The New York herald., 1878-09-13
THE OUTSIDE MEETING.

THE OUTSIDE MEETING.
Tho rude platform which had been erected on the
open space In front OF the the great hall
showed several posters announcing "Grand Rat6ca-
ion Meeting of United Green back Labor Party"
Another bill had II "The Lberator for Two Cents.
Mon OF the Multitude, be Free!'' lime light
nxed One Of the columns OF the elevated
railroad throw tho are its binding rays tho
backs Of the audience and into the face OF the
speaker. Captain Mccullough, with about one hun
dred Of the police force from the downtown pre-
cincts posted themselves along tho walls either
side Of the meeting hall, II they expected great
row. Said one:-
'.Say, what's the matter? Day they expect trouble
hsref Lor', never saw such lot OF cops anywhere
beore.n
"Don' know, !" replied tho other, "oxoept tho con-
servative capitalists are afraid TO let workingmen
como together an express their views"
"LooK's like they're trying game of intimidation;
thut's what's up" observed another speaker
By bait-past eight O'Clock the weather, which had
been threatening, cleared of, tho few umbrellas
displayed by some individuals In the crowd wore put
away. and business procseded with. At tho
opening of tho meeting not moro than two hundred
people collected round tho PLATFORM but during
The speaking tho audience increased to about fifteen
hundred
Mr. p. O'Rciliy, who apparently acted as chair
man, addressed q few words TO tho audience by way
OF an Introductory speech, and presented the first
speaker Of the evening. IN the person of Mr. A. A.
Carsey This speaker adver,ed to the fact
years ago he had met with six others. in
party. Now assemblage OF 6,OOO workingmcn
were in session in That hall. rheX had all neard the
alter the visit the gifted son Of the Golden Cato
The speaker did not forget that within short umo
400 bankrupt merchants mad appeared IN
through ins,rum entality Of bad Legislation in
Washington ana at the City Hall. Eight hundred
thousand OF tho cty's poor live 10 wrctched tenc-
aristocrats who control everything. But it would be
avenue. and that tho workingmans ballot is good
that OF Vanderbilt They saw In Maine what could
sS ne easS nsS ns@ 70
hundred thousand men TO control this great
nation with its more than forty millions oil nhabi.
$780, 900 year, aud the County clerk got 800 900
more, shat no money was left wherewith TO en-.
amounting TO 1000, GOO OF men organized it
would bs necessary to get together as large an
s,my nay for IA the same the way money ss
| IL was obtained In 1861. He contendod that
the soldier should also be good enough the la
boror. He concluded by wishing to see the brickay-
step into tho TO- 900 fat Offices held by politicians
REMARKS J. II. FOX.
Mr. j. II. Fox went into The condtion Of the work
Ing classes at the present time and compared them
with what the slaves were formerly. In speaking of
credit OF being tho worxingman's friend, for
no had, moro than any other public man In this
tho the customary changes on the crimes OF
'bioated capitalists the oppression Of the poor
sns U hs own s
saea%a1 asae esokS on bis sslsiaai principle the
resumption OF specie payments, he beloved,
poor. poor He ' explained the ascending scale Of
q day until now. whom thoy only get ninety cents.
Neither tho former tho latter period could thcy
What they could earn. Amid variety OF conflicting
manifestations the speaker launched into a tirado
oiEca
A SPEAKER FROM THE WEST.
Mr. Egbert OF OHIO, said that he had beon IN that
State advocating the party in the po:
litical Whilc investigating the question Of
finance he found that the sort OF lcgisia-
that took place In England under precisely
similar circumstances But England is IN
olgarchical country, ana to-day we, IN this FREQ
democratic rspubcao country are adopting the Same
measures employed IN q despotic monarchy to grind
the into poverty. Tho circumstances OF these
United such that 0o0 900 Of men and women
without the means OF ming their bread This vast
number Of idio people represents loss Of something
s. 600 900 day Is enough TO bankrupt any nation.
o claimed that a. .ne close OF the war s oOo 600
could we'll bear t-nay, flourish under what
some people called the weight Of II. In
1865 Secretary Mccullough began 70 contract
tho currency tin only something like 5000 600, 900
or $7OO Ooo, 600 remain In circulation. He snowod,
threw tho control Of the funds into few
hands only, 20 the manifest injury OF tho
many. Ho believed that metallic currency
is not sufficient to moot tho wants Of
a great country ike this however 1t such single
currency might be to answer the requirements OF
ohgurchical governments-like that OF England Tor
example. Az the system OF metallic currency, which
was imported from the Old World. has been out.
grown by the vast strides the direction oil
progress takon BY America, wo need another
system OF double currency which will afford expan-
sion without cutting tue hands from the body OF In.
dustry. II well 0ugh understood that money
did not grow ike fruit for tho government to piuck
when ripe; Il all came out OF the peoples pockets,
| and therefore II It required 5000, ,0000, 900 or
| 500, 600 900 annually to carry on the gov
ernmcnt. the issuing Of this amount OF currency lid
| not represent what tho government owed to the
people. but what tho people owed TO the government.
| lie claimed that what bondhoders meant by
| honest money that they might DO
| permitted To purchase bonds for hfty
| or sixty cents and soil them for one
to tho yard Honest money, II should be under
stood, is the money OF the contract ln 1868 John
| Sherman said that any man who wanted payment IN
gold Tor bonds, or anything other than greenbacks,
| ward hc GiDtroduccd biil into Congress,
aud General Grant signed H. making bonds payable
coin Tho sposker was proceeding to show from his
| point OF Wow. how the national banks make, by
do their bonds and their notes,
least eleven and even tweivo per cont when In
| the crowd shoutec:-
tvrhat's d---d letV
Cries OF .'Put him - 'srakc MIN awoy" fol-
lowed this outburst Mr. Egbcrt said, Never mind |;
he puts himself out OF ull decent society Two dollars
buy his vote on election day" An olccr now iutcr-
| fored ana removed tho disorderly wight who had
| temporarily disturbed the proceedings. The re-
nnindor OF the speech doyotcd TO advocating the
wel-known remedies OF the groonback party for the
| Ills under which business groans
Mcssrs. Champion Bsscl j. Coney and others uiado
short addresses before the meeting broke up, which
was about quarter before ten O'Clock