New-York tribune., 1876-10-07
DEMOCRATIC APPEALS.
nt.ss MEETING AT COOPER IrNInN.

ued last uigh at Cooper INSTITUTE lhc mn NuS
crowded and ladies were included in the audience
which was enthusiastic though a little impatient for
Senator Herman, who late speaker. Outside cal
ciun lights and music drew together about 5000 people,
who addressed from three stands being devoted
to German speakers. Algernon = Sullivan, Thomas D.
Creamer, Francis j. Dupiguac, james T. McCeland and
others made speeches to the outside multitude.
Tho meeting in the hall called to order by
Il. C. Campbell Among the persons on the platform
wero Mayor Wickhln, Benjamin Rush Of Peunsylyania,
Peter Oney L. l.. stetson, b. a. Willis, Augustus
Sche and Allan Campbell. 4. G. Campbell introduced
Abram Hewitt chairman Of the meeting The fol-
lowing letter from Gov Seymour was then read:
10 WHEELER II. PEcKHAM, esq, President Ten and Hen
DEAR slR: am sorry cannot attend the meet
ing the Cooper Institute nave not been aDe at any
time within the pass four months 20 travel on the rail-
roads, ana even il could reach your city, am not
strong enough 10 address large audience should De
EadtO speak To the business men Oi Nc" 1oth huoI no
injury its commerce by taxation, ~ that Is subject TO
mich have gwen much Thought An attempt mas Deen
nadc 10 shO" that the cost Oh our 10 o
each person than at former times IL Is singular tnat
TINS stated b. Republican Senator'S who by thef tOtes
compel pay than their share Oi taxes,
ami IN way hat makes them poorer wmle IL enfiches
pace with the increase OF numbers Its duties are
lew and limited the question Is, Are our taxes
great debt 10 pay and all other expenses sh0ud DC
Kept down 70 the lowest point Yet the costs OF govern
mcnU in 1870 above all payments Oh account OF INC war
were nearly twice as great as tile largest amount ey
ever reached before that period They are more than
twice as great as they when We sent fleets aud
armies to conquer Mexico. That taxation, aud the way
which it is put on, has crushed the business OF our
country is made clear by what you now see IN NeWlOrk
Why Is your citN now hlled with srangersf why does
lts business suddenly reyyei Merely because the great
railroad lines put down To the lowest point their taxes
lUr carrying property and persons. TINS mas sent the
produce tue West 10 the markets VI the world enabled
people BUY goods OF home Or foreign makc ana
come 10 the Last Tor purposes O business OF pleasure
II the railroads should put up lhelr charges agal-anu
Is said tney viii do s0-then all TINS VIII be
changed. Business and travel VIII ial OIL at once. IL
"a
mt viii 40 the same tung.
We cannot aiord to have our prosperity hang upon the
policy OF corporations. 1 think tnoy acted wisely and
Wo when th,y put down their charges. By this they
help the pulllc But II is not believed That they can
afford To keep them down. Railroad managers claim
that the cuOrnoHs taxes pat upon the hateis O JHyl
nearly Onc-turd tine cost OF their construction. Ihis
tI, If rarI diyiIeliS We see that lie business OF
the country not only to pay s taxes, but II must en-
able tine railroads TO pay their taxes Beyond thdt tey
must be- enabled to pay di'ldcnds on I0imei taXatop
which makes a part OF their capital We must not
relief Ne list not 20 look 10 them Dut TO our Govern
tine Government can do The same thlug. lis
burdens are too great ana they are lmposeo
iI way that Is unequal ana unjust ABOUT
three times as much as the whole cost Oi our Govern
menl loImriB Is now ItNtd upon tohngl.c. inOae ms
lakes cumulative upon the grain OF the West II II Is
sent To market. 1hcy lessen our home business ana
Ly, ed our carr, ing trade upon the seas Com
mcrCc great dIIYug-whcel which sets all OtuUr
Industries in motion. IL nas been loaded down during
tIan eI1J, 100000 Tins las CniteDcd It's action auu
lowered power aud this the cause Ot the dcpfts-
sion Of business and tue distress OF labor Tie reforms
demanded Uy the supporters OF " ssrs ildcu and lien
bricks are not mere tIeoue--tLty concern tie welfare
of eyer, urro of every Lome Of every business pur-
We can. ii We Viii, have teufold more relief from cut
tt, ,, Government taxes than railroad, nave given
u.. We al this election evoke the 6put Of leOim
IL must control NOT ony at the CaplOl OF our Ihloh
uu, Iu the government Of Ie'cIy stdte cly, aAd to"h
N.w-YurA las suffered beyond all other cities from hos,
ly tn commerce and from the oppression ana unt 4l
,.y a., fbr General Government surely tlcu ner
Itt |I
this WORK OI Icticnchcht ana reform ah u"i3 SOls'
&C.. nOHATlO SEYMOUR
letter from Mf. Apglr as 10 the progress of the can
ya,s WAS read and Mr Hewitt then addressed the meet
s lie spoke at some length OF Mr.. Tidcus record n
regard t-oyay, claiming that IN the time just before
fic out brel of the Rebellion he more earnest
than Gen Dix for the Union, th men then condeunng
auy sectional policy because 10 might lead to disunion
lie accused the Republican party of making the Ameri-
can uaine u byword anu rcproarh by its administration
ol the Government. and OF bringing about ruin and bank,
ruptcy To sustain his views he quoted from he lctterot
j. Redwood lIoar and the speech Of senator Conkng
and letter OF Elliott e. Cowd,u lie saf he could not
formulate au Indictment against the Republican party
-o strong as That of the Fifth Avenue Conference. That
declared Lat Only two men were worthy Representatives
of -.l,rm Mr. Bristow and SIR Tlden. Tne Republicans
had rejected the first the Democratic party had accepted
Tine second. The Republicans confessed their msde-
u,,.lnols but pleaded the "baby act" Senator
Republican methods and habits, or be dshonopd
by rcmdiltus the party and mat was a warning
~ Gov. Hayes against amy exercise OF personal lnde-
pcadeucc The campaign Wa, conducted ON bis behalf
iy secretary Chandler who dvowcd his contempt for
civil service REFORM add by tue Grant cotcIe-"hch had
already ruined the audest reputation o the century
by Mc~sr, Boutwell,, Eoheson, williams aud TAFT. The
p, con le,.sd Its crimes and when charged with them
made no answer except To throw mud at tle opposing
candidates, one OF whom pure enough Tor the exact
r Fifth Avenue Conference, and 60 accuse the Demo
craft. party OF tire vices and crimes OF which II was itself
guilty.
senator stockton of Ncw,Jcrsey assailed the Repub
can party s having failed In its administration 10 restore
peace TO tie country, having again Housed up the
ptfcrne, and passion of war, having passed the
Fifteenth Amendment by fraud dhoush he conceded
that negro suffrage an established iacth ana Tor
bringing ia the school and religious questions into
politics.
Lcycrctt salousal OF Massachusetts spoke Of himself
as Yankee Of long Yankee ancestry, datIng back To
1880; Of the pleasure which he had in he celebration OF
the anniversary Of the battle of Bunker Ill., when Bos
tu r.crvedis greatest enthusiasm for the representa-
lives OF South Carolina, Georgia, and Virginia, ana
,cned 10 pour its heart in the JOY o reunion lie
charged tine Republican leaders with defeating thai
happy centennial feeling by their sectional course, tend
ng to restore hate and bitterness between the parts oi
t,e conutrv. and threatening to make the south an
Ireland lie insisted that the Republicans had repeat
edly promised reform within the party, but
IN II years OF peaceful power had failed
IL, all such promises. He dcnoupced the Republican
ty for the crimes of its officials in The last eight years
and charged they had taken advantage oI tnc lcsul
of their own mismaudgemeht IN pIhslhE Hpou, an
Indian war and the massacre Of Clusters command, 10
ct 1 500 more troops send 10 OvrrhWe Whlte voters III
the south. lie spoke with rulogy OF tue hOhht ION Ol
Charles Francis Adams whose name was greeted win
cheers Alr. -altOnsta asserted thht Coy Hayes was
only weak ana mediocre man rom N%holn % no Eit4l 4
efforts cud be hoped for reform, Wle lhc DelhocIauc
candidates were earnest ANA oI proved Slt'hslh' ,,.
samatnr Keruau Was the next speaker. Tine Republic
can nariv he said had administered the government for