New-York tribune., 1872-08-16
HORACE GREELEY IN MAINE.
HIS SPEECH AT PORTLAND.
WHAT BARGAINS HE HAS HADE-NOr AN
OFFICE PROMISED; NOT A PLEDGE ASKED.

lMr. Greeley's purpose, on his trip Eastward, was
to avoid publicity far pobe and THs TRIBUNE has up to this
time steadily sought 10 further his wishes AID 10 avoid seeming
to color the in hi. fyO by retaining descriptions Of bis
receptions seonrt whatever his and siag save
that mTsa furnished by partisan Associated Press On
wednesday night however this nonpsrts,n agency failed as CON-
pte Mr. Greeley bad a. afternoon delivered for the n time in
the campaign, prepared Speech carefully written out aud read from
the man1senp. Beth The Herald sod The ds,rustg the AsO
Gated Press caused be specially transmitted and received In
ample for publication in their issues morning The
Associated Press delivered after yesterdays had press
| We present IL berewhl
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: 1t is certainly true that
throughout the course of my fe far Ihave been
connected with public affairs, have struggled with
such capacity as God has given me, for, first, impair
tial and universal liberty second for the unity and
greatness OF our common country; third, and by no
means least, when the former end attained, for
early and hearty reconciliation and peace among
countrymen. For these great ends have strug
ged, and hope the issue of the third is not doubt
| full.
| l thoroughly comprehend that no personal con-
| sideration has drawn together tins vast assembly
Other, higher, and grander considerations have col
lected you around me to-day. tCheers. Mr.. Chair
| man, 1t isl a part of the unwTltten law Of our
| country that candidate for President may not
make speeches in vindcation and commendaton of
| the principles whereupon he is supported, nor the
| measures which his election is intended to
| promote, though canddate' for Yice-Presi-
dent is under no such inhibition. l not
merely acquiesce in thoI restriction, / rec
ognize.and affirm its propriety. The temptation to
| misreport and misrepresent a candidate for the
| higher post is so great, the means Of circulating
such perversions among people who will never see
word of their refutation are so vast, that candi-
Il.
perils he must brave, if not invite by taking part
| in the canvass Cheersl Yet there is truth to be
uttered in behalf of those who have placed me be-
fore the American people in my present attitude,
which does them such honor that l claim the priyi
| lege of stating it here and now.
| NO OFFICES PROMISED TO ANY ONE.
| This is that truth: No person has ever made
| the fact that he proposed to support or actu-
tually did support my nomination, whether at Gin
cinnat at Baltimore, in the action which resulted
in sending delegates to either Conventions the basis
of claim to office at my hand. No one who favored
nv nomination before either Convention, or at
either Convention, has sought Office at my hands
either for himself any else; nor has any one
suggested to me that might strengthen myself as a
candidate by promising to appoint any one
| to any important Office whatever. Loud cheers.
In very few instances-less than a dozen, am
certain of the smaller fry of politicians have, since
my double nomination, limited to me by letter that
might increase my chance of election by promising
post-ofce or some other place to my volunteer
respondents respectively. l have not usually re-
sponded to these overtures, but now give general
notice that, should be elected will consider the
claims of these untimely aspirants after those
of the moro modest and retcent shall have
been fully satisfied. Loud cheers.l
In two or three instances | have been asfvd 10
say whether would or would not, if elected. con-
fine my appointments to Republicans. L answer
these by pointing to that plank of the Cincinnati
platform wherein all who concur in the principles
therein set forth are cordially invited to participate
in their establishment and vindicaion. never yet
heard of man who invited his neighbors to help
him raise house, and proceeded to kick them out
of il 80 soon as the roof fairly over his head
For my own part, recognize every honest man who
approves and adheres to the Cincinnati platform as
my political brother, and as such fully entitled to
my confidence and friendly regard Cheers.
NO PLEDGE TO THE SOUTH SAVE HIS RECORD ON
AMNESTY.
One other point demands word. Those adverse
to me ask what pledges / hayes given to those
lately hostile to the Union to secure their favor and
support. l answer: No man or woman In all the
South ever asked of me- either directly or through
another, any other pledge than is given in all my
acts and words from the hour Of Lees surrender
down to this moment. No Southern man
has ever limited to me an expectation, hope,
or wish that the Rebel debt whether Confederate
or State. should be assumed or paid by the Union;
and no Southern man who could be elected TO
Legislature or made colonel of a militia regiment
ever suggested the pensionlng OF Rebel soldiers OF
anv of them even as a remote possibility. All who
nominated me were perfectly aware that had upheld
and justified Federal legislation to suppress the Ku-
Klux conspiracy and outrages though mad long
ago insisted as srenuousy as now do that complete
amnesty and genuine oblivion of the bloody, nate
fu past would do for the suppression and utter
extinction of such outrages than all the force Dlis
and suspensions of habeas corpus ever devised Dy
man. Wrong and crime must be sup
nressed and punished, but far wiser and no
bler. is the legislation the policy, by which
| they are prevented. Loud cheeringJ
From those who support me IN the south
| I have heard but one demand Justice; one
| desire- Reconciliation. They wish to be heartily
ronnited and at peace with the North, on
anv terms which do not involve q surrender
of their manhood. They ask that they shall DO
regarded and treated by the Federal authorities as
citizens not culprits, long as they obey ana up
hold every law consistent with equity and right.
Tbev desire a rule which, alike for white and
black. shall encourage industry and thrift and
discourage rapacity and yillainy. They cherish a
ioyful hope, in which fully concur, that be-
tween the 5th of November and the 4th of March
next quite number Of the Governors and other dig
n;taries who in the abused names of Republicanism
and loyalty, have for years been piling debts and
taxes upon their war-wasted States wild follow the
wholesome example of Bullock of Georgia, and seek
the shades Of private life. The darker and denser
those shades the better for themselves and for man.
| La And tha hone that my election may hasten