New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-09-20
MR.. GREELEY'S MOVEMENTS
THE TRIP THROUGH PENNSYLVANIA.
AZ Address IT INDIANA AND A SPEECH AT
pIrIsRuRGu.

special train to Pittsburgh. lie was accompanied by
Gov. Gilbert s. Walker Of Virginia. and Gov Randolph
OF NewJrrsey The Hon. j. W. Fitzgerald and the Hon.
j. l.. Keck Of Cincinnati, Gen. Zuch, j. " Hutchinson
and f. l.. Moore Of Philadelphia and the Hon. Jas. T.
Barr and John c. Barr OF Pittsburgh. On the way to
! Indiana MIR. Greeley spoke only once This was at
JOhnstOwn where he simply excused himself on account
| Of his extreme WEAKNESS, having spoken dozen OF
| more times the preceding day At Indiana, MT
Greeley attended the fair and delivered the address
which he promised last Winter The fairgrounds were
| filed with people, several thousand being
present Despite the drizzliug rain, which
| at intervals deepened into heavy showers,
the crowd maintained its position in the open field until
the address had been delivered. At o'clock the specla
train up to The depot. and amid cheering crowd
Mr.. Greeley departed. The trip 10 Pittsburgh was maze
at high rate Of speed, with very brief stoppages to
allow short speeches. At every place large crowds had
gathered and would not be put OF without word from
Mr.. Greeley, as well look at him. At one OF the
stations a bouquet presented by the Prettiest
Girl in Town." enthusiastic citizen remarked.
Gov Walker and Gov Randolph also delivered speeches
at each Of the stations, repeated calls being made Tor
them. At Greensburg Committee Of Liberal Republic
cans consisting Of Judge Mellon Marshall Swarzwelder,
Lew b. Duff. s. A. McCurg, and others met the train
and escorted the party Pittsburgh. few miles above
Pittsburgh, the Committee from the State Committee,
Gen. Zmlch and the Hon. Frank Moore babe Mr. Gree
ley and his party cordial good by, and departed for
Philadelphia.
The demonstration upon the arrival of NJ Greeley in
this city tonight, simply stupend0us, and such
crowd received him has seldom been here The
depot almost impossible and the air was filed with
the shouts for Greeley" Greeley" until his appear
ance the PLATFORM when the shouts sweled into a
roar tremendous as almost TO deaien one. The
passage Of Mr.. Greeley to the st. Charles Hotel
moro like the triumphal march of con-
queror than the OF one who has the
dfybt hqfp Tha bar in 10
sat with the Pittsburgh delegation surrounded by
large number Of people all sides and the streets along
which IL slowly forced It's way dense with hui
man beings that those nearest pressed their hands
against the tires OF the wheels to prevent being run
over The Eighth Ward Clubs, numbering 5000 men,
wearing the Greeley uniform and bearing torches,
stood in two lines facing each other while 10 marshas,
headed by ChiefMarshal Thorne, kept the swaying
crowd in tOlerable order. The Workingmen's
Greeley, Brown, and Buckaew Club. and the
Greeley Central Club also aided to swell
the procession. The houses along the line
OF march lighted and decorated and every window
was filed with women and children eager for glimpse
of Mr. Greeley Tho barouche in which he sat was
escorted by four Others containing exGoy Randolph OF
NewJersey Gov. Walker of Virginia, the Hon. Thomas
Marshall OF the Liberal Republican County Committee
VIM d. Moore Chairman OF the Democratic County
Committee; the Hon. j. Fitzgerald, aud the Hon. D. L.
Keck OF Cincinnati, the members OF the Common Coun
~,
St. Charles Hotel great number of men in their en-
thueiasm made rush to take out the horses OF the
barouche 50 that they might draw Mr. Greeley them
selves but they finally dissuadediTom carrying out
their object At the ST. Charles Hotel the scene was pow
erful and even thrngone. There must have Deen2OOO
people in the mass which displayed line OF torches as
far down the street the eye could see. Bands OF
music played patriotic airs, which were ever and anon
drowned by the tempests OF cheers and hurrahs and
shouts for Honest old Horace" 1.-THE Philosopher"
&C. &c. WOOdst., on which tho St. Charles HoteI
fronts presented curious picture at the time Mr'
Greeley was delivering lis address He had been! INTRO
duced in glowing by the Hon. Thomas Marshall,
and had only begun his remarks when the
rain fell in torrents. Umbrellas were preepitately
raised and the great crowd still remained as willing to
stand in the drenching rain TO hear Mr. Greeley as was
he 10 sneak TO them while the rain fell upon his uncoy-
cred head and sreamed down his shoulders 1t was IN
this way with Turkish lights and banners surrounding
him. with ladies cheering him from appraised windows,
and enthusiastic thousands ready to approve in thunder
tones his every uterance that Mr. Greeeys speech at
Pittsburgh was delivered as follows:
MIR. GREELEY's SPEECH.
FrIIow-CITIZENs: The wise King says there IL time
for war and q time for peace lCries or God Diess
pr The City Of Pittsburgh has recently witnessed
rehearsal OF the pomp and pageantry the bazonry ana
circumstance OF civil war. very large number OF
men were collected here at vast expense with the
single purpose OF bItttAuSoo anu
the animosites and antpahy the fears and Civilizations
of civil war for the advantage Of political party
take Won 10 witness that the greater portion
Of the Journals OF Pittsburgh, as well as
the orators on the occasion, have been trying
their best to make the people hate each other
for tho sake OF partisan advantage. stranger who
was reading the Journals Of Pittsburgh for the last few
dav ould imagine that we were at war, and their pur
noe WAS to revive and TO exasperae the hatred and an
imov OF civil war in order TO intensity and nvigorae
their side OF the conflict. They talk about Rebels ana
traitors Felowczens, are we never to be done with
tbsl We demanded OF our adycrsarcs IN the great civil
war that they surrender their aud 90 to their homes
They surrendered them. We demanded that they aDan
don Slavery, and they abandoned Slavery We &C.
handed that they enirauchse the blacks and the blacks
were enfranchised. None but white men now
stand DISTINGUISHED the soil OF our country tCheers
We demanded that they spuiate that the emancpated
slaves shall not be paid for and that the Rebel dept
SHAH never be paid by the Government or BY the State,
and they assented that So far as can see, every
single demand made the part Of the loyal states and
the LOYAL people has been fully compiled with on the
mart of those lately in rebellion. Everything has been
done that we asked everything has been conceded ana
stu they tell us "Why want them TO repent. Have
they not brought forth works meet for repentahcef
[ChecrsJ .,a a.,
OF that Southern people have given their
assent TO the platform of the Cincinnati ConVentlon'
which was the most intense the most complete Repuocah
nIatform that had been presented by any Naohal
Convention whatever loud and prolonged appause'l
An this being done, told by these gentlemen VINO
met All this is mockery. all this is fraud you doh
mean anything by and the cry goes on Eepels ana
| traitors rebels and traitors" denuncmuon' pro-
scrpton" the same Four years ago IN the ne
nubcan National Convention IL was declared that TINS
prescription should speedily cease -Four years have
passed aud stil it is maintained There are this day
thousands of people OF Arkansas alone - the
| -. t.ouico,t tho most responsible people OF that