An Immense Demonstration

The unitod Uemocracy of New York held an immense ratification meeling in New York City on the evening of the 23d, which in all respects eclipsed all previous eflorts in that direction by either Demócrata or Republicans. It is estimated that at least 150,000 persons participatedin the demonstration, and of these fully 46,000 were torch-bearers. The meeting was held under the auspices of the Tammany Society. John Kelly presided, and Daniel Dougherty, the man who nominated General Hancock at Cincinnati, delivered an interesting but brief iddress. Ho said the choiee of the Cincinnati Convention was one who had sealed his devotion to the Union with his blood, who had proved his iidelity to the Constitution when clothed with absolute power, and who, in honor as in stature, proudly, eminently stands as a tower. The nomination, unlike that of Chicago, was not the result of management. Sehemes had no hand in it. ft was a conviction of conscience, an inspiration of patriotism. The nomination for the VicePresidency was a tribute to a distinguished citizen and to the gallant Democracy whose vote in October will be the next harbinger of victory. August Belmont was the next speaker, and combated the idea that Democratie success was inimical to the country' s interest. He denounccd the reckless partisan spirit which could tritle with the Nation-'s credit for seltish party purposes. He declared that the American voters reeognized in General Hancock the great and suecessful hero in the darkest hour of our struggle; the. honest and nprlght citizen, without a blemish of suspicion, and the patriot whosc aets and uttcrances place him among the foremost statesmen of our country. They know that he will surround "himself with the tried chainpions of suund principies on (inance and Constitutional liberty, who will give a fresh and vigorous impulse to our onward march toward greatness and prosperity, fostered by truc Union and fraternal love betwecn all the sections of our common country. The speech of Senator liayard was chiolly devoted to controverting the allegations eontained in Senator Conkling's recent Ncvv York speech. He showed the fallacy of the claim that the Rcpublican party brought about Rosumption, and arraigned that organization for its bigotry and sectionalism. Senator Hill defended tlie South froni the charge of rebelliousness, and said that section fully and unreservedly accepted the logie of events. He said that it was not indebted to the Republican party for the abolition of slavery but to the Divine power which directs human events contrary to human will. And, looking at the result and effect of Uiis last revolution, he, as a Southern man and a born slaveholder, lifted his voice to Him and said: " God of my fathers, I thank Thee." The Southern people have been the most beneiited, and are the most contented with the abolition of slavery. He had seen the time whon he would have given his life to have p-revented the abolition of slavery. Now he would give his life a thousand times to prevent its restoration. The resolutions adopted affirmed that the surest and most effectual way to reform the civil service was to eleet honest and capable men to office; that the Republioan party, pretending to favor civil-service reform, wliile noniinating notoriously unworthy inen (or President and Vice-President, were guilty of ]iyiocris: that ihe RepabUcans, by mciting sectional strife, were guilty of a crime against the Union ; that the re-united Democracy of Hew York pledged the vote of the Empire State to the Democratie candidatos, and tliat the Èepubiican nominóos are confessedly unfit and ought to be overwhelmingly defeated; and the Kcpublican party was arraigned for its violitions of the Constitution, its encouragementof jobbery, and itssquandering oí the publio money. The resolutions wound up by rejoicing with the í'usionists of Saine, and cataloguing the reíorms which the Demoeraey proposes to cstablish. Thore were also overflow meetings in theimnicdiatcneighborhood which wen; addressed by Wade Hampton, who spoke of the "Solid South" and said that it was a monstrous fal.sehood that the term implied antagonisin to the North as charged by the Republio ans; by Samuel J. Randall, who discussed the payment of Soutlicrn claims and sliowed that the Fourteenth amendment barred tho payment of any claims proferred by those ia rebellion; and by Robert M. McLane, of Maryland, who spoke at leügth uon the position oücupied by the Democracy during the war. --- ■