New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-01-26
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come when New York and Alabama VIII know no Uilcr
@ w y" more warning Of States but this Nation will be
aud your rd in at Lotions fTi dy T inba fg
Nfr GREELEY was then introduced and was received
with loud cheers He said:
SPEECH or Mr.. GREELEY.
Mr. CHAmMtN, LADIES AND GEN1LLNEN; There arc so
many things that il is wise not 10 say on an occasion IKE
his mat appear before you exceedingly embarrassed
Id1ed greatly fear that what we may say here IA per
tect truth and perfect charity may seem TO weara Pharc
rd srfrchteous aspect unless We are exceedingly care
I rne 30 any questions Of political or OF social differences
Which have divided and acnated IN times past the
thc one question Of human suffering; for / know
that New-York whatever US shortcomings WAL IaE
of mercy nor failed tmn generous cart every al
peal IN behalf Of suffering ana munger ana thirst anu
fNmantv / will endeavOr then, 80 far possible. 10
keen this question especially before YOU lest ~ giving
charity might accompany u win words which would
onv 10 I've kind Some statements have been made here
tonight which came nome to me NOR Inan TO many o'.t
bIv md carefully the history OF this great and sed
onsy l I'm thc first place there are to-day think,
of million of orphan white children In the SOUTH
and Widotys whom this great war has madewomeu and
children who were not accustomed to earn their lily ell
and an yious 10 work for living; bn the means OF doing
there are quarter Of a million and more IN the
south Of manned and crippled men, most of them heads
Dnhut who because Of their afctons because of tile
manning, the mutilaon which they received during me
war are no longer help to their families but nhcr bur
1eus upon Them. The soldiers Of The lnOn-tAosc Of
them manned and crippled by The wal-haVe
very Ic IC acme 70 mitigate the suffering Of their fGes
A the 81 sour cPp mere S % a RE P saai
Of the war was substantially IN Ae SOUTH very tlc 81
sonthcI homes Now, unless You have carefully scanned
This Won cannot realize how Wclgity Is the dTeuee
makes whittier The war Is upon your rede whether
tTinIcs down your fields or whether it is thousand
miles away. You cannot realize inc diiercnSe. IN army
Kpimals waving fields are necessarily consumed, de
-rampcd down, eaten up-and the country be
He The army rests FOR tho night camp and the
fences m,s In extent every way are burnt M by inc
cannot lie and SILVER there from the cold. They must
take epch dry wood as comes handest to them; They
est no matter how orderly the men, CONSIDERING
he condition N %Rch the Gey m f9d be , desoaca
But In this case there was an unusual desolauoni DC
causd wherever there was factory %hSre corn h %s
esariIv contrbniors 10 the support Of the Rebellion
@ ti, Mere burned or DESTROYED by our armies
means of putting down ing Ke1,llon ana , unu,
"t 81 those cstah -hmcnt- wherein they were earning
~ course humble paw hut earning their living; aud ne
means upon which fhey lived have not been replaced
burned by army, aud burned ny the other ana mel
on other fIauChtcrl No matter by what IneuS Wa
disposed Of, ihe, people Got Lo,ii,Es Ldrn i
think long after any hope of success remained sloo ouI
until the last possible resistance was ovtLI"i"c W.1
Texas had been t,yerscd by our armies iTanpng de
yoaring devastating dc,troy9g, "n,l t",r" THs
with . people nearly al Of whom the wnics
and very large portion OF them killed or MANNED 80
that the physical possibility q largely RrodnrinE nag
tteir ability 10 work had been Destroyed ny mo war
one door last Necessity OF mas,yd 10 pant-thcro
wcr, MI ions and millions ~ dollars lost 20 the Soth
sgdD$ S' ;bs oy e sc hcy had TO plant being several
years Old. was 80 miserable mat n"ihhg cond NC Pip
nut into The ground whtrc seed Was
wanted, al over 70 south; , ofg ,,, 4, y
II the South had had the men al nome n strength ana
vsor as they were when ne war 9egnn simply Tor MANI
possible 10 have produced more IMAM halt crop ~ we
South but now you m" toll aud very Correctly t9ld
portion Of the country, and after this there Wa
an unprecedcnted drouth that swept Oyer
Is very true but the want Of Tie pillow tho earth
10 sytdd G eject 81 his droat 10 four times What
would have been under ordinary circumstance. Now
kind but o. different races, different pocs, and differ
cnt views, and they ar all alike suffering through
out all The states which were formerly ia ~,
bclOh except perhaps Texas FROM Mu,s,iPW
M 20 the Potomac there ~ ono ut -al cry ~ nl'
There Is not today IN the hand' OF thc poor we 100
which they need very fcon 10 begin 10 plant tie niue
ground they have Ih,y haVe NOT inc 1000 10 s'T 10
them the strength whercwlth 10 make crop ana lI'y
have none Of the MATERIAL lie means whereby labor
especially In one day rendered efficient Now. then, II
The northern people could look al tins II u were pCfsbl"
To Look NJ II ~ the helt of r.uo" "flhterc,t
/
the South Immediately IN Tho form ~ food aud seed, and
implements, would return u hundred millions ~ TIC
a ep, ar t' rGnruts 10 TIC wealth and Inc prosper
y Of Northern industry aud Northern commerce IS wen
people for al these purpOscs not only politically but
commercially and socially aud IL Is not possible thai
hearty prosnerjty = while there il pfostraton.
and want, and suffering, and ncappdty at tho South
nothing else to take to-day aid the South that
she may be encouraged TO produce at least as large crop
in flta will bg
beet You cannot replace the animals they need there
poor c y some who were c FEW Years ago are
as poor .D az The poorest Gon cannot u any
than half crop rms year. They did not make hair
crop Of food last year They made nearly half crop
Of cotton by turning their energies to that one thing but
there needs TO be complete TecosruGtion Of the society
manufacturing mechanical well agricultural 10 my
ppa SSly " That Se industry OK the South be re-
Myeq and Ieconstrueed and y Is only said nat th9
be encouraged to help themselves help
10 help them few bushels Of corn 10 neghbol hood
and Of useful seed IL what they need 10 plant and need
1T s Il. hey need LIT The Sor cay TO he SOUTH
"ITy to help yourselves and will give what help We
and brotherhood which win be twenty times the
value Of all il will cost us: / do believe then
Eess1g Necessity Of me North to say The SOUTH DO
t. Iep' soon trust the hem RannfastSrcs viii be- rebuilt
that the war destroyed, and hundreds and thousands
there Who could not be effectively employed
IN cutyating the soil. Friends Of NewYork. bcsccch
men, without any thought of party or past differences
10 give their energies " this work believe that New
York city wen afford to commence with subscrp
ton of tlOooOO for this purpose Applause am sure
II she does this, she VIII stimulate Philadelphia Boston,
Baltimore, Chicago, Cincinnati, aud oil the West
srn cities 9nd tge smaller towns, to initiate
her example. Let he say 10 the South, De
Of good cheer, the dark hours have paced away,
and the very fact O saying that word 10 her Will give tho
assurance that those hours shall pass away She needs
70 DO heced she needs 10 be encouraged she needs o
feel that suffering Is not her eterpal Inheritance that
there are better days come and that there cheerful