116 [From the New-York Tribune, July 16.] NEW-YORK is CONSTANT. A year ago last April, our city held what was probably the largest public meeting ever convened in America, to emphasize her determination to stand firmly and fully bythe Federal Government, in the struggle just forced upon it by the slaveholding traitors, in devoting her last dollar and musket to the maintenance of the Union, and the support of its fairly chosen and rightful authorities. That meeting was unequaled in numbers, in unanimity and in dauntless resolution. Nearly fifteen mouths have since passed, and again our city has mustered her tens of thousands to attest anew her devotion to the country and her cause. If the first flush of enthusiasm has passed away, it has been succeeded by a graver, and sterner, more inflexible resolution. At the former meeting, the hope was still cherished that the traitor chiefs would be left to their own devices, and that the Southern masses would compel their assent to a speedy and bloodless reunion. That hope has been dissipated. Though the original and determined secessionists were less than one hundred thousand in number, they have managed to bully or awe the great body of the southern whites into subserviency to their treason. Only from the despised, oppressed, calumniated human chattels of these rebels, has the Union cause any hope of defenders in the States given over to the machinations of traitors. The meeting of yesterday was a fresh exhibition of the earnestness and unanimity wherewith the Union is cherished in the hearts and hopes of our citizens. But it was more than this it was an entreaty, an exhortation to the Government to employ every influence, every instrument, every energy, in putting down the slaveholders' rebellion. THE LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES
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