The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-08-03
ABANDONING THE FaRM At CH4ppAouA

ABANDONING THE FARM AT CHAPPAouA
MIR. GREELEY's FAREWELL SpEEoH.
On Saturday last, Mr. Greeley attended
the last of his usual Saturday soirees
at his farm, and at dinner With the
Greeley club at the farm, said:
LADIES AND GENTnRMEN: It: was once
remarked by one Irish orator of,another.
that he never opened his mouth but he
pnt his foot into it. One of thGideasin
regard to q Presidential candidate. :iis
that he also cannot open his moiith With
out accomplishing some suok,fAaE -thsy
are always warned by their friends not
to talk-although they might talk II they
did not say anything. would only say
word about these meetings, al this is
probably the last meeting we shall hold
in this grove. My delight, friends and
neighbors, was to spend a day in the
week among you. For twenty years IL
has been my delight to spend the Satur-
days among you, working around the
farm, or in the woods, because I needed
physical exercise. have enjoyed nv
self in your society, aud have had the
recreation which my physical nature REL
quired in working on my farm. This
spring new series Of circumstances ar
ranged themselves about quite unexpect-
edly. then found that the friends vi
sitting me here-originally two, four, six
were growing 20 forty. fifty, and some
times I found in consequence of this,
that it was necessary should dispense
with my exercises. These reunions I
thought were very agreeable to me; but
the critical state OF my wife's health, and
the i'll l-natured and, I must say, imperti-
nent remarks and criticisms of certain
journals, have rendered them sources of
uneasiness and discomfort to those who
united with us. I never doubted that
persons who assented, as I do, to become
oandidatesfor public Offices are fair su b.
jects OF criticism; but I cannot see Yhy
ladies should ;bave their names criticised
in newspapers, and drifted across the
continent by electricity, L do not think
such commentaries, such impertinent f.
velations, are consistent with reputable
journalism, nor, with that courtesy and
good. feeling which seems to me to be
presumed whenever one man meets with
another. It is therefore deemed expedi-
.ent by our friends to ask all who could,
to come here to-day, and to say that
after this our meetings will be intermit-
ted. trust they have been to most of
Whatever the future may have, the past
is faithful. Friendships of the warmest
kind have been made in these gather
ings, and if we could have been secured
against these insolent intrusions, which
were deliberately intended to be unkipd
and depreciating, we should have con
tinued our reunions. But since we can
not be secured against gossips and tale
hQo will
and meet elsewhere. Cheers. Eyes.
at the White House" After while it
will be nobodys particular interest and
profit to misrepresent what is done here.
The oblection made to the speeches of
candidates for the Presidency, is not
what they shall say as improper or indis-
Greet, but what they shall say that ia. liza
BILE to misrepresentation. I was plunged,
the other evening, into gathering
social dinner of college graduates. 1t
would have been easy to make excuses
against going there. was entreated to
speak, and did 80, for three minutes, on
the subject of education. It was at once
reported around tho country that I pro-
posed to give the Government the entire
control Of the education of the American
people, The impression was sent abroad
that favored the putting within the
sphere of the Federal Government all
matters OF this kind. You will therefore
cease your visits for the next few months;
then, in November. the elections will be
over; and I trust that we shall, after that,
have occasion to meet in this grove, and
renew our aspirations of friendly regard
for each other, and hope and pray for
each others long life and prosperity :
After the speeches the company sepa.
rated. and most of the visitors went down
to the depot. A Greeley and Brown
club was addressed by the prominent vi.
sitors to Chappaqua.
Mr.. Greeley came down to New York
with the balance of his visitors. "'s
SAD AccIDENT.-O last Friday. Mr..
W. l.. Hellams, living near Centreville.