Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1871-06-21
WEDNESDAY, JUNE u, 1871.
Horace CreeIey'S Speech in New York

BEEN be ore my countrymen in connection
with olhce and / fully concur in thai sug
-cstiou. (l.aughter.) If my own choice
HlI been consulted. you know very well
that it would not have been so. But am
t1 some extent, public man; am identi-
tel with party contests and party princi-
r.es. and am known to have rcproved
end rcproachet better men than myself that
tbcv shrink from public life, leaving the off
ces b be filed by seeoud-rate men. because
Erst-rate men viii not accept them have
sai this too often ard too publicly to be
h.e now to shrink entirely out Of sight and
refuse 10 DO the very thing which | have re
..uirrI of others. So then, during the last
~ years, IL 1 recollect rightly, my name has
been four times before You as a candidate .
aucc for the Constitutional Convention in
which for some time earned Sc per day
7rI paid < for my board, and twice as a
date for Congress first in the lower
H-- 81 this City, where was perfectly
certain tO De beaten several thousand votes
hlo~cly and twice many dishonesty.
Our friends in 1866 saw tit to use my name
t- Congress in that district, where | have
s. rslj for the last forty years. where /
e"9w great many people, and where what
er@r NAV hare OF property or business is
located. They put my name up and run me
l5r Congress. giving mt all the Republican
.atc and some more. 81 again, last Fall,
aur friends in the Sixth District saw fit
when was prostrated By sickness and una
a.s tc fulfi engagements to speak made for
me ny the State CUmmittee-to unite on me
a their candidate for Congress. and they
supported me in the face Of twenty eight
hundred Democratic majority in the previous
contest. ! could not speak to them, could
not even visit them. but ! stood m NV lot
and shared the tate Of my party ld it-
other candidates Well, gent cm-n, there
rr5 11c other time In the Fall Of l~tJ
v1ur State Convention met. nominated
most respectable and acceptable State Ticket.
ana adjourned My name was not even
t4.uEut Of But few days later, con-
--sruation was spread by the news that
three leading candidates on that ticket had
reremnt1rily declined SD your State Com
..Irtre was hastily assembled and saw fl,
.a.n- obliged To make a second nomination
30 at.I.. not e. let the election q by default /
ami give up the Legislature without a struS-
5Ie-lY Till ono Ot these places on the ticket
VITA my name. was not consulted. /
aasu a3thing of their purpose / was alb
-.r- tr1.n the CItv, and returned after all +.
a.5 .eeu done and was told, q. Don't say
s.-.. +. y1u must stand chat is the end 0i /.
arI ! stood.
E.w. i,Il1w-cltizeus, am not at aH
--I,cul &, the Republican party for thesc
...-..Iuatj5ns ! accepted them, a. / accept .
ct aay other public duty that seems to be- +
.l-.r iaeImbcnJ upon me and did what .
-.al4 t1 secure the success Of the ticket on .
r..-l my name was printed am very .
grateful tI those generous and gallant Re
81. .i.au- who, 10 the face of certain defeat,
rallcl around me and gave me beautiful
support, running my name IN each case .
l--.e ahead Oi the average Of my ticket.
[ ref fort bt4
several nominations, not at all. Wei, gen
-..l.u. the past Is past, - Let the dead bury
-.er dead ' ] am perfectly wiling % pass
re..ir-s with the Republican party and say
-aa-. Dur accounts are now settled and c.osei .
Larv ayc me nothing for being a RcpubiI .
..n. could nyt have helped being one il / .
a.I riied, and being RePublIcln, it was
in my nature 70 30 all / could Tor the success
ID taa- party which embodied and enforced
my personal convictions. was just as
grateful % You as you were t. me wt-
Just a- much rratif 81 by your corporations
a~ goa were hy mine, and there the matter
en Is But .1r the future, can say gcutia
men. fully an heartily, that ! need no off .e.
desire uJ Office, and though ! never shall
decline any nomination that has not been Of
fcrei mc Naughtcr) 1 certainly shall ck
no auce Whatever. am with you and of
YOU, willing lo DO my part; willing 70 bear
my share of our responsibilities but have
work enough. reasonable paw for it, sutti
eieut consideration. with too much notoriety.
and the more quiet and peaceful my remain
.az DAYS may y, the better ] shall he salts
ruE ku-ALtN
HutI hay. been asked. q. Are there any
ku-Hfux down South ?' Laughter Yes,
Gentlemen. there are. Ihey didn't cIms F
uI. to me and tell me they were Ku-Klux
very often. Laughter. They didn't un-
lclraFc To- perform their de.ictte operations
upon Inc. should have had very much
more respect i.r them i they had. Great
laughter
/ atn moved ,,itu profound disgust when
think of THESE mon, cyycring thcm7e!yc7 np
with s.c.u5 rate calico, masking their faces.
armlf.- Themselves to the re tn, and riding
ar,s.rI @. ths cfiius Of poor harmless u.-
.zrses. l-a.,s,l- them from their bcfs and
whipping aui u1lHjng then anil they are
cImrc.iyI o. swear they viii never again
vote t.c Republican ticket hold that %
be- a .,rg e,Nurdlv pr0.c lure as well a. a
very a.-- .uo- and | hold it r1 De the duty
If tae Government Of the MON to oppose
with 4II lts power and all IT. force every ysuca
cxr.rliie procedure rs this D. you tell
Iue -u-- tue-c men are liable to the STATE
ltVs for tlc assaults and batteries they have
committed? dpnt d0ubt it but I say
they ar. a'-t .n substance and purpose trait
.r- tl tile Governments, rebels against IL
authority. and thc most cDwarJiy, skuIklng
re5a= ever known 6, this or any other conn
Jsy. Applause.
ul.l our Government bound, By It's duty
u protecting our citizens in their iundamen-
TIL rights. o. pass and enforce laws Tor the
eztiItttln Of the cxecrable ku-kluX cOnspl-
rscy and If 1t has not power to do 1t, then
! sav Jur Government is no Government, but
(. -tam ! therefore, on every proper occas
l.a- .l.aeutcd and justified the ku-klux
a.t. hold 10 especially desirable for the
>Ja-h a.d. .lIt docs not prove strong
sa.ag. IL effect its purpose, hope it will
a. mad. stronger and stronger Applause
Whv. lcllYw-citizcns, thee very men that
s.l inc If saws any Ku-Klux-these very
men layc themselves read the returns OF tie
c.eeclon in IyuisIauIu, when that State, with
- 500 Ia, majority on It's registers, wac
I.a:c IL vote for Seymour and Blair BY more
tlar SID GOO majority counties which had I
eco negro voters alone giving three, two,
ne. and in several instances no vote at all,
i5r Grant AID CoIlax. Now, friends. you +:
anI Oh know perfectly well that this re-
-a.J ~. secured hy terror and by violence;
5y telling hose Back men, - You shall vote
rlr Seymour aad B.lir, the enemies Of your
tundancn al rights or you shall not vote at
al. or you shall ne killed. . That was the
wag louisiana was made Democratic in
i-a- ana that is tie way that | trust she
viii never lie made u vote so again. There
fore 1 uphold and justify the Ku Klux law. {
Ee.lJw-cit.zeus. the Ku-kiux arc no myth,
alth u-h they shr0ud themselves in darkness.
inty atc no ilitting ghosts they are bane-
iul reality They hava paraly yzed the Right
d Suffrage IN many counties throughout the
South and have carried States that they
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