Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1872-08-03
Greeley talks to his Frien ds.

On Saturday, the 9th uli., there was q
large number Of Mr.. Gtselsy's friends Of
a. ChAppaqua. A sort Of al Creseo mas,
meeting was organized, and Judge Potter
Democratic member Of Congress from tha
District, and many others, made shor
speeches, a. the close Of which Mr.. Greeley
said
LADIES' AND GENTLEMEN III was once
remarked By one lrish orator Of another
that ne never opened his mouth bat be pu,
hia foot inEo 10. One Of the ideas In regard
70 q ProsldsnIal candidate 10 that be also
oAaaos open his mouth without accomplish
log some suoh feat They are alsays
Warasd BY their friends not to tAlk-sI-
though they might talk il they did not say
any1hlng | would only say a word about
these meetings, as this il probably the last
meeting We snail hold in this grove. Nv
delight, irIsudI and nsighbors, was 10 spend
Que day Of the week Amoag you. For
twenty years II has been my delight 10
hpend toe Saturdays anoug you, working
around the farm or in the woods, because I
needed physical exercise. / have enioyed
myself Ia your society, and have had The
ny FAyhsAA nature re-
qaired IN working 90 my tArn. THIS spring
n new series OF circumstances arranged
themselves about quite uuex peotedIy' 1
then found shat the trends visiting me here
Originally two, four, Six-wers crossing 10
forty, nifty, and Eomsumss found in cons.-
quence OF this that It was necessary should
dapsnae With my exercises. These reunions
l thought we're very agreeable to me but
a aFaNn NF - 4
the ill-nAtured and, / must say. impsrtin snt
remarks and criIIclsmI Of certain Journals
have rendered them sources of uneaslnsss
ana dIsoomfof1 TO those Wno united with u.s.
i nsVsr doubted that psraons Who asssnted,
as doi TO become candidates for pubic
offices are fair suDj sots of criticism but
cannot see why ladies should have their
names criticised IN newspapers, and driftsd
across the continents BY electricity. | do
not think suc1 communicated, such mperti-
neat revelations are consistent with repulA-
BILE journalism, nor with that courtesy and
good feeling which seems to me to be pre-
aumed whenever one man meets with 40
other. IL Is therefore deemed expedient DO
our fTiends TO ask all who could TO come
here to-day, aud to say that after this our
meetings will be intermitted. / trust they
nave been to most Of Us pleasant oceasions
70 DC remembered. Whatever the future
may have, the past is faithful. Friendships
OF the WArmest kind have been made 10
these gatherings, aud if We could have bean
secured against these inaolsut ;n,,u,ion,
which we're deliberately intended 10 hs M,
klnd and dsPreciAting, ue should b,v~ .on
tlnnsd our reunions. Bot s,nea "a $50,
be secured against gOssips and tale bs.,s1.
we will Giscoatinue them here and 49,,
elsewhere. Cheers. "Yes. AT the We ee'
House.") Alter . while It will bs noS.S 80
particular interest and prod. TO mi,rsS,.
seat what is done here. The obiee,on 20.
to the speeches OF candidates for tho P.su'
dsnoy iS not what they shall say "a inn,n
per or indisoreet, bat what they ,haIl "a,
that IL liable to misrepresentation. | vas
plunged the other evening iGto a gathering
"A social dinner OF college graduates. II
would have been easy TO make excuse,
against going lhsre. was enireatsd ~
speak, add dill SO, for three minutes, on the
suej 'et OF Education. Il was At onoo 30.
uRSE'ed around the sOunIry that | DroOO,sd