addresses. Twenty-Five members
appointed town committee.
ADDRESSES OF TWO C0LORED CANvAssERS IN
THE SEVENTEENTH DISTRICT-OBLIGATI0N
OF THEIR RACE TO HORACE GREELEY.
One of the most characteristic Liberal meet
ngs of the local campaign held last evening at the
old Wigwam in West Fortyninthst Although the oeca-
sion was only the regular session Of the XVlth Assem-
by District Greeley and Brown Campaign Club yet 900
citizens Of the district assembled TO listen to the pro-
ceedings, and TO note the progress OF the Liberal
movement. filling not only the seats, nut
the broad aisle in the rear of the structure
1t was an exceptionally intelligent and respectable
audience and represented all classes, wealthy mer-
chants and members tho professions sitting side
by side with laborers and mechanics and the
hitherto ostracised colored man. Around the walls OF
the Wigwam hung patriotic devices and mscrlp-
TONS one of the lster being follows Let us for
get and forgive the past and rally round the old stand
ard of liberty and undivided Union" Anoth or was
The pen is migbter than the sword
Robert L. Daagh, the President of the club, called the
meeting to ORDER and announced that 200 additional
names had been presented for membership and were
ordered placed upon the rolls He then introduced
Charles L. Guteau, who addressed The meeting,
advocating the claims Of Horace Greeley
upon the American people, and vindicating
him from the accusation that he was
not competent business man or capable executive.
At this juncture VIM U. Saunders and C. w Haton, two
prominent cOlored men. entered the Wgwam and were
received with the greatest applause L. L. Bullock, IN
presenting them to the audience, stated that all knew
who and what Horace Greeley was, but there
might be some in the audience who were
not acquainted with Mr. Saunders. He made
an eector on the Grant Presidential ticket because they
thought he could control some votes IN Maryland Hay
ing convinced that Horace Greeley was the true
choice Of the people, and the man TO whom they were
to look Tor deVeranCe from inc evils from "lCh tnS
were now suffering he had abandoned the Adminstra-
ton and gone 90 North Carolina, where he
had done good service for the Liberal
cause The speaker alluded to the Boosting Of the Re
nOmnationiss before the election, when they claimed
that they would have majority OF 10000 for Grant,
whereas by fraudulent counting they barely able
TO muster majority Of 5OO AS it was, the Senate and
House were decidedly Liberal The people had heard
from North Carolina, and were now about to hear
from Maine and would the Grant majority there
Whitfield down to glorious minority lGreat appause
The Chairman then introduced c. w HattOn, ntelli-
gent young cOored from Maryland, who was re-
ceived with loud applause, and spoke as follows:
You have assembled here TO ascertain what black
man 70 say about Horace Greeley. have something
10 say about that man. and / shall say it IN my own old
nyed here from North Carolina, whore have been
gagged for weeks past in doing good among
should not have dared to address assembage ike
TINS IN the CITY oI New YORK fuOHc Ol,C wS agaSs
and address a white meetngi but thanks TO Horace
Greeley and Charles sumner and others Like them, We
now are enabled 70 exercise the rights and priv
Ieges given to by our Creator. We are
ever anticipated and / honestly believe owe this to
Horace Greeley. Many men believe that II man nap
pens to BE- born black that he 10 cused-tat ne mas no
southat he cannot JUICE between right aud wrong; but
assert that black men have minds OF then own ana
Will them The Administration commands the plHGAs
TO vote the Grant Republican ticket at all hazards put
we are becoming elhghtened ana 90 hot , ICnggl
feel that We must oDey every Dehese rom Tue W
the sea- My friends can remember wei whGh L uaeQ
Ia M nv
blanket that II might escape th9 hcIu'i"y VI ~
seers and others who then considered II G an nceday
document But, thank God 1t educated me ana made
me "a poor slave, acquainted with facts which proved
beyond doubt the equality OF all men
one sentence word that he has uttered during his
OF Office that has encouraged us as Iepfesentaycs
matter lAppausel The opposition charges Mr., Gree
ley with having changed his politics whoever VIII take
the trouble to read carefully the political history
OF Mr. Greeley will md that he stands to-
day, as he has stood, the same
| d
ing toward dishonesty corruption and the friend OF
ali that is noble and honorable The GRANTEES also tell
that Horace Greeley belongs TO the party who hung
men 10 amppOsts in 1868 strange, is II not that they
forget that at that time Horace Greeley opened tine
doors Of TIE TRIBUNE Office 10 the cOOred men
who were hunted down and gave them refuge;
close In North Carolina to-day, If any black man opens
his mouth and declares for Greeley, sumner or old
John Brown, be is called thief by the Administration
party All we ask Is have the right to- express our
own opinions entertain our own views, and vote as We
please when my honest conviction Is That We SHAH sup
port our old friend and wewisher, Horace Greeley.
VIM. U. Saunders, colored Of Maryland, then
introduced by the Chairman, and said
Fellow citizens we are upon the threshold Of OF
the most important campaigns The first battlefield
been North Carolina, where the Grant officials dld
their utmost 10 oyerwhem and crush the Liberal Re
pubcans there We went INTO that hght determined as
we knew well we would have to be; but there we met
as viii be met IN every southern state III the campaign
tho nsdlOus foes OF the cOOred men, the eapeCDdHgeIs
OF the North. There, say, we found the very men
whom coored votes mad elevated INTO po wer em9iunen
and position, ygllant and active IN the cause Ol Grant
and his INSTRUMENTATION Inc Grant men say ~ ~
victory, but have elected lWO-lhIuS OF DOlh
Houses Of the Legislature, and i've out OF eight mem
bers OConess. Such victory they neSd not ne proud
Of for Caldwell Will take his seat in the Guberna
toriaI chair If honesty and wisdom continue TO peryade
the North Carolina Legislature. i hOld, MI PTesl-
dent that Grant is not a Republican today
nor has he been. He IS a creature
OF the Republican party created four years ago. and all
there is OF political life in him was breathed into his
nOstrs by the grand old Republicans who have been
associated with Horace Greeley for than 80 years
(Applause1 We do not come 10 HewYork for the pur-
pose Of gaining Greeley votes in your city, we are mere
10 place our Tace-tbe black men OF this country
straight the record before the American people ana 10
say that we Republicans heart and SOUL and intend