The New York herald., 1876-10-20


TUTE MEETING LAST NIGHT by THE APOSTLE
OF IMITATION
brass band stationed in front OF Cooper Institute
last night played .'Hold the Fort" while couple OF
small boys stationed at the doors Of the big hail. in
which Cooper and Cary greenback meeting was be-
ing held gave every person that ontcrod nice ship
OF paper which printed in green ink tho green
back party ticket State and national In the mid
die "a battle song" set to tho air the band play
ing The mcdle verse read
How the mighty host advancesi
Cooper leads tho
Cary Joins the gathering millions
ON the sreenoack plan.
The other sidc of the slip WAS printed in Imitation
OF bank noto with an enormous figure three In the
centre surrounded with tho inscription In nicely dis
played type, peter Cooper the iread OF the working
man, tho protector the poor and distressed" 'rhe
Bank Bread pay TO the order of yourself by your
own labor for honest days work $3 by voting
for Cooper ana Cary and against national banks.
taxed bondholders and monoposts-Iudcpendcn
greenbacK party" On tho right Of the bill was
picture OF Peter Cooper .For Presidents" and beneath
IL tho following quotation from tho venerable cand
date's address :"National Prosperity cannot DO ro
stored by enforcing idcncss largo portion Of the
people" On the lott corresponding picture Of
Cary "For V. President" with pretty extract from
ono OF his specchcs--.sNo nation can ex-
,st with untaxod monopoly in Its
midst" Those "cicgant extracts" formed tho
keynotes OF the speeches the respective
thors made last night Before eight O'Clock the hall
crowded with an audience composed for the most
par. of young men. though few white polls cleaning
here and there indicated that older people
present. ana goodly number Of ladies graced the oc-
aston.
Tnc Honorable Peter Cooper was unanimously
called to when the meeting organized. and he
received with loud hearty and prolonged applause
nc made briei address, the chef points OF which
were that his party hold Il as an established fact
that the adoption Of the constitution by the people had
made the coming OF money and the regulating the value
thereof the first and most important duty cnJoned
BY the constitution the Congress the United Statcs
that paper be suppressed and the circulating
medium must be restored to the nation 10 whom II
belongs; that could doubt but that the sov
ernment credit was better than any bank more stable
and more SAFE and that. tho whole. method has
hitherto been devised equal In all ITS advantages To
bills OF credit made general legal tender Ricardo
great an Improvement in commerce that I
should greatly regret u prejudice should induce
us To return TO a system of less utility
In England the suspension Of specie payment Tor some
twenty. nvo year.. during her Napoicouic wars, had
proved great blessing anu made them tho years OF the
greatest prosperity known IN the history oil that
country The paralyzed condition Of the industries OF
our country had resulted from the adoption Of sinh
lar chort TO contract the currency OF the country IN
order promise ircm local banks that they
| would pay specie on demand.
Az ORIGINAL SPEAKER
Mr.. Marcus Hanlon, OF Brooklyn, was introduced at
the conclusion OF Mr.. Coopcr's remarks He began ny
gong back 200 years the Massachusetts Bay colony
aud their discovery OF tribes oi Indians which had a
DIVISION OF labor and q currency OF wampunL He re-
ferred tho troubles OF tho coonists arising IRON
want OF sufficient quantity OF circulating medium,
| from that time until the establishment OF tho nrst
banking institution In tho State In less. The prn-
cpc present method oil banking was illustrated
by the speaker after this hshon:--A man
| having q single gold dollar sets up bank,
/ and upon Tho security OF that one coin
issues paper promises to rny dollar In gold
| on demand. How much Is each paper dollar then
worth? Ton cents. \ merchant calls apon The banker
TO redeem OF the bills IN gold aud what arc the
| other nine then worhY Alter tho gold IN ono OF oui
banks has paid out, aud ohor bills presented
tho institution declares specie payment suspended
Resolved That recognize In the candidmtcs nominated