Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-07-18

same cause to which 1 have devoted my lie.
Of course sympathize with the movement,
but the time has not come for me to speak
out. 1t may come, however At present no
man is authorized to speak for me"
Since the above interview took place, Mr..
Sumner addressed letter to Mr.. Rives, of
Saint Louis, No., which is published in the
Times, Of that city. In his note to Mr.. Rives,
Mr.. Sumner says:
"I think, on reflection, you will not think
it advisable for me to write public letter on
matter to which you call attention. Mr..
Greeley and myself have been fellow-laborers
in many things We were born in the same
year, and I honor him much. Between him
and another person, who shall be nameless, I
am for him earnestly"
Mr.. Greeley's Acceptance.
- The committee appointed by the Balti-
more convention to announce to Mr.. Greeley
his nomination assembled at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel in New York city, on Friday last, all
the members being present. Soon after 10
o'clock the committee proceeded to the Lin.
coin Club to meet Mr.. Greeley, who was pres
ent, with two or three friends to receive them.
Senator Doolittle, addressing Mr.. Greeley,
said:
The National Democratic Convention had
devolved upon the committee now present the
pleasing duty to wait upon him in person to
notify him of his unanimous nomination for
the presidency by that convention, the official
notification of which he now presented to him.
The published report of the proceedings
showed that there was great unanimity, but
only those who took part in them had any
idea of the enthusiasm with which it was de-
termined to sustain the liberal republican
movement and to support the principles con-
tanned in the Cincinnati platform, and they
felt that the surest means of doing so was to
nominate and elect the same candidates.
The Senator introduced each member of
the committee to Mr.. Greeley, md after a
cordial greeting he replied to the announce
ment. Mr.. Greeley said that perhaps it nee
ded more time and consideration before reply
ing fully to such an important communication.
1t may be that he should have replied in wri-
ting, but inasmuch as he had addressed let
ter to the committee IF another convention,
which had been extensively published, per-
haps it was not necessary that at this time he
should make formal and full reply. Heac-
cepted the nomination, he said, and with the
more pleasure from the gratifying spirit with
which it was presented. His position was a
proud one, and it was, nevertheless, an en-
barrassing one, but he trusted that this en-
barrasment was only temporary. 1t subject
ed him to misconstruction on the part Of val.
ued and lifelong friends, but he was assured
that time only was necessary to vindicate his
motives and the disinterested and patriotic
course he had determined to pursue before he
received such hearty cooperation.
"Whie you" said Mr.. Greeley, Gin making
but even more so than had you taken the op-
posite course, I, in accepting it, am as much
republican as ever was" [Applause.]
He was not much accustomed, he said, to re.
ceive the nomination for President or he
probably could have responded more fully.
This was n4f-hc had to cay, except to invite
the members of the committee, or as many of
them as could make it convenient, to visit him
at his farm at Chappaqua. He could assure
them of warm welcome.
Col. Forney in the South.
Col Forney, editor of the Philadelphia
Press, hitherto extremely radical and bitter
towards the South, is one of a party now
travelling through the Southern States. A
late issue of his paper contains twelve COL
umns relating to the trip, and much promi'
nence is given to the very numerous speeches
made by him at various points on the route.
These speeches are especially noticeable for
the tender and fervid references to the South
ern people-their hospitality, courage and
generosity. His first speech was before the
board of trade at Shreveport, La. He spoke
of Stonewall Jackson as the "Knight of the
South" and as presenting "a singular combi-
nation of Christian virtues" The Colonel
informed the audience that, upon the death of
General Stonewsll jackson, che printed an
editorial from his own heart, testifying to
General Stonewall Jackson's high qualities in
the midst of that fierce conflict when the Intel
of every household was draped in mourning"
"In response" said Colonel Forney, 81 re-
ceived a letter from Abraham Lincoln, in
which he expressed his appreciation of the
motive that prompted me to pay proper
tribute to such virtues and valor." Colonel
Forney also said that "the day of revenge has
gone, the day of reconciliation is coming, and
God grant it may come quickly and stay
long" The following passage is noteworthy:
"I we'll remember the bitterness with which
the North regarded your deceased leaders, and
vet as I pass through your hotels, private
houses, steamboats, and places of public resort,
and gaze upon the lineaments of Robert E.
Lee do so no longer with resentment. l re.
member him and the motive that prompted
him to draw his sword. remember the ran
cor with which that motive was criticised, but
now all is forgotten. Peace and prosperity
are beginning to light up your dark places,
and the time is arriving when the name OF
Robert E. Lee will be remembered in the
North as that of man who honestly believed
that he was fighting in a cause which was
right. May we not in the same spirit demand
from you recognition Of the great man who
fought against him on the side of the Union
We have reached an era in which, no matter
who is elected President, the wheels Of pro-
gress will move onward. believe this peo.
ple has outlived its passions; is settling itself
down upon the eternal rock Of truth, and will
presently stand before the nations Of the earth
ready to fight against world of arms, if it
must be, but more ready for the conquests of
civilization" [Cheers.]
Colonel Forney said in another speech at
Marshall, Texas:
"Let us not dwell upon the past, however,
but march boldly into the recesses of the fu-
ture, and be equal to the exigencies of the
times.