New-York tribune., 1872-09-27
MIR. GREELEY'S JOURNEY.
SPEECHES AT INDIANAPOLIS.
rup .DDRFss BEFORE THE BOARD OF TI'ADb -
MR.. Voorhees, POSITION.

SPEECHES AT INDIANAPOLIS.
THE ADDRESS BEFORE THE BOARD OF T'ADh =
MR.. Voorhees, POSITION.
The subiOined speeches were taken IN slioI.-
hand written out by THE TRIBUNE reporter acoonp"Hy
inc Mr. Greeley and given TO the agent OF '"o Nss',
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TriRuNR reproduces them here from The I"a'aHaPO''
Se,SneL At the Indianapolis Board oi Trace iOOus'
Monday afternoon, Mr. Greeley was ntfoduceu "
dent Wright, and spoke rs follows lit.
Mp CHAIRMAN AND GENTLEMEN: oDey your invita- VIA.
,, 20 address your Board with the more aacrlt tnat
nerceiye in your city's growth eraty Poo % - p o
,S csueciallv of the West. Your city ~ now
Igice fno thrice as largo as when last before Nlli
% "a an t,,creose In the demand for manufactures
ssnccisllv Of those auxiliary TO Agriculture, ,
10 the production OF food; and the lnacnln- nm
cry by which grain Is '2o pIUoucou cInnlcated and
rostIy than OF old The farm formerly tea Oy @ tn1 u
of 500 worth OF implements, carts aiIS"s 81 sSy yIi'
80 Gc now requires 500 worth or seed-uIhlS'
,n"TerS reapers hOrserakes &C. &ci ana TINS ls l h
fpying and extending the lact9fs M anu has
ys nfe 10 cities ike your own Ana the molehclt nas S
barely begun, , "a and An these great prairies and
employed 10 po" anu @lu 90 -rV-,i grain but largely
increasing that the machinery 9sed 10 PouIcJ IT,
M 81 human and animal muscle; ana tins involves
ia ,' crease in the absolute and the relative import
a,' - - n,guufacturiug cities like yours
Recent yeOpmeuts OF the mineral resources OF your
STATE have a kindred tendency She has hthert0 oo'
,Gncd Err irou almost exclusively by purchase from
abroad She is hkely 10 produce iron extensively
Tor e 10 her sister States. The block coal WHc uu
1r, 80 ~ large an area OF her western counties is 80
dnr,bIy adapted to smelling iron that II is already
rxportcd and certain TO be tn0re ana more Iequ ~
fI maj purpose after supplying ali tue furnaces that
h~vr Letn or may be erected on your soil. l pre-
sumc that, ere many more years shan nave eapsed,
lines OF propeers viii be employed IN transferring yoHr
In
iron Of Lake superior, loading Ddck Win Otl lul WY
furnaces al Michigan city ana other points WITHIN our
state ana the demand Or your mineral treasures VIII
Dc indefinitely expanded. L.
Now do not suppose 500 worth Of coal more valuable
or tts CJmmendabe tDan thOugh IL were
300 worth Of corn; but do hold that the t4eslNe po
iucton of anu iron in your STATE viii Increase the
value oi her agricultural products Dy creating an esEe
ready aud steady market for them hIny urn 30, DeiieoS %
trc production oi S5OOOOVO worth VI ooi 1 =, ~
prr annuu m your Stale Wil increase the value 70 h'
producers OK all uc gram meat, ana drt ~nITn ~
your mineral wealth subject OF lively interest 20 an th
eSnc of your state and u all your business Interests
MI Chairman, hear that you have been tOld that m
uoW ls "a ldhatiCdl duNuV'uo VI 'N
rcsunp pt0n oi rpcce payment Such IS nOt tno iaC''
Io ,,' ,1 lrueVe that We might have resumed spccl
paymcnt several years agO Mheh we hdu SizoO9O'OoO y
rutrrut expemGtuIes by SlC0OOO,0O per annuln !"
might have resumed with less dlLlcuIly dlI Icss uns
s,ncj iu lS and at other tunes. But the OppOrtunt
was allowed pass because resumption was ueeDeu ul
further away from the point az whieh @ lesum
lion was practicable. Our national lncome ., !
mtusncd SO Is our surplus in the Treasury Wne tht
i,r' ", Sold has advanced. In short, are not
On tnc road TO specie payment, but are travelling th'
other way Hence say, Use the money ~nlCn iJ t
dead IN tho Treasury. tempting lta tb4
gambling. cmbcZLeuen ana peculaNOH " 'S'- '
public debt aud diminish the interest @aSOluh @ L oi
IN Mas we'll 10 hoard gold while we prOiessed 10 Do VI VI
the point Of rosuuIug specie payment 40" euat '
have u,tuulcd that purpose, all excuse Vi
has vin,ied Let the Government pay ITS deDts 50 la
80 its u,.us viii 20 aud thus Derate the money II now
,isrlc..y hJards InygOrae the business anu uuus
Try the country soi gentiIl az ' v, qroy
1iuanoe, aud having staleu thch VIII A''io'0 '' ~
1urtbcr attention.
AT the mass meeting in the evening the Hon DAME
w Voorhccs introduced MI Greeley N the iol0wm
slgnihcaut speech:
Nv Frrow.CITIZENs: To me has been assigned th
Inunr t turoducIug 10 toe distinguished guest
flc evening He comes 10 yOu AS io exponent OF
great mON cineut an American politics. Mhe that move
- Isut commenced II Is well known that dd mol lSNO
.Bl tin,ity of my party, moved onward with nil
N friends This movement now, with its ch0sel
sV''ini,sion 10 Tie dictates OF party. an
~ Thoroughly impressed with the conyc
non that the cause IN winch we arc ensaoI i 1in
cause good government lnc cduse UI ~
and of purneaiuu. The pubhc utteraDces OF MI UIee-
Iry nm m letters and III his speeches hit nun up 70 tnt
highest plane OF statesmdhshp hahaIu nOtnlne ~
vIng tat for elevation OF tnOusht Tor purity oI sehl
Inent for broad philanthropy, Tor gehelIl NJ
and for Chrstiau stdtesnanship the spceCno' 80 % -,
Creeley delivered IN his present western touI nave ~
1rlel M American history, ana Dut lew III Inc O0V'0
i,orti0ns OF the history OF the ancients. 3, r., IT.,
Had never been for MN DelOIc WOuld Dc Ior Mn
4onirbt. lAppause.l embrace TINS movement VIII
all my heart mind aud strength It's tendency IS lI
redemption and happiness Oi the Mnoo aiS on
means peace, iestOfatiOn Kindness, cOhu9enee' hu'
Dounlty among our people OF all sections. see hcl
many thousands OF people. Jhls Is 0rgll Ocn'
pureciae and understand the issues. Jhere are NAM
sI,orng people here. propose 10 Introduce man o
their own kind. now Introduce 10 you one, WnO, y;
the industry OF his brain ana hand mas Scne' ov
Republic but also in the history OF mahAlbo-hoIde de
Greeley Of New York. lAppause.I