The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-09-26
RADICAL RATIFICATION.
A Rousing Republican Rally at
Cooper Institute.
Review Of the Political situation-why Greeley
Should Not Be Elected and Why Grant
should-Polites Discussed With
ont Using Billingsgats-
Great Audience.


A Great Audience.
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The third Of the radical REPUBLICAN Wednesday
evening mass meetings, which are announced
TO be held at Cooper Institute every Wednesday
evening until the close Of the Presidential cam
paign, attracted an immense audience to the
large hall OF that building last night. Fully
Ave thousand persons were In attendance, and
were in marked contrast to most political
assemblages by the very orderly department
and respectable appearance which character
lied them. The large proportion Of colored
people and ladies' In the audience was
also quite noticeable. There was no attempt at
display or decoration beyond the draping Of few
national nags ON the pillars and arches in rear Of
the stage and couple OF bouquets OF flowers which
ornamented the speakers desk. Every seat, rail-
ing and step within the hall was occupied, and all
the aisles were filed by standing listeners.
At eight O'Clock precisely the meeting was called
to order ana the chairman, Mr.. Luther r. Marsh,
after few words Of preface, read the list
of Vice Presidents and Secretaries among
whom were the following General John A.
DIX William b. Vanderbilt, Leonard W. Jerome,
Samuel Wetmore, George Griswold Gray, Herman
LIE Roy, A. @. Monsoon Charles L. Anthony, Henry
]. Barley, Samuel F. Barger, Robert H. Berdell,
Keteltas, Ambrose @. Kingsland, Pierre Lorillard,
Peter Marie, George II. Penniman, Charles II. Mar
shall, Israel C0rse, william T. Garner w. H. Geb-
hard, Hooper @. Van Worst, Reuben w. Howes,
Jesse Hoyt, Adam Norrie, Alexander w. Harvey,
John Dorr, Elisha Riggs, General II. 81. Baxter,
Alexander Stuart Thomas A. Vyse, IT., William
Whitewright, Jr., r. A. Witthaus, A. Warren
Greenleaf Samuel Sloan, George H. Warren,
bingham Townsend, John Q. Jones, Charles L.
nSz
thr0p, James Low Courtlandt Palmer, Homer H.
Stuart, William A. Wheelock, Robert Hoe, D. R.
Mangan, John F. Butterworth, Ezra Wheeler, G. P,
Huntington, George T. Adee, william Barton,
Cambridge Livingstone and others. The greater
portion of these gentlemen occupied seats on the
platform, and not few were accompanied by
ladies.
The CHAIRMAN then introduced as the speaker Of
the evening Mr.. Edwards Plerrepont, ex-United
States District Attorney, who was received with
hearty applause. AS soon as this mark OF welcome
had subsidized Mr.. Pierrepont proceeded to address
the assemblage.
Mr.. PIERREPoNT's ADDRESS
FELLOW C1r1zENs-I have not come to defend
General Grant. point you to the record he has
made, which Is eternal; IN the blaze of whose In
crsasing splsndor foul ISLANDERS wll shriyel as .
he mas done win i've after him: the evil let it be
foolish aspirations. for the Presidency. have
come to talk with you on public AFFAIRS, that
the WHOLE best N sas Of our
A great nation about to commit its destinies
for years , to the guidance Of one man win pause
the deed is DONE regrets however deep or sincere,
win not avail Let us look fairly at this question OF
month ago Horace Greeley published to t6e world
1T Is rebel at the core to-day, hardly able to recon
Gle the defeats Of Lee Johnston, Bragg, Hood and
with its traditional faith ii In Dy1e
Providence It would hail the election OF q demo.
cratic President In 1872 as virtual reversal OF the
AppOmat0x surrender. 1t would como into power
with the hate, the chagrin the wrath, the north.
cation Of ten bitter years to impel and guide
reducing tax after tax, until the Treasury was
deprived Of the means Of paying interest on the
tionsi BANKRUPTCY with unaoyed ed siadses 81 and
unconcealed exultation. Whatever chastisement
nay be deserved for our national SINS we must
hope that this disgrace and humiliation will be
snared u.s. Mr.. Greeley has uttered many brave
Nords -. the cause OF truth, but none more true
than these. 1900 ;s,,,...,.s v,
NORTHERN poUGHFACE, sse. -.
.lopping over with the lukewarm milk Of human
kindness, may believe that the late rebels
ere sorry, repentant. and honestly accept the
no man Of an Intellect above good-natured
ldiocy, at all informed OF the past conduct
can doubt that they mean to gain by intrigue what
lost ~ war; That 70 man 9ey are
deeper chasm and iii It fu Of blood il they aid not
fear that brave patriots from the North, selling
The speaker then proceeded to relate the history i
Of the old Missouri compromise question Of 1918
and traced II down to its political the
Ing Mr.. Greeleys desire to et the Southern States
go in peace" with the subsequent utterances Of
ings OF the Southern press about estate sovereign
IT," white supremacy" ''repudiationr and other
declarst,ons. which show that the old fires Of hate
Southern heart, and that in their acceptance of Mr..
az their they are Sc
He continued why did the democratic party
nominate Mr.. Greeleyf On what bargain was It
made public the World said :-"Mr. Greeley's sole
hope OF an election depends upon his receiving the
ne Is By the
and elected BY democratic votes he cannot ignore
the deocratic party In organizing his admlnistrar
Greeley It must De under such circumstances that
he will be compelled to acknowledge his oblga-
lions to the party, and win make e. him
@inistration." The circumstances we're all ar
ranged to mutual satisfaction, and Horace Greeley
which he had lately SO utterly disioyS
and rebel to the core. We know where we stand:
We have two great parties In the neld the old
blgotries, its secession sympathes its rebel sup.
porters with the hate, the chagrin, the wrath,
the modification Of ten bitter years to impe and
guide It's steps," On the other hand, we have the
republican party; with no hate, or chagrin or
wrath, but with record of more than ten years of
patriotic devotion and glorious deeds Of imperlsh-
able renOwn.
PAST EXPERIENCE PROVES
that the Southern politicians never mistook their
man they never accepted q Northern President
unless sure OF his Southern principles, and they
have not changed; they do not even pretend to
have changed; they boldly say that the advocate
OF secession and the baer Of JeY Davis is reliable,
and that he will surely that they are paid for
their liberated slaves-the four hundred million
which he once proposed. Everywhere throughout
the South you shall hear that they expect TO be
paid for their human chattels II Mr. Greeley is
elected. But some one says that the Fourteenth
amendment to the. constitution forbids such pay
ment. So II does; but the Fourteenth amendment
will go where the Missouri compromise went,
and be "trampled IN the DUST with the other re-