New-York tribune., 1876-09-30
A DEMOCRATIC RALLY.

CARTER, AND OTHERS.
The second of the Friday evening Democratic
mass meetings, under the auspices Of the Tlden and
Hendricks Central Campaign Club was held last evening
at the Cooper Institute, which was again crowded with
attentive audience In the absence of the President
Mr.. Peckham Edward Cooper presided. MI. Cooper
first introduced E. Morrison who read the follow
ing letter from Charles Francis Adams to the Chairman
of the State Democratic Committee:
QUINCY Sept. 25, 1876.
DANIEL MAGoNE, JR Chairman N. Y. State Democratic
DEsR SIR: Absence from home has prevented me from
answering promptly your letter OF the 2Oth INST IL
were younger would be an agreeable duty to perform
the tasS to which you pvlte me- But have not dole
7Otn year Should | accept one invitation, should
probably give rise to others which would have an equal
home Yet think fully appreciate tho Importance OF
this IL narrowing Itself daily more and more
who hold he Official organization Of the country for then
exclusive benefit. From the days OF tRe CreJit
Mobier down TO the last exposures made by tie lnveSu
cations the last gress there is only conclusion
10 be drwn and that s the prevalence OF corruption
honest do indeed make brave and sincere efforts to
resist this baeiu influence but they are too often &c
feaed TO raise any just hopes of ultimate success Thls
struggle has been going ON Tor years ana no mate
The time has come for radical change, ana the
subst tuition of q wholly new influence ted up Dy no
restrictions ether than the genuine WISHES OF nonest
OF all parties. Wnen In great popular convention
OF party to nominate candidate Tor the PreslGecy'
foas Sns o dSePy @ H"se Of
within 25 votes OF nomination. aud anoLher VINO
really himself by fearless and effective ex,
posures OF corruption in nigh places could not command
than 100 votes IL seems 70 me that u If Sh
time for change IN public opinion Neither is tue case
Improved by view OF the manner in which the canvass
has been carried on. Tne great effort OF thh
Republicans to be to operate on the popular pas
Sons excited during the late civil war Instead Oi
repeating the honorable call President Grant, Let US
another war And why is thlsf Only because ope
OF the Southern states choose 10 vote as they peao
ice-oldcrs all over the country, welded by equally
corrupt combinations OF Legislators az tue seat Oi Govern
ueut, TO perpetuae theft own power Noriy yerlyl n
the people are wise they will lay down party aud seize
the present opportunity to make eH,nSe, Gii sS'!
truiy yours, ChAILLs FhANCis AUAAs'
EDGAR X. APGARs STATEMENT.
The Hon Edgar n ApEar, Secretary OF the State Com
mittee read a statement, which substantially IA
follows:
have recently returned from tour through the cen
trail and western counties Of the state and nave every
Where been surprised and rioced by the more than
favorable condition Ot our canvass In aggresSNehSS'
energy ana hopenness our eople are iar aheid o. y
thnS have known IN io1ner years IN my eaptSLy @ 90
Secretary OF the Democratic state Committee nave
been engaged since my return IA looking over our cor
Undcncc for tde past week. and am here Tonight "
tell yO tnat net merely gung u carry New YORK,
hut that all the indications point 10 larger majority
than has been given To either party Tor ~ years past
In examination OF more than GDJ letters, rcpfeseHS
every portion OF h state not one has been found Whc
does not re.ort acccssious from the other sue anu
contain sssauces OT better results than ever before
THcse letters came from people OF all conditions, anu
mainly from those whose statements In past years thc
results have vented Tue Information which we gee
this people Is much moro Queer
bIg and pOnts To even better results than those or Two
years ago. Indeed, there Is no comparison between
tLem, and we were 20 trus o indications which nave
uised In thc plst should expect 10 give 10
Mr.. Iiden fvr President majority larger by tens OI
thOnkanis than that lie received iUr Governor
Intght stand mere for hours uud read you extracts
letters That have come TO us from every quarter
@ tie sAis lseye are ISL election dsfes @ IA Tue M
Isr,ssion indees that ths sverige ngmS 10 efsn hni
wLo are with tAs year, IL than To- or over
25 DOO outside Of NewYork aud Brooklyn There ale OF
whom We do not hear, who viii seeutIy vote for ~
Change ana bother Iimcs. Indesd,t is probable tbat
tuyEs viii autuumDer those whose accession is KNOWN |
have deemed IL proper 10 make these statements IN Orer
thai you In the GIIy here may know what the country
Cify oil N,wYOrk viii fail far below the measure of our
triumph IN TIE state Our opponent. began the Presden.
ONO IN O,tObr b 10000 dnd Indiana by at least hail
much Today they are Tuaking win lear lest ihey
OF whch would be coTe-edy natal to their Eopes o' shc
cys, In the Presidential electiou Let nh press oh iao
canvass with renewed NIRUg aud We snail win All uhprc
cedeutcd triumph.
Mr. Apgar said that he would make no set speech, but
give briefly reasons supporting the Democratic party
The discussion should be catered upon not as artlsnuS
but as citizens He spoke OF the corruption and denord
zation OF tho present Federal Government, and Of too
many OF the satG governments, aud of the paralysis OF
business during the three years and OF the need o;
change The Republican party itself admitted its failure
in the last years and the need Of REFORM The rar
ties in power shond held responsible for the results OF
their administration Contrast the present Rcpubi-
can party" he said, with that which came
in under the leadership Of Salmon T. Chase
Charles Sumner and Horace Greeley. lChecrs.l The
men who have iocked to that standard, like Benjamin
f. Buter-[bissrs and Simon CanHron, have gotten thg
control of the uaTtv They have made the E broad ana
deep between the Republican ar ~as II was ana pS II
is" The speaker reviewed tue scandals OF Le AI9ihs-
trat0n such as those cf Babcock and Bcknap, Which
with 'he In iness depression called Tor chaAgr IN the
r. NJ Narr of Louisiana was the speaker, and was
greeted with cheers. He said he should not speak o tue
special wrongs Of his own STATE, but OF those "nGcS
which affected not only the Solthen people b1' tHlr
cncd the Government, National ana losa anu nDUr8 t
itsGlf. He spoke Of toe history OF Magma Charti uh!
one Of the audience called 10 him 10 dEop ancient history
and come tO modern times Tho point Mr.; MATT IN m'1o
was that in English law the freedom o. si'ragc was SO
guarded that soldier was allowed within Two miles Ot
Iollng place. while the American soldier IN ma state
Louisiana wac brought tO the polling place WIN the mis-
erablo duty OF keeping the peace and acnE az te DECK
of any United states marshal IN p5gIe9tng the ireG e. *
ercse o the franchise Ia one PARISH 81 LoIislaa tneIt
were at the last election 200 United statcN hathals u
was easy to see what power 1rey niu M ncd nmn"
Ically that any Democrats TN his Saie Wohd eActhSJ
their for thc National candidates Tor votes 10, oc
candidates They knew there lh3t ther oulS none M1s
IN a National Democratic Adlplnsuatl0u' Ibc Cnioitu
would vote more largely tlan ever e'iIre % @ VIII dne
Democrats this year. He admitted mat the southern
whites had been opposed to AUUhithB mcsI3oS 70 uc
suffrage, ACCOUNT oi the Ignorance oi poch matls
and the want Of that Independence 4i Thought anu acon
on the part Of the negroes when VAS e.Scnlih !" u
healthy exercise OF the Franchises put now tat te Con-
stunOn had settled tne question, mo Democrats ai
Baton ROugc in convention HAD aCcepted the Iic, anu
pledged themselves to protect an ID t1G Je eNfrIs3 @ a.
themselves. The intimidato on was not Hoih the "!o
man, bn between negro and negro.
Beninmin Rush OF Pennsylvania, introduced as tho
gran son OF the Rush who signed me DecAFitl pI III
GsncuJrncc smoke of some omissions In the previous
speeches and ea!ozizcd the National Danoctatlc eand-
dates cOndemnmg strongly the personal characef on the
Renublican canvass. Loud calls FOR Peter B. Oney
hrorht him 10 the OF tho patOun, but only 10 an-
next weeks meeting ana 10 u'shiss lle "uu
ence.
FALLING orr IN CANAL TOLLS.