Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1872-10-18

Senator COnkling made one OF his superb
campaign speeches In Albany, New York, a
few nights ago. His remarks on amnesty
and on Mr.. Greclcys record were as follows
"In the constitutional convention Of thls State
he lAbOred to have lmbedded In the constitution
a clause by tho terms Of which any person should
be refused permission to vote at any election y
thirty days previous 10 It's being held he had
received charitable aid, In this State every
year more than thrice $50 men receive some.
thing from charity, but they arc men who have
never struck blow at the life Of tho nation;
tho soldiers Of the Union might often be 81 cit.
uated as to DO compelled to Accopt gratulhes
from their fellows hut Horace Greeley, who
was so extremely sensitive and alive to the TACT
that $50 rebels are forbidden 10 hold office, who
goes mp and down the country railing against Il,
would take away the ballot, which he regards
as so great boon, from men blameloss Of any
crime because fOrsoOth they have gone down
the rocky steps OF calamity! My Democratic
and Liberal friends let rs shake h1Rds n nSTGss
when GRANT, who led the boys In blue, would
not grant them the privilege OF seeing the sur
render Of the conquercdi when he refused the
tire with their horses and arms and the privates
on parole Not enough amnesty when, aiter
tho war, Gen. Grant made the tour Of the South
and returned with a report breathing such
spirit Of maEnanimlty that Charles Sumner de.
nOunced It In the Senate as an attempt TO white
wash the South Not enough amnesty when
he stood the ranking man In Christendem, or
deTing our naval commanders TO bring home,
without money and without price, all rebels who
were tarrylng in foreign lands!
"When he became President tho same Gene
ral gave LOnRstreet and other rebels high office
simply because they renewed their allegiance
10 the nag; and he has recon me ndod and carried
amnesty as one Of the measures Of his most suc.
cessml Administration, and yet Greeley, rein
forced by the ku.RluX element, takes Issue
with him. and tries TO make point against him
on the SUBJECT Of amnesty. To Grant and Sher-
man and stanton and Howard tho country owes
the freedmen's bureau, which fed and warmed
10, 900 starving rebels, In opposition to all the
Democrats in Congress who voted against the
appropriation for the bureau. In Tennessee
more whites than blacks were cared for by this
charity, which was pelted by storm Of denun-
citation from Democratic presses and platforms
twenty-five rebel generals sit 10 Congress and
vote laws and taxes for the people OF the United
States.
"They lately wore the grey and lei the bat.
tallOns Of treason, but worthy To sit and leRls.
late for the great Republic. Is Il true that the
Administration, that tho people Of the North
are lacking In magnanlmity and tho spirit Of
forgiveness But Greeley says that moro re-
Cancellation is wanted. who, pray, Is not re.
cOnClled l know Of mono among our people
who are not recOnciled 80 far as anger and pas
sion are concerned, save only the bandits In the
South who murder and pillage and burn, and
tho rlng-leadeTs who urge them on. l know
there are homes In which there are vacant
places, which are never more to be hllel Tor
which the rebellion Is responsible; there are
feelings in those homes which are not recOnclle1,
but they are Of sorrow and not Of hate