The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-10-25
EMPORIA NEWS.
FRIDAY. OCTOBER Is, 1872.
GREELEY AND TIE SOLDIERS.

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From the close Of the rebellion
until he was nominated for Presi
dent, there was not more ultra
venomous and vituperative man il
the nation than Horace Greeley.
Iyst to-day he has tue unparalleled
impudence to claim the monopoly
of all the generosity in the coun.
, try, and to attack the soldiers as
follows: @
The city Off Pittsburg has re-
Gently witnessed q rehearsal OF
the pomp and pageantry, the
blazonry and the circumstance of
War-a very large number of men
were collected at vast expense,
!. with the evil purpose of rekind-
ling the bitterness and hatred
the animosity and antlpathies-
the fear and exultations of civil
war, for advantage of one politi-
cal party. 1 take you to witness
that the greater portion of the
Journals OF Pittsburg, as wei as
1.-THE orators, on this occasion have
been trying their best to make us
the peopie-hate each other for
partisan advantage stranger
would imagine, who was reading
the journals Of Pittsburg for the
| last few days, that we were still at
war, and that their purpose was
to revive and to exasperate the
hatred and luminosity of civil war,
| in order to Intensity and invigor-
ate their side of the conflict.
While the Eeterans-of the war
are unequivocally and intensely
loyal and as devoted to liberty
and equality of right as they are
brave; they are also generous, hu-
mane, and magnanimous to de-
gree which should shame their
narroM-minded critics. Here is
one of he resolutions unanimous
ly adopted by the Pittsburg con-
vention: s. 2--'A go az "a /
"We cherish no spirit of re-
venge towards our fellow citizens |
of the South. The magnanimity |
of our late commander-in-chief on |
the field of the Appomatox was a |
sufficient pledge of the Union
army that the, bloody chasm' of |
war was closed. With malice |
towards none, but with charity, to
all, we extend the right hand Of
fellowship to all those who will |
extend to every American citizen,
of whatever color or race, the |
rights which are solsmnly guaran-
teed by the constitution of the
United States and laws made in
pursuance thereof" @+
Is there anything rancorous,
bloodthirsty, hateful or objection
able in thisp And then read the
following expressions of some of
the principal speakers:
We have only one. thing to say |
to all these men who talk of our
unkindness; but one thing to ask
of them. Every step of reeonstrue-
ton ever taken by a Republican
congress, every act and order of
General Grant, has had but one
object, the equal rights and the
protection Of the people. (Cheers. |
Speech of General Hawley. |
We never asked the Twenty-Five
rebel officers to retire who to-day
hold seats in the American con
gress. They are there in their
higher rights of American citi-
zenship, and no man says them
nay for sitting in their places; and |
shall the fifty Union soldiers who
are sitting in the house, retire?-
Speech of General Garfield. |
am quite sure that we will not
make ourselves misunderstood to-
day by expressing any ill-feeling
towards our late enemies in the
field-because we have no such
ill-feeling. We know that thel
Ratchet is buried, and we are dis
posed to do all in our power to
cooperate with people in all sec
tions of our land in forwarding
the prosperity of 2 our country.
But for rulers, comrades, let us
select men who in the hour of
their co1 ntry's peril were true.
{ Applause.l Let us, OF all things,
refuse our support to men who
believe that there was right in Sc
cession, (Shouts of applause. III.
Speech of General Burnside.
But while we thus come with
gratitude to the Republican party,
we come with no spirit of hate to-
ward our late antagonists in bat
tie. WeIreviye no memory of
bitterness. We pluck no embers
of strife from out the ashes of the
past, We respect the sincerity of
the men who were. our foes in open
eOhfiet, hut who are now oar fel-
lows in citizenship andin the duty
of common loyalty to q common
country, as only those can respect
them who tested their endurance
and valOr onl many fields We
have even forgiven them for An
Jacksonville and Libby, for we be-
lieved that the horrors of these
prison pens sprang from the ter
rible teachings and influence off
slavery. We charged the crime
upon slavery, and have never kept
those agonies as subjects Of re-
vengeful memory against the men
OF the South and the soldiers of
the rebellion. We destroyed slay-
cry, and then forgave Anderson
ville.-Speech of General Wood
= " q IN "a HT{1H
The uniform testimony OF Hor-
ace Greeley has been, that super
ior magnaminity has been habitu-
ally, displayed by General, Grant.
And vet he, now assails him! He
waves the flag and the olive branch
wherever he goes, and begs the
people to allow him to wave it into |
the White House; simply because
two hundred peIjarsd rebels can
not hold Office unless they ask !
amnesty at the hands of the gov
eminent. Shall we not, then, re-
qnire at least this much of men
who once took an oath to serve
the government faithfully and
obey the Constitution Of the Uni
ted States, and then broke that
cath 3 making MAR upon that