Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-09-23
By TelegraphI.
Mr.. Greeley's Great Tour
to Cincinnati.
Remarkable Enthusiasm
of the People wherever
he goes.
The Bourbons get another
setback.
Poor Dick Yates in the
lowest ditch.
Great Speech of Horatio
Seymour for Greeley.
I
He demands a sight of the
Books.
Great Speech of Horatic
Seymour for Greeley.
He demands a sight of the
Books.
How Grant manages to
build Stables-His Great
Speech at the New
Jersey State Fair.
MR.. GREELEY's TOUR.

vited to visit the Cincinnati Exposition.
Hon. Josiah L. Ksck, President of the Gin
cinnAti Board of Aldermen, and Hon. James
Fitzgerald, President of the Common ooun
ell, went to New York bearing the official
invitations to these distinguished men. They
met DR.. Greeley at the residence of DR..
Edward Baysrd, 8 West FOrsisth street.
The next President accepted the invitation
with appreciation of the honor conferred on
him by the municipal authorities of Cincin-
natl, whose guest he would be during his
visit.
General Grant was found at Long Branch.
he declined the invitation, and wrote the
following model letter. If there Is a school
bog twelve years of age who could not writs
q better letter, we would like to see him:
| LoKe BRANcH, &. j., September 10, 1872.
DKAR Sir: / regret not being able to socept
the kind invitation extended me by the citizens
Of Gin nconn4ti, Ohio, through you, to attend the
Exposition now being held there l have been
obliged to decline . number Of similar invita-
tIona to visit different parts Of the country, on
the ground that shall be engaged in official
labors preparatory to the meeting Of Congress
Congress Last year I had the pleasure of Wis
| i ting your Exposition and should be glad to be
able to so again If it were possible, particularly
as ID would afford me an opportunity TO meet
again so many of my old associates of early
years.
PleaEs convey TO the Committee who have
honored me with thus invitation my regrets at
not being able too Accept it, and best wishes for
the success Of the Exposition now being held in
U. S. Grant.
J. L. KEcK, Esq, Cincinnati, Ohio.
OF course no such man as DIR. Greeley
could make such visit and not see anybody.
The people all along the route would insist
on seeing him. And it would be Just as i'm
possible for him TO avoid saying something
to them in reply to their friendly greetings.
The result is that his tour is one continued
triumphal march, in which thousands throng
to welcome and hear him The N. Y. World
publishes every speech he has made on the
tour, small or large, and il is remarkable to
see that, nowhere, is there any repetition; he
never makes the same speech twice always
has something new. The incidents of hit
journey, too, are full of interest, and show
something of the popular feeling he has in
spired. We have only space to Allude tc
them, but We advise all to get the Chicago
Tribune and read them in full. We shal
publish his four great speeches, viz the on'
T at Pittsburgh; the one at the Cincinnati Ex
position; the one to the people of Ohio, de
Z livsred at Cincinnati in the evening; and tn
one before she Chamber of Commerce
Three of them will be found in this paper
the other one we'll publish tomorrow, snS
we venture to say that they cant be mAtchet
' by no statesman in this country. After tn
conclusion of Greeley's speech before tn
4, Chamber of Commerce, he was escorted t,
the vestibule of the hall, where he took
II large mum ber by the hand ss they filed out
He soon thereafter proceeds to his hote
whence, at 1870 clock, be was escorted
the city officials, Mayor Baker, of Covingtor
and others, with band of music, to Covinr
ton and Newport, where he was publicly r'
ceivsd prior to his departure for Louisville
The streets were thronged with people, al
he was received with cheers
many places along the line of march. Froi
half-hast 8 to the Change hour he receive
friends and citizens at the Burnet Hous
many persons calling.
Mr.. Greeley was escorted on his journe
iiy from Cincinnati to Louisville BY May
Baxtsr, of Louisville; Col. 7. Henry Waite
son, of the Journal, ChairmAn of the Sta
- Democratic Committee; Mr.. J. f. Moor
President of the Exposition, and Phil
Speed, representative of the Louisvll
Greeley and Brown clubs.
On their arrival at Louisville, the par
drove to the exposition.
n The train was inclosed at the depot by
nv immense multitude, whose cheers made t
OF welkiu ring. Mr.. Greeley and party we
w conducted to carriages, and as soon as
= thoroughfare was made, was driven as
rectly as possible to the exposition buildir
. All along the route the sidewalks We
y lined with citizens, who cheered again .
again ss he passed. These cheers snnoul
ed to the thousands inside the building
arrival. They had been waiting, with er'
patience, for over an hour, ss he was Q
pectsd at s, bat did not come until 8.
would be Impossible TO give an adequ;
idea of the reception he received. Fife
thousand persons awaited him. They ",
of all classes and colors. There were u
chanics, with their wives and children; hs
n listed laboring men, who had come TO
n. their friend, and elegantly dressed wom
whose jewels flashed in the light. +
.,r thousand gas gets illuminated the see
~ As soon as the cheering outside gave not
of his coming it was taken up BY those
aide, and resounded from end to end OF
2 building. When he entered the che
we're again and again repeated. His
pearance on the platform was the signal
unparalleled applause. The enthusiasm ,
unbsubdnded, and ever and anonthe cheer
would burst forth spontaneously. No n
Was ever welcomed with such heartfelt d.
onstrations Of affection. The formal gr.
PA. ing was contained in she speech Of Judge
Il W. Bullock, Mr. GreeleY's reply was
v lquent.y interrupted by applause. At