New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-01
HORACE GREELEY BEFORE THE COL0RED
PEOPLE.

Horace Greeley delivered, last evening, the
Grst lecture OF 10 be given IN the Abyssinian
Church In wayery place this Winter under the auspices
of the Freecmen's Educational Association The attend
apce WINS good and the audience listened attentvey
Mr. Greeley said that would have been much easier for
him TO have brought written address on some literary
subect than topeak extemporaneouy, but on that oc-
casion he would devote the hour 10 practical talk about
tho condition OF the coloed people In this country IL
had pleased God to make sof different races and OF
different colors and no had no doubt but that was
benehcent arrangement on the part Of
Many of the cOOred people seemed 10 iec mat ~ MOu
have been better had they been created white Inns was
q wrong vew for the black man was iIopcai Deins,
and the white would be Ill adapted TO lye on the
scorchng sands of Africa He believed mat II Tue whe
o, a. Amrrca were planted In Africa. they would IN
e become black or at least very dark skinned But II
would take time for nature worked slowly All men men
liynR ia ATTITUDES where nature placed them Wefs we
ntted for the station God had assigned them He had
known Of instance where the blacks hau Nou
i, , rated northwari except when they were es-
cang from bondage still he In favor of colon.
ring schemes 10 get people to leave country ab"nSs
their Will. and ne , had no n In.n He had no
doubt but that In ten years there wOud De Ie"e
In Canada than then He believed Una, 9 ~, i"
hIacl living the United States lie supported no ~
tenn but efi AL men 10 , eSv Would fAppsuse Ho did
not doubt but what many OF the negroes wouu go 10
RIGA, but he was opSe When te resources OF Africa
would be developed by the intelligence ana INDUSTRY oi
African Americans He believed tnat ,mg ha 'da nor
b, on the trst day OF the next century there
would be single slave In any c ss wnm3 have
,na aholIshed long ago. Much had Dech ac-
co,nnlished Had he been asked 90 yeais ag9
sne ne thought Slavery would be abolished ho Woun
have placed the day Of deliverance nuoh lui I
God had and he certain that Garrison WIN n =,
done the same thing Had inc FORCES Nv ,i,ynsJ thc
slavery been conservative, II would nave outnoa '1
aay 400 IN died Of the incessant Efforts IL iauo 10
grenSthsn Itself Though reformers would show tney
always u ~ he again unless he com-
,,ed crime Mr. Greeley said the time was last up,
preaching when the law wouu d ", Virtue and intei.
s,ce was manhood. lie urged the blacks 20 cu,ish.o
those qualities leading to selfdependenoe anu = %
thnnlanse1 Nothing WAS 50 Dlghtlbg 10 re- 80
lApiP,un"" Tor others 20 do his work hiii Oh
the world stood anxOusly expecting tho oer ,.n. -,
assist them The truth thai hirn ies Tho sneaker
fbe might that slumbered ia nasition.
ha1 mo objections 10 ones taking the 9, avcr,
ON the contrary, he urged he pcnS bDt What they did
onportuty better their CONDITION, p1o i~ onefhnp
sh1ud lbs done with the intention Oh noins me-, -,
better the next day. There were ioo 9G trede IAn.
NV Work who might have learned soou ,a -, ~
Tie adj yIsed those in poor circumstances 'o wear
nr cthes II necessary, 20 enable them 10 saw ,onu
10 lay out for land n"G,d ak S"I adTaHtass and gct
ahead Had thousand ao%YSIk been tho competent p
yonhg thev could have stepped In and hlisd inc
,s of The strikers during the past season oi 1
ihev NOT been able TO have proeuIcu No,A, NJ , then,
ui15 hity have been taught how 10 "orA ~" ,n,"
al pIoptp'' aroher which was better sllll tapacly
sIwnvs commanded wnen the laws "SIo IT, ,J stcer
Who had any fear but what "mi Of Chnrcstou
11rbort The speaker hoped 10 see the uS VII VII ~
enIarcd peoplc would occupy lhha sh m somtherr
Iomscinom We. ,hey did not the land thoy Iheu
p po.a cIasses Who own the land OF county az
tho superiors OF those VINO , Su ~ now while il
han" nv doing this they VIII gradually riso W IL ~
equality commercially speaklnp o' .s nm acre bu
~ man ,vho ougit to II are not ready 10 oy' 10
rit smith ouce said that II tho peopo Oh 'u1'" "'