Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-10-03
RECONCILIATION

We are advised By Mr.. Greeley to clasp
hands across the bloody chAsm made by the
war protest against this advioe.-Speech
Of Mr. Secretary B0utrB.
We pat aside with the soorn il deserves
the insult implied in preaching to us for
givsness and conciliAtiou.-Lstter Of Wen
DEL PhiHips.
And DR.. Gregg, in his written speech TO
to the ofhee-holderS and ofics-seekers, 10
our cour, house, ridiculed the idea that o ur
people could forge. and forgive the errors of
their now down iroddsu and suffering com
men. And one Of Dr. Gregg's repre-
IsntAtivss, in the Pittsburgh meeting said
1--WE do not propose TO shake hands, bat
10 shake our hsts, across the bloody chAsm."
james Ray Of Massachusetts, in TIE Pitts.
burgh convention formerly sutier for the
Eighth Mass Infantry.
These people who preach hate and oppose
reconciliation and promote ill-fseling and
diSoord between our own countrymen in or.
der tina, their party may prosper and they
keep their offices, are referred to = somewhat
venerable discourse known as the Sermon
on the Mount. In that discourse we read
Love your enemies, do good to them
which hate you, bless them that curse you,
and pray for them which despitefully use
you
Read, also, the following extract from one
Of Horace Greeley's speeches:
" l trust that oil sections have been bens.
fitted BY emancipation, that the cotton
grover and cotton spinner may r, DICE in
each others thrift and prosperity. Good
men sincerely apprshendsd that If slavery
were abolished cotton would no longer be
produced in adequate quantities but man
OF them have lived to realize and n, oioe
that the labor Of free man 10 worth more
than that Of slave. trust that other mis-
RpprshsnsionI and sectional haireds are
yielding 10 the lessons Of experience that
long and bright era Of peace and trAter
nifty has dHunsd upon oEr once distressed
country"
And this, from another Of his speeches
I'm here not TO exuli over victories VOL
in the late war. | an here not TO meet on,
particle Of prejudice or triumph. do no
propose TO do anything that shall make tbs
Southern people feel bitterly that the union
between Us ia one Of sxultAtIon on our par
and humiliation on theirs. ] think be i,
not = patriot who would try TO intensity the
bitterness and soreness that those who fought
sgainst Us must feel in view Of Ihsir great
defeat Theirs is a lost cause but they are
not . loaf people, for they belong to US
they are our brethren. They have come
back to US, under oompulsion If you say So
bus wish to change that compilation INFO
affection, for that 10 stAtesmAnship. Great
applause. That work am seeking, as far
as 1 can, TO do.
And in another speech he said
Now, then, We want the Northern people
to say to the South, to those who have
been our enemies Let uB forget the pAst
let uI come together on one common plat
form; We will wipe out all acknowledgements
al prescriptions stand with us on the com
mon platform Of nationality, equal rights
equAl Law for ali the people, aud ct IA agar
take hold and pusb forward the mighty re-
public in lie career Of greatness and pros
psritT.
And in another speech be said
Call them back, our erring brothers cal
them back TO be- part Of the family, no
outcAsts; call them back to bs one With US
and carry forward this grand American
Republic TO nobler destinisa than have beer
imagined.