The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-05-17
BEGGING AND BORROWING DENOUNCED.
How ''Gemmen OBJ Color" Can Become
Prosperous and Rich Landowners.
THE SAGE SERENADED.
Honest Horace, Bareheaded, Ad-
dresses the Citizens from
the Hotel Balcony.
PoUGHKErpsIr. NAV ia 1879

PouGHKEEPsIE, May Ia, 1872.
Horace Greeley reached this city at Ave O'Clock
this afternoon. He was met at the depot by Mayor
II. G. Eastman, John J. Platt, OF the Eagle W. w.
Hegeman, OF the Ne,os; Rev. +. b. Wheeler of the
Presbyterian Church, and Rev. Mr.. Biddle, OF the
African Church. All got into Mayor Eastman's
private carriage, and o hack followed after, con-
tanning one or two Ponghkeepsians. The party
were driven to the Morgan House, where Mr..
Greeley was assigned a room. Then the people
began to flock in to take look and shake the hand
of the Sage of Chappaqua. The first to step for
ward was an old, grey-headed man. Without
being introduced he seized Mr. Greeley by the
hand and, as a tear trickled down his cheek
calculated "How de do, Mr.. Greeleyp Ny name ia
Smith, Then came leading citizens, who con-
graduated Mr.. Greeley upon his nomination. Mr..
Shaw, OF the Cooperstown Journal was introduced,
and was glad to say that his paper had hosted the
name OF Greeley for the Presidency. Next came b.
Patt Carpenter, an old friend Of Mr.. Greeleys In
| the Constitutional Convention. They talked aside
for moment or two, when hand shaking generally
took place. TO the surprise of all, the coored
clergyman, Rev. Mr.. Biddle, suddenly became non
est He could not be found. His people here are
a little mixed on the question of the Presidency.
| Said Abraham Bolin, prominent member OF his
church:-"We're going to have Mr.. Greeley speak,
but we don't sympathise with the Greeley move
the c0ored men, and ought to know thing or two.
HONORs TO THE FUTURE PRESIDENT
When the hand shaking was completed Mr.. Gree.
ley, IA reply to question, said he should simply
talk to the colored people tonight in relation to
their past present and future interests. He did
not then know plan was on foot to serenade him.
Just before supper l noticed several prominent
Poughkeepsie democrats about the Hotel, among
them James Harvey Seaman and Morgan Leopold
Farnum.
FAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE OF THE CoLoRED PEOPLE
In accordance with his promise, as above stated,
Mr.. Greeley delivered a lecture tonight in the Old
Universalist church, in Cannon street. The lecture
was announced to be addressed to the colored peo-
pie Of the city, who number about four hundred;
but Mr.. Greeey's fame, intensified aud extended as
| 1t has been Wy the CInclnuuu nomination,
did not move the darkies to attend in more than
insignificant number; and at the hour appointed for
| the lecture at eight O'Clock there were In the
house about fifty people, forty-five of whom were
white, the remainder of the same color as the
emancpated race. The local explanation OF this
sad want OF interest in the wise utterances OF the
future President of the United States was found in
| the fact that at the Opera House of the city,
| ''Uncle Toms Cabin was produced with addi-
tional attraction Of new charming and attractive
Eva.
Later In the evening several members of the cite
Of the black society OF Poughkeepsie initiated the
Mr. Greeley had begun his lecture and interrupting
him in his address, thus strengthening the au-
dtence white and black, to the number Of about one
HORACE on THE PLATFORM
Mayor Eastman introduced Mr. Greeley to the
that he should have stood before the public in the
attitude that he now stood with regard to
PUBIC nr amaiss ne tns aoud nave ron
address the colored people Of Poughkeepse. He
should not n any case have directed his attention
RI Tho nf fipn Of no
coored people. What he proposed to do was to
talk about the past the present and the future con-
now an integral part OF the nation. At all times
when the colored race had been found outside the
have been thus placed there by force or by circum-
stances opposed to their own will.
THE BLACKS WERE AN AGRICULTURAL PEOPLE
in the main, and they change their occupation and
their location far less readily than any other peo-
pie The men in Great Britain who plough and SOW
are for the most part descended from the Romans
The agricultural population of this country viii
largely remain where they are born; so come
to regard the colored people component parts Of
the population. The people of African blood viii
remain for an indefinite period peculiar people,
He would advise the colored men not to make any
distinction or to refuse one IN the matter of mem
bership OF the churches. Tie spirit of reform is
accusing spirit. If there were nothing defective
waste his (Mr Creeleys) time in discussing them.
BY GoLLYI OATS ROUGH.
The first deficiency OF the colOred people to
undervalue themselves their opportunities and,
indirectly, their own capacities and powers They
are likely to expect more from others than they
too apt to beg and borrow rather than earn and
make. Ralph Waldo Emerson said that Pestaozzi,
after years of labor came TO the conclusion that
no man could be helped or hindered by any one
but himself so many schemes for helping men and
women impaired the moral fibre OF their race. IL
had been said that when the colored people were
emancpated they were looking for forty acres
government even more impoverished then
than themselves, and was not in position 20 give
it but surprising they had given either land or
ind nm OF
the colored people would have been worse OF with
it than without it, The colored people evidently
needed the utterlnce Of these trulsms.
CHAPPAQUA's TOO READY BENEvoLESCE.
the overthrow Of slavery spoiled the business Of
away from slavery always keeping their eye on the
North star and the occasional dollars that he tHr
Greeley formerly had the bad habit Of giving them.
Cheers.) This disposition to be benefited BY
Others labors than our own, this kind of beggary
was the prevailing vice Of those colored people
to-day. Mr.. Greeley said he was grateful TO MS
parents for the common schoo education which
New England school had Afforded him, ard was
glad that he had not been put through the mill Of
regular education 81 the expense of some nstitu-
ton. This his parents had given himz1ust that
education which their scanty means could aforJ
COMPARISONS ARE oDIors.
In contrasting the condition Of the Hebrews and
the colored people he said 1t was a significant fact
that the Hebrews in fifteen centuries had never lost
their faith in God and trust IA themselves Though
greatly oppressed, much buGeted and much perse
cuted they had risen TO a position that enabled
them 10 occupy distinguished and official places III
society. He wished he could inspire Ike feeling
among the blacks; they had never encountered
such an opposition a. the Jews and vet the Jew,
had triumphed over all TINS, He would next urgs
upon the colored people the habit OF thrift Mon0y
combined with character y respect; money y POI
ton He afraid that the coored people ala Jiot
think enough about this.
INHERITED POVERTY no plsGBACY.
There was no disgrace about being born poor but
/ IL was an inconvenience II good trade was gwen
TO q child il was giving him an estate: only let Mr.
Greeley know at the close OF the FIRST year u youug
| mans start in life whether he had sawed ANYTHING
or not and he would tell whether that man was 20
ifa.r IN no AZ y. ,f.
were imprudent: they let the morrow take 'sare of
itself The need or the colured race frat in this
\ country was land They ought to possess and thew
ought also TO have trades and TO initiate the,r chill
dren into those trades Any man wiio has trade need
40 longer be poor man. lie had .iyed for forty
years In New York, and the most distressing cif.
cnstanoc to htnl was the notice he was obliged to