New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-09-04
RECONCILIATION.
- co,rr,, Avn MIR. GREELEY.

uoPrs AND PROSPECTS OF lnrr norm.
WIN SOUTHERN DEMoCRAis
BoNISM. p,c,,NoSD Va, Aug. 30, 1872.
MY DEAR SIR: In conveiS"uo" co,,.on,,on |
A., baltimore the day after the peino'i'e - = o,s,re |
nominated Greeley and Brown So" 90 ,,on in |
that should publish some facts tuo" ar and
a,d n Mr. GREELEY, that woud tehu W 'r,,,
'.t"'u "a, ,,opnlar favor with which the ho'in"
1900 noon received in the sout" soN
"o"s %a, more especially in Virginia pror',
,sod Won that at the proper proper, the same desire
do 20. N MAN., tha the time has arrived wueh ~ n ~
nenv proper do Mr. Greeley s etat nafticui ary
hsSsson of facts known but TO rev. that {c mind
terae tc eraop of every unkud expression nc ons
NOD against us in times OF inc hlk', ti uieces OF
% and RadicalisT: and in one notaOle Cs's az o am
minds OF fair and generous peoV in order that the
about 70 ich nrompied aud the intellect which eTnT
hcndod th9I lmIr han sufficient answer TO all the
inNeSeNes and passion that have been hurried asdise
my sea paeGcato now see 70 e Gce .He
Tfe of II long and weary years But aOT nj he ierrbe
sieve that Virginia would to-day We III tn' Gov his
DSt,S of south Carolina The reasons lOr , tuS
opinion VIII be found IN INC % - Gem MALONE and
fSr The correctness OF when leiet t w and nrooi
Co. Fonrnoy two Of the most distngse@ al@ ri the
ncnt men in the state, and Whose reoo''''''" "
er.uu,st ances eoFrOborstes my own
Mr. oREELrYs SERVICE VIRGINIA
Tho Underwood "nlacs-and-tan Convention framed
our present state Constitution, in the Winter Of lSG
A. il came from their immaculate hands 1t contained
two sections, drawn win unsurpassed ingenuity, ana
STATE, IN suRjectng H. ioT years TO eC'hc' 20
alien tapacuy ana domestic h1nPuNy ore ibr
carpet-haggers who then swarncd in oar midst, ahI
their plant tools, the recently oniranchsed ana gIo.
ant negroes OF tue plantations. That We may under
rt.nd the magnitude of tdc service MI HitelcS poif
formed tor u, by refreshing TIC mnds Oh tnS PT"f o "a
The dangers tcn impending produce mere the portions
Czing ,he language beraying tine intent OF Us lfueIe
Article III, section 4. contains these provlSl'hS'
49, ~ 30, sS M pcl or WHO Leh any orce owl
rr me -i,ei states or under an, sac VIC having
-keu oath msnbcr o ,'.,r.I o. - .n on 80 o. '
Sseg e or aa sscc Of any b have tossd ios1uec
s ss1 or m. ass' ,5 ads s oaos
Secoo REGISTER Of tb Lind U&c' Stat Treasurer AuoFc
hcocrl Sheriff Se,s,tt g. ,s OF Ses' , Of tne
Poor Cemu''iore5 Of The bo"TG o. F"0n w." Ut
ro Jse Of o 6os o. Hast@s, Ju't Of the County couI'
asscr Recorder ANenca toSu Coroner
Icaior In.re.o Tobacco Foug Sc Cr.s Of Ne sep'eme
mSne Courts ana Of We Hastings courts ano
Atoucys To- 'he tom"on 'o0,to , 49,. ,ners
VOC o. he as o. bot, I oe ' tS b segafae VOC 10
By this section It will be what an Immense mum,
Der o our people intended ~ ne disIranosod ana
by requiring separate vote IN cn eas1 l" nc iGNT
by the Legislature. was prctleaiy 10 make ie TI
ap tho proposed Of the State to me oarpe"s
snice That not I'VE a hundred 81 the whites couid
state from the highest TO the lowest and 10 gu1rd
against a change 100 member ol tntute Convention 10
nuld -, take mi irocIId oath IL was these words
,5, horne . a sns, .s raiSd Sia,cs snc,
thereof ths have voluntarily gwen 10 ad count ,a" eo' 81
sought uo accepted ATTEMPTED to eIo'e c i-gs'oa
ss,S 10 one me- rs i ,sl b.,c not yOaais SUPPORT
'gy gS'saoy T 1a %. i@ saY s.s ' ac c
n the dsfr4ncsing section ana me Hoh-cid oalu nu
been fastened upOu almost every Office IN inc 5lae
would to-day be filed 10y carpet haggcr or negro and
been NO rSef as these dsabitcs would
possd by the STATE Constitution
CHANTS HESITATION AND DELAY.
You remember the alarm and gloom pcrvadnc the
community a number OF the Wi,est ana best men OF
the State met together after the Convention adjourned
for consultation. Committee OF Nine" appointed
90 30 Washington. aud, IN the name ana caure oil
powers to save the old Commonwealth from The
sShdrci Grant had Just been i9aasuIqtod Pres.
dent and had not yct surrendered 10 lnS mus
which were then chrYstis state The Committee
Of Nine" though cOldy received presented the case III
snch irresistible force that Grant 80 lar yielded to thef
aI,peal thai on the 7th April, when he sent IN his
message Ia Congress. asking ne authority oi an Ho' 10
hold an election Virginia the new Constitution he
suggested that he should he authorized III ms discretion
te order separate vote on portions OF inc Sonsn
Three days after on rae ION OF April inc acl
was passed and approved, and conferred the pu"e,
asked for by the President For al this the state -
fairly indebted a. the Comiittet ol nine. hhNing &c
eornplisbed much they reasonably hoped L. ihduct
fourth section. and tho ''iron-cad oath" ana the
county organization" clause. But ne gave them th'
eod shoulder Wells and Candy and the carpct-baggcrs
had taken the alarm. and began 10 counterpart dtiih'i
hc and not the Nine mad the ear Of the Prs,
lent. Three weeks passed, and nothing was done Ihe
hopc that nad been inspired by the message Of The 7t
and act OF Congress 10Th o April began to die out
the people ANA the most lntuSe anxiety ana tX
cInenf pry aIled In consequence Of Grants hesitation
aud delay. had branch 81 INV business m Nc"fork,
and was there u ApTi ana May, 1862 ABOUT ll' CoS' o
The dfst wcck IN Nav cen Aihonc and Fournoy.
bcng la NewNorb on railroad business OF We
companies hy chance accident met ~ NY Once
me morning. some half dozen Northern gchlirhen
ia at te Time, aud coon the onvorston turned on
Virginia. ami these two gcutl"incu being fIeSn IRON
boiue brought Win them an the excitement fet 10y Inc
friends thet had recently parted from anu they drew
VIVID picture of the distress ana Apprehension {"
cur people.
Some one-I cannot recall. who hui think II Of
the Norther men prcsent-,uggcscd that as the tome Of
FHE TnIBt NJ had been friendly toward Virginia, MI
Greeley. n properly approached, might lend M ms pow
rfu personal ala a. ne was then Known =" ht yer! N
Hurntial with Gen Grant All present appreciated the
force of the suggestion, ana a. wac on very Pheasant
persona terms with Mr. Greeley was immediately re-
Iuestod 10 20 I" nh once hu t,gatoi 10 an
interview between bin aud onr httlc party OF VTSin
ianf. Hc received me most cordially and beng in
gladly with ne at any time We pleased but sug-
gsted that many people called ON nm IN me DAY
time and hc desired 10 nave luh ana uninterrupted
ron,rrraou with us. had better call that evening,
1T O'Clock ana that De w1ud remain down town at M
Bfice "a then, ana we would have TIE night De
lore
once reported tuis arrangement 10 Col Flournoy
and Gen Malone ana we agreed meet az the of
siUd go together 10 IHE ikiBU Nh oloe
During the day tO iluuuOy was compelled 10 caNt the
city, bu authorized "a report hiIn to MI Greeley a.
fully coururrHg the request had agreed 10 make
thar lac should actively espousc our cause, CalIne |
appointed time. found Mr. Evans Of New-York !
there business. who, when he learned where we |
going proposed D" accompany us a. ne was per
nOlti political mend OF MI. GrcelcY's. BY arrange
nent on the WAY down Gen. Mahoue war made the |
spokesman of the party. because he Just from VIZ
cnia Evans and thought Inn the best taikeT
Nj Greeley expecting ur ana was alone, ana we |
went business at For probably an hour Gen.
Malone addressed himself {" the matter IN hand with
great eiO0uence ana emphasis on carpet-bageer-
nesO Government thai Iiye!ed Nh. Grteiey's profound
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