The New York herald., 1872-07-14

Conceal. but they have passed their lives in run
ming campaign on the principle OF concealing all
nsxs one s ns
to be based on honest straightforward sayings and
o as yne nS
studied carefulness in his expressions and move
ments s more likely TO iniure their cause than any
slip Of the tongue he might make. So they are
afraid he will say something, and when he made
this announcement General John Cochrane was at
his SIDE In moment urging him to be .r careful
pose" said the Philosopher, and Cochrane with
drew, still doubtful as TO the policy even OF discus
The crowd ranged around the Evergreens and an
chair was placed in position for the use OF the
MI. GEELEY mounted the chair, and sad:-
Ny friends, we are met together In merely social
gathering, for no other purpose than to foster the
tween different parties, from widely separated
sections OF the Union. propose to say a rev
words myself on the subject of my farm-a subject
which certainly need excite no apprehensions on
the part OF my political friends. 1t Is twenty years
since my wife and determined to move to this
ried fifteen years. We lost tour children out OF
six, and we felt that II we did not give the
remanng as two no. home in the son%% country M we
time before we were satisfied. My wifes
wants were few and humble: She wanted a farm
shade and a cascade or ripping water upon It, 1t
was two years before found place to suit. was
at Pleasantville, making temperance speech, when
to-day, told me Of this farm j tasted the spring
water and was satisfied Mrs.. Greeley did so too,
difference about the price. when 1t was discovered
that we were willing to pay certain price for 1t
the other party naturally concluded that we would
pay higher price. We bought It, however, not for
Its financial value or for the money return 1t would
make u.s. nor because It was all bog and rocks upon
oond with my xs Ideas ge q
Cascade " vii without rocks, but Tor its com. IN.
bined advantages. Beginning with forty acres
was then not half the wood there is now. The bog
grew mosquitoes and frogs It had that facility.
not always always unpleasant, though they were rather
nntimeiy. went to work. and made blunders, Of
in year. said that il did the Sheriff would sell
me out though that chance islost now for the deeds
are made out IN my wife's name, and they couldn't
sell the farm without her consent. have been In
business of various kinds and have lost money. 1t
has gone know not where-'gone where the
tnDSs nave eee ana
while have possibly sunk some money IN my farm,
at least I know the hole where 1t went
never come here, but VINO know lust what each
turnip cost and who are perfectly satisfied that
Snxe every my woods Love the
not cut down to destroy, but to build up: Where
find dead or worthless tress hindering the growth
of better and nobler trees cut them down to
make room for a nober growth, and trim of the
lower pendant branches Of the trees because
na that half al the Scs v"cS e have
limbs, which gives the fire fuel and headway
This is the first time that many OF you have
! have deep adection for this place. l hope hope
TO live. here and in Gods own time to die
here good farmer would probably have made
money out OF 1t, but don't pretend to be a good
farmer, because can only work at farming few
hours In each week, and that only about twenty
ws for n cpe nS nae S yonpo e
the present-wIl frequently cali on me. "a voice.
DnyUn OF fhn tn Hnno Dad forv nrrn
their bunders and 90 bull-headed right along.
Now have made blunders-new ones-but never
op S nna a ne hank for
Gwin of Mississippi more recently Of California to
address you. We will have number OF speeches
from gentlemen here, and will take good care that
the train does not leave us.
SENATOR GwIN's SPEECH.
txe nt a portGy aaG Tn % six feet
near the middle, and standing up with pure Sen
atorial 'roach" Of the old school style, mounted
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN-Twenty-eigh years
ago l was Q member of the National
e ncmnas he
delegates were instructed to vote for Martin Van
Bnreu. But in the meantime, he wrote letter op-
measure, and thereupon the delegates got clear Of
him. The result was the annexation of Texas and
the the founding and settlement Of California In
Baltimore, at which the democratic party split up
and divided on the question of slavery In the
sued. and the result was civil war and devastation.
The Democratic Convention just held at Baltimore
man nominated there was not favorte of any of
the delegates; he was not the choice OF bakers
dozen Of them. It was said that his previous nom:
nation was farce and yet the representatives OF
3,00000O OF the people Of this country came there
Just to vote for Horace Greeley as their Presiden-
mans hold upon the hearts of these peopeY They
know that he is honest, that he is incorruptible.
We have not had strict honesty and incorruptibil-
itV in the praadQu chair We al o..
ing to put them there next November.
REAGAN's SPEECH.
EX-C0nfederate Postmaster General Reagan, q
tall, hearty, back-whiskered, bald. headed man,
with piercing eye and awkward manner and
after lengthy a To-
the oppression by local radical government in
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN-At the close Of the war
the Confederate soldiers dispersed, with but one
ieeiingIthat OF accepting its results and securing
an early G reconcaton n This you may think was
hatred. 1t was war between neighbors and broth
ers on question involving $500 900, ,O0O-a question
war Of ideas-one side fighting to maintain an in.
stitutiOn which it cherished ana believed in and the
other fighting TO maintain the integrity OF the
Union. There Is now no reason why we should be
enemies. We have no apologies to make for ac-
cepting the liberal republican platform-nO apollo
candidate. We care nothing for democracy or re.
pubcanism. We ask only peace re-enfranchise-
ment and closing of our old wounds. To that
Is life and death.
COLONEL sHoRTER's SPEECH.
Colonel SHORTER, Of Ala an ex-confedcrate
colonel, who had served TN the army and the Con-
gress of Dixie, wiry, nervous man. slim of figure
and fluent in words, with rapid accentuation and
the unmistakable dialect of the SOUTH was next
called upon by the Sage, and spoke as folows:-
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN If any one had told me
ten years ago, when ! was In the Confederate Con-
Rress standing there as a representative OF O
secession district IN Alabama, that In 1872 I'd be
here, at the home OF Horace Greeley, advocating
his election to the Presidency, would have said he
was madman. A war has swept over the coun-
try, slavery has been abolished, and Horace Gree
ley-the gentleman sitting there-did more than
anybody else to accomplish that result. I owned
slaves. lost all the accumulations of my lifetime
by their emancipation, but, SO help me God
would lose my right arm before / would raise
voice or cast vote for re-estabishing them as
slaves There is heat enough yet in the dead ashes
its restoration II Horace Greeley is made Pres-
dent served in the rebel army and for four years
tried to get nv State out of the rnnn and Cor five