New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-07
A MEMORABLE GATHERING.

A MEMORABLE GATHERING.
YIrTa-AvENUE AND THE CROSS STREETS NEAR THE
HEADQUARTERS PACKED WITH PEoPLE-sAIIENT
POINTS OF THE SPEECHES..
The enthusiasm the visit of General Garfield
to New-York reached its climax in the serensde at
the Republican Headquarters at No. PAL Fifth-aye..
last evening. The scenes Throughout were extraor-
binary in character. The house containing the
headquarters, which is situated in one of the most
elegant parts OF Fifth-ave. has little or nothing to
distinguish it from tue other fine residences on all
Sides At o'clock last evening stran ger driving
past would have seen ttlo to attract his attention
Two hours afterward a remarkable change
lights scattered between Twenty-sixth and
Thirty-second-sts. lighted up the street
with brillancy and showed the great numbers who
were congregated there. Around the headquarters
large company of police officers kept clear con-
siderable space. Every other available place was
flied. far as the eye could reach not alone the
streets, the doorsteps and yards but every balcony
the windows. and even the tops of some of the
houses.
The great mass of people preserved the most per-
feet order and up to this time had remained almost
entirely quiet. General Garfield came unheralded.
walking through the space kept open for the pur-
pose with Marshall Jewell and few others. AS he
reached the edge Of the crowd he was
recognized and great cheer went up. 1t
spread along the line faster than he could walk and
when he reached the steps of the headquarters the
whole mass of the assembly was joining In shouts of
welcome. A few minutes afterward he stepped out
upon the front balcony, and then the warmth
of greeting was even more marked. There
was an effort on the part of the people
TO rush forward as they cheered the candidate, and
the officers had to their utmost efforts to keep
them back The crowd seemed never to tire of
cheering Wien three cheers had been given with
loug.drawn-out tiger" some one else
would again name General Garfield, and
again the cheers would break forth These
scarcely ceased before General Arthur stepped from
the parlor windows The cheers given him were
loud and earnest. The spirit of enthusiasm that
was now fully aroused delighted to expend itself
upon Marshall Jewell, General Logan and other
prominent leaders as they appeared in sight.
The police officers now made wide room for the
torchlight companies to pass by. First came a
company of colored Bows in Blue. They were hailed
with applause from all sides. When they caught
sight of General Garfield they broke into hearty
cheers Several companies that followed them were
as enthusiastically cheered and cheered the candi- |
date as enthusiastically. At the first break in the
procession the crowd from all sides pressed in upon
the policemen and forced them slowly back until no
open space was left.
HOW THE SPEECHES WERE RECEIVED.
During the speeches that made the immense |
fhrong continued to stand as closely packed to- |
sether as possible, extending far up and down the |
street. large part of the people being beyond the
possibility of hearing what was said General |
George H. Sharpe made the Introductory |
address. 1t was q plain statement of the |
contrast between the positions OF the candidates
OF the two parties Every allusiOn to the |
record Of General Garfield on the field of battle or
In Congress was received with loudly expressed |
APPRECIATION But the point that had the strongest
effect was the statement that the Republican nomi-
nation was not an incongruous one that the MEN,
bers of the party had not been compelled to put
forward figure head to hide real plaus, as the
representative Of sentiments which they did not en-
tertain.
General Garfield had stood all this time in the Dig
nfed way that characterizes all his actions, with
his right hand resting in the folds of his coat, he
calmly looked over the great multitude. He had
bowed in acknowledgement of each of the most en-
thusiastic greetings, but this the only indica-
ton he gave that he was aware that this splendid
demonstration was in his honor. When introduced
by General Sharpe, he stood in the same quiet way
until the prolonged cheers had subsded. lie began
TO speak I'll tones that could be distinctly heard
lar out into the crowdj but the hoarse-
ness that has resulted from the great
amount of talking he has done this week soon
showed itself, and prevented him from speaking
es freely as he otherwise would have done. What
he said was listened to with the most earnest atten
uon broken only by the cheers that now and then
could not be suppressed. He made New-YOrk at the
time when Alexander Hamilton began bis first cOnst
tutonal writings the centre of the sentiment which
mas since upheld the Constitution. Ideas Outlived
men, he said, for the Republican party still to-
Gay standing guard around the sacred truth for I
which Republicans fought during the war No ,
part OF the address cheeied with more warmth I
'nan that in which General Garfield spoke of the {
nights Of the coored race. During the war; he said.
Tie supporters of the Union had always looked q
v'ef their white enemies to their black allies n
ocyond, and had found them faithless There @
we're renewed cheers when the candidate ceased '
Speaking
uehera Arthur ia his address modestly diverted
sVehtion from himself TO General Garfield and said
na' more honor than was the due of the Presiden
'i candidate could not be rendered to him. The q
ssee" Tor General Arthur were still sounding b
"Ieh ,s General Logan was called for. a
A' spoke deliberately and earnestly, setting II
s"ea 10 each other the records of the two parties.
~-'a 10 asked what reason there was for q change.