The New York Herald Newspaper, July 19, 1848, Page 1

“Tre prescat NO. 5157. NG, JULY 19, 1848. the Barnburners, Last Kvening. The great meeting of the barnburne:s, which ‘was announced to take place in the Park last evening, for the purpose of ratifying the nomi- nation of ex-President Van Buren, of Kinderhook, as the barnburners’ candidate for the Presidency, took place at the hour appointed. At six o’clock— at a few minutes afterfwhich the meeting was called ‘ order, the assemblage numbered probably twenty- five hundred ; and this number was increased from time to time until it reached the aggregate of eight thousand" be the same more or less.” ‘The meeting was called to order by Benjamin F. Butler, Esq., who nominated as chairman Stephen Allen, and a number of vices and secretaries, too nu- merous to mention. , Immediately in front of the platform erected for the se of the rpeukers and officers of the meeting, there ‘was planted a large banners of the followiug descrip- tion :—It was manufactured of brown cotton cloth, on which was painted a portrait of him of Kinderhook. At either side of the portrait was « liberty cap and pole, entwined with a wreath, on the folds of which, on One side, was imprinted. Free Soil, Free Labor, Free b,” leaving one or two vacant spaces; and on the er, “Washington,” “Jefferson Jackson,” and Blank (for Van Buren, we suppose) to correspond with the blanks on the other side, The inscription on this piece of bunting was “Fourth Ward—Free Soil Leagve — For President Martin Van Buren’’—the whole surmounted with a representation of the Goddess of Liberty. holding in her hand a staff, at the top of which was a liber'y cap, and having under her feet broken shackles. The following resolutions were then read by Mr. Fowler, the reading of which occupied some minutes: Resolved, That persistence in error can never invest it with ‘the ranctions of truth; and that however pertinaciously adher +d jon «f adivision among the democracy of New whatever tha secret comfort thence extracted by its ors, yet a proper deference to the opinion of the public in- duces us to declare our continuing integrivy and unity ase party. ‘Whether we revert to the period when the democratic massos ‘banned the factions few, who clamored at Albauy for State Penditvre and debt, or to that more recent time, when, at the Faised by the same conspirators at Syracuse for spoilsaud hond- the. public voice swelled into anathemas against them; ether we view them treacherous tothe people of their own, te, or obeequious to the rulers of the clave im others, under all Circumstances aud ac ail times, are they the same unscrupulous, selfish, impotent fretion. At the sources of emolument and office, ‘whore wo found \hem, we leave them. Our path it is that of the democracy. Resolved, That while we regard all constituents as principals, aud their rey miatives as mere agents, we yet subscribe to the doctrine which requires the formér to conform toand to carry out ‘the reguiar and authorized decisions of the latter, But that free Citizens, shall be obedient to. voice not commissioned by them, ‘or subservient to the dictation of those delegated by no authority ‘of theirs, is. proposition too preposterous to be entertained. The eonvention assembled at Baltimore on the 22d last, determined ‘that tho voice of New York, shou d not be heard Inits councils, It re, epoken to us im unknown tongues, which we can- ‘notunrerstend, nor will heed. Its power to disfranchise New ‘York was no gieater than its power to enfranchise South Caroli- iv ee neither was included within its delegated trusta, The ‘voice of one State suppreseed, and that of another counterfeite: bagi its whole action into a fraud upon all the States, an erefcre, obligatory on none. ty of this city hasbeen re- ‘The Meeting of ‘Resolvtd, That the Wemocratic *vived by the action of the late Utica Conveation, Partaking of | tt Dusiaum, rho ont which characterized its proceedi we shall ‘To all tis acts wee itate its energy ‘and a-pire to its resolution, tend the estcom which accompanies the aseertion of truth and the performance of duty; but our gratitudy is bestowed for their Nommnstion to the Presidency of of his arty, wren struggling for its distinctive faithful standard Yearer when in ‘Goursallor when in his rvtiremen ts for tin Van Buren, ‘The leader principles; ite power: tho calm und sagasious by bis noble effort for freo soil, preservation of the territory’ of the Union from the inroad wery—he has given new : jxoof of wisdom and stateman- of exalted love of country and of true sympathy with the and the interests of humanity, and has thus established hime cemocracy. ‘That we rejoice in the conviction that our exertions ‘will be inetyamental to the favorable decision of the great yues- ‘tion of freedom. now pending before the peuple; that, in our judg gment, “ Congress has the power under the coustitution to legis Ante for the territory of the United States, to organize govern: gents for the inhabitants residing in such territory, and to regu Ante witlin it all matters of local or domestic concern,” that it is mow asked of us whether such power shall be exerted for the ex- ‘tension of slavery or the advancement of freedom, and we reply ‘that, so far as depends on vs, the thousand million acres of Ure- Foxy and districts recently added in Now Mexico aud Upper California, embraeing ten degrees of latitude, and exten a salubrious climate, 1,000 miles betweem the Pacific a1 ‘the Rio Grande, shall ever be and remain the exelusive abode of Sree labor and m Resolved, That our sympathy for the “ peculiar institution” of the South is not greater than serms to bs that of its champion for truths pronounced self-evident by the Declaration of Inde- ndence; and that if it eomports with southern patriotism to Bismies to repose, with captions criticism, the ogaal rights of ‘wankind, we, more sober minded, may at least be permitted to doubt the justice of that doom. We accord to that “ institu. tion” j.\ that degree of reepect which its recognition by our fe- Geral constitution requires, Under the solemn sanctions of that Neners.:.d instrument let it rest; under the exclusive care of the Btates in which it exists, let it stand or fall, let it flourish or ox. | ‘pire. Free soil is the heritage of the North, and our eff rts are Girected to its transmission to all civilized races in all, those sparte « Toren: ec, Wiecclved, That wo. ‘dre anoompromisingly opp:sedto aly “compromise,” which, instead of confining slavery within nar- rover linits shail aedtrict the bounds of freedom that the Con- gress of the United States has no power, under the constitutio ‘To abolish freedom in any part of the public domain for the pur ting slavery therein; and that such an enactment by Congress, cleoted for no fuch purpose, would be an aot of usurpation and a breach of dvty too gross to be forgiven, ‘ard too shameful to be submitted to by a free people. Rerolved, That the lash has resounded through the halls of the “SU, ud we aro therefore prepa hi ‘thorn sopators shall unite with their “Southern brethren” incon- signing an empise of frre teritory to the dominion of the slave- Nder; that revolting as must be the ceremony which iutroduces the baptism of a * compromise,” 250,000 square miles of our ly-acyuired possessions into the coumunion of slavery, there | ' a favorite measure with the | Northern territory—it was free soil. It was located in , body in all sections | Febroary, 184, and before | entered on the discharge of his duties, a bill was | kind was thonght of or dreamed of. | who were afrai | tolook after The troo, | and unquestionable to 54. i for the vote on which Nor. | firs | they slid down to 49, (Ia passed for the early anne: Texns and the re-oroupation of Oregon. questions. were acted upon by that conv: followed up by the subsequent action of cratic party, right or wrong, as they may have beeu ; and although differences existed among the demo- cracy as to the mode in which Toxas should be annexed,— some preferring one mode, thinking, probably, that a war with Mexico’ might be avoided; others preferring another mode, that would, thaps accomplish the object in view, with more ra- pidity—yet the whole democratic party united on the principle. All agreed that Texas should be aunexed to this Union, us soon as such a measure could be brought sbout, consistent with the honor.of the coun- try, its public sentiment and its general welfare. With these principles on our banner, the great democratic hosts of the nation entered the contest. They entered that contest, and were invincible. At ity close, the candidate whom we ha stained was installed in the highest office in the nation. As soon—aud now I pro- pose to invite your attention to the course that was subsequently pursued in regard to this great question— at the session of 1844 and 1845, and before the installa- tion of the present executive of the United States, Measures were adopted for the annexation of Tex- as. At the same. time, and keeping even pace with it, and supported by all sections of t country, measures were lopted to establish a territorial government in Oregon. Texas was net } then annexed, but its acquisition wasn favorite mea- sure with the South. The bg =a d of Oregon was orth. Oregon was @ region that was free, and was to be settled, and every ‘the country -North, South, "ast and West—agreed that it wes forever to remain free. In the "present Executive introduced into the House of Representatives (and you will fing a fall account of itin the Congressional Globe) to establish « territorial government in Ore- gon, saving the rights of British subjects until the boundary should be settled. When that bill was in- troduced a proposition made by the Northern members to include in that bill that clause of the celebrated Jefferson, known as the Jeffersonian ordi- nance of 1787. You all know what this clause was—it ‘was forever to exclude slavery from that territory, un- der overy circumstauce except for crimo; and if you will look at the ayet and nays taken at that time, you will find that six Southern men—three from Maryland | and three from Kentucky—voted to incorporate that clause in the bill, You will find that theentire North, | East and West voted for it, with four solitary excep- tiongall cf them voted. The introduction of that | measure at that time created no excitement. ‘The | Southern men recorded their votes sainst it, They “Nothing of thes It passed by vote of one hundred and thirty-one to sixty-nine—al- raised no constitutional objection. | most two to.one, and almost enough to override the Executive veto. And what will strike the thinking man as more singular is the fact that when that clause which the South now denounces a8 unconstitutional became part. and parcel of that bill, only, thirty-one members recorded their votes against it,and they were principally Dastern mon, dit night lead to a war with England. The entire representation of Sout Carolina, I think, voted for that bill, with that clause in it. It was then universally understood—it was then universally con- ceded—that Oregon ragtotbe free territory—that Ore- gon was to have a territorial government established over it—that the protecting arm of this conféderacy was to be thrown around it. This was the position of | things, when the Southern wen stole @ march on us. ‘They got their resolution for Texas through the House —they got it agreed to in the Senate. In 1845 it be- came the law of the land: and as soon as that was done, a change came over the spirit of their dream. Theyjheld to the principle—you stand by us and help us to get Texas; we will compromise that ter- ritory with you Itis all slave territory now, said they; but we will,agree that freedom shall gain something b the annexation of it, and we will preclude slavery nort! of 36 30. Mr. John C, Calhoun agreed to it—the North yoted for it. As soon, however, as that was accom- plished, a change came over the spirit of their dream. ‘Texas, when the resolution to annex it was pa: and | wish to invite your attention to this fi you may see how southern territory is tr that ed, and northern territory is treated—Texas was annexed, as far as the action of our government was concerned; but it required another censent yet. Mark the fact, now; before Texas had consented, it was thought ne- cessary to protect her. The Gulf of Mexico was filled ‘with our navy; our troops were sent to Corpus Christi; they remained there a short time. There was a dis- pute about the boundary. That, it wns said, was dis- putable ground; and what was the course pursued? It is Southern territory. It is Southern soil which we were were pushed on, (and whether it was right or wrong, | am not going now to discuss,) the troops were pushed on to the Rio Grande—the ut- most verge is taken, and the whole power of the coun- try. at the expense of a war with Mexico, is called out to protect that country. Now let us trace and see how | it was with the twin sister of this question—the terri- £ our territory which are now blessed and honored by its | tory of the North. There is a dispute in this too about boundary. The Executive tells us our title is clear ; but is our navy sent to the Pacific to look after the interest and protection of ou: tlers there? Isour army sent there? No! they were debating about ihe formation of a territorial gov- roment for Oregon, and yet it passed over to the next sion. Negotiations concerning this boundary are entered into. It will do to negotiate about Northern territory, but if it be Southern territory, the course is ht.and then negotiate. (Laughtet.) And not- withstanding that they came to the grave conclusion, that our title was clear and unquestionable to 54.40, ter.) they gaye up the bal- ance. Whether it was right or wrong to submit to this eda Teck Teese ee eye ivegentonnong che apes, | in that negotiation, it i not now iwmportant to in- Zor of o Dickinom and Legh, of wiome if the later in his | quire ; but my object’ in referring to.it is to show how ‘recurancy to I , i8 Fecommended to her compassion by the | the North and the South are respectively treated. For indiana, ities which constrain the posssssion uf} ‘almost wishing to have been born in Virgivia,” ini Dieasts cf the millions whom he misrepresents and me Kesoived, That we denounce in advance all projected compro mi their or defection 4fCongrees; but sh er the schemes of i, their object or their extent, that in the antic pated of the Senate, we place our relianee on the other branch the hope of favor, te fear of punishinent. tical ambit on, accomplish the cnact-ment of m of slavery over a single equare mile of of its ry lishment of this object. ved, ‘That wo regatu tie vacant lavds which are possessed. | tates, sacred a those who are to vocupy them ard to sabdue them to e uses of civilation: to be ‘moderato quantities, on terwa which shall barely remunerate the Zovernm ut for the cxpemes of the trust; that we are irrecon- Cilably oppored to the monopoly of them by eapitalists hold them ‘in ‘ange masses and cultivating them by slaves bought am sold with the land; that we regard it as the inevitable effe such a system. to exclude from the public domain our own de- scendante, and the industrious and hardy emigrants who maj Feck’here a rofoge from wont mn oppression in their native land, Resclved, That much as we admire the military exploi's, and honor t! o personal charactor of Gen. Zachary Taylor, we canno find in hin. the knowledge, the experience, oF dee amanded ata juncture like th nt, in. the Chief ‘this Kepul ‘and v ¢ especii ‘as a successful captsin, with his position as a and his Btudicd rserve on the great question of the day, #hould have o Bigned him to the use of the slave interest, That wo percot Still Iexs in Gen. Lewis Cass to warrant his aspirations to the Game distinguished station, Tho friend of Froe ‘Territory at a time when his freendship was unavailing—then the subjeot of a gradual and mysterious mental change, simu! taneously productive ‘of his descent to the advocacy of Slavery, an? his elevation into » Buecessful candidate with the Balsimore Conveution for the Vresi- dency, we think him the fit representative of that assembly, and Hate both alike, From a candidate, however worthy in‘him- felf, or meritorious by his military cervices, who conferses his ignorance on all past political questions, and ives no opin on on te sole question new of pressing interest; an adopted the Tost proseribed by. slave power, we turn with in- creaced pride and pleasure to the ‘of our own State, whose gninclp ee theroughly established by his own matured reflections, and explicitly avowed to his coum'rymen, entitie him to receiv and justify them in bestowiug their intelligent and cordial suf- for the most ‘imp rtant tres® in the eh world. Ived, That as we have briliantly triumphed in a war un- dertaken in defence of Nations] honor, we are grateful for the re ‘turn of a peace which bring with it National scourity, indemnity aud repore, We ayinpathize with those who have to mourn the Siemory of Kindred fallen on the stricken fickd, ana weleome back to joyous liomes and erdent hearts the heroic band who, surviving ‘the cor flict, have returned to wearin peaceful shades their honor: sui their glory. But admonished by the cost, im treasure and in blood, cf the war which has just clored, of the priceless bl of honorable nd additional arguments for avoiding establichment of stitution in New Mexico and California, ‘which will expoce us to ‘he risk of renewed quarrels with nd to the temptation of farther acquisitions from territory. Hesolvee, ‘That the interest of Commerce is not conffned to the gemay le hereafter acgtired by the Un tel 8 oe Borders of the Ocean alone, Lut extends ite ramifications through | all the veins and arteries of our great inland seas and rivers, ‘therefore it is the duty of the General government distinetion between objects of general and national interost, and ‘hone of mere local importance, and to afford to Tostering care avd protection which the merits of each case ly compidered, as ruggested Wi ty shal neem to demand. t we look with great interest to the ap] | Resolved, Je pel Convestion proposed to be held at Buffalo on gust; Stator, who unite with ws in the wish and the will, to preserve for Tieemen, in all coming generations, the horitage of froedom with ‘which this Republic has been entrusted, will be represen sech Convention ; and we trust that the wisdom and patriotism | ‘GL those who measures, whi Hl compose it ‘umph of the great atruggie. guide them to the adoption of all prom: Principle involved in the present momentous Martin Grover was called upon to addre meeting ; and in accordance with the invitatio on is evening, fellow-citizent «questions of a grave charac unexampled in the ‘Ristory of this country, for their importance, for the Jast half century. The year 1848 is to be a memorable ar, not onl. i the history of the world in general, Pat in that of our country in particular ; and while we meet todiscuss those question, it ma; ‘weil for us to take a brief review of a short period of our hid. tory for four®years. Four years’ ago, it is known to all; the democratic party of this country was united, strong and invincible. Four years ago, they were ainited on great measures and great principles. ‘Among those measures and those principles was the ‘establishment of tho Independent Treasury, which ‘Decame andis now the law of the land. It belongs ‘to the history of the past. Among them was a reform 4n the commercial system of the country ; that re- form has been placed on the statute book, These te consider and discuss the former by | ires in the | jishonors, a | portionate desire for his translation to some more congenial | ines oF surrender” of the vital principle of freedom regardless. of | | this the North was calm and contemplative. we hereby dge ourselves iminediately to wvernment for the rem: faa bd ubocahingiy’ to labor ‘foxzAon, | Suen the New ‘England m lispoeed of to actual settlers in | fight for Southern Lereitosy thas, begin to think there tof mex Texas, threw chaff in cur eyes, from onswhohas General Cass, and I will spea! ur late foand age it down South that this countr; her | North, hi the former that | by the wise and honest-minded that we hope our democratic friends in this and other | ferson was in | jote the advance, and secure the tri- | the | that | did not get success. The western men stood their tloman spoke as follows: We have assembled here | | ‘wore two great questions that knit and bound together | the great democratic party of the Union. They on- tered the contest on those principles, strong aqd {n- Ne At the a peciyahe tan Lg gh where thore principles were engraved on 5 Zhocratic banner. it wil be recollected. by- all, that there were other questions presented. It will be re- oollected by all who hear me that at that convention | Now under thi Southern territory, the property of sldve owners, the he of slave capitalists, the rule has been, fight rst, and then negotiate. For Northern territory, there is no fight about it. (Laughter.) The claim was mnt forward for 64.40, and then they slid down to 49, This is the way with Northern territory. betes in ey not talk of destroying the Union, and of retiring from Congress; but said, now that you have got rid of five degrees of Northern territory, let us have a territorial der, Now ‘vis no trouble . There is no fear of a war with Great Britain any longer. Great Britain says we may haveto 49. Well, what do you think they did ?— After getting rid of five degrees, and after resolving to is some unconstitutional barrier in the way. (Laugh ter.) In taking Texas. they never thought of that (Laughter.) Senator Dickinson, when he voted to an- and deceived me then, for thought there was alittle that white men might have, and { was therefore astonished when the: told usthat our action was all void. I thought, still, that we might have a government for Oregon. Two years ago we fought for Texas, Northern men were pouring out their blood like water for it. The troops rinviples Magistrate of et that his eminent services, | Were called out, and the Northern men gave them— slave-holder men who would die in defence of the last acre of Ameri- can soil. But after we got what was left of Oregon, what Queen Victoria choose tc give us, and we were beginning to talk of establisning a territorial govern- ment in Oregon, what do you think wasdone? A bill ‘was introduced. This clause prohihiting slavery, which commended the immortal Jefferson to the democracy more than any thing else, was inserted in it, and then they began to have those constitutional Southern men, first, were affected by them ; Northern men showed symptoms of the disorder.— of him with all respect, he was going to save 0: n—he was going, to have it for white men. Senator Dickinson took sides with us on the subject, in private conversation. | thought that all was right—that there was no trouble; but the South got up, and what do you think they did? They did not ray it was unconstitutioual—you have noright to do such a thing. “Oh, no! they afd not tell us this ; but they told us, this is all right, but:we want to amend the Jeffersonian ordinance. Mr. Burke, of South Carolina, the prominent forerunner of the great South- ern leader, he wanted to improve on the, work of Thomss Jeflerson—he wanted toimprove on it | eeause, because there is no constitutional power? No, but because it is North of 86 30, Let white folks have that. They here in the where w: e frosta and snows in October, is ood for nothing, and they are willing for us to have it Se ause it is North of 8630. Well, they cheated us but we did not want to be cheatedagain. He one tofnake a'wise did not want any more slave territery—be wanted the doctrine applied according to the rules of Jefferson— nd this venerable chairman before you, (pointing to Stephen Allen.) can tell you that, about 1800, when the great contest between federalism and democrac; was fought and decided on this spot, here in New York, . Jefe that that very thing added nerve to the charg “the friend of freedom—the friend of the white man, He wanted togive the white man not on- ly the North, but also a part of the South. ye a that our children ought to go to the South without bs- ing degraded, and without being obliged to work in company with the black bondmen. He wanted to elevate Iabor, and he relied on the mass of free- | men to sustain him. and he was willing to give them a chance to live in every kind of territory. Well, they ground, and beat them thirty or forty. Here was Oregon wanting @ territorial government. They had been ‘waiting too long already. Well, what did the South do? They commenced talking about the constitution. No, they just took the bill and referred it to a Senate Committee, A Senator from Florida was the Chairman of that Committee, and he said that it was not uncon- jonal, but he struck out that provision for free- dom, and instituted a clause sanctioning slaver: there 5 vente en apd ‘Texas fairly into the confed- éraoy, they ¢! us end their axe nd while ‘we were turning the stone. (Laughter.) They thought they would “wool? us in, helpings then to.get Texas in. Now théy cared nothing for Oregon. They knew they could notiget Oregon for slavery; but they knew that Mexico owed uw ney, and that she was unable to pay, and we could get some territory there. Then Vegan to talk, nd sald they were willing to give up Oregon; but as for California and New Mexico, ey said we must have that for slavery. Virginia, they said, rplus—they have no to move about, and nted some ¢o that vould expand; neither, ai do our negroes aA here as thoy trould thers,” ‘They are only three oF four undred dollars, but we could six or seven hun- red dollars for them in New re ia we thine it pal y-and-by we will state of things, best (hat you will haye Oregon, but give tbat part of Oregon which wo did not let Groat ritain have, to the North; but what we ight out of Mexico we will keep for ourselves. I have pursued this boundary thus far, but am not done with it yot. (Laughter and cheers.) I am going through with the history of it, so that you may understand it. .Of courre those of you who have read the debates are acquainted with it; but at the time when they began those constitutional questions, they began to talk to you about dividing the party. ‘The great democratic party is in danger, said they, and if you in the North don’t rtopitalking about free. dom, a will destroy the party. (Laughter) Gra cious heavens! 1 thought that democracy was free- dom, (Applause.) I learned my democracy of Jeffer- fon. | thought tkat freedom was the great foundation of the party; I had improved it by learning lessons of one Tompkins; and it seemed strange to me to have to bow the knee to the great Baal of slavery, or else our party was gone. Well, they put that to us, and we began tolook around us. Some of us told them we had not learned democracy rightly, if we had to fight for territory, and prepagate the institution of slavery there, until slavery had the entire control of the terri- tory; and that if that was the kind of music we had, the party might dance for itself, (Laughter.) We told them that party was a good thing, as long as it ad- hered to priveiple ; but when they came to hitch the car of democracy and the car of slavery together, on the sume track, with the car of slavery a little ahead, we told them that then the party might take care of itself. They whispered to us then that they would not vote for any candidate for the Presidency who was not on their side. Well, when they commenced to talk in that way, we saw that some of them were in trouble. GeneraljCass was for freedom, but he thought that was not a good time to urge it. Dickinson was instructed to go for freedom. Croswell growled a lit- tle, but they said they would not vote for any man for President that would not go with them. Dickinson said, let it pass this session; just let this agitation pass for this session. Well, we found our troops were getting sick. (Laughter.) Some of them were not found on the rolls. First, we had to chase after them; they dodged; they could not stand up. Well, then, we presred them, and told them that the great question which is to effect children unborn ; that is to deter- mine the character of the country; that is to deter- mine the fate of millions of emigrants from the old world, and their offspring, was to be fought in half am hour. But what did they do? Why, some of them wore sick, and others were not to be found. Well, we fought it through the House with a ‘majority of ten, and we could hear the plaudits from thejeity of New York. We were cheated in Texas, but we must not be fooled any more. We were going back to the Jeffersonian doc - trines, he said. Well, they went to the Senate, and what did they do there? When their duty was to speak out on behalf of freedom, and on behalf of the white man, and on behalf of millions unborn—not a word did they say. Something is the matter with them. I began to enquire what is the rsason they can’t yote. Why, don't you hear them whisper that the South won’t vote for any man for the Presidency who is in favor of it? Your Allen, and your Dickin- son, and your Hungerford, did they teil thom they would not vote for any man—for any candidate that was not for freedom? ‘No, Not a word was there out of their pusillanimous heads. They were as quiet as could be; but, just as goon as they see the old spirit of New York work out—the old-fashioned doctrines of Jefferson coming to light again—that he of KinJer- hook has raised his voice on behalf of democracy— than there is going to be a sectional party, all at once. They say, we must throw all the fathers of democracy overboard, and unchurch them, as our delegates were unchurched in the Baltimore Convention; and by and bys saw in the Union—not the union of ourStates, but the paper published at Washington—that ‘if [ anda few others did not stop our efforts about freedom, we would break down the Union. Well, in that the old fellow was right for once; but the union we should break down was the Union newspaper. (Laughter.) Well, they gave the Oregon bill the go by. We got | Texas by fighting for it. Our brethren in Oregon were holding up their hands to us, and arking protec- tion; and there was nothing done for them. Well, they got up another bill to give a territorial govern: ment to Oregon. That bill was pending in the Senate, and the tomahawk of the savage was scathing white men iniOregon, and Cass and Alien knew it when they were here on an electioneering tour, and knew that troops ought to be dispatched to protect them; they abandoned their duty. Yet they say we must have no sectional party. Yes.the North has been treated in this way down to the present time until the blood of their butchered countrymen calls on them for protection. And what are they doing in the Senate? Why, gra- cious heaven, what can you think? A Senator from New York bargaining with a Senator from South Caro- Ina, whether it shall be slave terrirory or whether it shali be free. Oh, tell it not jn Gath! I blush for my State, that one who claims to be a representative of New ‘York and a representative of Virginia, bargain- ing with John C. Calhoun, to give up our blood-bought territory of New Mexico to slavery, Oh, what degene- rate descendants we would be of the glorious men who threw overboard the tea in Boston harbor, if we allow- | ed them to bargain away the new territory to increase the profits of slave owners and Fellow-Citizens—This isthe question we have now got to meet—this is the question you have got to deter- wine. I now wish. if you will allow me, to call your at- tention to a little more of the proceedings of these gentlemen, You have seen how General Cass manceu- yred and shifted so as to adapt himself to the varying circumstances of his position. Another of these gen- tlemen, Mr. Diekinson, exbibited no less tergiversa- tion in the courre of conduct which he thought fit to adopt ; and in order that you may have a full compre- hension of his exhibition, 1 would just wish to call your | attention to Dickinson's speech. A year ago this win- ter, when the question was on the tapis, he gave it as his opinion that it was then premature. He was “going it” by-and-bye. [Laughter.] He did not think the time had just arrived when any decision should be come to with regard to it. He then introduced the resolutions, or at least he endorsed them, that were to settle for ever this vexed question. The resolutions were brought forward; but as soon as the party ascertained that’ the people of the North could not be eheated again, and that they were fully aware ofthe chicanery that had been practised upon them, these veritable gentlemen made another wheel, and openly disavowed the whole power to deal with the pet at all. (Laughter and cheers) Thus you observe that he and Cass got a hold of both sides of the plank, and as neither eppeared to afford them a sufficiently stable footing they wert now going to dip it edgeways. (Continued laughter.) We have got ower, said they, to determine on the question above 6 30, and we ve no objection in the world—com- plaisant as they now avowed themzelves—to concede that slavery shall not seek a more northern latitude; but we have got no power to deal with it south of that. The constitution, they hegre gives them all power to 0 80 far, but farther than that, it had no control.— Now, Ihave not studied the constitution in any such | school, nor do I believe that such a construction of it is based upon truth. (Cheers) Martin Van Bure: ut no such construction upon it. “Old Hickory” ad never taught that. (Laughter.) When the people of South Carolina had put forward suc and relied upon unjustifiable claims in his dey, the support which they conceived the first section gave, then he told them to look at the second section, and immediately afterwards South Carolina disbanded her troops. This was General Jackson’s interpretation of the powers of the constitutio nd I am of opinion that no rational man can for a moment doubt that it existe in as much force in Low @ a8 in New York— in 30 degrees of north latitude as in 36, (Cheers.) Finding, thereforo, that the position ‘as far as geograp! cal limits are concerned was not tenable, they have fallen back upon a new ground, and are now willing to leave it to the local inhabitants—the first rquatters who may take up their quarters in the territory. (Laughter.) It appears to me exceedingly strange that the followers and disciples of these vascil- lating mew evince such scrupulous reluctance to treat the great question of free soil and free labor. They are most elaborate in questions that are not at issue atall. For instance, we have never done hearing of the great argument whether General Cass’ sword was broken two or three times at the Hull surrender. (Laughter) Whether the population of Wisconsin numbers 90,000 or 100,000—(laughter) —or whether the ‘Western States can reckon a population of four or five millions. Of these and similar matters, the old hunk- er papers give the most detailed information, and are crammed to overflowing. But what has this to do with the great and vital questions that aro at stake in this coptest, and when thi we shall or shall not have free labor—whether this great republic shall lend itself to the propagation of slavery, or assert the reign of liberty and freedom wherever she has sway? (Chanss.) Why don’t these men take a noble and straightforward course on the subject, and, instead of coming up to their work as the French have done, resort to all manner of expedients for getting rid of the diffloulty, The very first act of the French peo- ple was one to abolish slavery. ‘Talk of the breaking of asword! Pshaw! what has that todo with the sub- ject? That is the way, however, in which these papers dispose of the great questions which now protrude thembeives on the attention of all, and demand a final and equitable settioment. The intelligence of the people, however, will not rest satisfied with this trifling. It is too great to be led away by it, and too irritated to bear with it any longer. He implored them never to forget that Silas Wright had received his death wound from the moloch of slavery, When this noble adyocate of the principles of truth and treedom had, by the course which he pursued, excited their apprehensions on this great question, they gave unmistakable evidence of the fury with which they regarded him, They trem- bled and were sorely troubled when they saw that in New York the rising star of freedom still burned brightly, and that old Jackson's banner would be un- furled, and be planted in triumph on the ‘capitol at Washington, (Cheers.) It was then they cried out— following the ex: le of their persecuting prototypes of old—‘ Crucify hi Crucify him!’ The conspi- racy was then formed, and mon were to be found po and willl to carry {it into execution. I accuse nobody. All I say is, that the conspiracy ex- fisted. The orders were given, and Silas Wright was to be latd low, the first victim of slavery, Oh! remember it —remember it (asan Irishman lately remarked to me) till November, and then gave evidence of the feelings with which you regard it. (Cheers.) They are afraid of the lear the spirit of old Tompkina, which ts still at work here. I bese ou, then, remomber it—re- member it till November, and whon this period arrives, ad them a receipt in fal (Laughter and cheers )— ‘ow, fellow citizens, you have recn how these men heave managed to deal with thir question. There was Tittle a no opposition toit thres yearengo, After this slave dealers, | problem for solution is whether | theycried out, bye and bye—then it was maintained that the constitution had no distinct power to deal with it at all, and at length they had got to talk ut compromise. What's become of Allen ?— What's become of those who formerly exhibited themselves a8 such strenuous asserters fo? freedom Where are they who once made the halls of tho Senate reverberate with their eloquence? | am afraid they are now to be found in widely different circumstances, If one took the pains to explore their whereabouts, it is to be greatly feared they would be found in Delilah’siap (Laughter.) 'The Philistine maid would be found to be at work, and the locks of these worthies shorn and gone, (Laughter and cheers.) Lwish to know, then. if the great democracy of New York are reposingin the lap of Delilah? (No, no, and cheers ) L hope it will be shown that they are not; but on the contrary that they will be found, like Samson, in the pride of his strength, when, withoutan effort, be burat the bonds by which it was vainly sought to him. (Cheers) Thos. Jefferson had laid down a principle which they should at all timesact upon. He said that with regard to all important questions, their first busi- ners was, to be quite certain that. {i y were right, Once that was properly ascertained, their duty thon to row their boat right into the current aud bear away. (Cheers.) Now,that was the language which every freeman rhould adopt ; and it was by acting manfally and featlessly up to it, that they might expect to se- cure a triumph for the principles which they advocated. Of courre you may expect to be assailed with every kind of obloquy which the ingenuity and malice of | your enemies cen think of, to blacken your motives and your actions, It is now said that we are a queer set of fellows, and that revenge is our actuating prin- ciple. This, however, is conristently carrying out the line of conduct which they have all along pursued, At one time they cheat usin the annexation of Texas, afterwards in the delegates to the convention, they then conspire for the murder of Silas Wright. and now they say that wo are mad, (laughter and cheers); that we are bent on dissolving the Union and tearing this great republic to atoms. This is the sort of tactics which it is thought advisable to pursue in the great States of Florida and Arkansas ; and to such an extent have they endeavoured to pro- pagate such delusions, that some of the people of these and other Southern States,try to persuade them- selves into the belief that they are degraded by their connection with the Northern States, They say Mr. - Van Buren ia mad. As I have not seen him I cannot say; but | have seen a good many friends of his, and I have net observed any very striking symptoms of in- sanity about them. (Laughter) If the Cass hunkers had as little, it would tend, perhaps, to eause a trifling diminution of the chances of the defeat they are sure to sustain at their hands. As to the course adopted by the whigs in this contest. I have nothing to say. We have got oor own battle to fight. We have got to pick up the old democratic banner | from trailing in the dust—-the banner with the inscription of freedom put upon it by Jefferson— thet Lanner on which was now inscribed the words of yietory, “Martin Van Buren and freedom,.” (Choers. The whigs have had their own troubles, At the gr victory at Monterey, General Taylor permitted th enemy to wharch away, with their drums beating and their flags waving, but at the late convention he pur- sued a different course and made them surrender at | diesretion. (Cheers and laughter.) | At this stage of the proceedings the cloud that was lowering for a long time on the dark and scowling | iaces of a large body in the right wing of the vast as- | sembly, burst with great violence The most deafening | cheers were again and again repeated for Cass and Butler, and it became evident that a formidable force of this section of the democratic party was among the audience, ‘The speaker was prevented for a short time from proceeding with his observations, As he was about to resume another interruption took place from the same quarter, and drowned every sentence he | uttered. An unsuccessful rush was then made to seixe the banner, on which a portrait of Mr. Van Bu- ren Was painted, and the most uproarious indications | were given, that one portion, at least, of the dense | mass was not in favor of confirming the nominations made at the Utiea Convention. When this storm had subsided a little, the speaker again attempted to make himeelf heard, but to no purpose, for the disturbers, emboldened, no doubt, by their success, followed up their advantage, by calling loudly upon the celebrated Mike Walsh to address the meeting. Mike, to do him justice, appeared no way bashful, and commenced with none of your amateur exordiums, ‘unaccustomed slam to public epecking.”"—but shouted over ina stentorian voice to the gentleman, who was vainly con- tinuing the thread of his discourse to a few persons in front of him—“Are you prepared to argue this question with me?? This challenge was received with great laugh- ter, and vigorously applauded by Mike’s friends,who ral- | lied round their champion with great enthusinam. As | no notice, however, was taken of it, Mike began to | address the audience too, and fer some time both voices | were occasionally heard, making their way above the | most discordant chorus of cheers and groans, hisses | and gurste, that ever emanated from a public meeting. | At last, after the lapse of a quarter of an hour, Mr. | | Grover, seeing that it was impossible for him to pro- | ceed further with his observations, concluded by | thanking the meeting for the patience and the kind- ness with jwhich they had heard him. Mike and his | followers then imagining that alittle physical force | might serve their object quite as well as moral, | and that they might exercise their hands as well | #8 their Inngs, began a furious assaulifupon the occu | pants of the steps of the City Hall. This led to # row, | and for a considerable time the porch and the steps Pepnonted a most terrific appearance, as each party en- ‘ored to dislodge the other. Several blows were interchanged, but we believe that no serious injury was inflicted onany one. After this edifying exem- plification of the freedom of «peech, Bensamiy Baty, of Putnam, was here loudly called for, amid continued uproar, and cries of “ Walsh !”? | “Walsh!” and cheers, He said :—Fellow citizens of | New York, | am requested to announce to you, that | the officers of this meeting, immediately after we have | concluded, intend to form a procession, for the purpose | | of presenting that banner (pointing to a banner on which was painted a portrait of Van Buren) to the 14th | | ‘ward. I shall—(Here the interruption, amid cries of | | “ three cheers for Caes !’’ was repeated, and another rough-and-tumble squabble occurred, during which the superior force of the barnburner party pressed pretty closely on the Walshites. Some coat collars were seized and button-boles were rent in this row. After consi- derable groaning and hissing, the qt eters to address the meeting, amid much covfusion :)—I pre- sume there are men—the struggle now going on is one of momentous import—the prople of the free North | propose names— (Confusion, hisses, and calls of “three | cheers for Van Buren !’* “three cheers for Cass!) —I | know, continued Mr. B., that the old political issues of | 1844 do not enter into the present contest. (Cheers.) | We do not now talk of the old issues of the | tariff, the appropriation ot the proceeds of the sales of the public lands, the national bank, and | the other questions that have hitherto occupied the public mind. (Cheers.) You will excuse me for king Cass first among the prominent men of the but when I do so, I do it for my own convenience, | end am quite scriptural upon that head, (la hter and cheers,) for the Scripture tells us that “ the first shall be last, and the last hall be first.” (Laughter and cheers.) And according to the views of the people,Van | Buren, who was nominated the last, will undoubtedly be the first, and Cass, who was nominated the first, would come in the last, and Taylor would be the second best off, (Cheers. and cries of “ three cheers for Cass,” “three cheers for Van Buren.) All the old issues have now passed away, and everyching has be- come new. (Cheering.) He came before the meeting, he said, to advocate the non-introduction of slavery in the soil that was now free—(cheers)—to oppose that | blighting curve of slavery. (Renewed cheers.) The people of the free North would not agree that slavery should be further extended, but all woud agree that it | was a social and political evil ; and he would speak for the whole of his political brethren in saying, that in | free soil it shall not exist. To Adams, Jefferson, and s of their they were ‘indebted for romulgation of those free principles by which ‘Great West’? was thrown into the scale of nations. (Cheering.) He was no abolitionist, as the term was generally understood. In as far as slaver: had existed in any of the slave States, he did not wish | to tamper with it; but as far as its extension to re- cently acquired territory was concerned, he was op- posed to it, (Cheers) “In the acquirement of such | territory it should not be forgotten that the blood of | the North as well as the blood of the South was freely spilt—that the treasures of the North, as well as the treasures of the South were expended—and that such territory belonged to the whole nation, (Cheering.) It wos the property of the whole nation. (Renewed cheers.) Every citizen. and Cengress——(Confusion— | “Three cheers for Cass’/—groans, hisses RF The people of the South demanded that slavery should be ex- | tended to this new territory, and the people had the power of deciding at the coming election, (Cheers) | At the Baltimore Convention the slave power was there in all its foree, and what was the result? The whole of the New York delegation was rejected. (Groans, hisses. and cheers from Mike Walsh’s corner of the meeting, where his friends began again to rally.) And why were they rejected? Because they were the friends of free soil: (Cheers,) ‘That saered ——— Mixe Watst—I say you had better go home. (Con- fusion, uproar, hisses, cheers.) Mr. Bary, in continuation—It is well known that the Northern whigs, too, were sacrificed, He, him- self, was no whig—and it was well known that he was hostile to Henry Chay, but it did him immortal honor. Mike Warsu—What tight’?—(Groans, confusion, interruption, amid renewed symptome of another at- tack. Mike, however, boldly held on to his ground, and was not to be supplanted, or ousted, while he call- ed on the speaker to retire ) Mr. Barry again—Mr. Clay stands higher now, in rivate life, than he possibly could in public life. had ¢ been nominated for the Presidency VA the slave- holding portion of the convention. (Cheers) He stands higher in fame and reputation, Hy» was sacri- ficed [three cheers for Ch %i groans, cheers) by the slaveholders, who haye done him great wrong. (Hisses. “Three cheers for Cass,” “three cheers for Van Bu- ren.) He would refer to the Chieago convention, and it was not to be doubted but that General Cass would veto any bill that may be introduced to prevent the ex- tension of slavery. (Cheers and hisses.) He would ive him eredit for ‘Three cheers for Van juren.’) He then referred to Van Buren, amid & per fect storm of hisses, grow: d mingled cheering, amid cries of," He is an old whig,” and loud groaning) He would next refer to General Taylor-—-General Taylor was, of opposed to what they termed the Wil- mot proviso, (Hisse#, cheers.) | )udge of General Taylor & | do of every man. frou location and circumstances, few im tha, very het-bed of slavery, aud it t | day THE NEW YORK HERALD. TWO CENTS. vorable to glancing incidentally at the pro- gress of free principles in Europe, and also the spread of republieanism, he snid that any'talented man would make a good President; but he would look —- (Cries no,™mivgs. yes."") He may be mot by some democrat, an@ told that he should vote for Cass, be- cause he was nominated at the Baltimore convention, though he was im favor of the extension of slavery — He would reply and say, that he believed every North. ern man was opposed to it. (No, no,” “yes, you.) 1 say this is the true democratic doctrine, and if they adhere to the true democratic doctrine, they could not vote for Cass, He was in favor of principles, not men. (Cheere.) The speaker next referred to Messrs. Cass and Taylor, the present candidates, who, as regarded slavery, stood pretty much onan equality. ‘They re- minded him of a backgammon board, on which’ was laced, in gilt letters, the word “History of England, in two volumes.” (Immoderate roars of Inughter.) — ‘The question of slavery was then to be met at the coming election, ‘and they would meat it boldly (Cheers,) The speaker coneluded his remarks amid fresh symptoms of arow in the mocting, and much ecring. A rush was here made towards the banner, on which was painted the likeness of Van Buren, when order was again partially restored, Mr. Wan then presented Bimeelf. He sald :— Fellow countrymen, we are assembled here in the name of humanity, and the eyes of the ageare upon us; let usthon discharge our duty as men, and frec- men, That old Tammany, opposite us, once consecra- ted to the genius of true freedom, has latterly admitted within its sanctuary, the priest of Baal, but we will puri- fy it; yes, even by acacritice offered without the gates. ‘They have called upon their God—he has given thom very little response, for he was asloep at tho Astor House, or luxuriating in some other place, ‘There is but one question here; you must serve God or Baal; if God is for slavery, if he has given an ordinance for it, then carry it out ; if not, you only need to become the followers of Bual (Cheers and hisses) ‘The foundation of the altar of freedom has boon latd, and the prayers of millions of freemen will call down fire from Heaven, to consume, not only the altar and the stones, but to dry up the water in the channel, so that in this free country, we may have no idol shrine at which to worship—and such'I consider those who for “Awmuch trash as may be gfasped thus,” would deal in human flesh, and trafic for gold, tho immortal soul of man. ‘This gentleman spoke at some further length, but from the excitement of the orowd, and persons seom- ingly friendly to the movement, coming into the place set aside for the reporters, we were not able to take the concluding part of his speech. Mr, B. F. Boturn then came forward. He said he, at that late hour, would not detain the meeting long: he had merely to’ rend_a letter to thom trom Senator Dix, who stated that although he could not be present with them in person, he was in heart. (Cheers.) He (Mr, Dix) should attend to his senatorial duties and not run about spouting for this or the other candidate, its extention. | ws some had done; for the interest of the country should | be, and ought to be taken care of,irrespective of private friendship or purty desires, (chvers,) and in this con. duct of Mr, Dix there was one proof of how the coun- try would be served, by those acting with him, should they come into power. Mr, Butler concluded by a motion for adjourning the meeting to the head quar- | ters, corner of Grand and Elizabeth street; to which the body would move in procession. ‘This motion of Mr. Butler's was carried by a universal “aye”? No sooner had the word been pronounced, than some ill- manncred, but very strong boned fellows commenced knocking at the platform, and in a few minutes they did take away the understanders, both those above and those below; for halt of those on it could not get down before it fell with a crash, and the reporter amongst the number; and there was, here and there, a black eye and broken nose, and great laughing from the crowd, as afat man tumbled over a lean man; and then came the fighting for hats, at which a few beavers were exchanged, some blows hit, and bloody noses obtained. | Our reporter, however, got.off with the loss of his pen- | cil; sohe don’t complai n of the fall, but merely the bad manners, not to let all down in safety, ‘THE PROCESSION. ‘Tho great body of the meeting who were friendly to Mr. Van Buren, then formed into a procession, and headed by @ band, proceeded along Chatham street, and to the headquarters, corner of Grand and Eliza- beth streets. There were some interruptions, as some opposing parties of from thirty to forty, would meet, and raise a cry of “Cass and Butler.” This was sometimes speedily suppressed by a knocking down of three or four of the most prominent of this band of Theban:;"’ but at other times they were allowed to shout on anentire block before they received a check, and when they did they got it, and no mistake, as the blood on the pave- ments.and’ the custom to the drug stores for plaster, will tell. The procession still, however, kept its on- ward course, and in due time arrived at headddathers. CLOSING PART. Mr. Grover, on the procession, halting, sald that he | wanted the territory as yet uncontaminated by siave- | ry for the white man, as the laborer was worthy of his hire, and his hire, he who worked, ought and should have, and not to have his territory, won by the blood and money of the North as well as that of the South, | partitioned out between a few very rich whites, who had capital, and a number of niggers, who gave their labor. | ‘The white man, too, wanted to give his iabor,and aslabor was capital, be wished for free labor. He had no objec- tion to the nigger, but he did not desire the free white man to be cut down, and keep company with the negro slave. Send them back to negroland, to Africa, if they wished; but let them not push out the free white man in freo America. Yet this pus white man was one of General Cass’s principles; for he should have slaven to bide hi 1, the same as the entee landlords of Ireland make slaves of their r cotters and tenantry; for in d, if they enot the name of slavery they have the thing (Immense shouts, and cries of “we will soon end it.) hope you will, my friends, (said the speaker): there is nothing would give me greater pleasure than that that country should be free; but until it is, you will not blame me for endeavoring to keep hing out of the free | free soil for such of them, and of ali other European nations, as seek a home in our glorious land, (Cheers.) There was here some rieting in the crowd, but it was speedily suppressed, Mr. Daly then proposed an adjournment of the meeting, and made a short but good speech in favor Mr, Van Buren, Just as he con- cluded, a ery was raised of “oh, aye, the Station House ! the Station House !") No, my friends, said Mr. D.,1 do not want the station house, nor the police court, nor the star; | am independent of them, and above them, and its only an old hunker, who is him- self a place-seeker, that would raise such a cry. (Cheers) The meeting was then proclaimed adjourned; but wo could net tell by whom ; and after some kicking, euil- ng, and a few knock downs, which were the fewer be- caure of the overwhelming majority of the barnburners, the crowd dispersed. Colonization Meeting at the Tabernacic. A large and respectable mecting of the friends of | colonization, assembled last night at the Tab:rnacle, | and the proceedings were quite interesting. The meeting was organized by calling Mr. Preston to the obair; after which, the Rev. Prof. McLean, of Princeton; offered an appropriate prayer President Roberts wai present, but owing to extreme indisposition, did not say anything, but sanctioned and coincided in the remarks made by those who did speak. ‘The Rey. Mr. Russex, of Liberia, was introduced to the mecting, He said he had but a few remarks to make, and would only state afew facts. He went to Liberia in the early part of the year 1833, then a boy | of fourteen years, and had grown up on that soil. The | condition of Africa was low in the moral scale, The superstition of the natives of that land was as wide | as the range of the devil himself, and system of charms, was also very common in all the business and private relations of life, and in whatever business he might be about to enter, would always have his charms to direct him. The be- lief of transmigration was also prevalont, and it was not at all uncommon for the natives to suppose that after their spirits had left them, they would go into an elepbant, and from that into something else. The tlave trade, too, had been the most common basiness of life. He had stood upon his own porch and seen five towns on fire at one time ; and natives often swam the river to escape the native slave dealers of the country. The natives had taken to wearing clothing, though there were many men and women who only shirt, or a sheet to wrap themselves in, and handreds of them are now members of th urch of Christ, A pirit of energy has risen up among them, and the hi were filled. The soil was as good in Af- rica ever the God of Heaven made. It was unnecessary for him to say any thing of the pro- ductions of that soil. The fever had been @ great cause of fear to the people of this country, but since it has been discovered to be only intermittent fever, it is easily remedied, and few die except by relapse.— The people of that country enjoyed all privileges which the white people of this country enjoyed. He had seen a political meeting during thé evening. The or ite pty ia xofl, but in Afries they can hold their poli- tical meetings. He knew that there had been war with the nutivos, but it all originated from the traffic of sla vory. For the last siz years, all that has been done tion spread with it; scarce a nation to be found in the vicinity of the colony but who know that the Sou of God died for them. i love that country, and expect to live and die ther Rev. Mr, Payne, of Liberia, was next’ iniroduced. He said that it was with great reluctance that he arose to address that enlightened audience. He was labor- ing under indisposition, and but from the fact that it was announced that he would take part in the meet- ing, he would not have presented himself at that time. He did not intend to make a lengthened speech, but would briefly state, after nearly twonty years of life in that colony. two facta relative to Liberia, There were two methods adopted in this country, both of which tended to the good of the colored man. ‘They conflict, however; and why! There is noground for such con- flict. ‘The one was opposed to the colonisation move- | ment, saying, that it was an evil movement; but if ao, good has grown out of that evil; they have fallen in with the colonization plan; they ought to be able to tell of some of tho benefits of the operations of that because they had felt ite benign influence, and , deluded Africans, who bad{for hundrods of yoars nin darkness of colonization, there has been more good done than by eny other cause Snoh is the natare of the uative Afrioen, that though ho may listen toths Eyery native, | wear a | tsi of the States cannot hold such a meet- | Religion was doing a great work, and civiliza- | id superstition, are now, by the | words of civilization, he again fall back upon his idols, The Christians of this country should mill per- sist in the great work of benificence. It depended en- tirely upon that. He supposed the object of the meet} ing was, that Christians might show their aval for the cause of colonization. There were now throe hua- dred who wished to emigrate to Liberia; but the Society was embarrassed, and without their Chria- tian aid, it would be impossible to carry out the dosired object. Laws had long since been passed, inflicting « Penalty upon the trading in slaves. Hi nown but two men to be sold, and tl were both white men. who had wandered into the interior with- out @ guide, were fouud by the natives, and sold They, however, found their way again to Liberia, where they again free. The colored people should look at the If England were wrapt im ignorance, 6 present would not be sitting before him, but would fly te that lend and spread the light of intelligence among them. Them 4 why would they not render succor to thalr suffering race? (He was here ted bys fellow, black as the ace of spades, and said, oh vy had given the subject of colonization a thorough investigation, and were opposed to it.’’) He proceeded : There were some colored people who supposed that the race was mot #us- ceptible of the advancements of the white man, and would rather see their race die than prosper i Rey, Bevenrty L.. Witson, of Liberia, then rose and said—He presumed that enough had been said,if the con- gregation believed what had been said. He could bear | testimony with his brethren, He had resided in Africa for fourteen years; when he went there, he went with » view to return to America, or go to some other place, if ho did not like it, But he was pleased, He went to Li- beria a free man, and had. in this country, all the pri- vileges which any colored man could enjoy in this country. And when he was about to leave Norfolk, » | number of gentlemen in good standing, called upon him and asked him for what he was going to Liberia? He told them that he was going to look for # home for the colored man, and have a home for his childron, where they might enjoy all the blessings of liberty, He went, and was pleased with the country—and if no other consideration prompted him, he would go for | the preaching of the gospel, where there was room for | 80 much good to hisown race. He was a member of a prek pgrrs ae sty unsrenwelies, He now stood in a position which he sought twont; i nd in Liberia he found it-—the position oftiberty, and | under the flag of his own soil. There were many whe were osposed to them, and supposed they were govern- | ed by sinister motives. Such, with him, was not the | ease, and his conseience could not be bought, Their | children would see the day, and bless God, that thoy | could find Liberia, to repose upon her shores. He thought the day was not far distant, when the fing of | Liberia would wave over the waters of the Uni States, and if ever he again visited the United States, he should come in a Liberia ship. The mercy of od was upon Liberia; that place was hishome, andhe would go there by the first ship. He loved it, because it was the land of his fathers. Give to Liberia, colonization, and God will bless you. They area race which must be redeemed, Ethiopia must stretch forth her hands, and as one of her sons, though born inthis country, I plead her cause. ‘They wanted some foree to drive off the Spanish slavers. The Rev. Mr. Prvxy. former Governor of Libeti: stated that the colony was much in want of an arme vessel, to drive off the slavers, and drive out the proprle- tors of a slave mart at Cestus, which had been bought out by the natives. Ho had known of a gentleman in Missouri who sent out eighty-five slaves, and was now ring to send a still larger number ; and the tide ‘was still flowing onward, f A black preacher, in specks, wished to ask some questions, and though ordered to sit down, indulged in some language entirely unsuited to the ovcasion, and out of place. There wero several other colored men who acted ina yery improper manner, and declared that they entirely repudiated all that had been said. The meeting adjourned with the utmost harmony ; those who were obstreperous having been entirely for- gotten. Tur New Yorx Votuntrens.—We had heard so many reports of the sad condition of the returned troops belopging to the Ist Regiment New York Vo- lunteers, now at Fort Hamilton, that we determined to pay them a visit and examine for ourselves. This we did yesterday, and were fully satisfied that the reports which have reached this city of the destitution and | need of those brave feliows have not been exaggerated | Itis a burning shame that these men should be within a few miles of our city, with nothing on the earth to cheer or sustain them. but the bare subsistence which | the government can allow by law. When we reached Fort Hamilton, we were directed to go eastward of the fortifications about a quarter of a mile, where we would find the Volunteers, On our way out we met several of them straggling along, dirty and ragged, which somewhat prepared us for the sight that met our eyes on our arrival at the Volunteer camp. There were some twenty-five or thirty tents itched in en area of about an acre, on a large grazing jeld, A large drove of cows were stationed in’ the neighborhood ef the camp, evidently astonished at the | sound of nine ringing cheers from the soldiers, We | at once inquired what they were cheering about. ‘The | reply was, “General Storms, of New York, has beon | down to see us, and left a $5 bill for the boys to spend for refreshments and tobacco. We have just drank his health with three times tbree.”’ ‘We thought the General merited the compliment, and passed into the camp. There were 177 non-eom- | missioned officers and privates mustered when the re- turned eoldiers reached Fort Hamilton—belonging to companies H, B, EF and K—anda more torlorn look- | ing set of men we never looked upon in a body. They | are without money—without decent clothes—shirtless | atockingless, and rhocless. Now and then some good | natured visiter, like Gen. Storms, leaves themsome | mqney to buy tobacco or some little extra, but they are in the main actually destitute. Some have a dirty shirt, | and now and thenacleanone (when they go without | to have it washed.) Some have a cap or old hat, and | some no covering for the head. ere is not a New York street beggar who would take their clothes as = | free gift, unless it might be for brass buttons, and | thee the soldiers wont part with at any price, for they | are about all they have to remind them of the bloody | battle fields of Mexico—although there are many wounded, who will long remember where they received those wounds. | “Phere gallant fellows arc enduring many privations, | and yet they keep up their spirits, When they are | discharged from service most of them will be entitled to two months’ pay, or about $14!! Those who have } this amount ceming to them might draw government | clothing at government prices for that amount, but | they do not want it ; they want citizens’ clothing — And very many of them live in distant parts of the | State, and they want the few dollars due them to carry them to their homes and friends, | When the other companies arrive there will be over 500 men, Of the original regiment mustered, when | landed at Vera Cruz, there were 800 brave men. | Where are they now’ Six hundred’ have died on the battle field, or, worse still, have breathed their last in the fever hospitals. It is supposed that only 200 will return of the original 800 men. The rest of those that go to make up the 600 here, and toreturn, were reeruit- oa and sent out subsequently to the first Regiment of 800. We noticed a female in one of the tents. She was the wife of a private named White. Mrs. White ac- | companied her husband and the regiment from the time it sailed until its return, and will stick to it, until they are discharged. She is an interesting | looking woman, and about 30 years of age: We hope that she will find more quiet seenes on the 160 acres of land her husband has earned in the | vice of bis country than she has met with in/ber can campaign. There were but two females who went — came with the regiment—a Mrs. Bose being other. It is estimated that it will cost the city corporation at least $5,000 to give the public reception proposed to there men. Some of the intelligent \diers with whom we conversed, said, ‘they hoped the corporation, if they really wished to do them essential service, in- stead of spending money in feteing them, and all that sort of thing, would appropriate the money oontem- plated to be spent in glory, to buying clothes—$5,000 would procure 500 suits of citizen’s clothes, and the returned volunteers could meet their friends eomfort- “As for the procession part and military aid one soldier, “why, let our military friends, if they choose, excort nd may be. give usa dinner | on their own hook—but as for the corporation-if they have a mind to do the clean thing, let them give us clothes.” there are Jand sharks who have already commenced fanderiog there men of their hard —— claims. hen they are discharged, every soldier beentitled toa warrant for 160 acres U, 8. land, ot $100 in gov- ernment scrip. ‘This warrant or sorip they will when they are discharged. Will it be believed many of the returned soldiers, wanting a few dollars, have been forced by stern necessity to part with their claims for the petty sum of $50, $20, or even. $10! and that there are men base enough to give bi money, (for it is nothing else,) and buy up undoubted rights and claims for these miserable sums? ‘The worth of these 160 acres of government land is 200, at one dollar and twenty-five cents the acre. Will not some of our citizens who have the pecuniary ability for purchasing such claims, a fair price, instead of allowing men who have perilled their lives | in their country’s service, to be swindled in, the way have been? uy ‘a case which comes home to the heart, and to the patriotism of every American, These men are our fellow-citizens—nearly all are American boys; they yoluntecred te go out from among us, and fight our Dattles— they have fought gloriously, ‘Those poor pri- | yates, whore lives have been spared to return, are now in our neighborhood ; they are penniless, ragged and | destitute ; the city, ha ) means to Rey, even the shilling boat shouldn't forced to La" t Pomel Fort Hesatton | before y are ieeaseed ) are many things they need, | dual effort could | done ?—True Sun, Jul ¥ 2 — that | Gevenovs Connver or Cart. Rrare.—We learn | ci ‘the Cunard steamer Niagara, (in whiok 1 pas ng Ceili who was robbed om Friday last, of | Frome $1400, came passonger im,) arrived im this city om | Monday, for the express va Curtis and family, a free rosy back to Lnimnrgee yg | paving learned, through the New ¥. LA losa of al! they possessed by some infamous gooum A plan is on foot to intres ro iato Cumber= and, Md.