The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-05-24
oTRIALn OF HORACE GREBLEY.


BIooKHEADs"-T OF MR.. eRRRLBY-
THE sMALL KENNEDY SEVERELY STEPPED UPON
Dull BLUNT BADLY BOOSTED, ETC.
FTonlfhe NetO York World
That immaculate organization of patriots
yclept the Loyal League, composed mainly of
pubSic-spirited citizens who didn't make any
thtHg out OF the war, convened last evening in
"UNIoN LEAGUE CLUB-In pursuance of n
written request made to the President by more
sions of the eisSteenth bY law % special meet
ing of the Club will be held at the Clubhouse
coc oT Se see Of o taSg into az M
slderation the conduct of Horace Greeley, q
en @ oI pSon se s1s mas ate ceS ceT 81
the Rebel Government BY order OF the Presi-
dent. CHARLES s.. WEYMAN,
IL should be stated that the promoter of the
aSe wns eTg the meenF mp9 for wSe tSe
purpose OF securing the expulsion OF Mr.. Gree
the arrangements for the inquisition were
more than ordinarily extensive, and the tnte.
defiant letter Of Mr.. re Greeley, I y which % evoked I
intense chagrin from his opponents. IL was
assemblage that the friends of Davis bonds
man would be comparatively powerless when
vote should be taken. Accordingly, only the
red-hot radicals of the League received special
invitations, but some Of those who favor con-
OF Mr.. Blunt were thus nullified by unexpected
For the first time in the history of the Club
its members passed resolution on the pre-
Vious day that the proceedings should be
strictly private, and that members only should
CERBERUs.
It was amusing to see how the different
members took it, to be questioned by the stall
wart Nj. P.'s before they were admitted Some
in OT Observation-Disclosures, c but were obliged to sue
cumb, and give their names, and initials, too;
others professed to be greatly astonished, and
James Yellowplush, Esq. whats up?" Judge
Peabody looked cautiously at another door
keeper, and mistook him for a reporter.
WHERE ARE THE POLICE?
An interesting question for the tax payers is
by whose authority half dozen poiicemen
Kennedy and Acton too, were on hand, and it
would seem that police business was not very
pressing. 1t is supposed that the rule OF the
department preventing members from belong
ing to political organizations was suspended for
their benefit.
WHO WENT TO THE MEETING.
Ats o'clock, over two hundred persons as
sembled in the drawing-room of the Club.
Among VI 5h4se near werg o1eey Sg P
Kelly, James w: Beekman, William Belden,
FraHk E Howe LIE Grand HMs B Cannon Ti%othy
DIR. Stone, Of the Board of Health. Isaac M. Bull,
General Wetmore. Richard Warren, John Jay,
Ketchum, E. O. Cowden, jackson s, Schultz,
OSCAR maggsrtE ,Gie0rgs Wilkes Nin hand nrt
the fence-saying he didn't know anything
about it. The irrepressible Sinclair :, ,TIoucey
forces for a terrific onslaught: Cyrus w; Field
was among the non-commlttaples and went
looked listened, and said little, but, strongly In
favor Of Greeley, kept up vigorous thinking:
the radicals and down on the trimmers But
the most S he SeT
of the resolutions and, as he said, deter
mined to fight It out II IL to9k al night; n
extremely solicitous lest the reporters should
hear IN shs nSa sG sp
not double e-million magnifying of hextra power
there was danger OF D. EdgaT n ny1n was
cipally anxious lest his carriage would go away
and leave him. George William Curtis stood i
great pacifler. Colonel Van Buren, was heavy
on Horace, and very talkative: while Dorman
let alone. Elliott O. Cowdin was also on hand
although officially he is at the Paris Exposition
WHAT THEY DID.
Mr. John Jay presided and called the meet
ing to order in some brief remarks, in which ht
said the course of Mr., Greeley demanded the
Mr. George w Blunt then rose rather excl
tedly and said Mr.. Greeley should not be per
mltted to retain his connection with the or
ganization. as he had become ~ bondsmsn Ism @ To-
they would be unanimous In ordering his ex
pulsisn. -, ,,. -. Al,
Club had no right to interfere with Mr.. Greeley
and that he had perfect right to become tn
MT'Biunt then offered the following resolu
tion (Which was not passed)-
BLUNT's FIASCo,
Whereas II is declared In the artc es OF association
of the Union League Club that 1.-THE primary oDJec
OF the Association shall be 70 dlscountenan,ee ate an
rebuke, by moral and social Influences all dsloyaltA
10 the Federal Government" and 10 that enu IN
members will every proper means In pubic ahC
"a Whereas Jefferson Davis has been known by al
tors who urged the Southern States into rebelloni q
the chief enemy OF the republic, not more from tn'
position which he occupied In the Rebel
than from the VndictVe character OF his otcla act
and uteranees during four years or aesolatng CIV
war: who knew or, II he dlu NOT lnstlsate
treatment Of prisoners o. Wal an an shs annals NJ
Civilized nations and which, there rs apundhnt eVl
ence prove, was deliberately devised Tor the pur
nose of destroying them; and -, 4,
JVhereds Horace Greeley, member OF TINS Cluo
has seen t 10 become b0ndsman for this man, who's
forts were for many directed TO the overthrow
OF our Governments therefore =. ~.
Resolved That this Club womb 40 lnlusttice 20 ~
past record. and to the high Prncpie em0oaied in i
that one of Its members had consented 10 perform A
acs ol Snl That This Club while ready and anxious
ndlcate The law the land cannot forget that ther
is aso sense of public deconcy 10 Whlcn ~ mus
defer: and that no one OF Its members however eul
iibastv and LOYALTY give aid and comfort 70 Jeher
son Davis without Offering cruel Insult 20 the el
ory Of the thousands OF our oouhtryneu WIN Pe'
ResoIped. That the Union League CluD ulsepProNe .
the act OF Horace Greeley In becoming the Donosma
Oh esySd abat these resolutions be published in tn
newspapers Of this city, and that copy OF shen o.
sent 70 Mr.. Greeley. -
After the resolutions were read, Mr. Sinclal
Toucey said the club should Jake no Ia naS., s
action on the matter, and he moved IL DO &c
ferred 70 the Executive Committee.
THE proposition created storm OF u1gySs, H1y,
followed by ''ayes" hisses and applause Whei
order was partially restored, 49,, a. u
Mr.. Toucey again optalheu eSuioIItIc LnH bUt detri