New-York tribune., 1872-09-13
SPEECH or GEN. HENRY A. BARNUM.
IN pari-A Ge Cuban s.qad

FELLOW -CITIzENs: ! have never found rea-
son to regret that porn so few years prior TO IHD
NEw.YoRK TRIBUNE; That when sought political
knowledge Il was ready at hand in It's columns; ana
there found instruction which led mo 10 cast my
first Presidential vote for the pathfinder" Of tho
West Gen John C. Fremont, and the same Instructions
OF that mighty institution directed by the mighty brain
OF Horace Greeley led further and 1t is my proud
remembrance that was advocate and supporter OK
the election OF that martyred statesman under the
shadow Of whose statue We stand tonight
And found that that Indigenous patriotism
In the American heart was rightly counseied by thas
great public instructor when the urd light Of war Dt up
the Southern hemisphere and needed the adm0ntlon:
OF TIE TRIBuSE IN its war-cry OF "On 10 Richmond"
An9 Va. 2Sw2E S s to do DO te sas serVcc
Returning when the proudest triumph had rested on ne
Northern arms found the same steady old hand az ls
helm demanding that the triumphs OF the war OF re-
belliOn should he secured by constitutional guaran-
tloual guarantees, and then We found xoE
great Instructor demanding Reeonstruetion, Uni-
yersal Amnesty, and Universal SuHrage. iheSSo
efforts carried on brought INTO power the present Ad
mnistraton upon the motto given 9y Gen. Grant e aae
US have peace" To an audience 50 lnteIgen. as sco
before need not nto detail to show that Trough
Grant was inaugrated win hls ia9tto on ms ns, ne
has gwen US an Administration that mas psch wlhous
Lut it has been only' FOR lpIece ola eve
y thing he could lay his hands on.
RAvAGEs OF cARPET-BAGGERs
Gentlemen Of New-York, see the condition OF tho
Southern statcs They talk OF this municipality hay-
ing been robbed by ring. Why the wealth that has
been taken from this city is not compared with II,
handful 20 the OF wealth that has been robbed from
that poor downtrodden Southern people by the carpet
bag governments and hold here, in your presence, to
night gentlemen Ulysses 5. Grant responsible for tbs
robbery Of the people OF sG500OO0; for without tho
strong Of the General Government sustaining THIS
carpct-bag institution OF tho South, the people would
have rigutcd themselves But tLey nave nOs had tho
power And this great uprising OF the people,
where see great statesmen that were In ~
ranks when the Republican party was In Its
swaddlng cothes-Horace Greeley lapplauseL who
stood by and Graded Rcpubcanism; Charles sumner
lappause the great orator Of human freedom every
where Carl Schurz who puts the blush OF shame on
the face OF many natiyebOn citizen for MS superior
patriotism, hls statesmanshp, and his eloquence Ana
nns Gen. Banks, who for years. has been tho
ornament Of the Republican party, and we ind tho
second yOndcr banner the gallant Young
statesman the West, GratZ Brown, and We ma IN all
directions, familiar 20 y0u al, the name OF the land
marks OF the Republican party standing out In TINS Cn-
cinnati movement aud saying that with the mighty
corrupt power OF the Federal Government backed by
its Oice-hOlders, constituting an army suinilent 10
crush the life OF the nation reform cannot be hac.
They therefore strike boldly ont or right and REFORM