The New York Herald Newspaper, February 6, 1860, Page 10

Verdict of Philadelphia on the Union Question. @REAT ENTHUSIASM—RESOLUTIO“ ss, hey Reo, me The Union emonstration held in the city of Philadel phia on Saturday evening last wes & perl?ct suocems, if ‘everflowing numbers and unbounded ev/chusiagm oan be: taken as evidences of sucecss. The large hall in the city, known by some as the National Hall and by others ‘tas the Academy of Music, was thronged in every part. Up to the very portals of the building persons were secn vainly struggling for edimission. The names of the dis- tinguished g/-ntlemom who were announced to take part in the proceed ings had strong influence in drawing together gach & ¢rowd, and although the people were evidently somewhat disappointed on learning that neither Messrs. Everett, Fillmore, or Crittenden had arrived, their enthu- siasm wag not in the slightest degree abated. Consider- ‘mg the capacity of the National Hall, and the way in whick ‘it was choaked up on Satarday evening, there could mot have deen less than from tnree to four thousand per- fens present. The following is the call, which will give ‘an ample idea of the purposes for which the meeting was @onvened:— CONSTITUTIONAL ee Heving tbat a crisis bas occur: ‘Adairs of our coun- peas ‘without to their former eeme, and the securing of tbe election to office of trulv national and ‘men, who, by their position. anteeedents acd well know? character, are abe to rally arompd tbem al) pa- ‘wiotic citizens, we hereby invite all who sympathize with the wbove views to mest ia general town meeting, on Saturday evening next, at National Ball, at seven o'clock, to organize a party to be called the ‘ovatituilonal Union Party of Philadel- The Ben. Jobn J. Crittenden, Hoa. Millard Fillmore, Edward Everett, and other distinguished statesmen, are to address the meeting. ‘This call was signed by over six hundred names. ‘The Hail was very brilliantly lighted and an excellent ‘band of music stationed on the platform played a number of pavonal aire during the evening. ‘The meeting having been called to order in the usunj form, Mr. John 8. Littell was appointed President by ac @amation. ‘The following are the names of the other officers of the meeting:— Vice Presidents—A. J. Buckner, 8. C. Morton, Dr. Wm. Harris, Wm. S. Spring . D. Arnst, A. G. Coffin, Morris \ Edw. ©. Biddle, Edw. @. Dutilh, Alex. Wildin, 8. Coursey, Ed. P. Borden, Thos. T. Bacon. Henry Loughlin, Saml,’E Eagleton, N. K. B. ogle, E P. Mohneux, A. B. Cooley, Jno. B. Robinson, George C. Preebury, Dr.’M. A. Neauley, Dan. Hoddock, William A. Drown, Chas. D. Freeman, P. Jenks Smith, Peter Solger, Jno. Fry, R. Roberts, Doud Foust, Wm. Smithers. Secreiaries—David C. McCammon, William D. Potts, Ed- wound C Peachen, E Harper Jeffrics, Joseph P. Tobias J. Sidyard Hodge, Howard J. Adams, George M. Sangram, David E. Fila, Charles H. Morgan. ‘The Paxsipant then came forward and addressed the meeting a8 follows:— My Fesow Cruzexs:—!] wil] not attempt an expression af my profound aporeciation of the honor you have doae me by this cordial ratification of the proposition, made through the Committee of Arrangement, that I should be eallea 10 preside over the patziolic deliberations of thie ‘vast and most respectable assemblage. My heart is filled ‘with emotions which may not, from its depths, well up im worcs of just and adequate acknowledgment. I can only tay that] will discharge my duty now with all the ability in my power and with the just pride of American citizenship. (applauge.) Io other daye, in the flush of youthful hopefuluees, with all the energy, ardor, and en- ‘thusiasm of an ardent nature, I stood side by side with many of you in vain endeavors, for the honor and pros- rity and glory of our country, to elect u successor of Waste m in the person of that man who ‘was pot of an age, but for all time,’? whose glorious and sou!-inspi- ring name will deacond the stream of ‘all time” in the commingied halo that has rendered Sllustrious and im- ‘Mortal the pames of the sages of Vernon and of Ashland. I ‘come to you now at the kindly bidding of some of the purest of our fellow citizens, in a time of unexampled excitement, in the midst of the realization of all the evils songequent upon the stupendous fraud that defeated the strong expression of national preferenos, from among the honored graves of some who were among the fathers and founders of the “ Great Repubdlic’—from my home at a cradie spot of our cherished libertiee—upon soi! made rich ‘and memorable by the shedding of their blood—not only for the purpose indicated by my distinguished appoint- ment, but to remind you that the claims of patriotism are far higher than the claims of party; and that the exigence ef the time demands the sacrifice, on the insulted and ‘violated altar of our country, of every tie of association, bowsoever strong, in her extrication from present dis rece, and from impending ruin. [call upon you in the vent, burning words of the noblest statesman that ever Diessod, by a life of illustrious service, an unrequitin; and ungrateful country, addressed from the high place he adorned at the Capitol, to ‘Senators to bury deep and forever, the character of the partisan, to rise up patriots, to break the vile chains of party, to throw the fragments to the winds, and to feel the proud satisfaotion that you have mado but a small Bacrifice to the paramount obligations which we owe to ur common country.” (Applause.) In the fullness of the hope that these sacrifices will now and here be made, “ without regard to former political associations,”’-—with ‘the lessons learned from the magnificent history of the peerless Statesman of Ashland, fresh in your memories ‘nd in your warm and generous hearts, I will proudly oo operate with you in indignant rebuke of the vile com- ‘Din«tions that infest the land; of political emperius, arro- gant and unscrupulous demagogues, whose bipocritical professions of patriotism is a cloak for purposes of cor- Yupt aggrandizement, through robber-like possession of “spoils and power’ (Applause.) I thought that my brief participation in politics was at an end of necessity; for there is no place in our national councils for any who, Btancing upon the Constitution, look down upon ibe miser: able and intrigues of party politicians; but no man may fix a limit to the duty and allegiance he ows tw his country, and I am here to implore you to remem- wer the undying words of him whose splendid achievements were far beyond those of a hundred vulgar heroes of the battie field; and to remember, also, that the most precious legacy bequeathes to us, for us, and for our children, was the glorious liberty established by our tore- fatbere, as iliustrated and defended by the matchless @taicemanship of Clay, Webster and Jackson. (Applause). We can never again rally with their ‘ospiring names as our ‘watchword. The illustrious memories of these great rivals pular , and for the honors of the republic, ‘their services and names, their high examples, and their wise and noble counsels, euggest the dulies incumbent ‘Upon us Dow. under the call of another watchword, Ci propriate to the spot on which we stand, which, through- ont the length and breadth of the land, will move and eave the great national heart to its noblest and holiest Isations—‘the Union now and forever!” (Applause). chart of our duty is spread before us. We have from come to rescue miscreant hands the institotions of the country; to Loyd cir ‘and deliberate council for the ‘‘preservation the federa] Union, the of the constitutional rights Of ail the States,” and the ‘‘suppreesion of disloyal, un- American secuonalism.”” To proclaim our unalterable devotion to the true and obvious principles of the consti- tution, which requires no interpretation bat that of com. moon honesty and common sense; nor interpreter but that recognized by itself, our deep, unchanging, unchangeable dove to every inch of the goil made free by the sacrifices of our forefathers; aud to repudiate ail fellowship with men ‘who fail to recognize the North, the South, the East and the Westas part and parcel of one indivisible whole— (applause)—one dear and common country—one priceless @nd glorious Union. (Renewed applause.) Feilow citi- Rens, our fathers founded the republic, established that Union, and cemented it with the sacrifice of their for- tunes, with their blood. The duty of bea) yp beg ag de- ‘volves upon us. Shall we not discharge duty in the spirit that prompted the noble discharge of theirs? The greatest crime cver conceived by the heart of man was when the immaculate Saviour of the world was nailed to the ignominious ross! There is one other crime in maguitude second only to that. I speak with deliberation and reverence. ‘At must not be perpetrated in our day. Its foul commis- @0n would be disastrous alike to our own welfare, to the welfare of our children, and to all our succeesors upon tints soi], and to the best interesta of mankind to the close ef time, and would deluge the land with fraternal blood, the imevitable result of anarchy and of divided hearts. ‘Let no indiecretious, no derelictions of ours, make it easy ‘Ww Our suecessors to fal! into this road to inevitable ruin. ‘We Dave falien upon times of extraordinary dangers; are ‘upon the verge of revolution, when section ws arrayed in angriest hostility against section, in this city of the De- aration of National independenco—within sight of the very spot from which was first proclaimed “liberty Uroughout the land, and to all the people”—for the pur- pore of reaserting the principles of that Declaration, and an abiding devotion to the constitation of the country, and Joyal submission to the decrees of its wise expound. ee Pe noblest champions of our rights are no more of earth. We, the people, mast now, through united ef forta, preserve the constitution, and for this sole purpose are wo here to-night. . Our sovereignty has been ignored. cour laws disregarded and contemned. We must rely on @uree!ves, God, being our helper, fer correction of ‘ine ‘wronge to us a8 @ pation, and a8 individual citizens, and . That glorious senti- ment of the grest defender of our poiitical faith—-<‘Li. ‘berty and Unica now and forever, one and ineeperable,”” kindies in every eye and swells m every manly bosom mow before me. (Appiause.) There are hundreds hero agevembied, who catch their from the words of ‘Heory and who will stand erect with spirit uncon. pana A, life endures, in the cause Piverty ot union ned the national prosperity. (Applause.) ‘This night the sovereignty of the people has been reas- werted: ees 2 oe nuiliders of the federal laws of the constitution have been rebuked and defied. Panderers, miserable panderers ¢o ignorance, disloyaity and focal prejudices and unnatural animosities, bave beep coptemptnously ctsregarded, while here, this might, beneath the shadow of old Independence Aall, we, freemen of Pennsylvania, unite our voices with those of our Drotixers and fellow citizens of Connecticut, Kentucky, New York and Tennesses one irrevocable Jacksonian fiat that ‘che Union must and shall be preserved.” (Ap- plaute.) We, the people, have adopted a conatitution, and it shall be respected. We bave enacted laws, aod they shall be obey ot. We have cemented a Union, and St whail be preserved. We will permit no partisan seremblag? 2 interpret Our constitution and to our ri years ago, in this very city of Independence and Of the constitution, and within a few days avowed in Con- grees by certain of the representatives, is, of our own ‘and of ether States, to refuse admission into the Union ou terms of republican equality with its other members, of all fature applicants, and to reject their application unless the constitutions they have framed are moulded in # par- ticular shape to accord with their arbitrary will, aud un- der the specious pretext of ‘no more slave States” to re- duce their white, their free, their American inhabitants, in at least one’ respect, to a condition of servitude, we have never forgotten, and we never will f Nor is this all. Exasperated by these and by similar offenocs, With perceptions obscured by passion and judgments dis- ordered by prejudice, and with total and m negligent: and wanton disregard of the principles, the patriotism, the very existence of the conservative, patriotic, constitu- ‘tion loving and law abiding masses of our people, we hear in another quarter, in one breath, men complaining bitter- ly of these infractions of the constitution and laws, and in the very next, revengefully threaten to overthrow and them entirely, without reliance on the constitution and the laws of our common country for the security of their rights, their lives and liberties, ‘They madly attempt to go outside of their protection, and court danger for the sake of repelling it. A citizen of these United States has actually appeared belore the Legislature assembled at Richmond, to suggest means for the protection of the lives and property of the citizens of the various States against attacks by citizens of otbers. Vain effort! Moat needless agitation! To South Carolina, the home of Moul- trie, of Marion, of Sumter and of Hayne, we say your ee- curity under the government of the United States is the pledge of our salety, and we demand your fidelity to guard our’common interests. And to Virginia, the mo- ther of Ststes, in the name of Pennsylvania, we say this night, in the words of one of her own honored and faith- ful sops, contend for your rights ‘'within the Union.” Penn- sylvatia will sustain you, and together we will secure them. (Applauge.) And’ to the patriotic and vene- rabie Governor of Texas, whose recent message to its Legislature demands the ‘usurpation, by a sectivnal Con- vention, of the powers and obligations of our National Cengress, we reply that the hero of San Jacinto bas just won bis proudest victory—(applause)—and to our fellow citizens of Maryland, noble Maryland, who, yesterday, with lofty dignity and patriotic indignation, refused to compromise her position in the heart of their country and their countrymen, we gend to-night our prompt and cor- dial answer. You are not a border State; you shall never spffer from your proximity to us, from your confidence in our honesty and our patriotism. Your interests and your borders shall be safe so long as you leave with Penn- sylvauia the conetitatioual power to protect them. (Ap- plause.) We have assembled this evening to form &n organization which shall leave to the prosperity of whole republic, and secure the of Jaws conducive to this result; which shall secure to the legislative, the executive, and the judicial departments of our government protection from all attempts to under- mine their Independence and to destroy their integrity; ‘an organization which will repress all inroads on the rights of States and Territories by the acts of dema- gogues or the arms of maimen; which will secure the sanctity of our Supreme Court, and enforcement of our laws, whether they direct the rendition of fugitive slaves or the collection of revenue. This is our one glorious aim, and upon us will depend its noble, magnificent consum- mation. Defamation, ridicule, corruption will all be ex- erted to accomplish our disorganization, but in our fideli- ty to the constitution and its laws, on our love for the Union, and that of our enlightened fellow citizens—North, South, Bast and Woest—for -we know them all—its exist- ence depends. We must not alienate one heart from its aliegiance. When @ foreign ambassador waited upon the Spartan Senate with a declarhtion of war, he expreeeed surprige at the unprepared condition of the city. “Sparta bas no walls.” He was conducted bya Senator to the open ground outeide the city, and shown the long and steady lines of Spartan heroes with the words, “ Bebold our ramparts.”” We have been told that ihe Union is witbout safe guards, that the people of the Keystone State are a} to their constitutional obligations. But our fellow-citizeus from other States who are with us to-night, when they Jeave their frionds here and shall return to those nearer to their own homes, and are asked by them, does Pennsylvamia support the cousti- tation? this scene shall rise before them, and théy will answer, the bulwarks of the Union are the bosoms of her sons, (Loud applause. Mr. Lathrop then introduced Mr. Hxwar Drayton, the popular singer, to the audience, and informed them that that gentlemen would delight them with one of their triotic airs. Mr. Drayton then sung the ‘‘ Star Spangled Banner” in a most pathetic and affecting style, and amid Buch general enthusiasm as is scarcely ever witnessed. The people yelled and threw up their hats in the utmost exaltation, and as the last strains of the beautiful song were dying away on the ear, they sent up three yocife- rous cheers for Drayton and three for the Union. Cuan. D Freeman then presented the resolutions. He prefaced them with a few remarks in relation to the pre- fent sectional strife. The ——< the world were upon us. ‘The crumbling thrones of older Powers breathed new life in witnessing these signs of our internal weakness. For this condition of things the and repub#van par- ties were both responsible. He called upon consétyntive men to raise their voices in an indignant cry that Would echo through the land, and make their determination known that this internal strife must cease, and thus show ‘to the world that we were still a prosperous, happy and undetiled people. (Applauge.) large number, if not indeed a 1: of of this see with in” in the po itios of the coun” which may well arrest the attention of the most indifferent: and alarm the fears of the most hopeful patriok and whereas it is believed, that the endless protraction of an intensely sec. tional controversy is the sole caure which has arrayed one half of the Staves of the Confederation in biver animosity against Abe other, impaired that fraternal confidence among the people which is everywhere the only sure) baala of national harmony, and 80 engrossed the reg’ of the governmeat as to make Mt neglect all, if it has not, in fact, taken away iis power to act for ‘any of the’ great ‘industrial interests of the nation; and whereas it is obvious that political ties, as now constituted, must necessarily perpetuate a strife which bas so upbapoily disturbed the peace and injured the prosperity of the people, and that the only reasonable hope of delivering the country from the disastrous distraction into which it bas fallen, is to be found in the organization of a truly national party, which sindiously avoldiog all sectional Qnestions, and taking for its platform the constitution. and purely, as expounded by the Supreme Court shail pro- Than the preservation of our Federal Union, ore no otber ends by's careful regard for the welfare of the people of all the Btates. ‘Administering the government in ai with the intention of is founders, there- fore Tewolved, That we, who have here sssembied, in sympath; ‘with the sentiments and es of the call cmvening thie UFposes meeting, do hereby organize ourselves a political party, which i know “Gonsthrutional Unio’ ‘Aeeo. aball Go and knows ss the ciation of ipbis,”” and recommend that See. of the several counties. townships and villages of the take measures at once to estabiist act in ‘with this association. this 7 Resolved. That the Chairman of this meeting be authorized to appoint, at bia earliest convenience, one citizen from each ward, who shall act as a geveral committee to organize ward nen pene ga meeting be chairman sid general committee. F. W. Grayson, of the Evening Journal, then came for- ward and said:—Fellow citizens —(calls for Fillmore, Fil- more,)—the task which 1 am about to perform is a most ful one, and 1 throw myself upon your generous indulgence. I bave come to announce to you that the distinguished gentlemen who were invited from abroad to address you this evening have, by some causes which they have no control over, been prevented from reaching the city of Philadelphia. (ironical laughter.) But they have done what I conceive to be the next best thing to coming here and addressing you from this ros- wum in person: they bave tent you in letters from Washington and from Boston their warmest words of en- couragement. (Applause.) And one reflection which consoles me and which should console you in this very grevious disappointment is contained in ‘a sentiment ex- pressed in the letter of Jobn J. Crittenden—(Cries of “Read the letter,”’ laughter and calls to order. )—received to-day, which letior I will read a single passage from. (Many voices: ‘Read it all.” “Let us have the whole of *?) It ts a short letter. (Voices, “Then read it all.” J will read the whole of the ere (Applause. ) ‘asuincton, Fab 8. 1860. GENTLEMEK:—I bave just received your hie nication Saco wilt mate yout thie cauee will make you triumphant (Applause) God ‘and your country speed you. If you can snoceed ae sistance from abroad it will be al the better. It will have more pt ay ives re ie a mighty ct ven Sette age ‘you will not fal” (Appinuse) JOBN J. CRITTENDEN. i the nation ofvitized men. But I do not see how the West is by force to prevent 4 rup- ture of the Uelon when the two great sections bave become 80 exacperaied each other. that they will not co-operate in organizing und carrying on tbe xoverament hat isneeded {6 & spontaneons burst of patriotic from cee end of the Urion to the otter: © revival of regard between North and South; a will'ngnese to discriminate 3p both sections of the opuntry between the violen; words: § rener_ Ls If thie constitut} Uaton Froken on. the peat conatitutien, after outh of the capnon by & % ™ ip the earnest hope lag | od deliberating may (end to the reatorstion im every part of the country. prosper ‘all le. me shall cow ar ever be rejected, % ‘history bas no parallel. will te dictated a ihe sallitary WABD . Mr. Grayeon then stated that he had a most eloquent letter from the Hon. Chas. Conrad—(calls for Fillmore, Broom and otber interruptions)—and he was sure if Mr. Conrad were here to-night, that would be more beart-stirring and eatifactory. ‘Wasnixcrox Curr. B. C.. Feb Lgl Gxytixmex—I have the honor to je could not utter a 8} ceipt of your letter of the 2th ultime, inviting me to attend & mass meeting to fpaugurate in 7 of a ed to kectionaligm end on the of “the Union, ee coobinavon ‘and the enforcement of the lawa.”” 1 regret exceeding tbat preening e ents he tory to by early departure for New ceptanee of your Juvitaton it is bardly necessary prova) of your patriotic movement and tasucceas. Frem the commencement the preset our, I have trent se; i Honus, preveat iy ec for me to assure you of my entire ap- eincere for ot my political life to entertain there vie and rouse the Country tom sense of its duties and the ‘that threaten their violation. An the republican party grew out of the on Ee tytmrer id and he fotoed in whigs and Americans, WI t that measure and the Kaveas ‘when Ghat struggle terminated, as every one might bave feen it would termipuie, by the exclusion of ‘TerrMery, Roper were entertained p ft wonld Foluntarily disband. the South when the battle But what of that! For put poses of (ag ‘a8 Rood as a practical tesue. rasees, # ts better, for the last ‘must. from nature of thin; ractically nt which, whether Impottant er not it is woree than fulile—it unl it fa necessary to decide u retext pul can lor - ecuona tion, and ‘of hostility te pouitively mischievous to discuss, ia the only point of difference at Upuing a sectional or; he an altitude the Foutb. Yet, to maintain this attitude and the they have persisted, for two months, Speaker of the House, a man so etceurettieeaene for himgelf and bis con interveption of a few patrictic Northern now striving to party call upon ‘Ke Inthe Haecutve branch or toe ment, ecutive brancl vern Now, if here was notbiog ‘objectionable justly obnoxious to those were purposely excluded from al) share But ben, in addition to , in aaa woring to elect his him consistently with respect Felied this empl by te repeal of the Mis- @ great measure of it under the momentary ex- an the to have in view bad been aecom- in bie appointment. this, the election would be made by & party whoee vital principies 's hostile to the rights, the inte- ®, upd the institutions come ‘aul d ‘tention sumes a ati)l graver and more ntious aspect. ‘what would be the immediate Itis not for me to = State, much leas what the other Sout 4p such 8 contingency. But put the question to zens of that city which may be said to be the birth tutional liberty on this continent. Do you of the Union ‘what course i ion apd efit their revolut end civi) war amon; Southern states, upd bad oblained mente, | Buppose that that p the General government in order as they iis pOwers for the destruction of the Northern tn pursuance of this objegt, the Southern to deprive the Northern of government, bow lopg would tbe latter s ceedin, u herp States might p' 4 \tiona of the proscribed Btates, the case as- It is not for consequence of FH H > iY ny iu all shere in the Federal wibimit to such @ pro sort enpaylvania adopt towards ber sister States of the uth & sourse which, if adopted to . consider ag unjust or 0 ive, or wilt abe path of riederaion and baron ened If, it continue fn that which she has hitherto pur: either of the parties to this sec: tional strife, ehewouild act as » friendly mediator between them, el bolb. be would acquire the gratitude of ‘Will the people’ belie their name and join a sectional antestiont, "Will tbey maintalp thelr preseat forty atiaade of independence, er will they descend from it, throw themselves into the arms of the iblican: and be encherous embrace’ 1 trost tbat & tr ew! ‘and that it will form a nucleus around which a great frouder cea await nataal Cy te party may gather, which, unferling the broad fag of tbe Union, ‘will call upon ite is, other, to rally tor its protection. Cpplacse) * from one end of the country to the 1. M. CONARD. The following lotter Was then read from the Hon. Mil- lard Fillmore: rete eer ‘Your letter of the 80th ult., inviting we to attend oF the Constitutional Union Association on th Ay . = Fr peer apne ae ment came to hand, ‘hasten 10 eapress my regret thas payrerto done. ‘You eny that the basis of Four exsociar on ia * }, the Constitution and the enforcement of the % objects, whieh have my most hearty approval Wetonsbeatlenr cal ant sezemee ss ore the pul can gu pianse) "| only AO USTLLARD FILLMORE.” heartily and fully with the object of the meeting, and wished It success. Hon. George Briggs, % foilowa:— Grxtiewex—Your tovitation to attend the Union m unwa' you p to establ ggneral ‘government. ident that we are et sain cer polticn! that the Onion ment, 0 conspicuously begun, will culminate tothe next Prealdency of a tational which foow weaken ita influence the salvation of our beloved country Sg tbe Mr. P. then read a letter from the ‘Wasanaton, Feb. 3, 8860. constitutions! ing in PUiiacelphia on the 4th inst. has been re- seived. Having been for many years identified with those ‘Union and th and Deeply eeeteg i hoe mable to at ihe v tence. tend te Baton meeting in the 4b inst .I ni TEORGE BRIGGS.” Letters were read from the Hon. John M. Botts, Eli K Out mentioning the name, which was read, as follows: Bostor, Nov. 14, 1860. ave the honor to acknow! to attend » public meeting in that elty on the Zlat inst. I moat sincere! tit was in my power to atiend that meet- ox cer city ia, ot, only full, of the lectiown Sonne Wil te’ sdoption ‘aad "oliee ‘wreal cont an eres Tn. Philadelphia the fret laces, sveme the fittest in of thet constitution, selves to one and rescue the country from the danger that (Applause. ) 2 €.C. Lammor, of Philadelphia, then took the stand. sudience Many of thea being di inted in not hearing any of the distinguished men that had been announced, now began to retire. Mr. Lathro movement, not of politicians and partisans, but people, who were determined to stapd by the said that this was a of the constitution and the laws. Our forefathers passed thi aseven years’ stroggle to establish our liberties. le have in endeavoring to maintain it Union, the through a struggle as fearful, if not aa bloody, tO those liberties. Our fathers deliberated for near six years as to how they should form a cont that should meet the wants and of the whole covptry. We came here breed hominy stand by the constitution and the Union. Weoame notas six years’ etruggie with sectional judices and bitter than agitated them We came democrats only or as all”) —but as ‘citizens, common platform upon which every man may and look his fellow man in the face and Seton cae af him brother. (Applause.) We throw out to you a ban- ner under which you all can What is the position of the political parties? Has not a sectional party? Has it not up!? nature of the case braska act they claimed to stand upen the right eover: failed to fulfil) their expectations ‘become upwillpg an ached thataretyraupour<(\ Vole oiDey now their own bantling, and the administration are now aid and countepance to Southern extremists, who are call- ing upon the legislature of the country which sba)]_carry the institation of alavery into now free. By that very course they have al position. Cam apy national man side thus sanctioning interference by eignty, and the South conceded it; bat since it has to enact a code with tht party for the ecatab- liebment of an institution where it never can be carried by power of law? (Applause. ebel) we go? Surely not with the that also, by ite past couree and by when they come to the borders of Pennay!vania. And if you norl Load applauee.) We come here to-night not to aid the demo- ry erate, but we would influence them by our action, sible, to present a pational man at Charleston. to the democragy, stand still, face about. We come to augurate a movement that shall show our Southern breth. ren that, notwithstanding the efforts of selfish dem the people of the North do not intend t cut their ‘We nay im ‘Ont, 4 = f i i 8 4 i z \ i [ A F & rau) fare the It was negro owner, and as plause,) But he would on,” “Go on.?? repudiate and damn the negro and laughter, ter, “What i@ your platform ? Union, the copsiitution, and the enforcement’ of the laws at every cost’? (Applause.) We ask for no lender. Philadelphia ie not 80 lost as to require any. We don’t go tor men, but for measures. Whenever we find a man, whether he hail from New York, Massachusetts, Georgia or South Carolina, who will take our banner and bear it/boldly, he ig the man. (Aj .) He must be conservative. But it is impossible for me to address so large an audience, and I am compelled to conclude. You who have heard our platform much good zeal as the Orusaders did around the banner of Godfrey to redeem the holy sepulchre. (Applause.) Ry Kd all Sannin to preserve the Union, cost whatit may. ‘Applapse. Mr. Grayson reappeared on the piatform amid numer- ous calls for “Brown,” He i the attention of the audience for a few moments. had at the outset per- formed a most ungrateful duty in announcing that certain distinguished ‘jots who were expected j Sos had not mes =e read their letters. (Calls for ‘‘Brown,”” “Browp.”” ‘The Prutmenr here came forward, but the calls for Brown were repeated. After a little while he succeeded in obtaining quiet, and made an appeal to the audience to keep order and listen patiently to the gentleman who now had the, iain (Applause and renewed calls for “Brown.” Mr. Grayson then stated that he only rose to express the profound regret of the Committe of Arrangements for the absence of the distinguished speakers that were an- nounced, and their gratification at the manner in which the audience bad borne the d' tment. In all his ‘experiange of publio. mosetings hated vever sien an ae. sembly which deported iteelf with equal patriotic deco- rum. (Appiause and loud calls for Brown.) No immediate response being made to the call, it was proposed to adjourn. In ® moment more, however, he came upon the platform, and was greeted with enthusi- astic cheers. Hon, om nag My fellow relate: Ebat not ae jor of appearing before you this evening, ‘and it §s only in deference to your emphatically expressed desire that I appear before you now. Respecting this movement: my heart is in the right place—(applause)— and I rejoice before my God that I now find a piatforn on which to stand. (Applauee.) I eed scarcely refer to my political record to show that for the last sixteen years Thave pursued but one course, and that has been adhe- rence to the Union, the constitution, and the enforcement of the laws. (Applause, and “Three cheers for Mr. Rrown.”) Though in the formation of that constitution I of course bad no dead. eh by the living God, I have a heart to main it.” (Applause.) What has brought us togetber on this occasion? (A yoice—t‘Niggers.”” Laughter.) It is not a mere wild ovtburst of popular feeling—not a mad im- uise—but @ spentaneous throb of the American heart. Union is pronounced by eminent and patriotic men to be imminent peril. This meeting in Philadelphia, where the liberties of mankind had their birth, shows that the spirit still exists that will maintain their power. (Abyistee) There has been exhibited of late an intense lesire on the part of the fanatical portion of the North to force upon this vation the gettlement of a question of con- stitutional construction—a question which can only be decided by the judiciary of the country. A sectional party has been found, which seeks to place a sectional man in the Presidential chair. We all know the furore which spread through the Northern States in the last Presidential contest, when an altethpt wae made to elevate John C. Fremont to the Presidency. (A Yew hisses.) It was thép that the conservatve oletiitints of the country, North and South, were rallied, amd 800,000 votes were cast for that eminent patriot, Millard Fillmore. (Loud and long. continued applause. ) ‘That sate conservative spirit tilt exists, and if I may be permitted to venture a pro- phecy, this State will, under the neme of the constitutional Parry, Yinileete itself ond elevate a constitutional and ion man to the Presidentiat chair. (Applause). tod diegured with this coagtant agitation ‘of the slavery ap wi agi slavery demn the fanatics cannot Getermine it—canxot legisiate upon it. Extremists of the North and South have been quarrelling about it for years, when it will not admit of any legislative remedy Whatever. While we make this concession to the South, let us ask the South to make a similar concession to us and give us a tariff for the protection of home industry. (Loud applause.) The North and South are wedded together for good or for evil, We are blessed with & constitution the wisest ever framed. The ques- tion which threatened to be a barrier to the adop- tion of that ‘constitution, should not now be permit- ted to destrey it. Let the people rise in their majesty and rebuke the sentiment of disunton. Who is afraid of the Union being dissolved. Not I. It will stand as endtrable as the rocks. This is the only free govern- ment on earth. This Union . (Sensation. detection of the treason of Arnold, as an illustration of the providence which watched over the establishment of our liberties. I believe we are protected from on high, and as long as we remain a truly patriotic people, that same God that presided over the glorious efforts of our fathers to establish this Union still the destinies of their sons. (Appiause.) Dis. solve this Union? ‘Why, it enothber ark of the covenant of God with a free le. It is like the bow in the clouds reflecting the glory of God and the of God to all mankind. This Union cannot be dissolved— (A Voice, “No, never””)—and if there were any danger, you, my fellow citizens and , would never allow it. (Aprianse.) This is our Unton, and not only ours, but our childrens’s and our children’s children’s. Therefore Jet us run up our standard high, and let the whole arch of our confederacy resound with the motto of Gen. Jackson. “By the Eternal, this Union must and sail be preserved; and not only preserved, Preeerved in tranquillity, Peace and prosperity. (Loud applause.) The Presipext then announced that notice would be given through the press of the place of the headquarters which bad been gecured for the friends of this movement ‘The meeting then dispersed. —e—— Coroners’ Inquests. Fata, Acar, &c.—James Monahan, s carman, was run over on Monday last by his own cart, at the corner of Huceon and Grove streets,and was 20 severely injured that he died yester@ay. The Coroner has been notified to bold an inquest. Deoeased lived in Washington street, and leaves a wife and three children. Mary Kiernan, avative of Ireland, living at 217 West Seventeenth strect, died yesterday at the New York Hos- pital, from the effects of burns received while intoxicated, tome three weeks since. Coroner Schirmer will hold an uert to-day. roner Schirmer held an ‘inquest on Saturday, on the vody of Mrs. A. E. Castle, wife of Dr. A. C. Castle, of 246 Fourth street, who was burned to death from her dress accidentally catching fire at a grate on Tuesday last. ‘Tae Lars AccIpENT on THE Hupsox River Raimosp.— An inquest was held on Saturday, by Coroner Gamble, upon the body of Mrs. Tilley, one of the victims of thelate accident car Sing Sing, on the Hudson River Railroad. The jury rendered = verdict, upon evidence similar to that given at the inqvest on Mrs. Fields, at Yonkers, that ‘‘the death from injuries Goong CF 'y F é Qe id eae pees Papal ey fat td rot FPA P8.—] LJ ed familiar wih the ag Register, is of course }, Which caused so intense an excitement a 5 f ts sada eas Parpons ms Vinciwia.—Gov. Wise, during the last years of his term in aire, peste one hoy x teen convicts, commut punishment ef twelve serrieyed four others. The Senate Harper's Ferry THE BEFUSAL OF JAMES REDPATH TO GO TO WASH- IN@TON. Mapex, Mass. , Jan. 27, 1860. ‘To Bengtor Mason, Uhairman of Senate Brown Committee: Sanatou—On my return to my home here this morning, I found a paper, purporting to be @ summons, on which your name appears, and by which I am required to be at ‘Washington day before yesterday. Au the ‘impossible,”” socording to an eminent New Eng- land moral teacher, Theodore Parker, is never obligatory, I write you tostate that I have not the power to obey it, ‘88 I cannot turn back the hands of the clock of time, even if disposed 80 to do, which Iam not. This summons, my deliver mea summons? You see, you there, if I choose to stand on the the but I waive that advantage, 1 did not get the summons, nor knew summons here for me, unt had I come home on Monday evening, as have obeyed the summons. Why did not your ser- vant serve it sooner? I was at home all las. week, and until Monday morning, and yet I received no visit from D any federal official. og yg Rage mont dey Fesere ot we Eee privet as e urgent business w! wires my 8} ani oe from home. tT AMES REDPATH, well, and don’t want to visit Washington; besides, as Iam fad Northern M. ©.,1 am not good at answering ques- ions. Boston, Feb. 1, 1860, Senator Mazon, Chairman Senate Brown Committee:— Sxxator—I wrote to you a few days ago that I could not go to Washington, and why; I write to you now to state that I shall not go, and why. Yesterday Marehal Freeman met me by appointment, and delivered me a second summons. Ina letter which he wrote to me on Saturday he states that— Some of the gentlemen summoned before the Select Commit- tee of the Onited States Senate hav! Cf niece ghee ond of persona) anfety should they summons, I yesterday received a letter the Hon. J. M. Mason, Chairman, ak they may De pomttvely aamured Wat beg my ipeh oy them is in no manner to be apprehended Were it to be made, it would be asan to the Senate. He then aske— To this note I replied as follows: — 116 Wasurraron Steer, Bostox, Jan. 30—11 A. M. Maxsiial~I received your letter of Saturday last night, and have just arrived “in town 10 attend Your leer does ‘not cover the ‘that Tharwiay’°s stun jaalingion "on the y 8 8 at on preci ding Tuesday, and at other time, When I am summoned to appear, tly, tn- form You of my intentions. ir a pup re bay ata a se eltber start for or lamps ES This note brought Marshal Freeman to the office to de- sire & personal interview, which I granted for the pur- pose of receiving the summons. I therefore waive the legal objection as to the serving of the summons, acknowledge that I have received one in tine to obey it, but refuse most positively to pay it apy manner of ays ged Iehall not go to Washington: First—Because the committee of which you are chair- man is am inquisitorial and unconstitutional body. Hav- ing once sworn to support the constitution (as I under- stand {t), I cannot innocently obey an unconstitutional command to violate its provisions. This, my first objec tion to obeying your summons, has been made by Mr. fee \yatt, and J fully concur in the position he has assumed. Secondly—My knowledge of John Brown and his inten- tions is my private personal property, and is of very con- siderable pecuniary value. Thave written respect- ing bim already has very materially aided the widows at bt pried apd met, I , ener in the free e earn spirit against the “crime of slavery” which is destined to seeds it speedily into the tomb of annihilated barbarisms. You have no right to compel _me to give you my property without paying toe for It. which I no not see thas you pro- ey wr , if you did, I would not sell it to you, for ¥ 80 Going I believe that { would damage the cause. Thirdly—I do not believe that either my life or liberty would be safe were Ito go to Washington. 1 do not re- fer 0 any mob violence, but to legal process only. My friend, Mr. Stephens, ia not yet tried. By appearing at ‘Waehington, 1 would put myself tn the power of the Preei- dent and of Virginia; for a requisition from the Governor of Virginia to the President of the United States would at once be honored. Were 1 required to appear at Oharles- town a8 a witness, you well know, Senator, what the re- sult would be: I would be murdered by the mob. When the gentlemen of a State boastingly and unblushingly avow, under oath, that they fn the cold Diooded murder of @ prisoner, unarmed, and when not one solitary voice in the is nunciation of the cowardly crime, it would be foolhardy, I think, and very unwise, for any anti-slavery man to yoluntarily put himself t2 the power of such a na ‘You do not promise to ‘otest me from going to ginia, and I will not ‘‘walk into your parlor,” Mr. Mason. Fourthly—I associate with wi 4 gulate dived by the alos of polite no: ani to rej my con o 80- 7 cies bonesopk orery Tancioct of babies forbid the right of any negro catcher to cate- ing it from some of its political re) batt ‘Tae ‘States would, indeed, be “servile a8 insolent- ly termed them, if those ‘who submit to be browbéaten into civil answers to impertinent questions were in any other than a political sense their representa- tives. If ever it please Providence to lay me, as John Brown was laid, wounded and near to death, on the floor of a Southern prison, and Ishould then think, as John Brown once thought, that the cause demanded #0 great a sacrifice as for me to speak to you, and you should come (as doubtless you hte) iy 4.) extort political capital from my dying tongue, , Senator,I may submit to the bard fate, and answer your interrogatories; but while 7 ama freeman, and am inspired by that martiat music now heard by those who listen to the throbbings of the | Seer igh beart, I shall never consent to it—never— y the God of decency and manhood, never. ay hadI van held these views, I ting aus once have refused to go to Washington, after readi note that I received last night: Srizcr Commrree Roox U. 8. Senarz, ‘Wasiincton, Jan. 28, 1860. 3 JAtneT am: diesel ofr: Megon, enairman of the Select Committen of the Senate. to say, to reply wo your leer of the ‘27th, which he bas handed tome, that PO pag gwer) at Wash, will be as if to the summons of the committee; and that should thar dais wei ee echoes n ce yours, D. F. MURPHY, Clerk of Gommivee.”” It is too late, Senator! The crack of the plantation whip (which resounds in the last clause of the note) has no ter- Sous ae a ee ee now. The pres- e_slaveholder je ‘en, for it was irretrievably destroyed by that historic cow which, resolutely defying the mandate of the ia sentinel, at once set a good apn le to Ree? eee Congress, and lowed in son groans irge of your Southern domination. JAS. REDPATH. . REDPATH MISSING. Boston, Feb. 4, 1860. Mr. James Redpath has resolved not to respond to the summons to appear before the Harper's Ferry Investi- gating Committee at Washington. To-day he left for parts unknown. Fires in New York. Anson Case on Boarp Tas Sreamnoat New Wortp—Tae Accusep Party Hxtp ror Triar—It will be recollected that s man pamed Patrick W. Hand was arrested, on last ‘Wednesday night, on suspicion of atteroptiog to set firs to the steamboat New World, lying at the foot of Kighth Street, East river. Fire Marshal Baker, on ', Concluded the inveati- before Justice Steers. evidence showed that the accured was found by the night watchman in the lower cabin, with a fire burning on a platform, and could not or would not give a atiefactory account of bimeelf. He did not belong to the boat, and was a stranger to those on board. The facts and circumstances were of 80 posi- tive a character that the Justice required the accused to find bajl in the sum of $2,000 to await the action of the Grand Jury. This roakes the fourth person held for arson during the past month. Free ix Troy Sraxet.—On Saturday afternoon, between five and six o’clock, a slight @re oocarred im the rear of No. 21 Troy street, in the premises owned by Robert Peterson. ‘Damage’ about $25. Insured ta. the North River Insurance Company. Fine my Wasr Forry-Srvexta Sreeer.—Between two and three o’clock on Sunday morning @ fire occurred on the premises of Mr. Cunningham, at No. 201 West Forty-ve- yenth street. The fire commenced on the weather boards, and is supposed to bave been an act of incen- diarism. out $200, Insured for $1,500 in the New York Fire and Marine Insurance Company. Fins i SevenTn Avance.—Between one and two o'clock on Sunday afternoon a fire broke out in the French con- fectionery establishment of Julius Jocquin, No. 500 Se- venth avenue. The firemen were early at the and succeeded in preventing the Finis se beyond : tbe building where it originated. — to stock about $300; no insurance. The building is owned by Mr. Meyer, and damaged about $160; insured. This stands on the rear of the lot. Mr. Jooquin’s stock in the front building was not injured. The fire was accidental. ARRIVAL OF 4 SLAVER IN looking rigged Spanish arrived noo yesterday morning in of Lieut. icAtann, Midshi La ten wees Sema prize was on miles northwest of Kabenda, Lower Consteliatiog, after a twelve hours’ ! i Ft a i 3 5 H be i with po mt on board, the prize will not valuable. She will be placed in the Tanda of States Marebal.—Charileston Mercury, Beb. 2. ‘fi Lact Hours with James Stephens, 70 THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD. ‘Tn compliance with the request of the late James Ste- phens, we have felt it our duty to others thus early to Prepare « statement in brief of the last hours of his life. ‘Wednesday was set apart to endeavor to got him to Confeas who brought, and for what object, the pistol dis~ covered upon him. In this on that day we were thwart- ed. On Thursday, by agreement with him, our entire attention was directed to his spiritual and eternal welfare, embracing, of course, every effort to lead him to confess the murder of his wife, if guilty. His mind was en- tirely different from anything we had seen in him for mouths past. An awful and realising sense of his condition was evidently experienced. He ,proposed early in the interview, a season of prayer, and aaked us especially to ask for grace that he might unvurden his heart, at the close of which he most earnestly besought God to give him that which in soul he required to discharge his duty. Rising from his knees he desired a hymn to be sung, and then, of his own will, and atno suggestion of ours, desired to Bay afew words about the pistol. He said it was brought. for him to commit suicide; that it would do no good to Tepeat names, as they who gave it were misguided, ang knew not what was for his own good. He moat solemaly appealed to God, and denied any intent to use it on keeper or warden, or other than the object staied; that he ever at one time knelt, and determined to use it upon himself, when he felt as if it were the hand of God which stayed him. Concluding fthis, he stated, “I know nothing of any means used to produce my wife’ death.” Of this he begged us to believe, as, he said, his mind must dwell on other things, and bid us ask him, at the last moment, when he had but @eecond to live, and he would repeat it. Having thug spoken he again desired prayer. His confession of sin Defore God was marked by the presence of the Holy Spi- rit; he abjured all merit in himself, and plead alone that. righteousness which is of Christ. For the first time since the pistol developement on Mon- day we realized a marked change in the man. No dispo- sition to dwell on the trial, the and mysterious circumstances of which he contupually spoken be- fore, or the thousand things rumor had ascribed to him, or that peculiar ar; tative which had painfully to us pi 4 with him, He thus continued in almost uninterrupted prayer, sings ing, and earnestly inquiring upon pet woul about 4 P, M. At this ume we left him with Rev. Mr, P. At balf past eleven o’clock P. M. we returned, and found him sitting in the corridor by thestove, and upon our entrance expressed the most uni . Be said be bad been reading and reflecting upon the moment, whan the suffering Jesus, in Gethsemane, with soul sorvowing: unto death, looking uy the choses onee, asked, “What, could yer not LHe me one honr?? ‘He expressed the lonely anguish of his soul in bitter weep- ings, but soon changed to a subject of joy, now that he knew we were not to be separated no more unti! half-past nine o'clock A. M. After reading portions of the word of God selected from the seventy: first and thirty-seventh Pealms, he desired to return to the cel) and pour out our souls in prayer. Itwas: @seagon, at that midnight hour, in that fearful place, and under those awful circumstances, that will never be forgotten by those who their watch boy Other fe a, ag to weeping can testimony to imple, pl sup- Plicatiops that we trust were heard in pesca agg oy of tbe felon wae quiet as the house of death, and even the wretched inebriate gaye no token of his madness. From this moment heaven seemed open to him. His longing gaze was ever upward as we paced with him the corricor; his expressions of anxiety to be at home, “‘to dwell with Christ,” were approximate to David’s ‘thirst- ing for God,” ‘yea, for the living God.” We were astonished: bad sorrowfully eyed to the place, ex- Pratine soul agony as we should attempt to give him conso- tion. But his geet mind was far beyond Livi having wasalready enjoy ing that grace promised sufficient: im, He ‘codenyored to comfort en us tobe satisdet when God bad thus poured out rich means of his | Pood He rang joyously, ‘Rock of Agea,”” « Jesus, ‘er of my Soul,” ‘Heaven is my Home,” many times— spoke of many friend for a moment on his ‘Island Home,” and offered @ soul cheering tribute to & father’s love and careful . He spoke most affectionately of the Gevernor, Mr. Morgan, and trusted God woult reveal to him his innocence—of Judge Roose- velt, and begged that we would say his dying prayer should bear testimony before God ee ma from dawn amounted to almost impatience. He us with tears in bis cyes to have @ missionary ited exciu- sively for the Tombs. He pleaded that wi the last ead ‘office was done for him we would visit Shepard, Sanchez, Quimbo Appo, and, indeed, all in prison. ‘Bis earnest other souls was indicative de ‘the ‘hour approached,” int lowly” homily "he ir a) va! pleaded to God for strength. He wiehed astone at his SEETE LES requested us to sehent-o varne. of Sexigtats, 9m: big tomb might preach Christ. Toward the moment of preparation, amid the frequent entreaties of friends that he would confess, his mind was somewhat distarbed, ‘but he regained his composure and cheerfulness. When from the cel othe galley he: repealed: Tela iw aooghs om the cell to 2 4 to me; I am going home.” "At the moment before death poison. bas gone to his God. ‘We are pressing on to the judgment reat of Christ. will be known in that day how mucb has been donefor praise of man and how little for the glory of God. ground—that. # ‘We solemnly believe—and not without just - ames Stephens was guiltless of his wife’s death. HALSEY W, KNAPP, 193 Weat Thirty-fourth st, CHARLES E. SKINNER, 178 Bast Twentieth at. Naw Yorx, Feb. 4, 1860, Personal Intelligence. Senor De Oviedo and his fair American brido left tho St. Nicholas Hotel on Saturday, atone o’clock, and em- barked on board the Quaker City, Captain Shufeldt, for Havana, anda visit to his estates on the “ever falthfar island of Cuba.” A large Lag feed relatives and friends Bhapey vepagenad oly relare.. Darisg te year and a e earl Be 1% the a bait that kenor de Oviedo has passed in this city ‘vieinity he bas made warm friendships, while his large orders for the covetructing of steam and other machinery for the improvement of his estates—to say of hie expenditure for articles of taste and luxury—bas given Su. hundreds of our industrious population, and handsome profits for those who have had his orders. ’ Ex-Presi@ent Comonfort, of Mexico, leaves here to-day" for New Orleans, compelled to seek a more genial climatey He will go by way of” nek dy the exigencies of his health. Cincinnati and Memphis. ‘The Easton (Pa. says:—Mr. and Mrs. Annin, remoiug near ibe Bigh Bridge of the New Jersey Oentral are supposed to the couple in thia country. The gentleman's weight is pounds, and the lady’s weight 660. Mr. Annin’s age is about 45, and Mra. Annin’s about Tt requires six yards of cassimere for Mr. A.’s pants, and nine yards of cloth fora coat. He ‘and his wife keep a public houge at a place called Peg’s SN ne es a at coe at ce per would "oome to New York; bat refased, on hae ih © be at 60 much. round they did not wisi They began to increase in Rev. David T. Kimbali, the well known veteran clergy~ man of Ipewich, Mass., and one of the oldest living: graduates of Harvard college, is seriousiy il). only alive, but bas recovered from. in good health. This intelligence will bercesived by many friends with sincere gratification. Hon. J. M. Botte, of Virginia; Webster, of Mas— eachusetts, and Hob. W. H. Kelsey, of New York. few, Maize, is out with a ba denying tat Sat oe bas fallen trom temperance principles cvgKesting tet the story originated in bis baving falem from bis horse. Colonel Ripley, U. 8. A.; Genera? J. & Marsachurettes; M. Minter zvela; Count Frapfanelli, ana Mr. and Mrs. New York, are in Washington. i Bradford, of The Fire at Garrison’s. TO THE EDITOR OF TRE BEEALD.