The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-08-30
GREELE1's SPEECH Al PoR1lAsD.

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The following is full report Of the
interesting speech made by Hnwace
Greely at his reception at Portland on
the 18th:
He had struggled throughout his life
for, first, impartial and universal lib
erty; second, the unity and greatness OF
our commerce and country; third, by
no means least, when the former
end. was attained, for early hearty re-
Cancellation and peace among our
cOuntrymen. He recognized the pro-
priety of a candidate for the Presi-
dency making no speeches, yet there
is truth to be uttered in behalf of
those who have placed me before the
American people in the present atti-
tude, which does them such honor,
that / claim the privilege of stating it
here. Now this is that truth-nO per-
son has ever yet made known the fact
that he proposed to support, or actually
did support my nomination whether at
Cincinnati or Baltimore. or any action
which resulted in sending delegates
to either convention on the basis of
claim for office; no one who favored
my nomination before either conven-
ton has sought office at my hand,
either himselfor through any one else
nor has any one suggested to me that
might strengthen myself as candi-
date by promising to appoint any one
to any important office whatever. In
few instances, am certain, some of
the smaller fry of politicians have,
since my double nomination, limited to
me by letter that L might increase my
chances by promising a pOst-office or
some such place to my volunteer cor
respondents respectively.
i have not usually responded to
these overtures, but now give general
notice that should be elected / will
consider the claims of these untimely
aspirants after those of the more mod
est and reticent shall have been fully
satisfied. GApplause.1 In two ofthese
instances / have been asked to say
whether L should not, if elected, con-
fine my appointments to Republica- L
answer those by pointing to that plank
in the Cincinnati platform wherein all
who concur in the principles therein
set forth, are cordially invited to par
ticipate in their establishment and
vindication. L never yet heard of q
man who invited his neighbors to
raise house, proceed to kick them
out of it as soon as the roof was fairly
over his head. For my own part l recog-
nize any honest man who approves and
adheres to the Cincinnati platform, as
my political brother, and as such, fully
entitled to my confidence and friendly
regards.
One other point demands word.
Those adverse to me ask what pledges
/ have given to those lately hostile OF
the Union, to secure their favor and
support. answer, no man or woman
in all the South has even asked of me,
whether directly through another, any
other pledge than is given through all
my acts and words, from the hour of
Lees surrender down tn this present
moment. No Southern man has ever
limited to me an expectative hope or
wish that the rebel debt, whether Con-
federate or State, should be assumed or
paid by the Union. No Southern man,
who could be elected to Legislature
or made Colonel of militia regiment,
has ever suggested the pensioning Of
rebel soldiers, or any of them as a re-
mote possibility. All who nominated
me were perfectly aware that had up
held and justified the Federal legisla-
ton to repress the Ku-klux conspiracy
outrages, though had long ago in
sisted, as / now do, that complete am
nesty, genuine oblivion of the bloody
hateful past would do more for the
suppression and utter extinction of
such outrages than all the force bills
and suspension of habeas corpus ever
devised by men. Wrong and crime
must be suppressed and punished, but
far wiser and nobler is the legislative
policy by which they are prevented.
From those who support me in the
South L have but one demand-justice;
but one desire-reconciliatiO They
wish to be heartily reunited and at
peace with tile North on any terms
which do not involve the surrender of
their manhood. They cherish joyful
hope of being recognized by Federal
authority as citizens, not culprits, so
long as they obey and uph0' every
law consistent with equality, a right
they desire, a rule which alike, for
white and black, shall encourage in
dustry and thrift, and one in which L
fully concur, that between the 5th OF
November and the 4th of March next,
quite number of Governors ana
other dignitaries, who in the absurd
name of republicanism and loyalty,
have for years been fixing debts and
taxes upon their war-wasted States,
will follow the wholesome example OF
Bullock, of Georgia, and seek the
shades of private life; the darker and
deeper those shades the better for
and for mankind. The
hope that my election may hasten
this much-deslred hegira of thieving
carpet-baggers has recOnciled to the ne
cessity of supporting me many who
would otherwise have hesitated and
probably refused.
Fellow-citizens, the deposed and
partially exiled Tammany ring has
stolen about S30,000,OO0 from the city
of New York. That was most gil
gantic robbery, and hurled its con-
trivers and abetters from power and
splendor % impotency and infamy;
but thieving carpet-baggers have stolen
at least three times that amount, stolen
it from the already Impoverished and
needy: they still flaunt their pros
porous villainy in the brightest places
of the land, and are addressed as
Honorable, Exeellency. [Applause.1 ]
think / hear voice from honest
people of all States, declaring that
their iniquity shall be gainful and in
solent no longer, at fartherest till the
fourth of March next. BY that time
those criminals will have heard the
national verdict pronounced, that will
cause them to fold their tents, like
Arabs, and silently steal away. That,
/ trust, will be the end of their steal
ins, at cost of the good of our country's