The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-08-29
GREELEY'S SPEECH AT PORTLAND.
How he Proposes To Conduct the Adj
minisirntiOn - ThiCSing Governors
Advised 10 Retire 10 Private Life.

interesting speech maze ny Horace
Grcey at his reception ut Portland on
the 18th:
He had struggled throughout his life
for, first, impartial aud universal lib
crty; second, the unity and greatness Of
our commerce and country; third, by
no means least, when the former
end was attained, for early hearty re-
COnciiatiOn and peace among our
cOuntrymen. He recognized the pro-
pricty Of a candidate for the PrcSi-
dcucy making no speeches, yet there
is truth to he uttered in behalf of
those who have placed me before the
American people in the present atti-
tudc, which does them such honor,
that claim the privilege of stating it
here. Now ihis is that trlth-nu per-
son has ever yet made known the fact
that he proposed to support, or actually
! did support my nomination Whcthcrat
Cincinnati or Baltimore, or any action
which resulted in sending delegates
to either convention ON the basis on
claim for Office; no one who favored
my nomination before either cOnVcn-
tiOn has sought Office ut my hand,
either himscIfor through amy one else
nor has any one suggested to me that
might strengthen myself rs Il CanuI-
date by promising to appoint amy one
to any important Office whatever. In
Il few instances, am certain, some Of
the smaller fry Of politicians have,
since nv double nomination, limited to
me 10y letter that might increase my
chances by promising II ro,t-olllcc or
| ia, NnlInIItr
respondents respectively.
/ have not usually responded to
these ovCrurrs, but | now give general
Iuoticc that should | b" elected | Will
| consider the claims Of lhcs" uIlllmcly
aspirants after those of the more mod
est and rCtIc2nt shall have been lulIy
satisfied. IApplausc. In two ofthcsc
instances | have been asked to say
whether / should not, if elected, CON
fine my appointments to Iirpublica.
answer those hy pointing to that plank
in the Cincinnati platform wherein all
who concur in the principles therein
set forth, are cordially invited to par
tiripatc in their establishment ANA
vinlicatiun. never set heard of Il
man who invited his nCighbo'S to
raise a house, proceed to KICK them
ont of il aS soon as the rUoi WAS larry
over his head. For my own part rccp%-
niHc amy honest man WhoapproVcS ana
adhcrrs to the Cincinnati platform, n"
my political brother, and rs such, llllly
entitled to my confluence and friendly
regards.
One other point demands Il word.
Those adverse to me ask what pledges
| have given to those lately hostile to
the Simon, to secure their FAVOR ana
support. ! answer, no man or woman
in all the South has even asked of me,
whether directly through another, amy
other pledge than is given through aIl
my acts and words from the hour oi
Lees surrender down tn this present
moment No Southern man lllS ever
limited to me an cXpcCtativc hope or
wish that the rebel debt, whether Con-
lcdcratc or State, should hc asSuhlcdo OF
paid hy the Union. No Southern man,
who could hr elected to II Legislature
or made Colonel Of u militia regiment,
has ever suggested the pensloniug oI
rebel soldiers, or amy of them ~ II re-
mote possibility. All who nominated
me were perfectly aware that llad up
held and justified the Federal lcgisIa-
ton To rcprc-s the Ku-kluX conspiracy
outragcs, though | had long ago it,
sisted, as | now do, that complete ann
ncsty, genuine oblivion of the bloody,
hateful WlSl would do more for the
suppression and utter extinction Of
such outragcS than all tn" force bills
and silspCno olun of hahCa5 corpus ever
devised hy men. Wrong and crime
must br suppressed and punished, but
ror wiser, and uohlrr il the legislative
noIicy hy which they are prevented.
From those who support me in the
South | have button drmand-juS
hut one REORGANIZATION. They
wish tn Inc heartily reunited aud ut
mr,rn with t'tr NGrth ON any terms
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