The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-01-26
Greeley,s Lecture In Washington.


We learn, through the columns of
the National hate!ligencer, that the
eccentric Horace delivered in Wash
in2ton, last week, his lecture on "The
Lessons of the Late Civil War" AS
a matter Of curious information, we
present our readers with the follow
ing sketch Of the main points made
in his address:
Among other things, lie said:
Battles are the schools o: the pco-
pie, and civil war is the jury box m .sg-
nitied. The lessons Of the past wal
arc to teach us how to avoid future
wars, and TO this end he first recon-
mended q moderate expansion Of ter
rltorlal limits, and n concentration of
power with itself. Every nation of
the continent had in time been sac
ccssive teachers of this doctrine, and
the result had always been against
conquest. The greatest peril OF this
country is the desire of acquiring new
territory, and a fatal blunder of the
American people would, by over
whelming numbers, vote for the an
neXatlon Of every country between
the Gulf Of Mexico and Cape Horne,
if called upon at the next general
election
The lecturer next discussed .he
nature of the late war, and its politi-
cal relation to the formation OF armies
at home, and the gaining of sympa-
thy and finances abroad. followed by
local illusions to the difference Of
feeling between the North and the
South
Mr.. Greeley thought that Wash
ington, Jefferson, Adams, and the
early founders of the Government.
were responsible for the late war. II
they had. with sense Of justice,
been as keen to limit the duration of
slavery as they We're to abolish the
slave trade, the late war would have
been avoided.
A State is either ia or out Of the
Union, and if a State, there can be
no such thing as constitutional
amendments as tests Of their loyalty.
If, said Mr.. Greeley, the proposition
had been originally that, if, after
four years Of war, the South should
fail to gain recognition, they should
be permitted to resume their seats,
nc believed that there would have
been no opposition to their return
ing
The next point was negro suffrage,
the speaker urging that the negro
was the cabin boy OF the ship of
State, and while he lived among us,
he was surely entitled to all the rights
of citizenship. But, said Mr. Gree
ley, | may be asked, would | allow
my daughter to marry negro? I1ust
the right Of suffrage be confined sim
ply to those who I would be willing
to recognize as sons-in- law? If so, [
am certain the voters in this country,
as far as l am concerned, would be
the most select and limited body ever
known.
On the subject of reconstruction, he
said this was a republic, and true
republic can have no subjects, any
more than true Republican can have
slaves Ii you ask what the oonli-
ton must be for the admission for
ti4c ltlc Confederate StateS, 1 would
,aE. that when !; black man, wearing
the Federal blue, with b!acl skin,
can travel through the South with as
much impunity as q rebc! in grey can
through the North, l shall believe
they are truly fit for reconstruction.
He argued that punishment for dis
loyalty should be summary and limit
ed; but when postponed, the justice
ceased. The spirit of the age is
against inhicting further punishment
upon the impoverished and chastened
South; and, i'll conclusion, he said he
knew that every soldier Of our victo-
rio"s army rejoiced that not another
drop Of blood had been added in
punishment for an evil which,. at
most, was but the conflict Of sectional
ideas