The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-09-26

tuted for their protection and defence. l
Is against this iniqulty that we fight thu
villains who corrupt the elections. II
Arkansas they areall shouting for Gran
shouting and working for him. They
are gaining immunity for their crimes
do not know what will be the decision
OF the people in the contest now belort
u.s. Everybody else Is very conaden
that what they wish will be the result.
only know that II the people could loot
into these wicked governments at thl
South and see them as they are, they
would not longer be sustained BY the pub
lie sentiment OF tho North. l homo
them and believe that light is creeping
ins Two.thirds Of your journals have
never told the people what the truth Il
about these carpet bag villains, they sup
press the facts, they conceal the facts, and
as consequence the people do not under
stand them to-day. The say, what recon-
ciliation do you wantg They say we are
reconclled, what more do you want? Now
l am not reconCiled to have such robbery
govern the United States. l WANT TO bC
reconclled. ! want governments that
honest men can afford andib reconciled
to. plead for reconciliation. The
Southern people have greatly sinned, In
my judgment, and have greatly suffered
had friend who went down TO South
Carolina and spent some time there and
came back. He Is very jealous Repub.
lican, and he said that he had seen many
things he did not like. He said he saw
a man there who, when secession began
was living In Paris on an allowance
from his father Of $s5, 900 year. He is
now clerk to negro assessor in Charles.
ton at two dollars day, and mighty glad
to getit. Now such things do take place,
and | do think that the people have SUI.
iered u great deal. l think It Is time that
8 generous hand was outstretched to aid
them. ] think it is time that the North.
ern people should say to their country
men at the South: We have insisted
that all the blacks shall be enfranchised,
and they have been entranChised. Now,
then, we insist that you shall all be en-.
tranchised likewise. There are 10000
men dislranchised in Arkansas this day
and the only hope OF carrying that State
for Gen. Grant is to keep them disfran-
chised. That is one Of their purposes,
to keep them disiranchised, and all over
the South there are such iniquities as this,
think, hiding from the light. Now, then,
we want the Northern people to say to
the South, TO those who have been our
enemies, let us forget the past; let US come
together on one common platform. We
will wipe out all disfranchisements and all
prescriptions. Stand with US on com.
mon platform Of nationality, equal rights,
equal law for all people, and let us ali
again take hold and push forward this
mighty republic on its career Of greatness
and prosperity. This is what think the
people ought to see in this election, and
make the Southern peopleieel that though
they have been very wrong, we have for.
gotten all that wrong, and we are now
prepared TO take hold with them and carry
forward the destinies to promote the ad-
Vancement and greatness and glory Of this
country as one united, traternal people.
To that end have labored, that end
seek, and l do believe that movement, the
Cincinnati movement, OF which l am an
expositor and symbol before you, is calcu.
lated to produce that end. To secure that
end am individually nothing; but that
movement was right, and was not mo-
ment too soon. TApplause,] l implore
the people to take care and reach it sue.
cessiully and triumphant Three cheers |
GREELEY's SPEECH AT ER1E-PEKsoNA1
"REMINISCENCES.
ERIE, Pa, September 25.-NIr. Gree.
ley spoke as follows:
FELLow.C CITIZENS: It was about forty.
one and half years ago that I, rather
green country boy, with all my worldly
wealth done up in very small bundle,
walked into this place one wintry morn.
ing, looking for work by which to earn
my bread. / found employment and
kindness in the service OF Mr.. Sterrett,
in the Eric Gazette office, for six months;
and those six months arc among The
pleasantest Of all the months now re.
call. At this moment the noise OF the
locomotive blowing off steam compelled
MIR. Greeley to pause, and in the interim
he was introduced TO Mr.. Allen, Chair.
man OF the City Committee, and Com.
modore Jim Stewart, the only democratic
negro in the city, who, wearing an old
white hat much the worse for the wear,
and with the words, "Uncle Horace
printed on the band, persisted in forcing
his way through the crowd and shaking
hands with the sage. The trains having
moved away Mr.. Greeley proceeded:1 !
tried to be, fellow.cltizens, while lived
here dilIgent, faithful, correct though not
very rapid type setter; and I tried so that
in that honorable sphere. made some
friends and no enemies. l was little
given TO political disputation, which seem.
ed to me rather peculiarity OF the place,
for | never saw so many red hot poliG.
clans in any other place have visited as
in Erie forty years ago. Still l trust
gave no over just cause ot offense. am
sure no one who differed with me ever
has laid up against Inc anything which
said during my solourn here. We'll the
time came when there was no work for
me to do. would gladly have remained
for years, perhaps, for all my lifetime; but
work failed and like many others, set
lace towards New York, thinking in that
great city, as SO many others have mis-
takenly thought, l could not fail to find
employment went there and though
for some years my hold was very slight,
1t often seemed that l could lind
means TO stay but few weeks only, still
was able to hold on and alter ten years
gained q footing that is likely tc
abide, I have, fellow citizeus, been at
home there these forty years, as o printer
and editor, the trade which l had learned
and the profession to which have al
ways aspired. | have been reasonably
successful there, Caughter.) that is to say
though I have not amassed wealth-pro6
ably never shall do SOL have been gen.
erously subsisted. My labors which have
been constant and arduous have been
fairly remunerated. Now old age be-
gins to creep on. do not ieel-in spite oI
all the bitterness, in spite Of the pr0scrip
tinn which hnYa encOnnterhh hY ever