New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1876-10-19
THE PROCEEDINGS.


Inv peope of the vicinity Delegations present from
noighboring towns and there was an imprompu parade
of citizens in uniform, headed by brass band pat
form had been erected front Of the hotel for the e
comInodaton of the speakers, and large pacon| W
hind If was filed with ladies. The weather was warm
and pleasant and the atmosphere was so stu as TO rem
der outdoor speaking easy and effective The meeting
was called to order at $50 p and tue KoV III a. ~
Gillett of Sing Sing offered prayer
Elliot q .Cowdn was made president OF the meeting
mud after acknowledging the honor compared tho re-
cords Of the Republican and the Democratic parties,
shaving what one had accomplished for the country ara
humanity and pointing the bots upon the history Oh
the other He declared that the real question wich u
derics all the issues OF the campaign was "helueI '
country onobt TO he continued under the control OF the
marty which preserved it, or under that OIL Ihe party
which inflicted many calamities upon It, lie d"e'V upon
The mower which the South would have if the Democrats
should be successful and upon the proDaoliy Oh 'o
payment Of rebel claims. Democratic Claims oi IT,
trenchment were asserted to be false, and MT CoWuh
declared that whatever proigacy and dishonesty there
had been in the Republican party were vastly exceeded
M, tbe corrlptions Of Democratic administrations An
appeai to the citizens OF this State 10 work as haid as
possible because New-IOrk would be TIE rear oaIue
ground Of the contest, closed the address
In the list OF Vice Presidents were the names OF ffed
erick W Seward George A. Brandreth, William a Pentz
James W. Hustled, Benjamin Moore, Thomas Nelson
('yrus W. Field William L. Dodge, aud Morris h Jesup
Mr. Cowdin presented to the meeting Gen Banks VINO
was cordially received and attentvey listened TO- HIS
address was dispassionate discussion of present Is
sues and Of the considerations which should influence
voters Ii was substantially follows:
Mr.. President AND FELLOw-CITIzENs: II Is our own
business that brings us together today te r UI UTi
Nobody can attend TO il but Ourselyc Il we desire
should be done well and for the common INTEREST, We
must do it ourselves He is well served who attends to
his own business" wise men have said IRON tlc neSln
ming of the world Now PROPOSE III tl t LUZ ,l
am permitted 70 20 TnSoiiS3 and NOT much OF
tr,tasfou | HAY M
to ask. speak for my country lor us p,4PTs
FOR the perpemity Of its institutions Tor justice anu loi
truth, aud for nothing else
Suppose then begin at that which IS uppermost IN
the minds Of the people OF the country az ths ue-t
IS the uu Welcome presence OF what Is universally c,o
hard times" Why, in country ike tins should mere
be hard times, where the richest SlitS u i
smile all Sides where every thlhg tlt We WISH sPlnSs
Of the ground at our bidding where We Have uog
very feet twotmd 81 all he goa ana SIS I've dn cs
that exist the face of the globe where 4OOOOODOr
$4,000 600 of people who ask nothing but me privilege
of working, who deere nothing that Is nor theirs MH
wish nothing that is not OF their creation, VINO WISH
strengthen ali its mterests When We have these re-
sources and these people Why sh0nd we nave r,u
where az we read from the daily Journals
fHS very of 6ooooo Of s0oo05O armed men, where
dynsstes are striving to destroy each otheI-u they
we nave them here Who can tell You may put that
question every man you may meet In the street, anu
you viii not find man who can answer IT, We scheiMy
forget from time to time the great events lhat are ui
spiring We remember more or less the periods "hen
they occur. but so RAPID Is tne transition oi lIs oi
time that We think very little OF the incidents o. th'in
remind me Of certain incidents You know, OF course
that have had war; not sucl war az lleV nav III
OF five at S the 5a Slate not of SewYorf and The
state of Delaware added to il but war that
continued for years and OveIln country from the
H. Nor 10 thc Gull of Mexico Now wars are
tive the great object OF both parties IL this contest was
TO destroy Destroy WHAT Destroy everything;
destroy life destroy property destroy crops destroy inc
residences and all the appurtenaces OF soci& ana cN
life II was to destroy eyeTythng ana u ltoaueSu
whoti Nothing except mat WdS3 o %ouid gu m
rDs s tier urodnctiye powers and had given
themselves TO work Of demolition aud destruction
people if il were devoted to the arts ANA interests OF
peacel What would have been our country now, II
these years that have passed four or i've OF war ana
ten more devoted to repairing the riVasfi 81 %a
had not occurrcdl do not speak you as Democrats
as Republicans, party men, or a. nOpTly men, SPEAK
ovon simply as men What would have been the condition
Of Inc peoplc of this country at this moment, in these
sixteen years had been permitted under the lIOVl
dence of Cod have taken from the eatn It's resources
OF wealth. and have accumulated all those advantages
and useful results which belong 10 ineni hQ9 nave no
idea What the would he IN figures II Al could
be produced From 1910 1880 and from $50 10 1850
the aggregate product of the country for each yea was
equal to - per cent OF wealth OF the country
Now nave word to say for the people OF the south
sumter9 Every citizen Of your neighhoglool or
your county who was IL the war VIII tcl y9n
the people OF the south that they never OF their own
opon Would have entered into TIC contest The people
~ the Sonth did not intend 70 20 rebellion. they
were deudcd INTO aud secession II was nOt thSG
purpose 10 nave a contest In part Of the south did
they directly propose thems,lves either war scces
sion or resistance. Whence. them came that influence
soldiers of the Northern army viii zen YOU mat when
they sacked the house seated near the Mississippi Wcn
belonged to jefferson DAVIS they loul iet,,Is ~ 'n'
house from NOrtherncr high IN ONCE ana powerful III a
thOrit assuring hn that no movement should DC maze
in f NORTH 10 suppress rebellion in the south, unless
that movement passed first the dead bodies Of the
writer's Need tell you that the movement In question
az NOT mass over Tic dead bodies of those North
erncrsI They are alive and well and running for
Office the Democratic ticket Checrs and ldughtelJ
remember when came to New YORK Tor the purpose
OF entering the army. II not at my own desire, Dut
at Invitation OF The authorizes at Washington Ihefe
was in the city that battery Of light artillery
the first to enter the 10 come that night from
Boston There doubts in the city II this artillery
would really The people could not believe IT,
But a murnur came ut midnight which swept away the
doubt. the rumble OF the attHSf wagons rOiinB dOng
deep-Settled feeling seemed brOOdlHg
In every he neancnOy ~ Vi h te d
n,ent OF that artillery. Aer the wagons Had ptsse9
and returning 10 the hotel, Southern friend said
10 me; This not what we were pr0insed' MhN was
the nature Of the promise he alluded 10! IL was the re-
OF the SOrthenefs TO the first and 70 every SUD
sequent movement which had for ITS object 10 subject
the Southern people ~ the Government OF the UhlteI
States. Who gave them the promise in question The
Democratic party of the NOrn-the party which Is guilty
causing every evil which the people labor under To-
day, whether in the South the North, who, without
any interest advantage 10 themselves brought on
disasters and calamites which afflicted the whole cOun
Try and which occasoned the destruction OF SjOOOOOOO
dollars worth Of property.
My deficiency for time Was II not necessary 10
tsue naper money and bonds represent
the debti That done by the Government, by the
States the municipalities by the corporations even
10y individuals. The Government mlugated the general
distress by issuing these securities, amounting to
SIOOOO.OOO or Sl2,0O0,00O. And now when people
payment OF these securities, when they want
the debt TO be redeemed with gold ana silver Wen your
business and property are gone wneh hee Is no
ment IN the present. no hope IN the future what Us Tue
inevitable result not and must II not be hard mesf
Is not distress inevitable as If God bad ordaned VINO
did all this Who the authors OF these calamitleS
Was II not your Democratic friends IN Ncv-IOrkI They
dd IT. II was not the wish of the people either in
the south or the North 1t was the consequence OF events