, 1872-10-18
Q, p. MORTON.
EneecIa of the En1eSiaEaa Se7a-
tor Last Evening.
A Fulsome E1l1ogy Of Presi-
dent Grant.


a meeting Of Republicans Of the South Side, q
large and respectable one, WAS held, yesterday
evening, at Central Hall, on Twenty-second
street, the main attraction bing speech by Sen
xtor O. P. Morton, OF Indiana, and an expected
song by Lombard. After that sweet singer had
piped his mercenary lay, and 1t had been proved
again at how little people can laugh, the Senator
Has introduced and said:
REMARKS OF MR. MORTON.
In accepting IN invitation to speak in Chicago ne
felt it needless work They we're certain Illinois
would 60 for Grant and Oglesby Still, IN pursuance
Of promise to Governor Oglesby, he hid come to ad-
such I things were always 1nprnciped, made up Of
men Of different parties and principles Inns coal
ton made up only to be bet arp e taf IseS
could win only by .-...
The question Was. how that to be done. One was
BY putting the Democrats on Republican p!atform'
tie other to take influential Republicans % candi-
se1 e1 and S:9wn haa They found
politicians who had lost caste and character aud noh-
R hope tor hs Rar and sy a
amounted to nothing unless weakened TIE paIty N
Republican States. So the elections lad been looked
NORTH Carolina nearly G00o The coalition had hopes
Of Pennsylvania and said that Hartranft unpopu-
IT. But be nio or Th
Dragged Of it's gains in Ohio, aad tho German vote,
and yet it went largely hepunnc2n, anu "oe4 5ifo
hard in
Two years ago the Democrats carried the State by
$500. Now, Mr. Hendricks was elea:ed by 1000 tue
Republican candidate not getting the full party vote,
S men had % thus elected Hendricks and Indiana was
Republican State and the Democratic majority had
been swsp aTy It would gve Grant 81 o nely
gent MN hoped for lis election, though he might
Eeep up the show. But
there was minority representation in electing repre-
eentaves and by it the liberals hoped to ritter away
ths soo a 1s; ;enf 5hI t,e az here Sr
Greeley in his recent speeches lad tailed Ct
RECONCILIATION AND PuElF1cAT1oS
He represented the proposed purifiers. II they we're
the old Democratic politicians, men ct sound Judgment
must. determine what chance publication had With
5heu. Reconciliation pleasant word He him
SELF WIS for tho one more. sandered as he
had been on that point, ho had done more more
20 much about It. There could he no sound recon-
ciliatioa except upon correct principles. 1t would
come, but it must he in accordance with tue principles
On which the was fought, and not an abandon-
ment Of them. Such reconciliation contained the
germ Of future evil LII. Greeley's reconciliation was
t. teir enemies, the men who carried on that rebel
Noa ant lad Kept the South in anarchy. He pro-
po1qo p1fe hs SAFE w Ty Would not be
up theirhatred til then Mr. Greeley had scarcely
friendil the South not connected with the Rebellion
AfeY
REBELS wEnE REPUBLICANS,
but not many, Most Of the Republicans there we're
1oyai ylte md black men, and the much abused and
alandera csrpet-baggers It the Rebes had accepted
the frstIerms offered they would have controlled tie
State G0ernments from the beginning bat they would
not SeCongress had to reconstruct with what it
could backs, loyal whites, and Northern men, who
we're deounced as
and theTorthern Democracy repeated the foul cry.
These nm found themselves regarded outlaws, and
yet theyTere found to be most Intelligent men TO
xhom te work Of reconstruction could be entrusted.
The blaks believed them, and followed them. Many
had bea driven ont, murdered, and beaten. He held
the sohern people less responsible for this than the
leaderpf the Northern Democracy. Now, who were
to be reconciled2 The peraecnted OF the perse-
cutors It would come but security must come hlst
S Ss s foun @ 1t h9ss fss ou ana would
pour IN here from the North and Europe. When that
time ca,r, as it would under Republican admins
ciliationwould grow up. But those who denounced
carpet-bggers and Congressional interference were
By tx but was to be the growth Of conditions not
yet deeloped., He was more Of TREND or OF recon
ba ef he North the South
1as sbel: Since General Grants election, his
and Constitution had wrought great changes. The
demanhor
,5as urent and 1Ir. Greeley was first in urging it's
passage aud justified it until he became Democratic
caudd4e when be gave pledge that he would nul1ify
s Law passed for Tie protection Of life at the South,
end vein one Of his recent speeches he had again JUS
tiAed Ku-Klu1 law, End said it had done its work
So theIpeaker thought It the most benehcent act
Congress passed, and had eayed more blood. Yet
the Iserals denounced it es oppressive and calculated
to pp despotic power in tho Presidents hands, Since
Il freeley said the Law good why did he pledge
ha,en not to enforce it? If repealed, the outrages
a ana aaf@a H. sson ana
item to come to life again. He read Mr. Greaeys let
TT Of accordance Of the Cincinnati no. nomination,
aut that he reaftrmed the old doctrine Of Slate
1Yhts. That pledge was understood fully at the
gone: They had nearly all the arms, the soldiers,
ducation, e1Perience and property, and Il the Gov
its Sss55as s 81
white men. # Mr. Greeley mean: to stand by his
pledge be was he wo5ss enemy Of loy A. men ~ Rs
ssn e that Rsass 9AS VEG pA Aa
y aso boaes estssas DID at sna
Democrats and Southern Ku-K1ux had not changed
@ u year bsa o tG1
opinions. AL they wanted was power; unable to get
IL by fight they hoped for it by stratage. Security
nAsIs OF SOUTHERN PROSPERITY,
and reconciliation and the Ku-klux were the worst
Of The South than Greeley, and his election laid the
foundation Of There could be no true pence or
1s bo l hst aaa ID bo
dSen taught thst treason vas crime. If lhoy did
encouragement
tu1e rebelions. The future must understand that
treason crime, and that they who maintained
the Government fought for truth and justice, and
their opponents against them. The Liberal talk Of re
conciaton meant to give up the loyal Southern mer
who were always true to the North.
THE COUNTRY UNDEH Gn4ST
was in better condition than eSe- before. A mani
1ages bought more than ever before. Labor EaE
better rewarded Than ever before. Why
then, did 1aboring men men .,, want tf t
a1ore7 Why run risks and try experimental WheI
were Bankers merchants, and Others doing IS well a
now3 When much financial confidence as now
They had better currency. AL TIE bane here stooc
the fre. No lost dollar by q Nationa
Bank !; its notes were always good. They had nov {
safe and go9d %1e @ nei1fs fds ae ~ We 1nnn
money. Now that vas all done away with. Did the,
wantt change that? He d not sny the system was
perfect, and It would doubtless be improved but tht
men vho made National Banks proposed aneN
system No one proposed go back to the old STATE
Bank system. So for the present they had bette1
stand by what they had There had been fewe1
failures in tue last three years thnn th'
preceding six Men had more confidence in ont
another. Chicago was rising with such rapidity be
cause had confidence in next year, and feard NJ
change, no collapse.
PRIOR THE WAR
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