The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-09-25

who fought with Grant and Sherman. N,
such words as these ever escaped my lips
no such thought as that ever entered m,
heart (Cheers.) What did say oil tha
war.wasted, heart.broken people Is this
That | trusted the day would come whel
the eoldierly qualities and military geniul
Of Lee and Stonewall jackson would be
regarded as part Of tho heritage Of thl
American people, Cheers; that they
would be spoken Of as American soldiers
who, though fighting in a cause which
think q bad cause, illustrated the military
capacity, the genius and energy of tht
American people. For, after all, fellow,
citizens, they were our countrymen, oul
mistaken countrymen our misguided
countrymen. (Cries oi "Thats so.") Our
bravely but fatally crring countrymen
They are dead and are now our deaC
countrymen. I'did that, and if any mar
grudges that little word OF consolation
TO that heartbroken people let him vott
against me. A voice 1--WE don't grudgt
IiLD q
One word more, iellow.citizens: Al
Pittsburgh last Thursday evening saw
tit to explain the condition and the cir.
cumstances under which I was induced
in the winter oil 180O-6l to propose that, II
preference to giving the Territories t
slavery on the one hand, and the country
10 war and devastation on the other, |
for one, would submit. l said to the dis
unionists: You claim to be the South.
deny that. The great mass Of the people
living in the Southern States desire to
break up thls great and glorious Union
Now, ask you to let us come before this
people, discuss this question, tell them
what the Union Is, and what 1t does fol
them as well as for Us, and lot them decide
by their votes when there HIS been nc
bloodshe6, whether they would stay with
us or go away, and I will respect their
decision. said then, what I believed tC
be true, and say now, alter looking II
all over, that between the peril of losing
the Union In a bloody civil war and
losing the Union by the vote of the
Southern people, the former peril was
very much the greater. That / do be.
lieve, but ! never proposed, never imag.
ined, that now, after all the questions
were settled and the fight was over, we
would go back and submit the question
whether it was to be aSouthern COuieder.
acy or not. That has passed away. There
is no more a disunion party. A few in.
dividuRls are stolid, obstinate and per.
verse. Iwould desire in no wise to ag.
graVate their bitter feeling; will trust ia
time to sooth them; but l do not believe,
do not immagine that one State or TWEEN.
ty States have any legal, moral or con.
stitutional tight TO disolve this union.
Great applause.) Men who are now fight.
ing me did say they had snch a right.
They said so then, and on the side Of
slavery they madegreater advances TO.
ward the South than l ever made on the
side Of liberty, but I do insist that all
questions about disunion are now dead as
the question OF American dependence on
the British crown. Cheers. They have
all gone away, and he who now under
takes to tell you that the people arc try.
ing TO dissolve the Union or that want
to "let them go" simply dares not meet
the real issues before the country. Cries
OF "Thats sol" and cheers lie is try.
ing by falschood and misrepresentation
TO prejudice and mislead you with regard
to the great question Of the day. Those
questions are concerning reconciliation.
Are we ono peoplc2 Shall ours be q
Union cemented only by bsyonets, or
shall 1t be Union Of hearts and hopes
and hands? lam for the latter Union
Applause. I am here not to exult over
victories won in the late war. Lam here
net TO mete out q particle OF prejudice or
triumph. / do not propose to do anything
that shall make the Southern people feel
bitterly that the Union between US IS one
OF exultation on our part and humiliation
on theirs. think he is not a,patriot who
would try to intensity the bitterness and
soreness that those who fought against US,
must feel In view ol their great defeat.
Theirs is lost cause, but they are not q
lost people; for they belong to US; they
are our brethren; they have come back
to us, under compulsion, if you say so, but
| wish TO change that compulsion into
affection for that Is statesmanship. [Great
applause, That work I am seeking as
tar as l can TO do. -
Fellow.citizens Of Ohio, since the day
l LEFT home l have made great many
little speeches like this, but no man has
heard from me one word implying disre-
spect or disparagement for that eminent
citizen and public servAHt, the President
OF the United States. No word from me
has thrown disparagement on his public
services or diShonor on his high office.
am amongy0u as citizen, speaking TO citi.
zens Of the Uuited States on things that
concern your well being and mine, be-
cause they concern the welfare aud great.
ness OF our common country; and beseech
you so to act in the straggle now upon US,
80 to vote, that your acts and your votes
will tend to bind up the wounds Of our
country. ] Ibeseech you so to act and to
speak and live that your victory shall be
fearless victory; that no one shall feel
humbled because OF your triumph; that no
man shall be trampled under your crush.
ing feet. t'l'
So friends, in the hope and trust that
Ohio, like Indiana and Pennsylvania, will
pronounce on the 8th OF October for a
genuine peace, bid you farewell.
THE following is Mr. Greeley's speech
at Kenton, o.:
A Presidential candidate is invariably
the subject OF very severe criticism by
opposition journals, but there are very
few bad men nominated Tor that office.
After all the public don't take stock In
that kind Of business. The people are
too wise for that. But for The present
will lei it pass. r...
You will perceive there are two great
leading ideas wherein tho platform
stand on differs from that OF my oppo
nent. In the first place we are opposed
10 re-electing President while in office
Our objection Is not q novel one We
did not make it You could hear Il made
by Jackson in 1926, and by Clay and
and Harrison in 1910. Ihave always held
this opinion. asserted in 1864 until had
no alternative between Mr.. Lincoln and
a political opponent for a President il
office exercises 30 much influence that ht
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