The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-09-27

day evening on his way west, surpassed
auy thing of the kind that ever took place
in that CITY, The crowd at the st. Charles
hotel, from the balcony Of which Mr.. Gree
lev delivered his address, is represented to
have been immense beyond all former as
semblages of the kind. We publish his
speech below. Let any unprejudiced man
read this speech and then say that Horace
Greeley is not fit faithfully and intelligent
" to discharge the responsible duties of
the Presidency. Thomas NJ. Marshall Esq,
a liberal republican, introduced Mr.. Gree
lev to the vast crowd as follows:
My FELLOW CITIZENS THE pleasant
duty has devolved upon ne this evening
of announcing the presence Of a man who
requires no introductions to an American
audience His name is familiar as a
household word all over the States of this
Union. He is known and read of all men
wherein the English language is spoken
or understood ; yea more, and far better
wherever known, from the hut of the set
tier in II e advance guard of civilization to
the occupants of the lordly mansions of
the rich, he is known and respected by
AL good men as Gods noblest work-an
honest man. He has devoted a heroic life
to the uplifted of his racc-tlling SuccOrino
Gf the poor and the helpless and the bold
snd defiant defence Of human rights
wherever and whoever asSailetl-without
regard to race, CLINE or color. After n
lifetime of struggle he has witnessed and
enjoyed the fruits of his labors for the free
dom of the black race. That accomplish
ed-made secure and permanent-he is
now the champion of those who demand
consideration III the rights and interests
of white meu-in universal amnesty and
impartial suffrage. / have the honor to
present the next President of the United
States, Horace Greeley
Mr.. Greeley, on coming forward, was
received with storm of applause, which
lasted for several minutes. When the
cheers had subsidized Mr.. Greeley, holding
in his hand that veritable white hat,
bowed his acknowledgements, and spoke as
follows:
MR.. GREELEY's ADDRESS.
FELLOw-CITIzENs The wise king saws
there is a time for war and time for peace.
CCries of God bless you = The city Of
Pittsburgh has recently witnessed re
hearsal of the pomp and pageantry, the
blaZonry and circumstance Of civil war. A
very large number of men Were collected
here, at a vast expense with the single
purpose of rekindling the bitterness and
hatred, the animoSity and antipathies the
lcIiS ana e8uIiaIlons OF civil war, for the
advantage of a political party. TCheers.
take You to witness that the greater
portion OF the journals of Pittsburgh as
well as the orators on this occasion. have
been trying their best to make us. the peo-
pie, hate each other for the sake OF paIti-
zan advantage. .tranger, would imagine.
while reading the journals of Pittsburgh
for the last few days, that we were still at
war and that their purpose was to revive
and TO eXasperatc the hatred and animosity
of civil war in order to intensity and nVigor-
ate their side of the conflict They talk
about rebels and traitors. Fellow citizens.
are we never to be done with this We
demanded it of our adversaries in the great
civil war that they surrender their arms
and go to their homes. They surrendered
them; we demanded that they abandon
slavery, and they abandoned slavery We
demanded that they enfraucl,ise the blacks
and the blacks are cnfIanchiesd. None but
white men now stand disfranchised on
the soil of our country, [cheers. We de
manded that they stipulate that the eman-
clpatcd slaves shall not be paid for, and
that the rebel debt shall never be paid by
the government or by the State, and they
asSented to that. So far as can see. every
single demand made on the part of the
loyal states and the loyal people has been
fully complied with on the part of those
done that we asked. Everything has been
conceded. And still they tell us. .'Why.
we want them to repent - Have they not
brought forth works meet for repentance
lCheers.l And thus coming together in
solemn convention the representatives of
the Southern people have given their as
sent To the platform of the Cincinnati Con-
vention, which was the most intense. the
most complete, Republican platform that
had ever been presented by any National
Convention whatever. Loud and pro-
longed applause. All this being done,
We are told by these gentlemen who met
here, ''All this is mocllery! All this is a
fraud lou don't mean anything by it -
And the cry goes on, ''iicbels and traitors
''rebels and traitors s''-denunciation. pro-
scription, the same rs ever. Four wears
ago, IN the Republican National Conven-
tlon, 1t was declared that this rroscriptioll
should speedily cease. Four years have
passed and still it is maintained, and there
are this day thousands of people of Ar
kansas alone prohibited-the most intelli-
gent the most responsible people of that
State-forbidden to exercise the rioh+ of
sutfrage-forbidden exclusively by the par
ty that meets here and shouts for Grant
and W llson. Nobody else asks for pro
scrIption but them. No other marty re-
quires that any human being should stand
prescribed on our soil for rebellion that
oo''Seu SeNeh anu d man years ago. No
party, no men of any party but this the
very party that held a great military pa
rade this week. i'll order to further and
further separate and divide the hearts of
of the American people from each other
J(heers. They hold essential to their
triumph that hatred should continue. that
dlstrust, suspicion and alienation should
continue. Do what you will, do what YOU
may, they are determined not to be salts
fled.
Now, fellow-citiizens it is not enough
that those who fought against the Union
should be prescribed. Those of lis who
stood for it are equally denounced, if we
do not happen to agree with them in our
present politics. [Checrs.
Here stands one who is charged by them
with being Secessionist. [Great laugh
ter. Could that be true, fellow citizens ::
Look the facts in the face. When Lincoln