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Show AKTIKEPUBtlCAN FEELING ,v IX KJ5W YOHK. 'Oti the 4th nit., about, two hundred delegates' to.'the '(lencrul' C'ommUtceof Northern' Democrats" assembled fdtbe new Mozart Hall. , 4 - i , John Cochraucjouk 'tWtiatrt', " Feriisndii Wddd'wns present, t ' .Air., Johu.'JIuckt'ttprbsentcd a' rcrics of rcsoldtfoiis.'.w.hicli'wcre adopted hythc' comfflUlecp' " "'" "' ' ' In 'the5 preamble ttj1 tKcse' esoliitions, .the gdvcmnlent'is (cliargd with having ruthlessly nggrntatcd 'cvifi, rind fuaugur-ated fuaugur-ated a period of lerrpr nnd distrust: 1. By t1e,lncendlry.-langurfge of Prcsi dent' Lintolu, and of Republican leaders in1 tho; Setnitq .and House of Represcnta-tf Represcnta-tf re, f li ihrea tenf ntlie; bivasioii of South : em States; the'reiuforcement or recapture of Southern . forts, bloodshed, and" tho blockade of Southern' ports of entryl !"2. .;By lnteripsiuR :ita autliorrty to prih vent thV acceptation by the people of amendment to tboConititutiou, by ihich the grievances of: tlio Soutu.-would.liuve been proniptly.rcraedicd, ondltho'lntcgrhy of the tlnlon preservcd.7. 3. ,.ly rejecting the "moderate proposi-tlous proposi-tlous of tho peaceconfeience, and dlpptay. Ing-an , iiwuIUtig-;, rclnctanee. to'.lndor? righti; alreudy",esplicitly guaranteed, lb the 8otU by the. Constitution ' 4?;By- its tidoption of an"iniqidtoos, sectional. tariff iutchdfd'to enrieb theltc-jnbl(can theltc-jnbl(can uSutes of .New"" EnRlanil,. and JL'cnnsylf aiiiii; a' thc:.expense,o f slavehold-log slavehold-log racmbers'of'lhe confederation, -which have protested,. for half a century, riguiusf such Jegishilion, as rtdnous to .their interests. in-terests. 5. By tho formation of a cabinet possessing pos-sessing the, confjdenco of nojarty In the country, nud the majority Of whose, members mem-bers were pledged to sustain coercive measures; against the seceding Slates. C. Ify extensive warlike preparations, and tho promulgation of uoitile sent!- Wrnfs, calculated to widen the breach and to effect a bloody collision, bctwteu the two sections. -t. By its contemptuous disregard of the wishes of tho Southern Border States, and its refusal to give authoritative utterance to peace seullme'uts4,'tiatjniigbt at UastaJ, lay the anxiety prevailing in slavchulding commnnltFea that bare uot yet withdrawn from the Union. Among tho resolutions were tho, fol' lowing: Jltiohtd, That the rapid developments or .tho last Cvcmontbs" lnWe.rendered the existence of the Soutberii.Confederacra historical XaVCf tha excising Ijy (he frcV spontaneoiij act of the separate members comjMMingt,js Hide pendent, nationality can ouly be interfered with by violence; and that wo art opposed to every form of menace, restraint, or coercion, under whatsoever what-soever pretext of enforcing law, collecting revenue, or. retaking property, which may lead to ft conflict with the seceded States. Rttolrtd, That we congratulate the country upon the moderation, forbearance, and patriotism of the people of tbo Uorder States in the present crisis, aud, believing that, to maintain tlie. integrity of tbo Union, the demands of the States which have organized a government at Mont- gomery ought to- have been cbcerfullyj granted, we Uowdeem it of paramount importance, iu order to stay the progress of disaster, that the requirements of those stave States that have pot yet seceded should be promptly fulfilled; and we nnti-clpflte nnti-clpflte the result of the Border State convention, to bo held ut Frankfort, with CdnUdent reliance upon the justice of their proceedings, and that their claims wilt meet with a ready response in the North. lUtUvtd, That tho time has come for patriotic citizens in the Northern State to torgst dead issnea and Ps political differences, aud to rally in support or such a uuion movement as shall secure the nre-aeryation nre-aeryation or peace. awL Jf possible, pave Ue way, through the adoption of suitable amendments to the ConUitntion, for the reconstructloli of; tho Ifepublie, and that tlila! organization Vilt heartily co-operate with alt those Who aim at nfTeellng these results; . MttoluJ, Tlmt the lato CongrcM, fn passing the Morrill Uriff,' has filled a the mcaore of llepubllcau Indignities to the 8onthtanJ that the deadly JjIow indicted by it, upon the commerce and trade, of this metropolis, Is a fitting' sequel to the cnlamit cs which' nntl-slnvtry legislation has entailed upon , the, whole Union, by driving from it eight of its most prosper-iStatcs.. prosper-iStatcs.. , '..,,' IUtohed, That tho 'people of llutctty and State will neither consent to receive their supplies of foreign merchandlie by the way of the Mississippi River, as must be ihe. case if the Northern and Southern tariffs remain In simultaneous operation; nor that their trade and commerce shall be annihilated for the benefit of the factories, fac-tories, of New England nnd the furnace' of ,l'enri,ylTa,nta; -nor willthey bo contented con-tented with, the repeal of .the iaiquitoos Republican schemo , of- protection known as ther Morrill tariff r .but, we pledge Our selyes to- agitate; henceforth; "''.for free trade anil nmnlcipal nnd national freedom a our oldy security for equat.juslk'eaud from legislBtiveTopprcsalon.' t ' -l After. these:, resolutions had beet d& posed or, a commuhieatlon ,wa received front the Ocrman Central club, express-, ing desire on the 'parti ofVihat body to co-operate with Mozart' Hall Ujion, a resolution of the committee, the chalrniaii apiwliiied ' caotrat1vo tomhiittic. , The committee then adjourned. |