The Letters

The following 'letters were read at the Masa Meeting on Monday, aod will fully account foi the absence of the gentlemen vvhose namea are tbereto attacbed : State of New York, Executive ) Dept., Albany Oot. 14, 1864. $ E. li Pond, Esq. - Dear S{r: Your letter of the 12th inst. carne to hand during the absence of bis Excellency the Goverr.or, on a speaking tour. He has made engagements to speak in tbis State every day uutil tho election, and I regiet to ay that he canuot be present at yonr place to speak during this eanvans. Ple:ise accept thanks for your kind and courteoui invitation. Veiy respectfully, &., D. WILLÜ9, Jr., Private Sec. Boston, Oot. 15, 1864. Dear Sir : I thank you for your obüging invitation, and regí et estremely that t! e sta'.o of my engagemenU and the state of my health alike, oompal me to decline it. With best wishes for the good cause in Michigan, I am, in buste, but Very respoctfully and trnly youps, KUBT.'C. WINTHliOP. E. B. Pomd, Esq. A letter v?as also received from Geo. Gray, Ksq., of Grand Rapids, etating hia inability to attend on account of prior engagement.. The letter concludes as followd : I have for some time back been uure. mittingly at work,and ahali so continue until the election, for our cauHo, upon the succes of wbieh, I believo, the fate of our country dependa. I find most c.heering-indications here and whera I have heen, and I hope old Washtenaw will, on Tuesdsy Dext, show such strength in the ranks of the democraey hs iill ohecr the hearta of al) who love the country, tho Constitutiou and tho Union. Your obedient eorvant, GEO. GRAY. Adkian, Michigan, Oct. 21, 1864. Dkar Sib : - I have tbis moment your lotter by Mr. Hisdon, and rogret, very much, that I cannot come to your inaa moeting on the 25th, as de.-ured ; but at Chicago, yeMorday, I niet a lotter notify'ng me of 'he serioua ülnesa of my duar, little, motherless daughter, and must hnsten home. I ehould hu especially gratilied to havo au opportuuity to apeiik to my old '■ Whig associatos in your vicinity, wilb whom I fought in '40, '44, '48, and unül the Wtiig pnrty eeaoed itn organizaron } for 1 Btttiid dow on tho same platform. A ovideriüo of that fact, T cocióse a copy of a rosolation written by Mr. Olay, on the 22d d-ny of December, 184&, and seut to me with several otbera at that timo. Kontucky ba ever been, and now h, loyal to tho öovernment and Oonstitution of the Unrted Staten, and has proved her devotion in every battlefield. But she will rebuke by her vote in November, the starting revolutwnary doctrina of Mr. Lincoln and his oonlrolling friends. My delibenito opinión is that the Conservative Union Dfmocracy wiil carry the State by over fifty thautand votes for Gen. MoClella.n. Wout Michigan hulp us to save tho country froni a black military dospoiini. Fiftytwo years üsj we marched to your frontier, and redeemed you, wilh our blood, íroni a foreign power. Now we aok you in roturn to help us with yoür vote to save tho Union from domestic tyrants. Ymirs trul.v, LE8LIE COOMBS. Hon. Althkus Fklcii, Adq Arbor, Mich. iiKNRr ci.ay's besolution : "Resolved, Yhat as far as depeuds up on na, we will stand by, support, and uphold the Union agninst all attacks from without or within, and acainit oll üLTRAigM, whether at tho Noiti or tho South:' Mr. E. 13. Pokc : Dkaii Pin : - 1 greatJy regrot that I cantiot bo with you on Tiieaday ; but it will not be practicable for me to go no great a distanee (rom our State befare eleotion New York is to be mado the battle-ground of this contest, and into t are now poured tfiu ueakh, the intellect, nnd a good ghare of the dis honesty of the Repuhlioan partv. ïhe G;vernors oí Massacliunetti, OÍiio, and Indiana, are atumpiag our State, and na efforts are being ppared to break dowu its Conservativa force. Eut I hare strong eonfidence that its intelligent and brave people will resist the assaulls made upon them, and triumphantly suslain tho caase of the Union sud the ConstitutioD. I trust Miuhigun will do likewise, and that whon tho polk close in November, the shouts that will burst forth frona nn enfranchised people on the Atlantic, inay be reechoed from the nvera and lakes of the Wtjst, Those who are aecustomed as I am to Repuiilican shouts and cbeers hcfore iin eleetion, will not be moved by them novv. Calm courage and steadv oxertions wilï, we may rest asured, carry us now, as iu thu earlier aud better days oi' the Democratie party, to victory and safety. Truly, yours, J. Van Bürbn. Now York, Oot. 22d, 1864. Gov. McClelland was obliged tore.voke his engagement because of a severe throat ail, and tho same may be said of Hon. G. V. N. LoTnnoi'. flon. Wm. L. Banchoit telographed os on Monday that he would be with us ' Tuesday evening, but somerow failed to connect.