The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1869-08-06
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GREELEY I'm VIRGINIA.

Horace Greeley is on visit to virginia,
and strange as it may seem to some sui
carries his head around on his shoulders
and has entirely escaped jibbeung by Inc
Ku Klux. He has been to Lynchburg, one
the Oldest towns in the country, where alS'
tinc,ively southern feelings snd preludiees
are probably as strong and deeply rooted as
anywhere in the late confedercy' Though
the great apostle of Northern fnaticism, IN
Guiding John Brownism, and the Haunting
lie of the flag, and all the ordinary clap trap
Of a FIRST class politicians definition otloyalty,
he has nowhere been mobbed or hayed
alive, but on the contrary, has been treated
lust es il he were man, endowed with GER
tain inalienable rights, including the priv.
lepe of abusing Shareholders and whiting a
so called history Of the aforesaid slavehold
era rebellion, as well as those of life, liberty
and the pursuits Of happiness, and OF beng
born free and equal to the Ethiopian.
While Mr.. Greeley was st the ancient town
of Lynchbnrg, he made speech, There IS
nothing remarkable in the fact that he made
speech, but what he said is somewhat re.
markable, when il is remembered that he IS
the editor of the New York Tribune, jour
nal which cannot look upon sin with the least
degree Of allowance. He not only spoke
against proscripGon-a fundamental primer
pie in the Radical system Of government
but actually endorsed Walker and eschewed
Wells. The Lynchburg Vtrqtnlan reports
him as follows on these topics:
In regard to the political situation of the state
he took occasion to express his unqualified dis
approval of those measures sought to be impose
by the extremists, looking to the disfranchise
nent and disability of large element OF tt
people 1t was, in TRUTH no hardship TO ma
of Intelligence and education that the law disable
him from sitting justice Of the peace, D.
the community suffered hardship in being d
priyed of such a mans services. Prescription
must be banished, he had always maintained,
soon as the public mind is GAINED down and fee
secure that they can be safely dispensed will
Such had been the decision of the America
people He thought the trainers OF the virgin
constitution, in going beyond the Reconstruction
Legislation of congress, and imposing more strin
gent disabilities, had acted unwisely. He dit
not presume to Judge their motives or condemn
them. Perhaps they thought 1t was necessary T.
adopt such measures. But the people had do
cided that no class should be ignored and depriv
ed Of its proper voice in the government OF thi
free country. He thought that Gov. Wells ough
to have repudated the proscriptive clauses Q
that constitution. 1t was hardship that th
negroes, who were in a large numerical minorit.
and in still larger minority in point Of proper
and intelligence, should have been induced
vote in bulk for the measures which the bett
educated of their own party leaders did not a
prove and did not vote to sustain. MIR. dreel'
taid he had seen and conversed with GOV. Wal
Grand he believed he would render exact JUST
20 all. Col. Walker would do what he, n
Greeley, would do, if he had the power he wor
direct the attention and thoughts Of the peol
away from the bitter feelings and the memor
of the past and direct them to the deyelopn'
and improvement of the mineral and agrcultu
wealth of the state. Walker would secure
rights of the coored people faithfully and hone
iy. He would not ask whether man mad 'o
for or against him; but what was the Law, and
rights were guaranteed to each man under
constitution. And while his efforts would be
rected, as the people thought they should be-
the removal Of disabilities and the restoration
all good citizens to the exercise OF suffrage
would also sec that those were secured in Il
newly acquired rights who had recently b
subjected to still more stringent and invd
disability.