New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-10-24
SENATOR MORTON ILLUSTRATED.

AT pittsburgh, Ia, on the loJn ulJ', MI
Greeley explained his attitude toward the Sc
cessiOn movement in its inception, as follows:
"Here stands who ia charged BY them with being
secessionist Could that be true, fclloweitizens
Look the facts in the face.
"When Lincoln had been elected and this conspiracy
for secession began TO develop, Republicans were
told by Of men, and still more by those
out OF circle, You must back out OF your Republic
canism you must surrender your opposition TO the
extension of Slavery, consent to great civil war;
This they said was the only and
devastation over the whole country you shall
der the principles which you have just carried the
election. Of those who said, NO. there is no
such alternative denied that the great majority Of
the Southern people against the Union demanded
that there should be open, free discussion that the
Southern people might have honest uDterred uncon-
strained vote and II they approved If the people OF the
South said they wanted dsunion would consent to it,
knew they would not knew that the great majority
OF the Southern people would have voted they act
ually did vote that Winternot for Secession. but for
cnging TO the Union. And now to-day, If the nation
were thus imperled, and there just two modes Of
saving It, to trust TO the chances OF civil war or to the
result Of free vote by tho Southern people would
very greatly prefer risk the latter chance rather than
tho former. lCbeers.l For, feOw-citizens they do
greatly misunderstood and magn this American people
when they that in cold blood, before there had
been any clash OF arms people in the South any more
"In it's inception in its origin, the great masses OF
those who consented to this Secession movement meant
nothing by it but make consent TO the extension OF
Slavery That their purpose and that purpose
did my best 10 resist and defeat"
The above was so reported for the West
ern Press Cor a part of it) as to make it favor
submission of the question of Union or Dis
union to the Southern people nor, or at any
time. Having had his attention called to this
error, Mr.. Greeley at Cincinnati the next
evening corrected it, as follows
LAST evening" at Pittsburgh in the course OF some
o-hand remarks to vast assembage like this, took
pains to explain the crcumstances-the extraordinary,
unprecedented ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS which 1 was I'm
PEELED in the Winter Of 1860 offer good faith sub
nit the whole question Of Union Disunion to a free.
uncOnstrained vote of the Southern people after due
elaboration and discussion said that IL my belief
then as IL is still my belief that II that people had been
allowed such free, fair opportunity they would have de-
cided-as you would have decided-that the Union
should be maintained Those remarks which made last
evening have been misrepresented, have been think,
perverted into an expression OF belief present
conviction that any State has right TO dissolve this
Union at its good pleasure Fell0wcitizens, ut
terly repudate and condemn that sentiment do not
believe that one State that ten States that
majority OF all the States, have moral legal,
stitutional right TO dissolve our Union.
THAT Union Is founded on Constitution which is
charter Of government not alliance. II does
create league merely confederacy but a nation.
under a government Of limited and defined powers, but
OF unlimited Duration believe that the Union is not
only destined 10 be, but intended 20 be, perpetual
and believe that our great civil war, II there
any reasonable doubt 10 the nature OF that Union has
settled that doubt That Slavery is Dead and
that the nation abides forever the and substance
OF the verdict pronounced through the issues OF
great contest There is no longer question, there
never again arise question: to the perpetuty OF the
Union The apple Of dscOrd, tho only thing that
made any American hostile to his own country and Con-
stitution has utterly pershed Henceforth the Ameri
can Union abdes forever, grounded In the affections
the necessities and in the ferveut devotion, OF the
whole American people. II there shall again arise
q cloud dsunion 1t will not arise the Southern
tOn of this country. But such question will
arise AS perpetual the hills as solid as the everas
ing rocks the union of these States abides, and must
abide, forever One sentiment, purpose, anmates
the American heart and that IA that thJ Union OF the
States must and shall be preserved"
At st. Louis, on the evening of the ED inst,
Senator Morton said:
"The great undyng reason Of the Democracy in
ceptng Horace Greeley their candidate for President
was found IN the fact that he the only Republican
IN the North OF any note that advocated Secession and
put upon the high moral right Of individuals 10
lutionze their government when dissatisfaction with the
compact prevails He showed that even in the recent
speech OF Greeley at Pittsburgh. when swinging around
the circle that the old white hat ooud still consent 10
dissolution Of TIE linton UanV respectable number Of TIE
people desired a. and. encher upon Horace aud the
Cincinnati and Baltimore 'bummers, the Senator read
an e1traet from Greeeys letter Of acceptance wherein
he fully Endorsed the doctrine Of State rights by pledge
that should he be elected President Federal inter
would be permitted In the South but the people
OF section who went into the Rebellion should have
full power whip burn, and murder the loyal that
stood BY the UniOn."
MIR. Greelcy's letter Of acceptance, which