Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-09-24


characteristic Letters From Lesdin,
Democra!s--Congre resslcnal Nomination ns
N&w YORK, Sept. 23.-The great Democratic
union mass meeting tonight was perhaps th
most imposing political demonstrations tina
has ever taken place in the city. Soon afte
nightfall sounds of military bands ard of mar
tial music were heard in every direction
Members of the several assembly and ware
organizations were Fastening to many rendes
vouz to prepare for the grand torchlight pro
cession, while Democrats and citizens not il
alliance with the party crowded the cars of the
elevated and surface railroads on the way t;
the meeting. Union square and the adioin'
ing streets aud avenues were literally crammeG
with PEOPLE and all about was brilliantly IL
Illuminated. The principal meeting was il
Tammany Hall, which WAS packed with a most
entL usiastic audience John Kelly called this
meeting to order and was greeted with uproar-
Ious applause. Re introduced Dan'l Dougerty
Of Philadelphia, who made an eloquent open
ing address.
August Belmont was chosen chair
man. His speech was devoted in
the main to consideration of the claim that the
present prosperity of the nation is due to Re.
pODllc3n ieglSlatlOn ana clt6u as SiSnlnc9nt
fact that only in 1879, with the House and Sen
ate both Democratic, were we enabled to float
our per cent, bonds at par The American
people do not owe their present prosperity to
either Republican or Democratic law makers.
They owe 1t first and above all to the blessings
of the Almighty who has given them unbound
ed crops with which to feed the famishing
masses, 10 feed Europe. Next, to forced econ
omy, and next To retrcnchment in private and
ba
ters OF 1878, and lastly to the thrift energy
and skill of our farmers, planters and mechan-
les, which have made Us large exporters to the
marts of the World not only of the Surplus
produce of err soil, but also of works of Amer
lean invention and skill.
Resolutions were read and adopted and let
ters of regret because of absence of the writer's
were announced. The letters were from leading
Democrats in every part Of the Union, bnt only
a few of them were read.
FROM GEN. HANCOCK.
Dear Sir Please express my thanks to the
convention for the invitation to be present at
the grand meeting to be held in New York city
the 22d inst. If circumstances permit, it will
give me pleasure to attend, but my occupa-
tlOns and my engagements are such it is net
probable | shall be able to co so. If [ should
L will take the liberty of Informing you here
after. Very truly yours,
(Signed.) WINFIELD s. HANCOCK.
FROM SAMUEL J. TILDEN.
Dear SIR TdOugh it will not be practical
Bile cf ne to avail myself of your invitation to
attend the meeting to be held on the 23rd, in
support of Hancock and English, / most COR
daily sympathize with its object, nor do |
prepared to sustain all legitimate efforts to in
sure better administration Of the feZeral
government.
EX-Goy. HENDRICKS WRITES
Il am very confident New York and Indiana
will both eelect Democratic electors and that
the national Democratic ticket will bee lected
by a vote that no fraud can overcome"
FROM sENEToR HILL, GEORGIA:
81 am not entirely satisfied that addresses
By Southern speakers at the North will aid the
party. l am quite sure some which have been
made have not aided it. | must prefer not to
speak unless it is assured 1 will do no harm.
My own opinion is that we'll considered
speech delivered to quiet audience in Boston
might do good"
JOSEPH PULITZER,
of the Post Dispatch, st. Louis, thus answers
an invitation to speak: Il should do it with
very great pleasure if it were possible but it
is not uqtil after the October election"
FROM DAVID DAVIS, ILLINOIS,:
Domestic reasons which need no explana.
tion exclude me from taking pert in any pub
lie meetings at this time. l regret not being
able to give more satisfactory answer to the
invitation; congratulations on the restoration
of harmony in New York and victory in
Maine"
SENATOR pAYARD
was received with great cheering, and made
long speech, discussing many questions which
enter into the Presidential contest. He said
time has changed the population of the South
as well as of the North. A new generation of
men and women, who could have but little to
do or say in relation to the war of 1861, now
occupies and controls the country
OF the charge that in the event of Demo
cratic success, tie war debts of the South. the
loss of slavery and claims for other losses
growing out of the war, pensions for their
wounded, etc would be paid out of the
United States treasury, Mr.. Bayard said: The
foolish asserti ons, is that such payments
would be impossible. The good
sense or honesty of that man
is seriously to be impugued who does not
Iead in the plain mandate of the Fourteenth
amendment the absolute seal of illegalfty and
nnllity set upon all such claims. Having been
for number of years in Washington, l have
learned who were the real beneficiaries Of the
claims paid by Congress in the past ten years.
IF the class styled Southern claims" and in
almost every instance the great part of money
flowed into the pockets of Northern and vety
loyal assignees, who bought up these
claims for a song from the impecunious South-
ern owners. At the great gathering of Repub-
Hcan ladies' and gentlemen last week there
were lawyers, bankers and statesmen, who had
more money in their pockets from Southern
claims, allowed by Republican commissioners
and Republican courts, than the poor South
ever received since the war, or will ever receive
from now until the day of judgment
The cry of solid South" received attention
and Mr.. Bayard said the South is not solid for
anything, the North need not apprehend and
its solidity has no future and ito result un-
friendly to the prosperity Of the entire Union.
In relation TO the condition of business in
the Southern States MIR. Bayard quoted freely
from paper by Edward Atkinson, of Massa-
chusetts, and published in the FOrtnightly Re
0ielC, in which appears this passage, "Ihe total
productions of gold and silver by mines, mount
aims and rivers of this whole world for seventy
seven years has been $4 400, 9S7, GOO, and the
American cotton crop for the last ten years has
amounted to from $2,500, 000 900 to S3, ,0O0,-
100000 in gold values. Since 1866 an indus
trial revolution has occurred in the States
made free by the war, such as never before
occurred on the earths surface. There has ap-
peared to be misgovernmcnt, fraud, political
disturbance, want of stability, some
times violence, but underlying this
surface apparently so deeply agitated, great
industrial forces have been quietly and surely
working to the end indicated by the great crops
of cotton-the ten last crops marketed exceed
ing the zen ante-war crops by nearly $500, 900
bales, while the crop now being marketed will
be far the largest ever grown. Violence and
anarchy cannot have been the rule in section
that has produced greater crops for sale and
has at the same time been more self-sustain-
ing than eyer before in its history.
Speaking of the prosperity of the nation and
the production of tobacco. sugar and rice, Mr..
Bayard said: And yet our domestic produc.
ton of the last two articles is only in the
Southern States. and tobacco is chiefly pro-
duced there. OF tie tobacco crop from the
two-ffths retained and manufactured in the
United States over thirty y-eight million dollars