The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-09-27
Greeley at Pittsburg.

ma al tnaghlncent reception rendered
him made the following characteristic
> speech:
: FELLow-CITIzENs:- The wise King
says there is time for war and n time
4, or peace. The cit OF Pittsburg has re.
fently witnessed rehearsal Of the
ipomp and pagcantry, the bazonry and
circumstance Of civil war. A very large
numbcr of men were collected at vast
expense, with the single purpose of re-
ilkindling the bitterness and hatred. the
luminosity and aniipathies, the fears and
-lexnltations of civil war for the advan-
Itagc Of political party. take YOU to
witness that the greater portion of the
Journals OF Pittsburg, as well as the or
,tors on this occasion. have been trying
heir best to make us, the people. hate
each other for the sake of partizan adj
vantage.
A stranger would imagine. who was
reading the journals of Pittsburg for
the last few days, that we were still at
war, and that their purpose was TO re-
vivc and cxasperate the hatred and ami
nosity of civil war. LIN orderio inten-
-ify and invigOiate their side of the con-
flict they talk about rebels and traitors.
FellOw-citizens, are we never TO be
lone with this! We demanded of our
idvcrsarics jn the great civil war that
I;hey surrender their arms and go to their
ONES. They surrendered them. We
demanded that they enfranchise the
blacks, and the blacks are cnfracllised. -
None but white men now stand disfran-
Ichised on the soil Of our country.
We demanded that they siipulate that
ItlIe emancipated slaves shall not be paid
or, and that the Rebel debt shall never
be paid by the Government or by the
States, and they asscntcd TO that. So
ar that ] can see every demand made
on the part of the loyal States and the
loyal people has been fully complied
with.
On the part Of those lately in rebel
lion everything has been done that we
asked everything has been conceded.
And still fl.e. tell us. WHY, we want
them to repent" Have they no, brought
orih words meet for repentance! and
this coming together in solcmeu convcn-
ton OF the representatives Of the South
crn people have given their assent to the !!
platform of the Cincinnati Convention.
which was The most intense, the most
Republican platform that had
ever been presented by any National
whatever.
All this being done. we are told by .
these gentlemen who met here. all this 4
is morkcry all this is fraud: You don;
mean anything by ii. aud the cry goes
OF. "Rcbcls and traitors! Rebels anil
traitors Denunciation, prescription, !,
the same as ever.
Fonr years ago. in the Republican
Convention. il was declared
bat this prescription should speedily
.ease. Four years passed. aud still il is
that there arc this day thou
sand of people Of Arkansas alone pro-
iibited the most intelligent. the most
responsible people of the State forbid
len 10 exercise the right OF suffrage 4.
'orbid,lcn exclusively by the party that
meets here and shouts for Grant and I
Wilson. Nobody else asks Tor proscrip-
ion but them. No one doubts. no 9TH
+ party requires, that any human be-
ng should stand prescribed on our soil
or a rebellion that ceased seven and n !
'alf years ago. No party, no men of
my party. doubts this.
The very party that held great mill l
ary parade this week in order TO fur |
her and further separate and divide the !
learts of the American people from ,
ach other they hold essential TO their ,
riumph that hatred should continue: ,
hat distrust. suspicion and alienation j
hOuld continue. DO what You will. do ]
What you may, they are determined not I
O he satisfied. Ia
Now, fcllow-citizens. il is not enough
hat those who fought against the Union
hould be pro scriDed. Those of us who
TODD for il are equally denounced, if
We do not happen TO aggree with them =
n our present politics. Here stands one s
Who is charged by them with being
ecessionist. Could that be true, fellow &
itizens! Look facts in the face. When I
lincoln had been elected. and this con- i
piracy for secession began to advocate '
,sclt, the Republicans were told by our c
'wn mcn, and tOid,sti more by those !
ut of the circle, on must back out j
u your Republicanism; you must sur Q
eadcr yonr opposition to the extension 5
Il slavery, or consent 10 a great civil
var This. they said. was The only al
Blood-shed aud devastation I,
'ver the whole country, or you shall ! !
the principle on which you I!
AVE just carried the election. ] was
me Of those who said "No; there is no
uch alternative" / denied that the
people, the great minority Of !
hem, are against the Union. ] demand !
hat there shall be open, free discussion U
,cforc the Southern people Of an honest,
'utcrrified. unconstraincd vote. Ii they I,
Ll.nrncn if lIn nnnnln nf fl1o Srual 80. 4,