New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-10-24
A Heightened SPEECH FROM SENATOR
CONKLING.

Unlimited ABUSE OF MR.. GREELEY AND THE
TRIBUNE-SPECIMEN REMUNERATION " ARGU-
NENTs IA NOVEL EXPLANATION OF TIE
SOUTHERN DEBT FL DELUGE OF SLANG
FALsEHoOD, AND vITUPERATI0N.
ITRoM THB SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF TIB TRIBUNE
CLYDE, Wayne Co., n. Y, Oct. 22-NO his
tory Of this Presidential campaign that may In future
be written will be complete unless it contains full YER
batm report Of one Of Senator Conklings speeches.
don't me an enc Of those carefully written productions
prepared for NewYOrk audience, in which every SEN
tence and every word carefully weighed with the ex-
pecaton that will be read at every breakasttable In
the city the morning and spread broadcast through
out the entire country but one OF those machess stump
speeches OF his with which he ncts country audiences
not expecting that his words will reach other ears
heard when first into this part Of New York. that
Roscoe as the people all speak OF him here disdan-
ing TO discuss any Of the issues that now
engaging the cOuntrys attention, was devottng him
self 10 the most bitter, indecent, aud undignihed
personal abuse of his political opponents and that at
his special request, reports Of his speeches were
made. therefore determined TO hear him when the
opportunity presented and to report fairly and
imparally one Of his speeches. That opportunity came
last evening, and I came 70 Clyde with that purpose
But little preparation for the meeting had apparently
been made 1 conclude that Clyde has no wide
Awake" Club as took part in the outdoor business
Of the OCCASION This left to about so torchbearers
from Newark, who were unusually well drilled, and
whose maneuvers under the trees IN the public parks
after the close Of tho meeting were very creditable
The Town Hail. which will hold from 800 to 100 people,
was crowded 20 overlooking shortly after the doors were
Open and was told that were unable to gain ad-
mission al all
A mGH-ToSED ATTACK UPON TRIBUNE CORRESPONDENT.
took seat in audience desiring that the Senator
should speak without the restraint which the known
presence Of reporter might produce. He had not pro-
eeeded far his speech when he discovered me quietly
making notes. then the people OF Clyde witnessed
he Cd Anr I'M
whole course OF this most extraordinary campaign. A
Senator OF the United states standing before portion
lions ever presented 70 the people except those growing
late turned aside TO heap personal abuse
upon a newspaper man whom not one OF his audience
knew had probably heard Of and as he himself
hat very purpose AS these personal attacks had moth
ing 10 40 with the Senator's argument what nc
viii Give one.or two specimens Of them at this point
and on all reference to them In the abstract OF the
election in New-York and Kings Counties would this
year be honest he turned to where THE TRIBUNE
81 emissary Of THE NEw-YoRK TRIBUNE ~ there is
sfak9g about snywhere within the LIMITS OF 1ae village
report what does not take place, there is such per
s1poosed he Would NOT he seen. / hope he will
put that down" Again. when he referred 10
speeches. he said that Though false and in:
famous az he knew the reports IN that paper 70 be- and
been sent fron Washington have been for months and
months together" he was willing TO take THE TRIBUNE
suppose that man who has been repeatedly convicted
altering and cutting Of his speeches, before allow
ing them 70 appear The Globe passages which for vu
Raty and reckless personal abuse could only find their
equal In the conversations Of BOwery saloon and then
has had the enroDtery stand up in presence OF
hundred who heard him and deny that be eyer said
them Is equal 10 anything only hope that the good
people OF Clyde entertained by exhibition their
Senator made OF himself.
MODEL GRANT SPEECH.
ConklDg's speech. which was about two and half
hours In length. De conveniently divided into two
partsthst which he devoted 20 the abuse of Liberal
Republicans, and especially 20 png Up mountains Of
offensive and generally slangy and vulgar epthets upon
the name Of Nc. Greeley, THE TRIBUNE and every
PeaSeeteo VIII ~ AID net ~ WA1oe DO covered Ger