Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1872-09-27
Horace Greeley's Speech at Pittsburg


FslIotg Cli=eHs:-The wise King BAYS there
il q time for war and tine for peace The city
Of Pittsburg has recently witnessed rshsarssl
Of the pomp and pageantry, the blszonry and
circumstance Of civil war. A very large nun
Der Of men we're collected here at vast expense
with the single purpose Of Tekindling the bitter
ness, the haired, the animosites the satipathie-
the fesrs and Civilizations Of civil var for The
advantage Of political party. | take you to
witness that the greater portion Of the j11ruAls
Of Pitts6urg. az well as the orators on the oees-
sion, have been trying their beat TO make us the
people, hate each other fer the sake Of pLrtisan
advantage. stranger would insZine wh5
vas reading the journals Of Pitis5urg for the
last few d.ys, that We we're stili at war and that
our purpose vas to revive and exasperste tie
hatred and suinosity Of civil war in order to IL
tensify and inyigorate their side Of the conflict
I The talk about rebels and iraitors-fe.loE c.i,-
zsns, are we never to be done with this Weie-
mEnded Of oar alverrArles IN the grea; civil var
thEt they surrender their arms and 60 TO Their
komes They surrendered then. We ueaaai-
Cd that they enfrsnchise the blacks, All he
I blacks are eufrsaohisei. No one bat white men
stand disirsuchise1 on the roll OF cur c5uutry.
We demanded that they s;ipnlste that the eu.a-
cp,tet slaves shall not be pad FOR. sal tba-ts.
| rebel debt shall never be psii By the government
or StateE. They sssented 10 that. s. lar g. can
sec, every single demand made on the part n
the loyal States AID loyal people hss tsea fully
] complied With on the part CT those lately 10 20
bel!ion. Everything has been done th.s We AK
| ed; everything has been conceded sui Sill thew
| tell Us. - Why, re want them 70 repent" Have
/ they not brought forth works met fr re--r.
| Guce? AMI thus coming together i7 O. .--a ----
ventioa the representatives. O. the : NIB 81. -s.
/ pie have gwen their assent 20 the platform { Oh.
| Cincinnati convention, which w-s tt- u..s..-.
/ ;euse, the not, complete republican patton
/ that ever has been Qresen-et hT sur lsa-.
convention whatever. All ttis berg ne. $50
| are tod by these gentlemen Eh1 re le.a, Gan
/ this is mockery all this IL fraud You l5r.t
[ mean anything BY it, sl1 lla c5y -r
/ On " Re5eis and traitors l'' 1s1-l-ia- 20 All
| prescription, the game as ever. Fls7al-r go
/ in the republican national c-zvsu-5 10. s.. z.s j..
/ olsrld that this prescription you'd srs,f.-
celse -Four years have passed AL s.Li o
maintained that there s.e this day th1ussEls
] people Of Arkansas alone, probably the most .--
teiliEent sud responsible people @. That SAFE
I forbidden 70 exercise the rizh- o. sr.cs-a-i..-
/ hidden exclusively by the party ilst meets ben.
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seven sai hs.f yetrs ago I'd Tsr-v -.-a
Of sny party but this, tie very party TT --is
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