The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-09-25
GREELEY In THE SOUTH.
RECEPTION AND SPEECH At
LOUISVILLE, Kentucky.
Bonfres and Illumtnations-Tho Line-
raj Standard-Benrer a Visitor at inc
Exposition.
LOUISVILLE, September %.

LOUISVILLE, september ~.
Mr.. Greeley arrived at $40 last night. He
was met BY a large crowd Of citizens, and es-
corted by the committee to the exposition.
| His passage through the crowd was accom-
pllshed with difficulty. Judge NJ. F. Bullock
| delivered an address of welcome on behalf Of
the exposition, and Mr.. Greeley responded In
a short speech. He spoke of the previous de.
yotion 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 an
eulogy on Henry Clay.
Mr.. Greeley and his party were then con-
Quoted through the crowd to carriages, and
proceeded to the Calf House, where the
streets were filled with people awaiting his
arrival. Bonflres were built in the streets,
and q number of buildings were decorated
and some of them Illuminated. A platform
had been erected at the southeast corner Of
the Gait House, and q few minutes after his
arrival Mr. Greeley appeared on the platform,
and was introduced to The assemblage by
Henry Watterson, OF the Courler-Journal,
when he spoke at great length.
Mr.. GREELEY's SPEECH.
Citizens of Louisville, standing on this soil
of Kentucky, l ask you, who are my associates
In The great Liberal movement OF the day, 10
bear testimony with me to certain tru hs.
First. ia it not true that we desire q govern.
ment of Just and equal laws. which shall eX-
tend equal favor and equal protection 10 every
American cilizen? GApplause, and cries OF
s'ThaL's so."l Is 1t not true that while we de.
mand The repeal Of all Acknowledgement, Of
| all prescription of all Americans because
of The part they bore 10 our late strug..
gle, that we desire that no mar shall
| Be DISTINGUISHED, that no man shall be pro.
| scribed, but that every man shall stsnd on
| an equal platform with ourselves ? Is not that
O fact [Crles of 'Yee, that's so."1 Is 1t not
| truo that we have no expectations, no pur-
| pose, no understanding that the rebel debt
| shall be paid, or rebel soldiers pensloned, or
the slaves emsnclpated by the result of the
war paid for? Is II not true that We have no
purpose or expectation or understanding that
any of these things shall be done :? (Applause,
| and cries OF 'sYou are right."l
Now, fellow-citlzens, I wish to call your at
| tenlion to an aspect Of this struggle which has
| not vet been presented. There is no class Of
| our citizens, no part of the American people,
| who have so real and great an Interest 10 The
success Of our government as the colored PEG.
Il Ul6 vi lul6 GOuubly . 4uSuSa bA0y nav" SAee
| we all admit their rights are perfectly secured
| by the constitution, and that no one can 60
| back; that 1t Ia stIll their real interest that
| their rights shall not be only accorded. but
| that they should be fully accorded; that there
| shall be no opposition, no objection to their
| enjoying just the same political and CIVIL rights
| that we do, Is their interest more than yours
| or mine, that all contention concerning black
men or white men shall. absolutely cease ? that
every individual shall be judged and estlma-
ted according TO his worth, with no re-
,pect whatever to color or condition? III our
government succeeds, there Ia no party. no
Considerable faction-there Is nobody left 10
ing on the platform Of American nationality.
[Applause.j I say, then, It is their clear In
terest that our government shall be welcomed
and ratified and approved by the entire Amer
| lean people, and yet 1t Is a very discouraglng
fact presented to US, that there Is no other
class so generally and so bitterly opposing us
as they are. There Is no other class, as q
class, who Insist 80 thoroughly or mlsappre-
hendingly in disappearing US. / say not
this to excite prejudice against them. They
are ignorant, and their Ignorance. is not their
own fault, though 1t Is their and our misfor-
tune. They are misled, and we are calumnla.
ted In their ears.
have been repeatedly asked 10 contradict
assertions that I have been q negro trader.
EVEN OH my way v JIG pio1O OhC 4uoNiOuh
girl, on hearing me speak, said: II would
like to stick a knife into his heart. He sold
INV mother into Richmond, Va" daughter.
l can Imagine no reason why lies like that
should be told. ] can imagine no reason why
good men and women should not everywhere
discountenance and refute them.
1t is, / say, the misfortune OF Inc coloreo
people-a misfortune OF our people-that they
as q class are steeled against us. They will
not hear ue; they do not believe US. They are
told this movement Ia q continuance to get
them enslaVed again, virtually, If not abso.
lutely. and that all the pretensions of the
Cincinnati platform and the Baltimore en-
dorsement In favor otPqual rights are frauds-
are lies. s'It this party succeeds" says Mr.
| property and take care of your arms"
Now, lellow.ciizens, 1 state these facts
here not that I would have you think any
worse of these misguided people. stale
them because I want you Kentuckians 10 re-
alize that ignorance Is public peril; that you
cannot well afford to have part Of your people
growing up In that dense unacquaintance with
5ubiic men and public affairs that they can be
deceived and misled as this people are. You
| must take care that they shall be educated 30
| that they shall be TOO wise, too well informed
| to be thus misinformed and misguided. Eel
| low-citizens, II our movement should prevail,
| as I trust 1t will prevail, we will sweep away
| all this refuse of lies In three months. We
| will say 10 the colored men: We prefer you
| nothing except the protection OF the aws The
same for you as for US. You have your living
| to earn as well as We. You will have to use
| all your abilities, all your energies, all your
faculties, and make the most of them you can.
The laws do not favor you, but they
will thoroughly protect you, and 10
three months, If we succeed, the COL
ored people will be go disabused that the same
men can never deceive them agaln-never
again. But suppose we fail and, we may
fail. If the coiored men did not believe that
the power was against us-that money was
against us-if they did not realize that The
treasury, the army, the one hundred thousand
of1ce-holdeIs, were sll banded against us In
force, which they believe we came over.
come. they certainly would not be 30 univer-
sally hostile to us. Why, they think we can
not succeed, and they want 10 be upon the
winning side. That Ia part of II; but they are
also defuded In regard to our purposes. We
saw we are not your enemies; We will not be
your oppressors; we will not, though you have
done us an Injustice; we will try as we'll as we
can to have your children educated and en-
ligbtened, so that the mistakes you have made
cannot be made over and over again. That Ii
where we stand.
Now, fellow-citizens, why do We condemn
prescription? They are mistaken whe say
there are only two or three hundred left nov
forbidden 10 exercise the ommon rights 0
American citizens. 1t Ia not 30. There are
thonsands. There are five thousand disfran.
chised In The State of Arkansas alone, and lht
men who hold them disfranchisrd expect L
carry that State against us by virtue OF thai
Acknowledgement. But 1t is not the number .