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MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 1861.
6 The Entail, It Nast and Shall be Pre-
GRAND DEMONSTRATION AT NA-
TIONAL HALL,
MAJOR ANDERSON SUSTAINED
Twenty-five Thousand Citizens in
IMMENSE ENTHUSIASM'.
Greatnesolutions s , Speeches, &c., Sac.
Philadelphia spoke for the Union, and its gal
lant representative at Charleston, Major Ander
son, on Saturday night, with the same spirit whioh
moved our fathers when they met together in
Independence Square eighty-four years ago to
give their sanction to the Declaration of Indepen
dence. The meeting was called to assemble at
National Hall, on Market street, below Thirteenth,
at half past seven o'olook, but long before that
time the streets leading to the ball were thronged
with a hurrying masa, all anxious to get a good
position for taking part in the meeting by being
early on the grouted. At gem o'aloak the hall
was densely packed, both on the floor and on the
stage, and crowds who were unable to get in were
leaving, while others wore still doming. Inside,
the enthueiasm which prevailed was more general
and hearty than was ever before witnessed in any
popular assembly. The numerous patriotic in
eoriptions which were displayed on the walls eli
cited frequent cheers, and they deserved it.
In front of the gallery appeared the memorable
words of Henry Clay, " So long as it pleases God to
give me a voice to express my sentiments, or an arm,
weak and enfeebled as it may be by age, that voice
and that arm will be on the side of my country, for
the support of the general authorities and for the
maintenance of the powers of the Union." Along
the front of the platform was displayed the Ame
riot% Sag and Webster's sentiment, "The Union,
now and forever, one end inoperable." In the
rear of the platform, and stretching across the
room, was the following: "Frown indignantly
on the first dawning of an attempt to alienate
one portion of the Union from another "—Wash
ington. "The Union must and shall be preserved."
Jackson.
A tine band of mato in plact gallery nearly
frenzied the multitude by playing one muter air
after another. "The Stayspangled Banner" was
the greatest favorite, and the people seemed never
to tire listening to and applauding it. Again and
again that woe called for and given by the must
clans. Just before the organization of the meet
ing, the patriotic enthusiasm which moved every
ono present united in a series of cheers for the fol
lowing sentiments, which were proposed one after
another by people in the crowd :
1. " The Star-spangled linnet," three cheers
%nd a tiger.
2. " The Union," nine cheeks.
3. Major Anderson, nine cheers.
4. General Scott, six chiers.
b. James Buchanan, three cheers.
6. Senator Crittenden, three cheers.
7. GovernovHicks, of Maryland, six cheers.
g. The State of Delaware, three cheers.
After this demonstration, the band was called
upon for "Yankpe Doodle," and the soeno which
took plane as it was played baffles description.
At half past seven o'clock Lewis C. Cassidy,
Esq., called the meeting to order.
" ' "
SPED= OF LEWIS 0. CASSIDY, ESC
Mr. °moldy was received with great applause
Ile geld :
pnrLow-cirmints : You have been invited to
meet harp to-plght without regard to your party
proolivities,' for the purpose of taking into con
sideration, the Idtmstion, $4 that pandoasteldier-nt
- Charlegton,;34lOr .414deraen; foheeni for " An-
Aersen, ll, and pieta:lgo! enthuoiasm ;J- and yea
have . 441613 called ppon to do ao at the most mu.
nientous period in the history , of this country. 4e
it is so momentous, f need hardly say to this dis
tinguished meeting thatit will be eminently Pro
per for us to conduct the proceedings with that
dignity and decorum that beooppe the gravity of
the occasion. {Cheer's.] As this lea time to ex
press in terse and decided language our feolipgs,
and not a time for mere displays of rhetoric',
shall invite yeti to organise this meeting at onoo,
and, for that purposo, I move you that our es
teemed fellow-oitmen, William A. I.owis t apt pa
president.
[Cheers and ories of "I second the motion.")
Mr. Lewis was unanimously elected president,
and, as he advanced to the chair, was heartily
Cheered.
Mr. Cassidy said : Fellow-citizens, I have tho
honor of presenting to you the president of the
meeting. [Three choors.l
SPEEOII OP WM. D. LEWIS, ESQ
LABELS
Mr. Lewis, on taking the ohair, said
FELLOW•CITIZENS Feeling, as I do, that this
meeting is one of the mast important that ever have
been held in this oity since the Declaration of In
dependence, I confess I should have been greatly
plaided if some more prominent and some abler
oitizen then myself bad bean appointed to preside
over it. The occasion upon which we have assem
bled is known to you all. It is for the purpose of
declaring our determination to support the Federal
authorities in any measures they may take to sup.
port Major Anacreon, that gallant man [cheers]
who at present represents our Government in the
harbor of Charleston, and all other measures cal
culated to prevent the entire overthrow of all law
and order. [Cheers,] Judging from very resent
incidents, we are led to believe that whatever
bad Numb may have prevented the proper
steps being taken to protect the honor of the
country by the head pr the Government, he
is now influenced by wiser and better counsels.
[Cheers.] For that Secretary of the Treasury,
who, after having wrecked the nation's financee,
has tied to preach secession in the noble State
whioh has been dishonored by his birth; [sheers]
for that worse than traitor the late Secretary of
War, who, while entrusted with the whole military
moan:woof the country, has been placing them only
in positions where they could be made available
to the eountry'e enemies—we have no words of
scorn saftloient to express our detestation [Tre
mendous and long-oontinued applause.] Perju
rers and traitors as they ere [wild shouts of
applause], their names wi[l go down through all
time to be execrated. [l,tenewed applause.] We
are now, gentlemen, come together to sustain a
gallant and patriotio citizen of Itentuoky, [cheers,]
and it Words me particular pleasure to cell your
attention to this fact, showing that there aro
States where the institution of slavery exists, in
which there are noble Union-loving men such as
Mr. Dolt and Major Anderson. [Six oheers.] I
am not lime, however, to make any prolonged re.
marks. I ant rejoiced to see tbp unity that pre
vails, and 'I trust that for once thisgreat city,
with one voice and one heart, will sen,i - forth its
hearty greetings to the brava defenders of their
flag, and sustain the Government in every act
*Molt it may deem necessary to take to support
those noble soldiers who are now, in point of feet,
the impersonation of the Union itself. [Thunders
of applause.]
Col. John W. Forney now name forward, and
was received with cheers. lie read the following
list of vise presidents and secretaries, being fre
quently interrupted by applause, as he uttered the
name of some popular favorite—Commodore Stew
art's name, In particular, awakened a most tho
rough and heartfelt response. Three cheers were
palled for " Old Ironsides," by some one in the
door, end given with a will.
"resident
D.
Vice Fiends's:A
Com. Chas. Stewart, Morton Mohliplmel,
Mal. Gong R. Patterson, John W. Forney,
Hon. J ^bn M. Read, lion. Riohord Vans,
Hon. William Strong, Ho. Charles Gilin.
11,12. j or ,
.11, Inge:Ron, Da ni el ) er.
Evans Rodgers. Do ug hert y
,y
Hon. W. Al. Meredith, , John Grigg,
J. Murray Rush, John B. M_yers,
Hon. Hilward Coles, Law's C. Casaidy,
Edward (Tight, Mark Mundy.
Goo. W. lie inzor. William H. hlann,
Bon. Geo. errand, Hop. William Anne,
Ron. Joseph Milton, Robert Hare Pewell,
Samuel E. Stokes, lion. J. Clark Hare,
Col. Peter C. Ellmaker, Hon.sw
Uald ThompSon,
Wm. Sergeant. Henry C. Carey,
Hon. Wm. A. Portor. Bon. Jae. Landy,
Ftedenek Stamm, Charles Gibbons,
John Hazeltine, Hon. John 0. Knox,
John
H. Kern, Win. A. Babcock,
Alex..l. Derbyshire,
Jacob W. Goff,
? m orn .
nit!
Thomas,enith,
p o h n t; fi :Rat , u 9 7 P ' John B. Austin,
Algernon S. Roberts,
James K. Zeigler, Ed. 13. t 4 : 4 E g ,
Wm. Wilder,
James Verrep, Lno:Hutnj.Pml, Ith ward.
C. B. Trago,_ Thomas webari c er, 4r.;
Thomson Westeott, Gibson Pelona ,
Hon. Isaac Hazlehuret, Henry Bumm,
R. M. roast ( 01. COP61(1 Co. Childs ,
Andrew C. Craig, ratz,
0. C. Lathrop Evan Randolph,
Col. Peter Lice, Capt. E.J. Hinokon.
C. Herring, • D., David M. Lyle
Samuel Field. Capt. G. P. McLean,
John M. Butler. Wm. B. Smith,
rp. R. Lehman, A. G. BuOknor,
6gringital4 Chas. M Neal,
no. Wunder.
Wm. Elliott, chvogrew.
Hirers tiler,
James Travair, Ald. Wm. holguhin,
!Geo. A. Coney.Col. Wm. Bradford,
Col. John lt Bringhurat, Hon. Edw. King,'
bind
lath' Ald. R. T. Carter,
Aubrey_ H. Smith.
rr a ggni; h. ir g . r , ,, S. V. Merrick,
John K. Laughlin,
Nathan ilpiand, Chas. M c Donough,
Thos. J. otts,
Se J. McMahen,
Geo. Erety, irri.Molena l i, ad Ward
Sigi-erfSrigiOe. _pl. J. E.Addio a.
lip W. Clark,
Albert D. Boileau, Benj. Gerhard,
Frank Wagoning), llemy J. Williams,
Geo, R. Barrel!,
Chas. A. Rubtaam, S iit.' Inua i fell i AT '
Wm Loughlin, A.
I A '.
. JelinCrawfor d , eyl
Samuel 0, Perkins
John Kline, John K. Gemmel'
Andrew Noble, Henry CEilly.
Charles R. Able. Captain Becker,
Alexander T. /ham, Peter Fame!,
Joaoph Enos!, Theodore Buokuor.
George W. Thore, James D.,..Whetham
Wm, McCandless, Thomas Beauy. '
John /0, Jame, Alderman John Cloud,
pp. Mploge, (lon. Wm. F. 13mall,
served.) ,
Council
PHILADELPHIA, MONDAY; JANUARY 7, 1861.
Frauds Witmer, Lieut. Spear,
Charles F. Miller, Lama. RATIIIIOI G. Ruggles.
Adam Wartbman, Joseph MeGeareY,
Wm. M. Haughey, Porter Ringwalt,
Adam B. Walter, Bon. Horn R. Kneass,
Aaron V. Gititia, Col. Prank Patterson.
P. Barry Hayes, Charles M. Prevost,
Dr. David Jayne, George Northr op. Andrew M.Hones, Wm. V. Wioht,
Edward Buckley. Pttrick MoDonoUgh,
Alderman A. A. Gregg, 0 Freytag,
Charles Lorenz, Jahn MoArthur.
Martin Shultz, Reward Wellman,
Henry Conrad, John Mezander,
Richard Gamed, John P. Bight,
Joseph 5. Lovering, Jdm W. Jones,
Eugene_ Ahern, Gcdlrey Metzger,
John B. Callahan. Lorin Blodget.
Wm. Richardson. wm. C. I udwig,
George D. Wetherill, "Wm. C. Kent,
James Dundee, John Thompson.
Joseph IL Brady, Timms Biddle.
Jamb B. Valentine,George Rush Smith,
Dr. Andrew Islelnner, 8.1. Christian.
Dr. E. C. Kammer y, Chris, J. Hoffman,
Levi T. Rutter, Thomas Birch,
Alderntan James Gorden, Capt. James Deverellg,
John J. Sinnickson, M.D., Capt. John McClinton.
Benjamin A llen, - George Boldin,
Samuel 0. Kelley. 8.0 Morton.
Capt. Wm. C. Stotesbury, Charles E. Lex..
A. R. McHenry, Andrew C. 1334013 y,
Major A. I. Flomerfelt, John D. Taylor.
Witham Moran. Cast. Thee P. Pony,
Col. Wm. D, Baker, Cul. J. G. Watmough,
Marshall Bernell, Goa. Geo. Cadwaladar, '
Hon. Henry D. Moore, John B. Keyser.
E. A. Bonder, Franklin A. Comly,
Thos. H. Moore, O. 0. Saddler.
Col. Joe. B. Riley, Br., Jos. W. Byers,
Maj. John W. Ryan, Hoary Davis,
Jesse Gedley, Jonathan Palmer,
Col. J. K. Murphy, Wm. S. Grant.
Capt. Peter Fritz, Edwin Smith,
Philip S. White, Henry D. Laud le,
•
L. Montgomery Bond, Jon Ashton. Jr..
Joshua, T. Owen, Md. Sohn ThomPsoll,
George H. Hart, A. C Harmer.
James W. Paul, Leonora Myers.
Col. A. 3. Pleruionton, Benjamin Kirsh, '
Maj. C. J. Biddle. Geo. W. Swearingen,
John P Kilgore, Wade Morris,
Martin J. Croll, Wm. P. Hanker.
• Swamies.
RHO Ward. M. IL. Saud. E. Slaymaker,
Jim. Davie Watson, James Freeborn.
Geo. T. Thorne, J ames Metcalf,
Geo. Inman Riche, Wm. Strunk,
Jno. Goforth, Cyrus IL Newlin,
Frank Johnson. eamuel Hart,
James B. Mandan, Primes C. Wallace,
al wheel Dunn, Chna. C. Wllson.
Wm..l. Rating lialn, Jogehh Herr,
John 3. Franklin, Henry Neill.
Benj. Huokol, Conrad Groves,
Howard Ellis, TLeo. T. Derringer,
Jan. L. Itingwalt, - John O. Byrne,
Jamintßateman. James D. ()ameba)),
Frame It.. lihunk, M. D., iPasph fotßstinatt.
Alfred P. Soul , Henry fl. Baird.
Harman Baugh, Henry Smith,
A. M. We d /Heehaw, John H. Y.
Diehl,
E. G. Waterhouse, CAL T. Collie,
E. G. Simpson. Wm. D. Frismullb
J. Barclay Harding, Thomas B. BtotesburY,
Pierce Ajoher. Jr., Jeremiah Mohan,
Charles B. Miller, A. F. Hugh,
Moses A. Dropele, nommen Reynolds,
James P. Perot, William Shinn,
Thomas Hart, TOM B. Adams.
James W. Sagan, Joeeph P. Lougdead,
E. N. Hallowell. Caleb IL Needles,
John Getty. Win. 8. Stewart,
Theodore Beck, Barry. Skelinger.
Robert Burton. Ruillard Ci. Devereux,
Philip F. Kelly. Henry Laeoiey,
E. P.,Kprshow. John C. Keifer,
Co). Wm. R. Bray, Clement Tingley, Jr.,
N. B. Le Brun, George Burton,
Wm. C. hloCammon, Wm. F. Corbit.
Gnome M. amuse, C. Willing WWI,
thee. M. Hall, Robt. Coulton Davis,
R. M. Bottum, Ste pherATl ler,
James Harper.
Andrew MoDole, R B I " ; t W B.. CaWen.
President Lewis then said:
Gentlemen : I have the pleasure of introduoing
to you our friend and fellon , eitipen, 4. Murray
Rush. [[Three cheers for Ruh.]
SPREOII OF J. MURRAY RUSII, JSQ.
- -
Mr. Rush said: Fellow-citizens: I have been
invited by the committee which had charge
of the arrangements of this meeting to present to
you certain resolutions. You have heard of the
Piquet for which you have Ilan called together,
and I mint' say to you one and ell—and I say it
with infinite pride and gratification—that although
it has been my lot at former times to stand before
large sudiencee of my fellow-Wizens, it has nover
been my geed fortune, it has never been my privi
lege, 1 have never hefore had the honor to stand
befoul so Ilarge—l may pall it] so imposing—an
audience a; I now nee before me. Every' inch of
this vast floor as it strikes my eye ht present, is
-packed, and I. see immediately before me a sent!.
[cent, your sympathy for which,
fellow-citizens, I
know perfectly well has brought you together on
this occasion. [Cheers.] "So long as it pleases
God to give mien voloe to ezpress my sentiments,
or an arm, weak and enfeebled di it may bo by
ego, that voice and that arm will be on the side of
my country," [cheers,] " for the support of the
general authority, and for the maintenance of the
powers of the Union." [Tremendous; applause]
" For the maintenance of the powers of the
Union !" [Renewed applause.] Gentlemen. that
was the languor of the immortal Clay. [Pro
longed cheering
A Volpe. •An it is the language of Murray
Rush, too.
Mr.. Rush I know you are my good friend,
and 1 will ask, you to remain quiet for a little
while. I repeat, that was the sentiment of the
immortal Clay; and if his great heart his great
mind, his great powers of patriotism, hie love of
human freedom and established institutions
[applause] could be here new, what do yea suppose
_would be hie response to your cordial and generous
reception Of 0105 toe foes &rep evoitniente
What do you suppeee it would be? He would
thank you from the bottom of his great heart,
because he would toll you one end all that you
and he, and he and you, felt alike on the great
question of the Union. [Cheers.]
With those general remarks will proceed to
read the resolutions, submitting as I do, that I
have been informed-rand' I bed not been in
formed I should have known it, Mr. Chairman, by
'glancing over those before' me—that this is a meet
ing without distinction of party. Ohms." I see
around me my fellow-oltirene, when I respect and
honor, of all parties, and they have come here to
eaetain the Imp and to Stand by tie Government,
[cheers,] the overnment of the people. [Loud
cheers.] The rosolatlons I. am gent to offer am
body the objoot we all have in iitow, and I feel
perfectly assured that they wiilmeet the cordial
approbation of every man in this zoom. [Cheers.]
Mr. Rush then read the first resolution, as fol
lows:
Residua, That tho foresight, Finance, and en
ergetic conduct of Major Andersoc, of Kentucky,
the gallant officer now in comment of the fortlfioa-
Sone tp pillarloston harbor, merit tie hearty appro
bation of the Government and poo?lo of the United
States.
Enthusiastio and prolonged (nearing. Three
cheers were milled for Major Anderson and given
with a vehemence perfeetly'dearming.
Resolved, That it is the impentive duty of the
President to provide Major Andeson with oil the
force he may require for the suacusful defense of
his present position.,
Exclamations of " That'a right " and torrifio ap
plause.
Resolved, That all persona whiwage war against
the United states for the purpom of destroying the
Government established bY our fathers, or for any
other purpose whatever, or all who aid, counsel,
sanction, or encourage then, can be regarded in no
other light than as publioenensies.
A voice "We will Sang them all up," and
three cheers.
Reiojvti, That wo wll enetain the President of
the United Steens, and the oonstituted authorities
of the Government, II whatever measures they
may adopt to supper' Major Anderoon, and to
maintain the euprenvey of the Constitution and
the laws of the United States,
This resolution wa received with a perfect
storm of applause.
Resolved, That theilag of the Union is the pro
perty of the poople,and whenever lawfully un
furled, it must and salt be protected to the last
extremity.
On hearing this roolution the people seemed to
have loot all contra of themselves. Rats were
thrown in the air, and men fairly jumped with ex
citement as the orord shouted and soreamed its
approval of tho sentinent. It was one of the most
thorough and enttnelastle demonstrations ever
witnessed In a popper assembly.
Order being resorei, Mr. Rush resumed:
Now, my fellor.ollfzens, that I have discharged
my duty, so far an the reading of the resolutions aro
concerned, I miLht take my coat, but, I trust you
will hoar with Be a little, (cries of "go on,")
whilst I mondial bat privilege which belongs to
every Amerioanalzen and American freemen, of
talking to his fefur-man face to face, And as you
have given, indlidnally, from your entbusiestio
and patriotic bees, a cheer to each individual
one of these resolitions, if I may so speak, I pro.
pose before I rifer to ono or two other topics, to
ask you to do fist which I am sure I will not have
to ask you twbt to do—give the whole batoh to
gether nine betty cheers.
Every one h the room rose—the dicers were
given with a tier, before which all the beaus of
creation would:lrmo lied in affright, bad they been
thore.
Loud erica for "The Star Spangled Banner,'
" Sive us thoglorious old Star Spangled Banner
again," &o.
The band b the gallery atruok up " The Star
Spangled Baum'," whioh was listened to in
breathless demo, and vociferously applauded at
its ooneluslor.
Mr. Rush Continuing. I want to say a few
more word's tvoti. Do you want to hear me?
[Cries of I , ye! 'J Fellow.citizens, you have heard
that beautitd patriotic tune. It IS the " Star
Spangled Bolter ; Chi long may it wave o'er the
land of the tee and the home of the bravo."
1 . " That's tie talk," and another buret of enthu.
slum.] Nou I have one or two things to say to
you about hsjor Anderson, and I shall spook
them with at due gravity and seriousnese becom
ing the cocoon. I shall not detain you long, and
I know what have to say will meat a warm re.
sponse in tlehreasts of all of you.
we are bre, as 'I Said a law moments ago, bo
foro 1 reed the resolutions , .without distinction of
party. rbt resolutions widoll yop have heard are
broad, conprehonslve, and jug. They meet my
most muffle and anti.° approbation, and I have
boon toc hppy, on this °motion, to come forward
and do nr humble part, and have urged my
friend's Code their pert, to give all the influence
which canbe glvon by the cordial adherenoo of a
resolute till, and a patriotio and honest boert, to
the pruples which these resolutions embody.
We arc lore simply to ask you to resolve that the
4drpiliStation, in sustaining Major Anderson, in
stistailin; the Cover:talent of the United States,
threnih lie pi:mien antrin hie cot, is doing all that
it is mossary, and all that it is incumbent upon
this llournment to do, to sustain the authority
and stramaoy of the laws. 1 Cheers. I I take it
no gcodtmerloan can mince to contain ouch redo
lathing IS those, because, rest assured, if our
blessed nuntry is to bepreaorved from the horrors
of pleated, from anarchy, from servile insurreo
tion, fun midnight plasm re and murder, and
from doe endless realities of woe Whi:6li will brirst
upon tb country when civil war rages it can only
by by to rosolute, oatm, firm, and defiant position
of the Ovornment. [Cheers.] I cordially, I roost
oordiat , respond to all efforts at peace. I denim
no win I believe no war will come. I believe
these feat questions can be settled without refer
ence Mullets or bloodshed. [Cheers.] But Ido
inelet on it that the hister,y of man, the hietory
of govornmont, and the knowledge of human no
tore,points Out that no Government has ever been
ablo to sustain itself, unless it possessod within it
self full, abundant, unmistakable potter, and do
--
1 tOrmination to assert its rights. [Great applatisel!
Fellow. oitizens, I do not intend to rotor to the
sad political drama which haa.moved before ne
within the last two months. I have not come here
, for objeot. rhatth hot come here to express
TO peculiar opinions as lathe mode of settling
these diffioulties, or to tread upon the sensibilities
Of any man. I halo come here 'but for ono object,
Willoh I have already explainodi 'We have all
•
come for that object, and we can; as united Ameri
' cans, make a common offering in this way and this
Spirit upon tho altar of our country's welfare.
[Moors J I shall pan' by, therefore, the drama
whioh has been enacted before us -within the last
few weeks. I shall pass. by the sad, the, melon-.
,ohely dream in which South Caroliga ]ids played
:her , part , before the world as a political suicide!
'throwing away box own best interests, and rota
ling to appeal to those who, if appealed to, would
do everythipg that - fraternal Judith), under the
levee of the land, eonid minim [Cheers ]- Ivies
all that by. I pars by the ordinancO of PAT •V9 l a-
Vention. I pass by the fast that she has blotted
out froth the Qs oftho'llaitod States—that fihg
whiali.haa waved over the: moan, atid•i which has•
whipped, the mistress 'of. the . 90 4 0 —[!',Bravo,
bravo," and wilitapplauser—that she has blotted
out from that flag her own bright, reSidendent star.
Inever will forget the achievements aver which
that star shone' in foraler Bather, mush
'other, will I hope that, with all. its splendor, re
tires4toina` thhgenina, power, and valor- of South
arolina, it may still shine in the bright galaxy of
ettAwAthith-vrava-bwor "tlio" American' Malan.
(Cheers.) I cannot' forget -the historic memo
ries of Fort .4.leultrie, ..ofiltevollttiorary. fanlottli
of tho,Othypenil, of all her fliostrions tpethat won;
and slatostnad who aided us in the hour of revo
lution. I will pass by the foot that she has blotted
out of her calendar the Fourth of holy. -ttwilt pass
all that by. I will pass by the tut, that, in some
of her ohurohes, at present, the prayer is no longer
hoard to Almighty God for the 'President of the
United States, and the authorities of "the nation.
I will pain all that by. Gentionatin,let thl wades. ,
vor to pass it by i to think of it without resent
ment ;. to think. of it with tbalacipe that a brighter
day will yet beam for our sister Shim, when, un
der the Constitution of the United States, in a pro
per fraternal spirit, in a Christian and a lawful
spirit, all will be reeohelled between her and the
rest of the anion. [Cheors.j I know you will
agree to that. I shall now say a few words about
Major Anderson, and then.r will leave you to hear
whatever may bp said in behalf of these resolu
tions when they aro seconded, and to pass a hearty
cordial vote upon them.
We aro horn to deal with Major Anderson. tot
us say something about him, who he is, and how
he did this deed which we have come here to night
to ask the Government to sustain• him in. You
know he was edueated at our military academy at
West Point; you know ho was in the Mohawk
war ; you know he was in the war with Mexico ;
you know he is a man in the prime of life, p6ssess
ing every quality of a distinguished and gallant
soldier. [Cheers j I had intended to road -you
from a newspaper, which passed under My eye
thii morning, the account of his achievement in
Charleston harbor, but it would delay me too long,
and I wlll, therefore, simply refer to the romantic
and striking way in which he managed to evacuate
Fort Moultritb and take possession of Fort Sumpter.
It not necessary to go into details, but I. will
give you an outline of the sketch. I wish I had
an opportunity to read it all to you'. - It was a
brilliant moonlight night. He had endeavored by
intercourse with Charleston, and by such modes as
ho know hest bow to adopt, to keep the oitisons of
Charleston in profound ignorance of the movement
he intended making. He got rid of the women and
obildren who wore in the fort, and at night,when the
city kif Charleston was in no way prepared for his
gallant and daring not, having made all the ar
rangements footaking possession of Fort Sumpter,
he and his small band of fifty men left Fort Moultrie,
andlwere soon In' possession of the other fort. One
or two more trips vitro made between the forts,
the moon shining over the waters, and Anderson
passing dirootty under the guns of ships which had
been placed tbore by the Charlestonians to prevent
his passage. When all was safe in Fort Stimpter, a
gun blazed forth the signal to their women and
obildron in Fort aohnson that the dead waq dope.
[Cheers.] lam told by thoso who are conversant
with military matters that Fort Sumpter is in such
a position that if it is attaoked it can be defended;
and if It is not attacked, I know full well, from all
I can see and learn, that It la no part of the polioy
of the Government of the United States to attaok
South Carolina. [Cheers. All that we want is
that the Government shall be ready for defence.
}Clitoris.' I deny that the Government is not to
be kept in that position. The resolutions point to
that great object, t , tnd I fool perfectly sotished that
you will presently 'adopt them by an enthusing°
veto. Gentlemen, I thank you for your attention.
SPEECH OF OLIARLES GIBBONS
Mr. Gibbons said he had been requested to
second the resolutions presented by Mr. Hush, and
he did so with all his heart, Ile could not per
ceive the necessity of adding any remarks of his
own to what had been so well said by his learned
frlotl, but uvula 110 t, ftnboor to oup.ao tho rutin.
faction he felt in standing in the midst of his
follow-citizens on the broad platform which the
resolutions embraced—of the Union, the Ormatitu-
Con, and the laws! [Cheers.] The spirit of the
resolutions was the spirit which now animated the
hearts of the people, and he believed they were
fully represented by the vast multitude before
him, milled from every oeoupation in Hie, and from
all political Parties, to express with coolners, but
with firmness, their devotion to the Government of
our fathers, and their deliberate determination to
maintain it. [Cheers.] No one could fail to ob
serve the striking change which had come over the
people of Philadelphia within a few days. Not
long since all was despondency, the destruction
of the Government seemed inevitable, and we
were not oven united amongst ourselves. But now
we are all hopeful, all united, all gathered under
the flag of the Uniee, [cheers,' not by sudden im
pulse, but by that affection which evehonest end
unselfish man feels for his country.
[Cheers.]
What has wrought this change? It was the eiee•
trio flash which announced to the American people
that Major Anderson and his gallant officers and
men were oafs in Fort Sumpter, and that our flog
floated ovor its walls, honored and protected by
its friends, and feared by its enemies. [lmmense
cheering 1 II was that not of Major Anderson,
performed upon his own responsibility, that ex
posed and drove into obscurity and disgrace two
traitors, who, having sworn to support the Con
stitution, and thereby scoured for themselves im
portant positions in the President's Cabinet, basely
and infamously encouraged plots, conspiracies,
and combinations to destroy it. [lmmense cheer
ing
Mr. Gibbons, after some further comments upon
the conduct of Cobb and Floyd, contrasting their
treachery with the fidelity of Major Anderson,
and, referring to their propositiousto try him be
fore a court-martial for removing to Fort Sumpter
without orders, proposed to convert the meeting
into a grand court-martial for that purpose.
[Laughter and cheers.] Major Anderson, stand
torth ! You wore educated in the belief that the
flag of the Union is the property of the people, and
that wherever lawfully unfurled it must be
.pro
tected to the last extremity. [Great cheering ]
The charge against you is, that, in spite of treason
in the Cabinet, and without sMiting for orders to
disgrace that flag, you unfurled it, and now up
hold it, over a fortress of the United States.
[Cheers.] This is the only specification. Gentle
men, you are familiar with the evidence, what say
you? Is Major Anderson guilty or not guilty?
[Cries of " (+nifty," "Guilty," "Not guilty,' '
" No, no, not guilty."]
It was evident that those who voted. "Not
guilty" did not understand the point of the speak
er, and much merriment ensued.
Mr. Gibbons. This jury must agree—there can
be no division of sentiment. I shall accept no ver
dict that is not unanimous. [Cheers.] Major An
derson is charged with protecting the flag and
honor of the Union ! What say you, is he guilty of
the charge?
Voices. Yes, yes; guilty, guilty. [lmmense
cheering.]
Major Anderson! you stand convieted of the
charge, and wo now condemn and sentence you to
131}1ORTAL notion [ntlthtlBlltßtlo cheers.]
Mr. Gibbons then referred to the fad that he
had called upon Horace Ilinney, by request of the
committee, to invite him topreside at this meeting.
Ile referred to his conversation with that yarerable
and honored eitieon, who was older than the Con-
Mitt:atop, and had seen this country grow and ex
pand, and increase In strength, prosperity, and
power under it. 'Cheers.] He was hero in spirit
and earnest sympathy. His head was bowed in
reverence and gratitude to God that he yet lived
under the Government which Washington esta
blished, and that it was yet cafe in the hands of the
people. [lmmense cheering ]
Mr. Gibbons then road the following letter from
Mr. Binney, which, he said, was not written for
publication, but which he could present to his fel
low-eitizens on his own responsibility, and without
impropriety
&Mini FoOttxtt STREIT, January 4,1861.
Mr DEAR 1 address to you, rather than to the
committee of which you are a member, this friendly
note. You will perceive my motive.
In the short time that has been allowed me to con
sider thePrOpositions with wluoh turns honored this
Morning, I have reverted to some of the considerations
which 1 made known to you, in oxpreesion of my repug
canoe to take the position whiah has been tendered to
me; and with theme have raourrod some others, whieh
have so entirely inclined the seals. that I cannot hest
tato to spare you the trouble of calling at my offiee,Rt
the hour named, by daolining explicitly to preside at
the proposed meeting to-morrow.
There is nothing in the spirit of the resolutionsyou
read to me to which either I, or any person affected as
l am tb the maintenance of this Anion, and to the de
fence of its honor, can possibly object. Major Ander
son seems at this moment to nominate the Union, and
to lie the only officer in command who does personate it
in the neighborhood of the fortress which -e has so
gallantly and skilfully selected to uphold the flag of hid
country All honor be to him and to his gallant officers
and soldiers; all succor and reinforcement which the
Government or their patriotio citizens can supply are
due to him and them !
But, to silence all other personal considerations on
my part. niy very advanced age and my doaltn ins vigor
caution me too olearly against taking any Position, at
a moment of public excitement, which I have neither
foresight to throat nor otrength to regulate, and from
which, )yliatever may follow. I must neoessartly retire,
as Soon no I have appeared, to assist in man gdrating
the movement. 1 ant neoessarily restricted by age to
the contribution of sympathy and private support to
the younger men, who have our honor and public Imp
miaow;
stealthir keeping, and in such aids I trust in God
that ver fail.
. .
I have no counsel to give to the meeting at which I
am invited to preside, but I may perhaps nay to YOU,
that my heart in bound up in intn Mimi more than a
lam life', that whether in cloud. or sunshine, I hold to
it more than to life and worldly Prosperity; and that
nothing, in my oyiniom will overthrow It, or materially
curtail or enfeeble it, if,to the purity and energy of our
forefathers, we unite that coolness, calmness, and ohp ,
Menne to the Copstitation we live tinder, whion 'berried
them to Burman in their day and monition. If we re
semble thorn in these points, we may be perfectly as
sured that God will give us, an Ile gave them, the vic
tory in the end.
Very truly your friend and servant
thus. ii 11.113053, Esq. 1101 BINNEY.
The reading of the latter was sovoral times in
terrupted by the cheers of the multitude, and at
the °Mil:sin three ohms were given for Mr.
Mr. Gibbons bogged leave, in aonolasion, to red
a simple ex.traet from the Farewell Address of
Washington to hie countrymen, which ho said was
poouliarly appropriate to the occasion. no road
as follows :
"This Government, tho offspring of our own oholoe,
unnalluonoed and unftwetl. rumpled upon full investi-
Wu/a and mature deliberation. completely fro in its
Dnntiplee,,in the distribution of its power, uniting
imenruy with energy, and containing within itself a
Provision for its own amendment, has a Just claim to
youroonedsnoe and your support. Beeped for its au
thority, oomphanee with its laws. woman= in ita
measures. are duties enjoined by ,the, fundamental
me of true liberty. The basis of tour political
system is the right of the people to make, and to alter
their constitution of government. But the Constitu
tton, winch at any timer exists. till changed by an ex
shalt and authentic act of the whole people, is snored
iv obligatory upon all. The very idea of the power and
the right or the people to establish government presup
poses the duty of every individual to obey the estab
lished'Governmsnt.
"Ali obstructions to the execution of the laws, all
omnbinations and associations. under whatever plausi
ble Character. with the real design to direct, control.
counteract, or awe the regular deliberations and action
of the constituted authorities , are destructive of this
fundamental principle ; and of fatal tendency. They
serve to organize faction—to give it an extraordinary'
and artificial force ; to put in the place of the delegated
will of the nation the will of a party, often a email,
but artful and enterprising minority of the com
munity; and, according to the alternate, to make the
public Administratitm the mirror of the iii•contzrted
and uneonyruous projects vf faction, rather than the
organ of consistent and wholesome plans, digested by
common omensels i and modified by mutual interests."
tdr. Gibbons conoluded by earnestly commending
those lent words of Washington to tho carafe
study and solemn consideration of his fellow-oiti
cent:
The resolutions were then put and adopted. At
this moment, a large American flag was displayed
behind the speakers on the stand, and as It made
lts appearance, it was caught by those on:the plat
us, and so drawn-down as talorm la canopy ovdr
so oh ;the stage;' , 'The ellec,t was electrical, and
pine cheers were given.
- SPEEOK OP MARK -MUNDY, ESQ.
Mark Mundy was received with three cheers.
Helfaid ' 4
'Pittr.Our4orrtzwis 'The rtiptitrotte applause
with which , the patriotic: sentiments uttered by
the gentlemen who have spoken here to-night
have been received, and the unanimous adoption
Of the resolutions—the : patriotic resolutions—read
to this meeting by my friend Mr. Rush, gives ma
a bright hope that our great Union may yet be
preserved., [Cheers.] The compliment bestowed
Upon Major Itid.eratn, who hails from my native
Plate, liontuelty (immense cheering]—le well
deserved by him; and let me pledge you here,
sir, that when danger and peril threaten our
country, all the eons of Kentucky will be found
following in the path marked out by him. [Shouts
of applause.]
Morton ItioMiehael,. Esq., here proposed three
eheers for Kentucky, which were given with such
force as to fairly shake the building.
Mr. Mundy. Kentucky is true to the Union.
[Prolonged cheering.] She cannot be seduced
from her loyalty. tOhoers.l The unanimous sen
timent which brings us here to-night, irrespective
of party, is a bright ray of bopebreaking through
the pall which has shrouded us ; and if that sen
timent is only cultivated by the people of Phila
delphia, and by the people of the North and the
South, we have nothing to fear in the future.
[Cheers.]
That we may take timo to deliberate away from
excitement, and that we may deliberate with our
hearts full of line for our country and a duo regard
for the preservation of its honor, I moveltb at this
meeting do now adjourn, [Cheers, arias of "Oh,
ne," " l adjourn," Dougherty," " Cassidy," and
calls for other speakers.
The President put the question and deolared the
meeting adjourned.
' The band struck up "Hail Columbia" and fol
lowed it *with yankee Doodle," whilst a large
Anserican gag was thrown out to its full length
over the etage, the crowd cheering lustily, and. a
speno of enthusiasm and excitement prevailing
which words cannot describe.
The mills for more speeches oontinuing, Ron.
Wm. D. Kelley advanced to the foot of the stage
and said :
FELLOW-CITIZENB : rask your attention for one
moment. We are hero to support the Constitution
and the laws, (cheered and the way to do that
le to show °badlands). Tho committee that ar
ranged for this meeting made a programme, it has
been executed, and new let us depart. (Cheers
The crowd then slowly moved from the hall and
swelled the masses on the outside, who were bele:
addressed by numerous speaker/,
T~IB WHITING 011t81p12.
The arowd outside of the ball was immense,
extending aoross Market street and up and down
the street for some distance. It is estimated that
fully twenty-five thousand persons attended the
meeting, a small portion only of whom could gain
admittance, and while a large number left disap
pointed, a still larger crowd remained in front of
the ball, and were entertained by the reading of
the resolutions adopted inside and a number of
Speeches, which were all well received, It only be
ing neoessary to utter the roost common-place
Union sentiment to call forth the greatest,ap
platum.
That the people of Philadelphia aro for the
Union, and will be ready to preserve it even at the
risk of their lives and 01l their interests should the
emergency ever arise, no one can doubt who
witnessed the demonstration at National Hall on
Saturday night.
"I'VE UNION MEETING AT VIE BOARD or
TEAlig ROON—ONNAT —REBOLt•
a.—An adjourned meeting of citizens,
without distinotion of party, was held at the Board
of Trade room on Saturday, at noon, for the pur
pose of resolving the report of the committee on
resolutions appointed at a previous meeting.
At about half past twelve o'clock Mr. Joshua
Owen called the meeting to order, and invited Col.
• °opium G. Childs, the president of the original
mooting to take the chair.
Col. Childs, without taking the chair, said that
the her; for the meeting had passed ; it was called
for twelve o'clock. I have been absent from the
city, and on my return I found that no meeting of
the committee had been held ; it is not even full,
and they have bad no opportunity to prepare a re
port. lie did not see how the meeting could pro
ceed to business under the circumstances.
Judge Lewis asked the chairman to take the
chair, that he (Judge Lewis) might offer a resolu
tion.
Colonel Childs did so.
Judge Lewis then moved that his resolutions
(offered at the former meeting) be adopted.
Colonel Childs replied that no report from the
committee was before the body, and he would ask
the committee to appoint another chairman if any
further action was wanted.
Mr. Ford moved that the meeting adjourn.
Dries of "No!" "No!" "Yes!" " Yes !" wero
uttered, amid the utmost confusion.
Mr. Mark Mundy endeavored to obtain the
floor, and loud cries of " question !" as shouted
out. •
The question was finally taken on the adjourn
ment amid the greatest confusion. The ayes crl
- wore in the majority, the persons voting
against the motion shouting " No !" "No!" over
and over again
The chairman declared the meeting adjourned,
and the noise and confusion became so great and
distracting that any adequate description is utterly ,
impossible. The crowd rushed towards the chair,
compelling the reporters to vacate their table. We
have before seen angry and excited crowds, but
this turmoil rather exceeded anything within the
range of our reportorial experience. Men shook
their fists threateningty at each other, abusive epi
thets were bandied, and everybody was trying the
perplexing experience in acoustics of all talking
at once. Blows seemed Imminent.
Mr. David S. Winebrenner, in a very excited
manner, moved that a new meeting now organize,
by calling Judge Ellie Lewis to the chair. Judge
Lewis moved towards the ahair amid wild shouts
and great pushing and orowding.
Lieut. Henderson, of the Ateservg Corps, made
hid appeartince in the room at this moment, and
took a position whore the wrangle was greatest.
Mr. Blodget, the Seorotary of the Board of Trade,
stated that he had been instruoted by thomanagers
of the Board to forbid the use of the room for any
political meeting. The meeting now about to be
organized was a public political meeting, and it
was his duty to.prevent the room being used for
any strohpurpose. This speech was greeted with
mingled hisses and applause, and there wore shouts
to Judge Lewis of " Take the chair I take the
chair I"
In the midst of a great excitement Judge Lewis
took the chair. Ile said that when the motion to
adjourn was put, the chair declared. it carried.
Another motion (as ho understood it) was put and
carried that he (Judge L.) take the ohair. (Hisses,
cheers, and confusion.]
Mr:Blodget, secretary of the Board of Trade.
No call has been issued for a public meeting here.
(Hisses and cheers.]
Judge Lewis. A motion is made that David B.
Winebrenner act as secretary. All in favor of
that motion say aye.
" Aye !" " No t" and yells of all kinds were ut
tered in response.
Mr. William B. Mann then arose, and, after se
curing a momentary silence, said that we should
conduct public' meetings in decency and order.
A call was issued for a meeting hero to bo private.
The mill was addressed to gentlemen who wished
to allay present difficulties and political excite
ment, to stand by the National Administration,
and to sustain the laws and the American flag.
The meeting under that call has been regularly
adjourned, and I would suggeat that all favorable
to it, and all who had a right to be at that gather
ing, retire, and leave the hall to those who wish to
pass resolutions adverse to that object. We wish
to stand by the flag of our Union. (Cheers.]
Upon Mr. Mann concluding his speech, the ex-
Moment which tollow(l beggars all description.
Bvery one was upon his feet, - hisses were applied
to Mr. Mann, ebdute of " Put him out," "Put him
out" were heard, and a number of infuriated men
gathered around him, and for a time things bad
decidedly a warlike appearance. Finally some
person shouted out, "Mr. President, I move the
gentleman have leave to retire.
The motion - was resolved with shouts and yells,
and Mr. Mann, elbowing the crowd from around
him, shouted out in a grm and deliberate voice as
follows: The gentleman oame hero to please him
self ; the gentleman will retire when it suits him
to do so, and not before ; and moreover, the gentle
'Man does not recognize the ability of any man, or
set of men here, to compel him to retire until he
chooses to do so."
This bold stand and defiant language tamed his
assailants, and Mr. Mann was left free tu . pursue
what course s e liked heat without further Intorfe
reuse.
The Chief of Pollee, Mr. Ruggles, and a squad of
reserve effusers and high constables now made their
appearance, but the uproar continued. Several
persons called upon Mr. Blodget to demand of the
pollee that the room be cleared of the intruders,
and that the most disorderly should be taken into
custody. Mr. Blodget did not choose to resort to
those extreme measures, and he repeated that he
could not, in his official capacity, allow a meeting
to create patine trouble to be held there.
Several persona hissed, and declared they wore
" the people," and that they were not to be put
dawn.
Mr. Daniel Dougherty appealed earnestly for
order.
Finally, Mr. Mark Mundy mounted upon a
ohair (everybody being on their feet), and said that
the purpose of those present was not to break up
TWO CENTS.
the meeting, but to pass resolutions to meet th e :
base. He then offered the subjoined resolutions;
Resolved, That, in the opinion of theeitizens of
Philadelphia, irrespective of party, the spirit of
compromise, which charaoterized the labors of the
framers of the Constitution, should pervade our
reopleal Council and infitzenoe the action of the
e's representatives, in settling the difficulties
filch now threaten the dissolution of the Union,
and make oivil war imminent.
Resolved, That the heedless legislation of some
of the Northern States, in passing 'personal-11-
berty bills, which . would interfere with a proper
exercise of the constitutional rights of the slave
holding citizens of Southern States, is to be depre
cated, as not only an unwise and unconstitutional
assamptiOn of power, but as an abnegation of that
pomity and courtesy which should oharaoterizo the
raternal relations and intercouree of the several
totes of the Union with each other.
Resolved, That-the renunciation, by South Caro
lina of the duty she owes to the confederated Go
vernment, and her avowed purpose to deatioy the
Union, by withdrawing therefrom, 10 in utter dis
regard of the rights of her sister confederates, and
a mad sacrifice which should be prevented, as it
can, through such pacific/ measures as will appeal
to the patriotism of her people and.her sense of
right; induced by a generous sacrifice of NOrteere
prejudice against the institntion of idattery, and a
unanimous resolve to adopt iit antbitqablitt, andlit
timelines Holeithemostpreetleal, 4zeeiti ef, pomme l ,
tnise,, the resolutions proposid,by.thelion, John J,
Orittonden,"in thetatriihr of the 13iiittidStatea.
I - /teroturd;''t hat:while pulite maxillas 'arid 6°61.
promises only, should - be.- relorted• tole ellarthd
fears and apprehensions and appease the resent
ment of an excited people, authe'sullugation r of
brie, State; . till-Mike:the 4:outlasted-I Postifr.bl , --tit • '
ether States- (grit - MA(4pp*. rod* fito. im.dgrivir
her of equality, and , thuLatleataally destroy
the Constitutional Union of ther.t3tates, she lort&r,
property, and the Capital of our general Govern
ment, if be; should be preserved and pre-:
tested by our , national army and navy, under the
proper direction of the heads of Government.
Judge Lewis then put the question, and Mr.
iflundy's resolutions were carried. The persons
favoring the original =eating declining coyote
,
for or against them, and the ' outsidera" voting
for them solid.
The. Judge. then put a motion to adjourn, and
the crowd dieporeod.
The Late News front Alabama.
I Resent intelligence from Alabama Livery cheer.
tog. The Oo•operatloniets confidently claim that
they will control the Convention, by six majority.
The platform they ocetipy may be summed up u
follows; presented Id' the letter of Mr. M. SAMFORD,
heretofore a Secessionist, but , now strong for co
operation. Ile is a leading man in that State :
We must have the power to override local issues,
or Glee we shall go to pieces among ourselves; and
never attain a Southern Confederacy— We shall
Split upon the Afrioan slave•trade, a tariff,. and.the
nature of a now Constitution. We ought to divide
the North, and organize a power there to defeat
any attempt to wage a war upon us. We might to
present such an ultimatum as shall win to our side
as many of the States as possible. I have ne hope
of•reconstructing the Government with all its -pre
sent members in the Union; but I can conceive
terms which ought to be acceded to by, all the
States, and would be by a majority of them. Let
me sketch such an ultimatum as the South might
present, and as would attain her objects :
1. Congress shall haVe no jurisdiction over any
question of slavery.
2. An equal division of the Territories.
3. Felony to obstruct the fugitive-slave law.
4. Felony and death to conspire against the
peace of a State, or to do any act tending to pro
mote insurrection.
Let a Southern Convention propose these amend
ments of the Cqnstitution, Melt the States, and al
though all of them will not adopt theM, enough of
them may to enable as to have all -the Union de
sirable, and to avoid most of the evils of dissolu
tion. But if none of the Northern States adopt
them, we Ellett ereate and organize parties in fa
vor of them in any Northern State, and so tie the
hands of our enemies, and go in peaoo.
A. Letter from Old ironsides.
U. S. NOT Isms, PAILADELPHIA.
Considering my position as an officer under the
control of the National_ Government, bound by
a solemn oath to support the Constitution upon
which this 'Union is based, a sense of delicacy and
propriety would have prevented me from mixing
with the great assemblage of our free . , sovereign,
and independent people upon the occasion referred
to ; but to the honorable use of my name in the
Wanner proposed by you, I could have interposed
no objection, if, in your opinion, it carded with it
aid of your efforts to nullify nullification, such as
dares, now, to threaten a severance of the bond of
union which holds this vast empire of the Western
'quadreture of this,world together.
• For more than sixty piers of national service
under the Union of these States, I have hold it as
a maxim that the bettor of an officer in his country's
'service pledged his fidelity to his constitutional
oath, together with his entire obedience to all laws
passed by Congress, or orders issued by proper se
niority In conformity with the Constitution under
which he servos; as also the exercise of a sound
discretion and deliberate judgment in all oases
where the security of lives end property entrusted
to his care is involved, giving, at, the same time,
due and deliberate reflection,
before acting, upon
any matter arising within his control, which, per
chance, might be circumscribed .by international
law, or by the honor or interests of his country.
These, gentlemen of the Committee of Councils,
have ever been my guiding stars during that long
career of my publio service ; and, although in that
length of time many occasions have arisen wherein
the application of this rule for my self-government
became necessary,- with confidence I assert Ithat
notwithstanding errors of judgment, negligence of
duty, or indifference to any or all of them, the
Rimer of history cannot point to a single ins tance
whirein I bare failed to aocomplish them in a full,
fair, and satisfactory manner.
As a native of this city, cu the call of my fellow
citizens, had my views been essential to what I
might eem just, honorable, and patriotic, I Should
have advised a rendition, not only to the South,
but to all the States, of a full, fair, and constitu
tional redress of all grievances of which they had
a just right to complain, on their relinquishment of
all oppressive or mutinous proceedings founded on
the action of any State whatever, and a restoration
to the charter articles of the Constitution any thing
of which they may have been deprived through a
'riotous, unfair, or latitudinous construction of that
instrument, or a revision of the Constitution itself,
which so closely binds together myriads of the hu
man family—seeking, under it, all their rights in
pursuit of honor, welfare, and happiness. As an
important nation, we should bear in mind that,
through the imperfection of human nature no
combination, even of the moat profound and virtu
ous minds, san arrive at perfection; and that all
difficulties and dangers cannot, in a first essay in
forming a code for the perpetuity and stability of a
bond of fraternal brotherhood and union, be fore
seen and provided for in so extensive a community
of powers; and our own unfortunate experience
may teach us In future that no compromises will
ever prove to be a corrective for wrongs done or
meditated.
My voleo is, millions for the redress of Gust grie
vances, but not one cent for imaginary ones.
I have the honor to be your obedient servant and
fellow-townsman, CRAB. STRIVART.
W BRADVORD, ...91., Chairman, Phila.
Later from lilexteo.
TIM RETIRMIENT OP XINISTER ]:'LANE
[From the New Minna Dolled
By the arrival of the steamship Tennessee ' we
have reoeived files of Vera Om papers to the 23d
Instant. She brings among hor passengers Mr.
McLane, late minister to Mexico.
Mr. McLane, in taking leave of President Joe.
res, presented to him an autograph letter from the
President of the United States, accompanying the
presentation with the following remarks which wo
translate from a report in the .Progreso :
To the President of the Republic of Mexico:
Mn. PRIMMER' : In presenting this setter of
regal' from the President of the United States, I
beg to assure your Exoellency that my retirement
from the mission with which Z have been honored
will not in any degree diminish the interest I have
heretofore cherished for the Republic, of Mexico;
and have the satisfaction to feel that my suocessor,
by his ability and attachment to the principles
that distinguished the Republican governments of
Mexico and the United States from the great Pow
ers of Europe, will faithfully represent his own
government in a spirit that will encourage the
most fraternal relations between the two Re
publips.
My earnest hope is that peace may bo speedily
restored to Mexico; and that the people of both
countries may realise that under Providence the
only real security they possess for life, liberty, and
happiness rests in the faithful execution of their
respective Constitutions, by the terms of which
they have regulated national indepoldence and
the individual rights of the cttizen !
Vera Cruz, Des. 22,1880.
President Juarez replied ;
It gives me pain to receive this letter from the
President of the United States, because it acc =-
ponies your retirement from the mission you filled
Ho amioably and worthily. I hope that your Imo-
Gasser, whose principles and ability you justly
eulogize, is convinced, as you, with your high as ,
gaoity and generous nature, have convinced your
self, that the true interests of the United States
and of Mexico consist in treating cash other as
sister Republics, in order thus to continue the con
solidation of the principles which distinguish us
from the groat Powers of Europe ; and I hope Mr.
Weller may become as true a friend to Mexico as
you have demonstrated yourself to be.
I also entertain en ardent wish that peace may
be re-established, as forroerly, in the United
States, in order that, if it be necessary, their Con
stitutions may ho reformed by legal means ; but
always respecting, since only thus can liberty and
the rights of man bo preserved, the dignity of na
tions and the peace of the world.
The express from Jalapa arrived at Vera Crus
on the 18th, but brought no vows of importance.
Miramon had not yet sat out on his contemplated
expedition, thoogh it was still talked of.
The I,iberal forces continued to concentrate.
Their advanced posts were at Tepeji del Rio.
The ,Socialad of the 17th Bays:
"It was said yesterday, that the body of the
enemy's cavalry, widish has been at Arroyozareo,
has advanced as far as San Francisco."
_ .
The same journal announces that Toluca has been
evacuated by Oobos and Ms forma, who had ar
rived at Mexico, bringing some prisoners with
them.
News had boon reooived from Yucatan of a ma
catmint revolution in that State. The Government
of Augustin Aooroto has been overthrown, accord
ing to a plan proclaimed on tho 15th of November.
in rho vitiage of Nuns.
..t..K.ing - Victor Emmanuel has issued a decree sup
pressing the Ministry of War in Sicily, and ap
pointing a oommandsr•in•ohief of the Island, ro
aiding at Palermo.
—Bishop Cobbs, of the Episcopal Church, in
Alabama, is said to bo lyios hope!essly iii.
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Steamers.
Our New York Letter.
THE mans Or NEW YOUR FOR 1881: $11,052,648:
_ SORE OP THE LARGER ITERS-ANOTRER STEP IN
THE FOWLRR DEFALCATION CASE-A NEW PRIMA
DONNA, SIGNORINA ELENA-UORE varons—ms-
REY GETS A BAD HORSE-AN EIGHTH OF JANUARY
HALL-THE BROOKLYN OPERA HOUSE-THE FAST.
[Correspondence of The rress.3
Kew Yonx, January 5,1881.
The document most looked for at the commence
ment of each year, by tax-payers, is the annual
report of the Comptroller submitting estimates of
the amount that will be required to be raised by
taxation for the support of the city govemmer.t.
The sum required to carry us through 1851 is
$11.,05,648, nearly a million a month, or about
thirty-three thousand' dollars per day. This is
$1,294,141 more than the sum required for 1860.
A large portion of the levy is to pay interest on the
oily and State debt; •but over nine millions are re
quired for defraying the current expenditures of
the city. The property upon which this great to
is levied and assessed is placed at a valuation of
about $660,,c10010 ;lait year it was $577,230,656.
Boma ot j tAeltapr items embraced in the estimates
are ' •
- AlideliOue , Dssartutent..,.. . 861 , 9.876
Etgogy t icl e o t r f ernment and maintenance..
100 114 : 010
aortunOrr SchoO's Leto,ooo
Election espouses.. 45,000
antehmes,:. -..1 ... .. .. 100,0 W
Printing dm! advertising.,._ ....—„...... 75
Public buddies.; construotion and repaint..
I 4: k [ nPV. l4 alril l ifirit ' r = 200,000 e
=AA
j An order was 'granted, on Thursday, in the
United States District limit, for a commission to
iizattline Ettiratiolffing add certain officers in the
Post Officeand Treasury Departments ' of the defal
cation Of ea-Postmaster Fowler, at the time bile
bondsmen sighed hie bonds. The. counsel of the
suretiecare confident of being able to prove that
the Government was all along cognisant of the
feet thiit Fowler was a defaulter, and omitted to
proceed against him either from personal friend
ehip or the hope of being able ultimately to secure
pigment of the whole amount.
Signorina Elena, said to he a prima donna of the
first class, arrived in town yesterday, from Brazil.
When and wlkere she will be able to ,debut is a
matter of doubt. Opera "is at a stand-still with
no prospect of an opening of the Academy during
thoseason. There are plenty, of , artieta in town,
who are quite willing to warble at high figures,
but lessees and managers are so outrageous as to
want a little of the circulating medium for them
selves, and therefore decline to meet the views of
the singing people. The theatres have been
malting -money steadily from the opening of the
season. •
. Notwithstanding Mayor Wood vetoed the resolu
tion of the Board of Supervisors authorizing an ad-,
dition of four hundred Men to the police force, it
will be passed again at the next meeting of the
Board. In that Board it only requires a majority
to override a veto, and as all the members but one
voted in its favor, its passage is certain.
Rarey has secured for hie afternoon lecture, to
day, a very visions horse, called" Joe Anderson,"
said to be the worst tempered animal in this sec
tion of the country.
On Tuesday nest,,the anniversary of the Battle
of New Orleans, we are to have at the St. Nicholas
Hotel a grand national ball, under the direction of
a -committee, among whom are August Belmont,
Simeon Draper, R. E. Mount, Ambrose 0. Kings
land, George Opdyke,General Sanford. Moses 11.
Grinnell, Robert T. Haws, James T. Brady, and
other gentlemen well known in literary and poli
tical circles.
The directori of the Brooklyn Opera House . are
about to open that new and superb temple of art.
Engagements have, this week, been concluded with
Made, Brignoli, and company, and also, it is said,
with Signorina Elena, the now prima donna; just
arrived from Brazil. Meanwhile our own Aca
demy of Music , remains closed for the reason that
the stockholders *refuse to surrender any of their
exorbitant demands upon Whoever may become the
lessee, vis., reserved seats and free aimieslon to
every performance. No company can stand this
and live : they might survive the free admissions,
though that would be rather tough, but to give
away the beet seats in addition is out of the ques
tion. The Brooklyn stookolders simply exact free
admissions, but pay for reserved seats the same as
other people.
Yesterday in New York" was precisely like Sun
day. Business of,alt kinds was suspended; Wall
street deserted; stores shut; every thing closed
except placesof amusement, in the evening, and
they were, thronged. Honest.
Inn, Lincoln's Cabinet.
A 73EMI-OFFICIAL IaNIIOIINCEMILIT
I[Froni the New York Tribune of Saturday.]
Tho latest information wbioh bas reached us
espeoting the compoaition of Mr. Lincoln's
Cabinet indicates that the various Departments
will probably be filled about as follows:
State—William 11. Seward, of New York.
Treasury—Salmon P. Chase, of Ohio.
Attorney General—Edward Bates, of Missouri.
•War—Simon Cameron, of Pennsylvania.
Navy—Robert E. Scott, of Virginia.
Interior—William A. Graham, of North Caro
lina.
. Postmaster General—Gideon Wailers, of Con
neotiont.
Mr. Seward and Mr. Bates have both accepted
the positions which have been offered them.
With regard to the other gentlemen named, we are
not aware that either of them has yet received a
positive appointment, nor indeed, with regard to
Messrs. Scott and Graham, do we know how far
the negotiations have proceeded. Of these gentle•
men, the first is a liberal Whig, of Virginia, and a
thoroughgoing Union man; the mend was
Secretary of the Interior in the Cabinet of Mr.
Fillmore, and was the Whig candidate for the
Vice Preaideney in 1852, on the same ticket with
General Scott.
With regard to Mr. Cameron, it has been re
ported for some days past that the Treasury has
positively been offered him, but we are able to
affirm that this is a mistake. Mr. Lincoln has, we
presume, been led to the determination to invite
him to a place in the Cabinet; but we imagine
that, in any letters that may have been written by
Mr. Lincoln on the subject, no decided indication
has been given as to the particular portfolio whiCh
ho may desire him to accept.
As for Mr. Chase, there can be no question that
his appointment to the Treasury would be hailed
by the whole country with unanimous approval.
lie is not only one of the very ablest, but one of
the purest statesmen of the Union, and in extri
cating the State of Ohio from the financial compli
cations consequent noon the collapse of 1857, he
exhibited precisely the talents and qualities which
are now needed at the head of the Treasury De
partment. We shall rejoice if the report able se
lection for the office proves correct.
Though our advices lead us to suppose that Mr.
Welles, of Connecticut, will be the Postmaster Ge
neral, we learn that it is possible that. Mr. Charles
Francis Adams, of Massachusetts, may be appoint
ed to that place instead of Mr. Welles. zither of
these gentlemen is abundantly qualified to dis
charge the duties of the office.
Treason Armed by the Government.
' ASTOUNDING DEVELOPMENTS AT THE SPRINGFIELD
Under these heads, the Springfield (Mass.) Re
publican, a journal of the highest reliability, pub
lishes verifications of the recent statements that
the late Secretary of War, Floyd, has been engaged
in Alstributing the public, arias to places where the
Disunionists can obtain possession of them. There
is no doubt that Mr. Floyd was concerned in the
plot for the destruction of the Government, and
the best effect of recent events is his removal from
his position in the Cabinet. Most of the evil he
contemplated, however, has bean consummated.
The Repubhcan says:
The citizens of our town have noticed with some
considerable remark, the procession of Govern
ment teams, which during the last spring and
summer, and also quite recontiy, have been
engaged in transporting from the United States
armory, to the railroad freight station, an unusual
quantity of boxes of muskets marked for Southern
distribution. Recent events have led to an inquiry
into the matter, and we find that during the year
1850, there have been removed tram th&arraory in
this 014 , , and deposited for safe keeping in other
arsenals of the United States, 185,430 Government
arms, as follows:
Texas arsenal 500
Charleston, S. 0 15,000
Mount Vernon, Ala 15,000
Augusta, Ga 20,000
Fayetteville, N. 0 25,000
Baton Rogue, La 30,000
Benicia, Cal 7,000
et. Louis, Me 2,580
New York—(sold South) 20,400
185,480
It should be understood that this removal or
arms which we now disclose has nothing to do with
the distribution whioh is occasionally made to the
several States of the (rota to which each State Is
entitled for its own militia. For that object there
have been issued to the States during the year as
follows
State of New York 92
11 Massachusetts. 800
" Vermont 150
Connecticut 240
11 Maine 300
Itlinois • 80
Alabama . 150
,1 Tennessee 380
" Georgia 122
1, Louisiana 185
2,499
But the removal of which we now speak is en
tirely arbitrary, and at the will of the Secretary
of War. He has this power of removal from one
Place of deposit to another, in order that the
United States troops may be more readily supplied
in case of emergency. No other honest purpose
would justify the expense of such a removal from an
arsenal where there is no danger, to points where
treason or negro insurrection might make them
positively dangerous to the peace of the country;
and where, in foot, there wore no United States
troops—not even enough to protect them from de
cay. What became of the fifteen thousand deposit
ed in Charleston we have already seen. They are
as earefally guarded as the $870,000 bonds in the
treasury, and we shall have just as good an account
of them.
It will be seen, then, that from the Springfield
Armory alone there have been sent to the points
where treason had made its appointments 1.25,000
muskets ; and not one single musket to any United
States arsenal in a Northern State, except 20,000
to New York. But what of New York? Those,
like those from Troy, were not to remain in New
York, but are sold to the traitors for the paltry
SUM of n5O each! If anything was needed to
arouse our people to the frightful treachery over
which they have been sleeping, let them ponder on
this statement.
Wo have only disclosed what has been done by
the War Department at the Springfield Armory.
We have no means of access to the facts connected
with Harper's Ferry. But arms are not in the
habit of coming North! Will some of onr Senators
or Representatives inquire?