The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-09-24
HORACE GREELEY'S TOUR.
HIS FIRST SPEECH IN Kentucky
RECEPTION AT LOUISVILLE.
When Mr.. Greeley arrived In Newport
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KY, Saturday, he spoke as follows:
Citizens of Newport, There was time,
and that not many years ago-when "ould
not have been welcomed to the soil OF hen
tuck rs am to-day There was time when
Kentuckians did not think Of me as they u9
now, and believe 1t was because they dld
net understand me so well rs they do now,
for in the oIden time l was the humble but
Jealous friend of Kentucky's noblest states
man, Henry Clay. [Applause.] l loved, l
trusted and followed that man for many years,
and sore was my heart when the news came
that our fondest antirlpations were n''slitto,
and he was not chosen President. bu' "n''
matters it, The fame of Clay Is woria-"iue;
and he is revercd and loved ny iiIl!'lo,,s vi
his co,lntrvmcn. and Will be FOR seherat ,.,
TO come What matters 1t whether ne hlleu
one office-or another, or no ollce' l. ne ullce
does not make the man; II IS lnen Ike. those
that gorify and disniy office.
Mr.. Greeley then alluded to the war ana
its conclusion. and said: From that hour L
said let us try and be friends again ; yes,
better friends than we were before. We
have differed, we have fought, but the cause
of the trouble has passed away. Slavery IS
dead; there is no more reason why we should
men. and men who love and honor each
other. So in that spirit, with that purpose,
!aborcd on for some years. scorned by
MANY, misunderstood by Others, called rene
gadc, and honest people believed that had
absolutely turned my back on all the prlncl-
plcs and all the ideas of my life.
think they were mistaken. My friends,
I think circumstances, new conditions. new
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pub!ic-that renovated republic which has
been founded on the overthrow OF the Con-
fcdelacv that there are different obligations,
different duties from those which were cur
rent thirty years ago.
tried to forget and to cause Others to Tor
get passages in which there was only bitter
ness. and nothing OF profit to either section
or to any class of people. ] tried to make
my countrymcn remember only what slilil
be. what must be. in the better future which
am quite confident is opening on this PEG.
plc--that future Of concord aud OF peace, OF
mutual reliance and OF sympathy, Which was
not known in the old time.
Many times | was told Fifteen or twenty
years. go), "You can come down to the South
and nobody will hurt YOU ! said, "Why
should anybody hurt me! There W;s never
moment wished i'll to the South, and l
never sought to do them harm. Why should
YOU tell me will be projected in the south
] have never been there because my dlitic>
did not call me there; but fell certain
always that no gentleman of the South
would lay hand upon me, and don't be.
licve they would let the Elackgliards do 1t.
They were talking as if il was but charity to
let me pass through. That lias passed
away.
FcIlow-ciizcns. vow may have hcui one OF
The u,ost elective Confederate soldiers oE the
late struggle. and you may travel all over thl:
country. and ] think 40 one, except 4 very
low, vulgar person. will offer YOU any insult.
| travelled to the fllthest part Of south
Texas last year. and ! WAS everywhere well
received. think every northern man who
went South, minding his own business and
giving nobody cause Of offence, was treated,
not perhaps rs well is !, but bis person and
property were just as sacredly respected As
mine were,
Now, then, we have opened up Il new era
in this country. There was IL time when it
was not 20 that livery northern man, what.
ever bis principles, could travel through the
South; now they can do 81. and am glad OF
it. Think no more of olr trllmphs in our
late struggle. Let lis rejoice together that
these trillmphS have tended TO produce good
to the whole American people
There were actually men in the North who
believed when Lincoln was issassinatcd that
the southern people, rs people, rcJoiced in
that assassination. nm sure it was not so ;
but here is black. bloody deed done, and
the whole people suffered for it. 1t was for
Il long time impossible to makc Il large por-
tii;n Of that class believe that the assassina-
ton was not the work of the whole Contedc-
rate people. There WAS injustice done them
through prejudice through passion. We
must try to dispcl that prejudice and that
passion we must try to make the whole peo-
pie feel that the American namc is dear to Us
ali-tllat even in our struggles we were
friends. We did not tear and rend each
other, VIC did not destroy, prisoners were
not uui,l>tly treated but really believe that
the people on both sides meant to treat them
with humanity 50 far is they could do so,
and when crucltics took place they were not
understood to beapproved by the great body
of the people North and South.
Now, then. let Us all resolve that we shall
be nearer TO each other next year than this.
[Applause.
] am demanding universal amnesty. Why,
people say, there are only three Or four hun
drcd DISTINGUISHED. Suppose there were
only two hundred; ] Object to this disflan-
cbisement and this prescription. 1t puts a
stigma on the whole people.
MIR. GREELEY'S RECEPTION IN LOUIS
VILLE-BONFIRES AND ILLUMINATI0NS.
LOUISVILLE, September 22.-Mr. Greeley
arrived ut $40 last night. He was met by Il
large crowd of citizens, and escorted by the
committee to the Exposition. His passage
through the crowd was accomplished with
difficulty. Judge NJ. F. Bullock delivered
an address of welcome on behalf Of the En-
position, and Mr.. Greeley responded in a
short speech. He spoke of the previous de-
votion of the South to agriculture and the
present growth of manufacturing interests
here. His speech was frequently interrupted
by applause. He closed his remarks with a
eulogy on Henry Clay.
Dir. Greeley and his party were then con-
Quoted through the crowd to carriages, and
proceeded to the Gait House, where the
streets were filed with people awaiting his
arrival. Bonfirc> were built in the streets,
and number of buildings were decorated,
and some of them Illuminated. a platform
had been erected at the southeast corner of
the Gait House, and a few minutes after his
arrival Mr.. Greeley appeared OH the platform,
and WIS introduced to the assemblage by
Henry WattcrSon, of the LOta3er-J0nrnGl
when he spoke ut great length.
HIS LOUISVILLE SrEECH.
Citizens of Louisville. standing on this soil
of Kentucky, ask you, who are my a>so.
ciateS in the great Liberal movement of the
day, to bear testimony with me to certain
truths. First, is it not true that we desire a
government Of Just and equal laws which
shall extend equal favor and equal protec.