The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1872-07-13
NATIONAL PEACE JUBILEE.
speech of Horace GreeIer.

Mr.. Greeley made a pleasant little
speech at Boston, and was received with
great enthusiasm By the audience 10 the
Coliseum. His reception contrasts most
forcible with that given Gen. Grant on a
like occasion. On the appearance
of Mr.. Greeley that vast audience of 90
600 people raised a shout, and for many
minutes the scene was beyond descrip-
ton:
Horace Greeley was escorted 10 the
press room by Alderman jerks, previous
TO the concert, and introduced to the
ladies' aud gentlemen representatives of
the press After few minutes pleasant
conversation, in answer to O general call
be spoke as follows:
alt has fallen to my lot recently, as
you are doubtless aware, to be placed be
fore the public in a somewhat conspicu
Gus attitude. That is to say, we who
work for the press and live by the press,
work and live IN the public sight and
under the public criticism to great
er degree than most people; and yet
think to day my position is little more
exposed TO cavil and disappointment than
that of most Of you Ii has been said
of me-and take it as a great testimo-
NAL and mpliment-that, while in the
business that have pursued throughout
life ! have shown myself very fairly
competent, very fairly diligent and sue
cessiul; yet if | were or should be ia
vited into another line Of life, into differ
ent and il you please higher responsible
ties, L should be found unequal to them.
Well, ladies aud gentlemen, l cannot
well expect to have anything better said
OF me by my friends, much less by my
adversarles, than to say that | have done
we'll that which l have had 10 do. TAp-
plause. 1t would seem tolerably safe
deduction that one who has been doing
we'll all his life that which he has tried
to do, may possibly, may reasonably, be
expected to do well something else if he
were to undertake it. Some of my critics
observe that though for myself personal
ly l am tolerably honest and respect
able person, yet my associates are not
very desirable--an unworthy set.
Laughter and applause
/ am sorry for that, because my asso.
ciates through life have been mainly the
gentlemen and ladies' | see about me
lapplause whose acquaintance l made
while engaged in the matter of preparing
Information for the public press. And
1t my associations were disaereeable. !
can hardly hope to find better in future
life than those l have had. l trust thi.
was not meant to say that such gentle
men and ladies as see before me have
not on the whole performed their WORK
and discharged their responsibilities Will
reasonable fidelity. with human error
with human imperfections, with human
faults doubtless, but still with a fai
reasonable human fidelity At all events
ladies' and gentlemen, with such as yol
my fortune has been associated througl
life; with such as you it will be asso
ciated to the end.
i And If the world shall say of me i
the end "he was a good printer, q re
| spectacle publisher, and an honest edi
tor. all my ambition will be satisfied
Ladies and gentlemen, ! will tax you
attention no lcDger. [AppIause
At the conclusion Of his speech, Gree
ley was conducted to the city reception
room, where q large number sought al
Introduction. On entering the vast su
ditorium much enthusiasm was manifest
ed, the people in the parquette generally
rising to greet him, aud those IN the bal
comics waving their handkerchiefs in re-
cognition. Cheers were given, aud q
few minutes elapsed before the pro-
gramme could be resumed.