The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1867-05-30
Hon. Horace Greely and the
New YORK Union League
gharD Letter.

York having summoned Hon. Horace
Greeley befjre il to explain why he
went bail for jefferson Davis, the Tri-
bune publishes o response by Mr..
Greeley. The intimation was that the
league would vote to expol him. The
following Is the main portion of Mr.
G's letter:
To MesFs. George ". Blum, John A.
Kennedy, dng forty others, members Of
the Union League Club-Gontlemen;
I was favored, on the 10th instant, by
an official note from oure vcr-courteous
president John Jay, notifying me that
n requisltion had been presented to
him for "a special meeting of the club,
Mt an early day, for the purpose OF
taking to consideration the conduct of
Horace Greeley a member'ofthe club,
who has become a bondsman for jeff
erson Davis, late chief officer of the
rebel government.
mir. Greeley then goes on to re-
hearse the principal incidents Of the
war, and the course of the Tribune in
relation thereto, down to the .imc Of
the Lincoln assassination. THAT APP
palling calamity" he goes on to say,
''seemed IN an instant to curdlc all the
milk Of human kindness in twenty
millions ofAmorican breasts. Atonce,
insidious efforts were set on foot to
turn the fury thus e%ngendered against
me. because of my pertinaclous advo-
cncv of mercy to the vanquishcd.
Chanung to enter the clubhouse tho
next Saturday evening, | received II
full broadsidc Of your scowls, while we
listened TO q clerical harangue intend
cd 10 nrove that Mr.. Lincoln had been
proyidentially removed because OF his
notorious leanings towards clemency,
i'm order to make way for successors
who would give the rebels n full meas
ure of stern Justice. ! was Oon made
TO comprehend that ] had nc sympa-
thizers-or none who dared seem such
in YOUR crowded assemblage. And
some maladroit admirer having q few
dovs afterward made the club q pres
emit of my portrait, its bare reception
was resisted in q speech from the chair
by your then p~resident-a spec
who Sc vigorous inve1tire was Justified
solely by my pleadinss for lenity t(
tho rebels-At once q howl Of deri
sion and rage was sent up from every
side against me by the little creatures
whom God. for some inscrutabIe pur-
pose, pcrr,itsto edit n majority CT ou'
minor journals. echoed by a yell O
"Stop my paperl" from thousands o
imperfectly instructed readers OF tn
i Tribune. One impudent puppy wrCt
mo TO answer categorically whether
was or was not in favor OF hangin!
jeff. Davis; adding that l must $40.
lis paper if were not! Scores vol
untcnred assurances that | was detyinI
public opinion-that most OF my reHG
, crs were against meas II conlo D
induced to write what they. wishe.
. said rather than whatthey needed to :
told. X X 4 = " "
, Gentlemen, / shall not attend you
, meeting this evening. ! have an en-
cagcmcnt out Of town, and shall kce
q il. You evidently regard me as
weak scntimcntalist. mislcd bya mau'
lin philosophy. Idrrdj0n y0u rs M
. roW minded H0ckheddS. who WOuld Ike
. be useful TO a great and good cause b
. don't know Low. Your attempt to bal
n great. enduring party on the ha'
a and wrath necessarily engendered /
l. n bloody civil var is az though W
a should plant n colony on nm icebcl
which had somehow driftcd INTO
n tropical ocean. ] tell you here tina
Il out Of life earnestly devoted 70 Il
N good Of human kind. your childrC
Y will select my going to Richmond nj
q signing that hail bond "a tho wise
N act, and will feel that it did moro
freedom and humanity than all of "
n were competent to do, through you hi
d lived TO the age of MethuseIah.
I ask nothing Of you, then, but tn
10 Won proceed to your end by n dire
30 frank. manly way. Don't slide off
b. 10 n mild resolution Of censure, h
to move the expulsion which Won pr
3. posed, and which I deserve fIdeser
re- nnv reproach whatever. All care
va is, that o mako this q square, stan
IN mp fight, and record your iudgeme
IA by yeas and nays. / care not h'
many vote with me. nor how ma
vote against me; for ] know that I
latter will repent It IN dust and as'
n before three years have passed.. [
ns dcrstand. once for all. that | dare y
G. md defy YOU, and that l prorose
NY fGhtit out on tho limo that I hf
n held from the day OF Lees SURF,
der. X 4 X \ X
to ! give you fair notice that l sh
lcl urge the northumberland Of tn
We now prescribed for rebellion 30 81
in IA 7 shall feel confident that /
Ike course is consistent with freedom
ne. the blacks and the UNION Of the rem
no lie. and that 7 shall demands recall
ev, all now in exile only for participnt
be in tho rebellion. whenever the coun
Il q shall have heen 80 thoroughly pacit
tcs that IT'S safety will not thereby he
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