Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-09-19
n-aalav AL Knox-NothinE.

In s.p,embes, 1884 or 1885, but 10 which year
-. .ya not quite certain, . Knowing Nothing
nesting was held 1T Kingston, Ulster eounty, in
Iris state, and at that meeting Mr.. Greeley was
ous Of the speakers. Resolutions were passed,
ana though they ere not given In the brief re-
port Of the meeting which We remember 20 hsFe
seen, It may be fairly assumed that they were OF
the usual KnOw-EOthlng chArActsr Nv. Gree
Icy, In his speech, Avoved his approval OF them.
He attended the meeting, not as an opPonsnt,
but as friend and an aavecAte Of know-Noth-
ing dootrinss.-N. Y. Erening Poet
AZ the foregoing has appeared in the
Onion, we give the Autidote, from the New
York Tribune, as follows
THE STORY ABOUT Mr.. GREELEY ATTENDING
KNov-SoTHNG NESTING EXPLODED
To the Editor of the Tribune.
Sir: In your paper OF to-day you nosic'
ed an article from the EreninS Post, in
which il claims that Mr.. Greeley, some II or
Is years ago, was KuowNothing as well
a. Mr.. Wilson, from the fact that he ad-
dressed q meeting of that order at King
ston, Ulster Co., in September, 1854 or '55 ;
that he attended such meeting ~ the friend
and advocate of Know othing doctrines
As one Of the earlies. Republicans in this
town. being one Of the committee that on
the "a Of March, 1855. nominated the first
Rspublican ticket in this town, and Re.
Do blioau from that day until now, aud never
Know. Nothing, claim the privilege to
correct the Post, ne that paper is not a. old
q Republican rs myself. The meeting re
fsrred to was held at the Courthouse in THU
place, on Thursday afternoon, August 10
l N 4 - m - r. !.
from all parts Of the county consisting o
Anti-Leoompton Democrats, KnoW-Noth
| ings and Republicans, who had never beer
members Of that Order. A County Contra
Committee was formed ct that Convention
among the members Of which appear tn
names of Gen. George II. Shaw, William S
Kenyon, William II. Romeyn, aud others
men Of al parties opposed to the Kansas
Nebraska policy Of the Administration-fo
which purpose the meeting or rather th
Convention was called and so expressed i
the call, also in the resolutions adopted 6
the Convention, aud also 10 the speeches o
the occasion made b. Mr.. Greeley, Nj
Hoadly aud I. K. Westbrook. was pres
snt at the Convention, heard the resolution
read heard the speeches, &c. There va
not u word in either upon the subject I
Known o,hingism, as there could not b,
for il was not . knov-Nothing meeting.
have full report Of the proceedings Of Ii
Convention the resolutions q synopsis
the speeches Of the gentlemen named Aoov
the central omnittee selected BY the Coz
veution; aud the call and the names Of thO'
who signed Is. II you desire copy Of 81
portion thereof ! will DO happy to furnish
: verbatim. will say further that Mr.. Gre
ley never addressed a political meeting
convention 10 this place other than that
{ am not politician, but have been = car
fol reader Of Horace Greeley's papers, Z,
2 Log Cabin, The Neir Yorker and The Dai
y Tribune, up 10 this date, and hope to res
= the latter after be is President Of the nasio
j. MYER, NJ. d.
Kingston, y. Y, Sept 6, 1879.
We have no expectation that the Uni
!. will correct the falsehOod j. has prOmulg
a ,ed-;he Grant papers have no such hab