The New York Herald Newspaper, May 13, 1857, Page 10

a) THE MQNICIPAL REVOLUTION. GREAT POPULAR DEMONSTRATION. Resistance te the Late Obnoxious Legislation. “WIMENSE MASS MEETING IN THE PARK, THREE STANDS FOR SPEAKERS. Music, Calcium Lights, Flags and Trans- | parencies, @peerhes of Bou. John Welly, Hon, Jekn Cechrave and a Score; ef Others. Resolutions —A Commit tee to Co-operate with the Corporat e Authority, &, a, A mass meeting of the citi ns of Now York opposed to Whe deepotic and acon itiona) jaws wf the recent Tate Legifiainre, was bel, hast evening iu the City Hail park, purswant to Ube fUlley jag all — Ay Po me Parma or coun de. oy “Brera th ig He prigd of Te ary.” Pho demoracy «1 the city pumiy of New Yeo? aed al: wae mr opporel vy Pr erty Ue A ant Cmapeue Mciskanon, tm the fhe, 47 mage meeting, cm T are Woe! te weedy, May t bt 36 0100) | tow oles agains the’ reckjess aod mnprio aa. St the Wack vopubtioans. by We ine Teoma we dort Oy € ar erw dilutions) and enarwied rights, and de “RATE PRAM Anat: ry a 9 Whe ope ers. ag Bal) focade; avother was wpposite Tammany He ang thetaird (for the socom: + qx6) mtvont of the Hall of Records. ers of ¥ pw" ag. a Se? ax, are wool we ee terete Iw OF OUT foe. wrighked privileges. rally in your antted etrengu ane he odioas enactments oF war State Leeiniti: ‘ate oar city propery | 3 Rosary gotiion] saventarer- TEemaae oars probibiurd trade vader. :bo pre ert 0: eorter ¢ clans af ras et a on at A2ene &: the bedes! subjugate the*rourses of onr com ‘the base objects af the woe ourrap! po Siate. : ‘Where wit! be the end? Let ur constitutions! and polities! means toa ssn, oy car to Gera] Oarvelvosacniiet theme Commaiuee ef {Maanots aggre AlTuugemen 3, PHILLIP W, BNOS, Charman ‘Thore were three stands pat up fer the scoommotation | The principal one was in front of the | odation of German epoai- REACEMAEED, } Secretaries, ave been invited aod wil) address De ‘The stands were de- qwaiee with flags and traneparencies, and a five band of gamuiie was stationed on the principal one. Awpong the mottoes inscribed upon the lanterus er trans- parencies were the following:— tt i WE SURTALY eae > | ; Ras GWTRE a eee eet PRION. ene rene ne nee nnoe meee rer: rt swelve ox fifteen thousand perrone prevent rnnnnennnansonnronsroneneoe RRR mene: IN KIGMKOUS AUTHOIWTY THE PE wou PONCE RO LL LON ORT ORDE NIELS: sree reeonrrncrnnn ones oF) WHEN THY WICKKD RULE THY necenennne BOVLE MOURN. Tas FLOPKUTY OF OUR COMMERCE, POONA OO EOE IO DEDEDE OL TORCD OES) eee WE OBEY 414 CONSTITUTIONAL LaW, S(T Davy De § Porat PNR IEE bE. 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The MAIN STAND. da Ge hour approached for opening the meeting, he amdlence continued to increase, till fually there wore some The afair was M rminated by & calcu Ngbt. ‘The meeting wae called to order by Captain Rynders, wee as — morting to order, and nominate your Chairman, Baa, bewerer, permit me to te the meeting called Lere to-night, and its evjoots OrEeeN OF CAPT RYYPERS.. PoRow eitizen—At the request of the Chairman of ar- vengements, and with your permivsion, | will now eal! the fine my position in regard Te >| In doing | cans of this city. are ipa ym in this char- r 1 ~— aire and ame clearly to yoo where they have vom Noein ee hepwm ato Toan- petuahe ob eee ees hours le X fpr the speakers who Gre to com@after me; bat I will refer toane or twoot their Dill. have caused legtlation to be tone (p Wre city ef Albany, miler frem here, which belengs: to your ™ ves. Sean Sth Gang See omnwoner- mation aad legislation was wanted; but they have shat. ed for ma; they bave de- polides) purpo- ‘THoerats ont of offee to put biack republicans inte efice. ‘Will sy man sey that thesemen who have bees ed fer thi- city ate not partean men? Will any man deny that Simeon Drawer fs a yitrty politician, and wit) ave his infmence for party purposes? Will any man that this man Droper will eo carry ont the lav, if the courts deciare tho ‘aw Constitvuenal? They tell you that you wore not erin w build a City Hal wrneif they Dave divested yeur mericipal authorities off power placed in their funds, and-wkieh belonged to youns your sacred righ; they Rave pikved this power in their hands, not nly to pend your money without ay reed wo how {1 mayM%e done, but they have given ‘still further pewerstbhey have diepored of part of this pubhe square on which to Bulkt' post office. I Wasa member of the Cermsron Council when this qnestion was pen whether thi ground chould be disposed of for any mch parpose and peuitons «pen petitions were presented that this land athast mightSe kept, showing what the old Vateh had dow for us in ear infancy. They have temporized by ap- strats to fll some of there aifioos; bat I do- clare boldly tat any man who will receive euch an office nid be fer ever proscribet ss’a txfitical renegale. (Cheers.) Your mumicipal government and State Lesista- ture have beretofore maintained that the laboring man— the mocharic and artisan—shonld have a quiet spt of ground to whieh to retire after tho toi] and turmoil of the ay ; but these men have deprived you of that, and those bo now own }ots tn this now part of the city will be bubjected to taxes, forthe Legislature have given the Cen tra) Part Commissioners power to pend mil!inas and sail, ut regard to what you may say to the contrary. facts that can’t “be denied. Look at the Port dens’s Dill and see whet they bave done for you to ne country Ddlsck rephtican au oillce, for which bare been waiting patiently tor years. These legis havo been very kind, where’ they ean’t provide rs with offices they have usurped the con: ti gisiated thera tnto city offices without any re- ibe. poople whatever. Now zen. case will, Well what abont chat? mation Wes needed there, but they Or: their follc wd | gard to the choice | tlemen lock at you y be true a r or | bave cod all in the hands of the rich man, who et a Keene = by his _ influence aud wealth, and taken it ont of the handg of (he poor man, no matter how worthy, how competent or ho# nwralbe may be. Gentlemen, 1 will go no far ther. Let us, a law abiding chizeus, if tho laws are to cided ional by the court of last resort—the Court oe by these laws, as all taws are ina.ie by tho people, except when they ‘are usarped. Teoy this, there fs no party left upon the face of this world except taat old democygtic party, whose interest bas been the welfare of the poole, and whose duty it has been to enrct such laws for the benefit of the many without re- gard to the wealth of the few | ‘The folowing parned persons were proposed and elected officers ef the mecting:— VICE PRIDENTS. . First ward—Thomas Stewart, William Wilson, Tromas THES. Second ward—Wm. Miner, J. Talt, Wm. Buiteed. ‘ ‘Third ward—Andrew Harrison, M. L. Harris, A. @. Me ‘arter. pFourth ward—Andrew Shean, Jobn Ridden, Wm, M. Brown. Fitth ward—Robert Donnell, R. ©. McIntyre, Jas. Clark. s A ward—Daniel Sweeny, Henry Van Glaben, Henry efe. Seventh ward—Wm. M. Tweed, J. A. Westervelt, Thos. Aciams. 1h ward—Danie) E Delevan, Benjamin Wood, D. & ih ward—Jacod Windmeller, Hiram Wiliamn, iller. cpih ward—E. FY. Purdy, J. Jarvis, Herman Koueha- | sen, | event: ward—Joanea R, Steers, Geo, White, Anirew «kinan, | Twelfth ward—Danie) F. Tieman, David F. Jackson, John Vance. Thirleenudeward—Stepben H. Foeke, J. L. Lindheim, Ja- | cob Besuett. ‘i Fowriccxth ward—Hieary P. West, Thos. Whelan, Theo. yonlap. ‘ iifteeath ward—Ivaac Bell, Jr., Chan, Meade, A. A. | Bean. j Cho iwenth ward—Samuel Osgood, M. 8. Halpin, Jas. Mar- an A pan ota aa co Eickoff, Abreham Turnure, | ee ward—C. G. Gunther, Richard Schell, Robt. Tae uetb ward—Peter B. Sweeney, Peter Dosicy, Fraak Twenty Froment Tweviy-second ward—Jas, Hughes, B. P, Fairehild, Henry Schnoor. -first ward—Jne. Anderson‘ A. F. Vache, Andrew SPCRRTARTE, | Ehret ward—Nichs. Dimon, Gregory Doras. | Second ward—A'fred Chancellor, Fras. Hora ‘Third ward—Cnas. Fletcher, Thos. Munroe, Fourth ward—Joseph Rove,’ Danl. Dovovan. Fifth ward—Jobn F. Henry, John Creighton. Sixth ward—Wm. l. Bowers, Matthew Murray, Seventh ward-—Jea, McMahon, Henry Clonee. ath ward—R. W. Buns mata. Philigs. Ninth ward-—H C. Bailey, Wm. Vatiaoe. Tenth ward—Joseph J. Jeunings, Norman M. Lord. Beventh wa Bernard Kelly, Aadrew Smith, f » 8. Ryer. Torteenth ward—J. J. Reilly, L. Bryant. Fourteenth ward—Dvter Daweon, James Leech. Fifteenth ward— angustar Muntor, W. W. Norris. Siateent © L. Donnelly, bartin Dovber. Seventeenth ward~-Bernard Reilly, Anthony Woot, Eapbtecnth ward—Oliver Hubbard, Edwd. , Ninetoenth ward— Simne! Allen, William Denham, ‘Twentieth ward--Dennis Kyer, M. J. Wterbary. | Twenty first ward—Thow. MoCoy,S. L. Pures Twen ec nd ward—Alex. Ward, George G. Davis. ons were then read aad ‘The How. & Pories of resolu tere to-night to make cormraon eauee with my fellow | adoyted ws the seme of the mectiug == Whereas, the Lryinla i) Sire be me Ghbvidua! inbabiant of this city, ax we! wre Mabrereent of Bo soudt heieve fers, Iam hore among 5 AK warors Vitlo to the | fee cheated oot of their rig or T consid lature 1 beleve, a2 every intellige that terete of the city ere of Now wemrn v ike Leg’ lagrre © heap any more upon us bat by on leca’ monn onal and - fem oe every men har a nght to ec that lew ro Voices 4 til be i con i mean to apenk (laugbter.) parple, te ae mueb Ov 0 protest by A weajor whether richt or wrong. (Volccs—' menn to crak ar @ demserat, nnd etion 1 don't advocate open rebetion Barpaines for or of Ceep importance to every | mt i last ree y, dat T wast to inform "¥ age oot He will have s barter task, f think than be T don't edgacs: resia@ane jaw: bot there ie more ways then ome to eustadm the | of our courtitution, and abide with unwavering What qetter proof of tt can we barechaa outrages which are raised fron: yeartoyvar. se we can bear, We dont wasnt 1 Cont Gacy | by law to arrest the progress of this inrand upon vested leapenic, depriving as of our richts ea a | go for & free people, a free city and a free char if deere (Volos “Gont, punt.” rth oe matter how moch they authoriee, it will never iatims re of this Slate at ite recent om. rions epactine nts assume to itself the right nicipal concerns of this c » the will of its iphabitants, or yon us anew system of police, ace three of four connties; ® ernment by ebrogating et; requiring the removal ter extent of Gook wo ao te other cir prejudice; creating an f port wardens to ancwor the cravings of ans, and against the expross wikbes of the beats f city; apd putting upon one exterive ane of trade an impracticable aud sevorve oxcise tax fi of oppren ve abwerdides. rehar bile anarchy and confusion fotlow the dweuo oh during ururpations of power, ovr city at a consequence with an overxhoun: Mciale ¢ privileges, wad hoart call upon the people of thie acta of « logivlalive body w 10 deprive we of our freedom aa a city, an ais of @ffice hob eat out oor 4000," jlodge of our determined opposition te ouch adore the following — rity of the Legistature ef our oo, In attemptiug to fa-toa cpom the people of this city ow fprm of government wihout wabmiting ite pro ns to thare who ero to be governed bj ty whnteh has been elected by them ond her rt aw | ebure Tecotwed, That the tw med in their tyrannical careor by “due process of relief # found in the wisdom of our jadiciary, ety of tneulted electors burls these waadais we. the bil! extablishing what ts facetionsty act to establish a Metropolitan potice”’ in thie hich provides for a commission of purty men ee lected from a small minority faction to rale this right arm of our Metropolis, and sets at defiance the constituted ties of this city, alms n, ig unregieted, ‘will ofom a byewort and a reproach, aod bla oat the last | ¥ertige of democratic priuetules frota our escutcheoa. Resolved, That the revistacce thus far oppaved to thore al ominations by the chief magwtrate end oe to in the erm ne of our jadieiary, and we hereby tender | the reeteling powery the rappert of this ip Fe and those whom they represent, in every Jasu rigchta. » That the Imposition practised the own mercial men of this chy by the Port Warden bil, enscted by the majority of our Logislatare at ite late sued 6s eLould reosive tke Condernna:ion of the party who sustained it qelate the prope from meeting ae wey 40 toate v0 on Abe mupport of commerctal in- Abetr Ciepleneure aga ast euch , whacher it most pro, en. our Leguletre oF the Common il Of this city. and Sagtedy Gore: ConA Say wo ere gulag te of officwal down; we or rights, and we thinks epprens intemperance, v them aid the oonetctona! iw uf the @nue, Se fa ty a WEE now, fellow cltieed=, with your permimion, som! an effort wo ‘chairman to provide over thie ansemblage—a amen fale ly named anere ter pectin! memgrty ent Reveny of boart al | Lernee 6; hie has ths . Anis city, in Kelly ‘the wickedness of those g be Bemination was received with lou! cheom which it was first SPEECH OF FORK FELLY. highly re o We Dew eitizens—Why te thie aesembiare bere to nich? fraught wich imprac- * Bis, wT understand it, to ang vent to your feobnge 4 Geable Or the unmatehed want of and lq eeath mt thove in! xn laves that have been paved by a | practiad knowledze which in the baste to ‘4 fauna. \ -—y! Lege’ We assembio here t vight under | teal and frenzied conmituoncy for thelr votes, has ‘‘thrast 7 dlroumnetances than what we have heretofore, ae | inte tho world sence baif made up” this patchwork of wbenrdity and legictaive We turn it over to these weer immediate ne Cltlzome It waa intended toss coprdenson Uy ' Gn proses of torr mat tee foceet ° “ de procome ty o} bor will tevel foul erty. you of your rights ) How wry dome itt They bave cone it by giving you « » O] maaking toe grovisions of Unet arter apniy | te favor of individuals whe being to their pany; ibey Gemocrnte ont of oftee and | have Meivlsted binck republicans into oon; {ove dane more, men that wore chosen ae yonr cw atwore to represent you tr r hall for two. years, eee fm ene year, and m Perwo ) whom ~ known to th a Bick republicana The: . T° re fre, place them as | enjoy cortain priv: Jeger, thus raising an arivtoerary tn our land, aod beennse. further, the profewed object of the law to leet #ight of in the abeurdity of ite provivione, and will fail to be attaiuad ip the poeauit of a theory, eatirely bo practcal common s@-4. Rear tved, That the mearuree taken by the same Iegisia uve mayrity, in eppointiog commis one & erect a now Ony Brill and cormage the sitire of the Comtral Park, oro bor 43 the fact of placing courte toward the oou- a We To thore atreatty reforrod © So pany es who a, be bie for wi) the to be created for there aad to ‘De severaly taxed for expenditures, on which thoy ato not sted to exercise 4D opinion; 0 or three democrats op these comumisians, however to hem pa individuads, to be teccived i Juels! this unwarrantable ‘sUtuted wuthorities of thie city, Resolved, That while we acknowledge that our form of municipal goverbment requires amendment and corrucuon ip mary respects, and thet there are esiis and wbuses arising {rem & which should be od ing tre by creer Sh dope eo! local soverciguty, and is to the 6 called our te worst features of Resolved, That a powers pot Btates or the people, that powers vested {n our city by the sanction of its , are auch as we have rained, and hem: as a city im ap atuitude not to be Volerated by the national demucracy. Seare, That as a motaber contributing (he greatest portion of means to its weasury, and ® i Operations as bo Commercial emporium of oir as the heart from which flows through tll the State tho fe blood of its support, we guage at the attemyls of Jegivtatore from tho iblerior to seize upon our mupivipal powers, and claun t rule over those to whom the poople country acti the arterios feel that we have cause to be ind we sunfided their interests. Resolved, ‘That we beld tho rocalled “republican” party and all of any other party who furnish aid ead ocom- for i earrying out the obnoxious features of those un- cars titationul and aggressive sebemes, responsible for the designs and consequences of their at by public discussiag aud by indivi- J eRort,-we Will agitate the questions thus forced upon ar consideration until the rights of the people in the remixes are restored, and these tyranical enactments sre jowwd from the statue book or parged of their anti-de- hereby deciar merratic eharactet. Resolved, Figally, that in the etate of anareby and con- fusion which there grievances are producing, wo call open every sonnd democrat in this metropolis, 2nd wpoa roneer vative men of all classes, t eome to tho reseue, ere misrule and nsurpation place this city in a wre to Belfisb and scheming politicians of the ign to appropriate our city treasury to mer- tmtolerancs tate of vas State who cenary purposes. with bannere 8) may ack why is Tomlinson here? ress. The man who fine Pattery the friend of emigrant ropners. slew Henry . They power. I stood by the whit was aimed at bis heartand he the great American me, feel grateful to aud to our wealth. 1 know that yy he constitwtion of Me Cuion to Congress ro by tho Fame w (for tu-tance your excise law) kard, aud is told that he would bring the erphan oad widow tothe grave. ‘The man who stands by the pillar of the eenstitution is accused of being the enemy of the bond- man end in favor of eatending the mstituiion of slavery. T recollect well when 1 oppored the conversion of your I wae denounesd as Friends, in moré than a democratic party, its present uses, bundred battles 1 hive stood against the and with the whigs; but we feught on questions porary policy, such a8 the bani, the tarid, the distribution of the public lands, and upon all our banners was written pan by rine pe do: we bold we tafringed gi a a fy ae 20 these vac 4 us of our Sirte ‘The reading of the resolutions was interrupted by the J of delegations from the First and other wards, music, After the reader bad contiaued for some twenty minutes, there were cries of impatience from parts of the crowd, end a unanimous beret of appro- val greeted their conclusion. The adopuon of the resolu- ‘tions was then moved and carried, MR, TOMLINGON’S SPEECH. Mr. Tapopons E. Tomuwson was introduced by the chair- man, and addrossed the meeting. He said:—Fellow-citl- zemt—The right of free speech is written in the constitution ef your Stato; the right of a free press is alxo written in the constitution of your State; the right of the people to deliberate on the action of their public servants is undispu- ted; the right of the national democracy toconyene for the Purpose of defending toeir rights, vindicating their prin- ciples, and advocating thelr case ts undisputed. (Cheers.) You often mingle the case with the advocate, and seme speak my bonest cenuments. In tbis country there is great politea) Aberty, but very little personal independence. Tae man who epesks his houest seutiments is apt to meet with the oppesition of his party, or fall beneath the tyranny cf the tyranvical or oppressive called a frien! of the Permit me to the Unien and compromise, (Cheers.) Henry Clay was for the Union and compromise. (Cheers.) And here let ‘me tell you, a3 a maxim, that crime re; Show me # man that is vafaithful to his friend, and I will show you m man that is unfaithful to his party.’ Show me a man that ‘x disloyal to bia party, add I will show you # man that is ful to bis country. The men in the struck him down in tae until the repu great have prejudices against the foreigner; and tt is for this rea- son, that come of the woret foreigners, as well as some of the worst Americans, are always imtruding tuto public office, where they are not wanted,and make themselves But the great bod: population, whether at the domestic fires shop, or in the prairies of the West, make up our pros- The question navorally suggests itself, for what is ‘Unis assemblage here? What calsunity haa fallen on tho What Gxgrace has attached to the pation? For the Gret time since the birth of thie republic, the country has bevn shaken to its foundation by e party ‘orgauivation om hateful. (Applaure.) perity. enty? eeetional principles, We bave been forced inty the dis- eersion. to the resene, What is the righix of the city? It is this, net strong enough to fasten ite tre: but although bruised etriki York play of Richard If aprre was « judge of human natu all ages, erimeor ty berm The blak republicans have f trampled on your iberty and rance and of religion. the val withstand the pr ea barrier to the black man’s fortunes of the black man were the I'berty of the people rested, your town, and when you go sin your arme, 4 the prineip science of men. in tte future promice. charter, you shalt bave control of the land. tbat there would be ve libert: reymbiienn Legilatare done? | tion and yourcharter, and dentes yourrelves; it cenies officers, in effrct. Wi ‘They © poten Chester, Kings and Queens. i EE + then! Fellow citizens, I am not tbe eobject of tariff, of the to rpeak w you upon the © Fepublienns and democrat, you upon the inalienable pe re of relf. government thet ale them the calamity of repnbliean support. shail Neenee your dealers, build your eity hall, and ell but , to epeak t ‘pen the grest franchiae of the city of New elementary questions; we heve been foreed to fali back Upon the constitution, and ark the people to come secret of this tnrasion of the The republican party was uoou the uadoaal wounded, it ix now With ite tai! the gloriowa and patrione city of New (Cheers.) Gentiomen, have you ever heard the You have seen it performed. Skak- re, and he knew that in despots wanted to enact the darkert deods of Dy, they need the cloak of religion. Bucking. ® to kichard, “Look: you take a prayer book iu your end etand between two churehmen, my good lord.’” lowed this cue, and have hts in the namo of tempe- In the name of the colored man, they wonid divide the Union and overthrow the con 1, for cae, look with iterost on the black inaa. wering Bim: and you might aa hey to withstand the ava- from the rountat av to expeet the colored race to {the white Flavery I look upon destruction ; and the enongh without adting to Gontiemon, there is more im this controversy than you would tai at the moment. We are so secure in Ue enjoyment of liberty that we do not realive, at first, an attack upon them. It was a round trath which Koesuth repeated, when bore, that In Our municipalties and towns Liberty i# not like a dea- potiu dol whieh you worwhip ata distance, Freedom | 8 honsehold goddess, and whe ly enshrined in your fresides, You carry her with you {nto your domestic circle, into 10 pioneer the far Wout, tnd free from ail control le of rig bt, which l4 written en the con- Fellow ci!ivens whe are you, and what pu? Mave than 200 years ago, a charter was granted city, tyem a preat city in coutemplation of law and Tt was raid, you whal! have a Political power, you bas viniaind the constitu the right t yeu to, of men—apon ine been ruthlessly at ork, that bes beep dashed to the growad—opon the individual righte of eftizons of New York, that have been prostrated and ruined, This ie the theme tf The the Pebject of your thought. my discourse, This ia a ihe cage of tho and we do tem- whig party knife i. Lcould not unite with party, ard why? Recanse J, as an nm, with no foreign connection to attach to the emigrant who adds our glory many Americans of our foreign , in tae work: have Even this last constitution reeogut: the right, end this last law, amending your charter "gives a baiting and lame respect to it. It ix held that whorever & corporation I*, it hase right to contre! iwelf. Without Bot what has thie covers ur right to appoiat your own olty & moral lesen Jo they teach! ypose Brew lew, sosure and of Fe Meaattnde, that Ye should come inte the assembly of the ae witb a bolter round his peck, eo that \ Piight be etrangied upon tho Fat, Now, these biack republicans baa ‘and his only aéoeptance. | Do. hateey about thelr g necks when they proposed these infarnons and unconstita- thal Inws; Dut you have the halter im your own toads, apt as yy you strangle them the November lection. " (fond cheoring.) et ‘The right of the to relf governmagé bad mover been que tened. It sand same in New Yerk as in Georgia. Tr swells ont over the mountains and plains of Kansas, ‘They bad that right here, They must resisc that of aparchy was was reyolntion—revotution at tho ballot be, revolution with arms, (Applaure.) Let Dut it was taken from them. jon—for {f the unly remedy law, the only remedy for oppressive laws box, or, if need them choose resintance an the one side or degradation the other. (Cheers.) That was the t right? and shall be 20 2a plause:) city of the honest poor zens than had Pamnic another. it was unpocestary. spirit of this people a: for the benefit of the few or he bad commenccd he would conclude by stating that there was @ moro important question to he dovided to-night ‘er been presented to them Dy political parties, uld here pledge themsulves to resist now, henceforth apd forever all infamous legislation of the law- makers of Albany. Mr. Wa. 1. Rose was next intreduced. He hed met them, he said, before on harder fought thukis tina this, This was no question which simply involved their rights, Dut a question which involved the yery principles of tho rebublic. This was a question older than the republic. It had been decided in the monarchies of Europe four, flve and It wes the story of the frst formation of towns in Ituly,in Germany, in France, in England. He would not ask whether this’ was a co-operate town, or He only asked to see these in- bts, aud more centuries ago. whether it had a charter. telligent masses here to know that they had that the fist right of American citizens is the right to vern themselves. It is the cardinal principles of democracy of he United States. Prejndices, peither to Americans nor democrats, bor r>- pobdlicans, but to al! citizens of this brilhant metropolis to defend the cardinal principles of municipal goverument. ‘This republic had long been menaced by a combivation of Kuropean despots to destroy it. Their eiforts were to set ‘ene party of men agamst another, onc Sate against another. And now they would set one portion of this State against ‘Their motto ts “First divide, and then conquer.’” If they would divide this State let them throw this city to the southern tide of the ine. (Laughter.) He adjured them not to let the queeiion pass without & serious resis- tance, for if they cid not revit, a precedent would be sot whieh might destroy the liberties the Unien, and they migbt bid good night to all their re- publican feelings. Would they allow this thing to go by default? (No, no.) He knew they would not, they allow in tho midst of the light of civilization, this could pot be done ta Pranoe, in Germany or tp England, while tue people of the countries were comparatively barbsrcus? reat people of this municipality bad Fomando Wood) because be was per- tecuted, how much more would they sustain a great prin- ciple sought to be trodden under foot? They must deter mine that thir monictpal law should net be decided with- @ut their perfect and unanimous concurrence. Mr. Thos. Duxiar moved a resolution, authorizing the Chairman of tho commit) se to appoiut a communities of weven persons, to co-operate with the city authorities in opposing the tyrannical laws of the Legislature, thing}to be done which would not.) If the eustained one man ( people, to maintain them. Al wing army. © resent at the thre-hholt this nnconatit :tienal act. gitin, here wus this great, wealthy, euterpri-ing New York; and yet thozo Jaws aim a blow ngainst the commerce of the city which they strove to make the scorn of their enemies and a Mt subject for tho sympathy of their friends, Tt does more. It passes infamous license law, in which the right: of petition is placed at the disposal of the frecholder and taken fom (applasse.) If he mistook not the principles of his fellow citi- they would resist the legal oppression, whether it be e many. man. misery of (No; thom through ihe public press. Mr. Exo returned thanks to all who had made them. gating 8 this tremendons demonstration bad ever been mado—at this elves active in ment ef Corman waid he Junto, ae it was ond one of the city men of Ni and a major! rewiet wilh vpoo this twenty 12 {eo if v bio crate pariy. were engaged and Governor 1848 Mmissiouera. 1 wn} and liberty, simple pur pose : i i f : i ii i ; 3 3 3 z a§ F375 5253 2 > 3 5 g i t i © 2 5 4 g i 3§ 4 ii H g f i i =the largest pert City Hall, _ Ff our coutiry ewept Bent conetitudon rights, or atuemped to doit, which I have to ¢ Court of Apyeais will determine atill welong to w York, r and powers which Tam prod to say use cliel execut ciicer of your oity, Fern marks upon tueir ears Tt te o@e of those \eoues by epeeoh. ae on meet rise ie heir infamous and degrading power whick beneath whe dust of he earth. I have osly alluded to oor solitary act; re are five of the same charactor. Miiome are to be Hall aad the Contral Park, iy are sent bere wo disburse men, aDd your Common Council and make calculations for the baw atte ah them tious wenpted Swi i 5 2 é 5 4 | GERMAN STAND. ELOQENT SPERCHES—GREAT ENTHUSIASM. ‘She meeting at this rtand was orcamzed by the appoint SWACKHAMER, Bq. a8 President, ADDRESS OF MR SWACKHAMER, On assuming the dutics of his office he sald that by wome rtrange arrangemenr he had been eelected to preside over a German meeting. They would have speeches from German orators as wel) a8 one or two in tho English language, and he would not object toa few Irish addresses. (Levd applause.) In aavuming to act for you as chairmain peuker, permit mec say iv al! serioumess, wat thie mighty assembley is well calculated to call out that popular sevtiment of indignation which in the early days the centralized Bridsh power from the continent of America. ‘The rights of privilege’ in he language of our call to the have been violaied apd power at Albany. You will remember, my fellow ciu- gens, the constitutional convention which rent conitution, of which I was an humble member, had for ite leading motive the decentralization of power in the Sate of New York. For a series of your tho Albany ‘olled the destiny of this State; ves of the framers of the pre Wo bring home to the citizens of ibe Several cities and villages within the State the right to re guiate their own municipal matters, ant in fact to govera Ueme ives. The so-called ro) York bave assumed those right: which ta; coneth ational jolding sil law apd all -suthority in ite own dare not atiempt to inflict a wsuped by called, ene of New York. They bave allompted to ase do Wood (nth ustastic app our Common Counoil aro determ! Acd why not? Why of thelr might city, which la domocratie by ote uoand majority, men whe were ongegod ta vinging Heeslana fiom Philadelphia with ja order W defeat the d Brown and Draper and ohers days: royal blood coursed through his views has made a commission consi-t.n those very mop who. ried to rob ycu of your liberties ia And yot they say it not a pelitioal board of com. ence to talk about the matior lato be met by acts nud not Messrs. in these x King, wi in your early bave no the Oi Dlican Legislature of 3 jssue, and they had to determine ito men bat nd no triflin; pce ed crogr fiuld,. with a gal army t pplause.) Re oid not come bere to present a constitutional argument; He appealed to their common senso whether a kaw degislating out their chosen oillcera, and bo- stowing power ob men not chosen by them, was not an infraction ofthe ballet box—whether the cislodgement of fa police foree, aud the substitution of a force to do the be- host of their masters, was not an outrage on their pohtical rights? The police Woukl be constituted a stapding army in their midst; and wat says the constitutlon? That there Tt behooved thein, Benet, p deadly an AS of every municipality in ould they » and t nominate zens of New York, the central framed whe pra dabt the he (row 0 righia vi THe was bo more to compiaia of, than there ie for We cAlzens of New York to-night to complata of ia Aifor's, to deprive them of their right, . We are bere by millione for the net only of remoustrakog ageinst this .D- ‘stem of legislation, but also, here in our ma- prociaim to he omm.wioeers appoint thai the freemes of New York will 2 2 ity 23 at beigé reid] i its Mi} é FF ; 3 g rite be SFE ds fi i i if 2 E ? ii = z ; efi # fh He ap} to no party Kk re we will.” dictated to should eat und ‘drink. We must, oor they, take and unadulterated water aud bran bread. laughter and applause.) Th ®sext thing they eay, “Patrrick, you must not sleep with Biddy.” The object of the legitiators at Albany were to pee ‘obnoxious laws, make our citizens foot the bill and ir sumptuously every day, He retired amid loud cheers. Dr. Meekle submi(ted the following resolution which was ‘Ubarimourly adopted:— Reeolved, That the chairmen of the three meetings of this evening he empowered to appoint a committee to co-operate With our city authorities {9 resisting the obnox Jous laws euactod by our late Legislature, which woul! deprive us of our rights as freemen, ‘iher German mpooches were made, interspersed with music by ap excellent band, and the epthusiasm was uu- boun Evidently the sentiments of the orators, which were eloquently expressed, were the honest convictions of our German fel citizens, a large number of whom con posed the audience in the Park last night. HALL OF REOORD’S STAND. Another large mevting was erganized near tho Hall & Records. Hon. A. Woods was appointed President. Being introduced by Capt. Creighton, Mr. Woods said that as the gentleman had introduced him as one of the representa- tives of this city in the luet Logislature, he acknowledged that he was thus unfortunate, It was unfortunate from ‘the fact that the Legislature did not regard in any manner the wishes of the people of this city. The question now ie whether the peovie will submit to the isws it adopted. Cries of nol never!) Tho action ot that Legislature was jestined 10 deprose the rights of the white man, to eleva‘e the black maa. Ifa poor white man presented bis griev- ances before that body be was troated with eoatempt; while $250 was appropriated from ihe pudlic money, to get a black fugitive from justice back from Norim Carolina. He believed the time bad come when white man’s rights should be res; a, and the negro rbould take the ploce he is fitted by mature to ov- cupy. The License law of the Legislature made a distine- tion between rich and poor men Arich man can get a license, but if a poor man who has uo real estate atk» for ‘one, the Commissioners bold up their hands in holy hor- ror and refuse him. He believed poor mon were equal with rich men. (Throo = choera) New York membrrs wero not allowed to speak’ in the Legislature, but would be stopped upen some point of order if they attempted it, He closed by introducing . O, Richardson. MR RICEARDRON’S RPEECH. Mr. Richardson said our Legislature bat departed from the principles of Mberty established by our futhers, and ene to seize the private property ef ihe city to pick ‘and plunder # pleasure, (Can't do it.””) It was an_at- tempt at centralization. It was se in France, when the despotic Fourbons deprived the cities of the right of selecting their cwn rulers. The gov- ernment fs centralized in Paris just as the Tepislature is trying to centralize the power fin Albany. They want to appoint our mayors as Louis Rapoleon does his at Paris. They bave virtually removed Mayor Wood from eftice at the expiration of lis tret year, He was elocted by the poopie, and what right has the Legislature to remove himi? ere Bugland to take this right from: London all the British army could not enforce the decree. Shall we submit te measures too despotic for monarchial Fagland? Ali our inepectors are to be appointed by a police coramission sent down from Aibany. There is also clause in the new charter, that no man ean within two hundred feet of the polls without the consent of the Police Commissioners. Under the new City Hall bill we cannot whitewash the back of the building without sending to Albany for a black man todo jt, Shall we sub- of z wit to such tyranny? [No; we don’t want any nigger eli gareby | A white man discovered this country.) ALDERMAN COULTER’S 8PERCH, ‘The Prrewest next introduced Alderman Coulter, of the ohne ward, az @ full blooded democrat, [Throe ehcers, Alderman Corirsr did not come to speak, but to hear and jearn, He was a mechanic and a democrat, and wked no bigher honor than associaung with his fallow citizens in carrying out the principles he ehould defend while there was a drop of blood in his veins. New York city 48 trampled in the dust beneath the dastard feet of fanaticism—ber representatives are crowded into obscure poitions—ehe is subjpeted to the opprecsion of men as of our Intertests and wishes the emigrant just landed »poo eur shores. ‘Tue ebject wax to support ‘some old, broken down politi- CAPTAIN CRAIGHTON’S SPERCT. The Chairman next introduced Capt. Cra! rior, Who was not enly ready wo shel the dows ef bis eloquence in the ewuse of Kberty, but hs bleed alee, when the peopie required it. (Three eherrs.) The Captain began fraying that the motto—“ Pternal vigilance ia the price of libory—whieb he saw upow one of the banners—was never more appropriate new, What would the union be without New York, which & the oniy piace in the North loyal to the union? Masa chusetta was once called the cradie of liberty; bet she is ite coffin, and Northern New York i follewing her. He wasa man of peace, aud wonk! pot advise outrageous meacnres, but he would say, with Patrick Henry, “Giro mo liberty, or give me death! (Appia the poo- pie would submit their necks te the yoke, the Logis- re had @ right to put it op; but tho question for the ' tosetle was whether they weuld give up their chartered rights. He was in favor of a city conveahon, te recommende! by the Board of Aldermen. HON. DANIXL MAMON'S MPC, Hon. Dayne. Manon was next intratneed, an @ cemocrat thai bad never inched, even whee the enemy's pistol was pointed at his breast. He eaid that the great righus guarantied by tbe cowstivution bat beew stricken down, and for the Grst time the peepie of this city bad to learn that their rulers and masters bet areembied at Albany. Ho then coneidered the various measures peared by the Legiviature, which he aid was composed of black republicans, recreant alike to the con: & cow system of loris- He bebered that if the the peopio of this city could not take care ef themselves, the couutry peo ple could mat dott, He respected officers ingi imately elected, but before he would allow such coxpots ax these to take posseesion of or city, he would meet them epon the northern line of the county, and not let thom in ex. cept over bis dead boty, (Great applanse.) He would exbavet all peaceable means frat, aud if theme failed, be would try powder and ball. (Retewad applause.) Our fathers set the example in 1776, and if we cannet havetho privilego of electing our own ralers he betioved in fellow ing the example they then rot cu, (Three cheers and « tiger. at he clove of Mr. Mahon’s epecch, the Prerident said there were two men present who wished to speak. Ho wovld be rexpondble for peither. One's nate was Smith —tho other Pumb. Which will you havo—Smith or Piomb? [Cries of “Smith,” “Fiimb”) The Semiths seomed to bave tt, and Mir. Smith aocordingly preceetod to read Rapeech against tho legiviative acts, and ia favor @f Mayor Wood's conree. At the conclusion of Mr. Smith's remarke, the Prestd) made a brief speech. He was followed by Mr. Pinmb, Mr. D. R.fwackbammer, and Mr. Brady, Thr mecung — amid great applause for the Constitatien and yr. ‘The meetings adjourned abeut ten o'clock. Important Ratlroad Sul. SUPREME COURT, STATE OF NEW TORK. By the 255th chapter of the laws of 1851, authority was given to organize a raiiroad company, for the purpose of constructing & railroad threagh the city of Troy, for the eccommedation of the various railroads coming inte the city of Troy. Under. the provisions of thir new law and of the general raliroad act, @ company organised by tho name of the Troy Union Railroad Company, to the capital wtock of which the four following companion became mb. soribers, each to the amount of one quarter of the capital stock. ‘That is to cay —tho Schenectachy and Troy Rall- reed Company, (vince consolidated in the New York Central,) the Troy and Boston Railroad Company, the Hud- son River Railroad Company aod the Romwelaer and Sara. i it et 4 ik ir i is i i a f i & i i Ht a z Ff sis aE ie i i 35 i es i ‘To explain contract onl Parnes the tssue of bonds te the emount of t it having been found that this sum was insufficient to complete their rowd, Ae. , ‘sub- sequently called ¢n the city for farther means at ar. ferent times, and executed ‘he two tustruments re- ferred to for the purpose qf securing the for euch additional feeues of bends im the same mapner as ed ins the=original contract, ‘The fret additional issue of bonds amounted to $1 » the last to $27,000, which lastamount was Ag two, three and four years from Oct. 1, terest — peng The —~ bonds previeusly vary in the time of payment from ten to: years, oie half yearly op Lst of January td aly year, In further pursuance of said contract, and @f tha Ubsequent provisions for increasing the amount to be city, the four -rallroad companies the city their separate juarter }, aud raed by the executed to covenants, each indomanifytog the city as to ‘of the princi- pat and interest of the bonds #0 issu that if inevery aif year the entire uet income af the Railroad fhould Hot be suflwlent to pay to the city the sum of 3 percent forthe fret tive years, and thereafter the sum of 6 per cent uponthe whole amount of bonds sued, cach of the four Hous would forthwith, the city such a eum as within the entre net income tioned ratexbly among the whole amount of euch would make up the percentage so to be raved; each bonds coniaining alos provision that In case of fault one part of the Troy Uolon Railrowd Pay such principal and interest as they should fall city should first resort to its remedy ou and mortgaye. The road and paseenger hoarse of Railroac Company were comp! ‘and in, oper the 224 of Fob., 1854, aod have since been, ured by the four eornpanex, who sontin tolls aewensed to them, until the past year, It Various periods in ihe ewmuer and fait the ay their dues, By reason of this Puion Railroad’ Cotapany was pub te pay the city the amount necessary to mee} the of principal aud interest on its beadd which fell due Ist of Octover, 1856, amounting to $4,827 60, further amount of interest on said bends ($20, bgcame due on the Jet of January, 1867 These amounts Ab city was compelled to ruse elsewhere in order te pro- serve the city credit. For these ressong ciuy has commenced an action against the Unien Ruilroad end the four other companies, im which, afer reciting a history of the charges that the Unon Railroad Cony; guilty of a violation of duty ia failing to went of dues from the other companies, and thus it beyond its power to meet its obiigavens to aoe apa that three of the compames, to wit.; the New York Con- tral, Troy and Boston, and Hudson River, conspiring to- gether ma the pur oe € - breaking the coors, ‘and com- yelling the city to foreclose its mortgage, have spre rofueed to pay their reapective dues w ihe Company. Tuas the Union ia. i 5 se 3 § r f Hi ig i Raiload Com; solvent end unable to meet its oot no other propsriy except that mortgaged wo bus no other sources except such ax are deri tolls im ored ov the other roacs, That the of the companies, viz.: the Troy aad Boston i § tia of the Bi B a58k E Hy il i Bs << H fit Es i 3 i i he ris te § 388 i ron River, are, a8 the plaintlif believes, whol ‘fs an ipdemity to the clty for the amounts them. (N. B—There can be little doubt of bilty of the Troy and Boston road to meet is bonds.) It alleges that the city bas ly obliged, by the default of the railroad com, to vance nearly $27,000, and that it is threatened: with more serious loss in the ultimate payment of the and ip‘erest of its bonds, without any sufficient ‘ag to that portion guarantied by the Troy and Boston and Hudson River roacs, by reason of inability to aay in co large an amount. Italo charges tbat the Union Rail- read Company, Wirough the action of « considerable maje- rity of it diuréctore— # ho are also directors of or: by sald three companiee—is a 4 to wi fu! violations of duty and ge faith, and that thereby the value of the securities held by the “8 greatly impaired. The plaindfs therefore demand ihe Union Railroad Company may be compelled by the Court to go on and perform iw duty in the a to ls, and tha: the four corporations may be compelled ta pay their tolls, according to the terme of the eontract; lr - Ly tg Md yh in the premaioes, to go en and do uty Syme person may be appointed to manage the road, snd proceed to — enforce te tolls due it fiom the other companies. This Dito aac im the that ipstance, ws the only wild! 1 wiequate Protection against Joes. But {a case the court will vot graut this the plainti@s ack fer a foreckwure of the aud that the four companies be compelled buck one quarter of any deficiency over the amount realized from the eale. And that during the pending of an action a recet appointed to manage we Union Railroad tolls for the benefit of the city. This feicar andglaratoge Hatlvoed Coetyany paid wp lear Any ; ° 1D ap ans} oeming eubstantially mt e sagen of the complaint, ray tpg thai the relief acked by tho plaintiffs in nee, be graukd. The answer of the Union Railroa@ Company doce not (it will bardly be claimed) show pretence why the utmost relief asked by the chould not be granted, and is evidently dee: ‘ealy to aid the other three companies tn e*tabilshi ence ip the action. The exswer putin by the New York Cen- tral Railroad Company and the Hudson River Railroad bene bey! ewenvally eimHar. Toey commenes with a jrotest the act of he Logisimure co far ne it the city to loan its creait, is unconstitutional and yoid—thas probe rl. pergemy mle pnt a heat al suance of said act aro illegal and void. Remark. —It is usually deemed dishonorable among be- finesse men to plead the statute of liwitations or wary, against fair assignment of which the party bad tbe fal bepeit of. How Inuch more #o for acompany standing im ‘be position of the New York Central to seek to escape from tts just obligations, «a the ground that the statute un- wr which they have induced ap inpocent party, retying op the fab of its guaranties w iesue its bonds wa large amount, especialy when that defence is pleaded agaiuet @ party deriving no direct in mediate bene Me from the finde, for rating whicb tt becomes respansible, the only advastage belug that which was suppeved ght result from he increased busivess that be the city. The neat step may be to deny tha { i own bonds, which aro daily offered in the market and readily purchased by those desiring to make investments. The answers of these companies then coed to make certain charges againt the Roneeclser sud Saratoga Railroad Company for alleged vio- lations aud e@vacdons of the coptract, by runviog & less umber of cars to the city than they oaght fairiy te Co, aud thus escaping Uheir just proportions of the expenses of the Union railroad; and also, for certain alleged frauds and misrepresentations in procuring the adjuwunent of tolls to be pala by the Union Reilread Company for the use of its bridge. ‘They ako allege that the Union Railroad Company, tor the purp. se of increasing the amount of i revenues, aud faciitating tty business: to permis the Contra! Kailroad Company to egumlelie va general Freight depot on grounds east of the Unteo Ratle depot, and ea ew the Wo e@ecors) tracks imeide of that depot, and pase —— = = Lontg od iy May, 1656; bot that the peneseimer and Ser iroad Gormpany, tor the pur. pero of promoting it) own soldish motives, afterwards € fyuncson to be Imued, forbidding such we Mt aud grpunds adjolning. Kemark —W bavever force there might be in these falious in a suit against tho Rensselaer aud Saratoga Toad Company ty compel them the coutract, it cannot eurely allerd « returing to perform their ob] implicated ia the charges, want of good faith is proceed to” charge, though Uhat the city te ta ue wita the Renasselacr and Railroad Company. y wilt that they do not | to pay any more \elle iu the inequitable proportion wi bas beretofore bees necessary, by reasou +f the action of tho Reusselaer and Sa sioga’ Railroad Company, unless compelied to do vo. They deny any confedersey to brealx up the contract, but allege that it has been broken and Siolcted by the Ceuwelaer and Saratoga Railroad Company. ‘Tey deny that the city is entitled o.@ specitic perfor: of pt ee nat its Tuaron River, with ‘Up tbe wbcumstitutional y of the contracts. The motion Ath aud 16th ef April, Wm. Curtis Noyes North, Nisholas i, Jobu Rey wows, Townshend for the various a 8 BEE. RAt0Ad.—The night express going W: oo night, met with cod soandeus ‘Toledo and Adrian, and abvut twelve miles from the HLH! was thrown off EH # i at | i cs Aah iH iH t ; HTP i if i it tr ! i eis EF S23 FETE I i i ion Patrons ron Neorors orts the ta that distrions—dody, a Fears, $1,100; Goor ge, aged nineteen