New-York tribune., 1876-10-14
THE LOCAL CANVASS.
DEMOCRATS AT COOPER UNION.

DEMOCRATS AT COOPER UNION.
A wELI-ATTENDED MASS MEETING-ADDREssEs ny
AUGUST BELMohT ROBERT M'LANE OF MARY
LAND, GEORGE NJ BEEBE, AND AIToRNEY-GEN-
ERAL. FAIBCHILD.
The large hall of Cooper Union was crowded
evening at the fourth meeting arranged by the
Tilden and Hendricks Central Campaign Club A band
PLAYED from platform before the building carly in the
evening and attracted large number Of people Among
seated the platform within the hall August
Belmont Thomas Cooper Campbell Bernard Reilly, Gen.
Ward b. Burnett, Commissioner H. H. Porter, and the
speakers of the evening.
Thomas Cooper Campbell, Chairman Of the Executive
Committee called the meeting to order at o'clock and
introduced August Belmont, the chairman, who in an
opening address, conTasted the natural wealth and
sources Of the country with its present commercial de-
preston. His inference that 10 the mismanagc
mcnt OF the party In power due the present financial
Distress and he drew picture of the prosperity which
had prevailed during the periods OF Democratic rule It
could be longer claimed that the nation had not
standing army. There an organized army Of 10000
onice-loidcrs through whom the Republican party
doing it, utmost t0 pcrretuate ITS power 1lat party
through its leadership had become corrupt and arbitrary
Mr. Belmont paid warm tribute 10 the character aud
public services OF Charles Francis Adams. During his
stay in England Minister of the United states, had he
been the nobcst and most devoted Fcnau he could not
done for Ireland With reference to the cur
rency question: the speaker said that to restore prosperity
twas necessary restore confidence and this could only
b. done by a return to specie payments. No man in the
country better qualified by his study and invcstiSa-
ton to br!ns this about than hr. Tillcn
Nj Belmont then introduced the Hon. Robert McIanc
of Mary land, who asserted that the last nine gears OF
peace had been disastrous to the country than the
years In 1867 the revenues OF the country were
E00OOO0OO larger ttan present. and that deficiency
had been abstrlced by the collectors Of revenue and
never reached the treasury. The Democratic party de-
served support because the lac National Convention
it resolved that it would have honest money aud honest
government. 90 would nave hard money aud nothing
else. by honest government meant civil service
reform. The speaker here referred to several we'll
known instances OF corruption la certain department nts
the Government during the past few years and as
serted tia by every record, by every known form OF
proUf the present Administration was corrupt Ia
contrast 10 this statement, II wei known that no
high Democratic official ~ hc entire history OF the party
ma been dSLouorgd Ia thtt way Inc sp'dkct c'u" III
form ms bearers Why honest Mvu -iouid r itr hC sou
10 tho Republican parry. The South had lcc,. t,d tic
i.srrs a. tle war fiiy an ror.iav lApnliuscI 1t
was devoted 60 the interests of Lc county. NoItAcrn
men uuf 90 hc alarmed al TIE prospect az eJli
: MIN n Vsuld l., 1, inc everlasting Disgrace cf the
s0uh b attrr ptuL the concusi ns e "at IL dI not
unite IN sentiments of patriotism W'th i M'clal' ottic
NortI. Noi oI.y was tlis The .rrIIhS among gre Whl'
,cupc, put also tAc cunslctOuo OF al least one
.al tIc negroes who would dcmohs.t-ie u Ut th' p'''
At,0.nty General Charles = Fsirchld followed. lie
wished to cii attention especially to tIr o. J,a 3D. NeW
S.rs Tine canal reform IH been 4guaii2ed To-, tine on
pu.i,ou pt,s shaun Iciouu 1ut t WAS lu ia' thc 0hy
irni ,f fi canals lie reviewed tie iuyc cations OF
thc canal Comm sion. aud described tine methods ana
CIc4u-t tao pros, CIdI. IL th' tuhltrtl"h'
hc -usc very cordially of cN-t ru5 General Barlow.
AIr ridden rad -tIkrl Dos political ."t,uuys upon ihi-
rt.u.uatlui ANA to him s tuyrr wa, due. Upon tuc
crrr.cy question Gov. Ii..n "a, sound Wu't o,h
,u. Wa. thcicl Wa, % was to trust tue De
muDIJcj account of the Eat Wa A. K puoh'ih cry,
10 Wu- .pl 90 dclstIn ta point L.H.y'."h showed
tlat Confederate solui-I. were now Republicans and
that Union -odies' were h"" irH' ln h,' o t"' -. M
oorls uJ.y. Could uot q" o. Joe llooAer Who l-I h,-
battalion to victory auu'r thc rouo- "t llu""i' io"-