New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-10-21

ne MAKES AN ABLE SPEECH TO MS fLLLoM- :
TowNsMRN COMPLETELY REFUTlNo TIE AD-
MINIsrRATIoN FALsEHooD THAT HE Is oP-
POSED To MIR. GREELEY
IBY TELEGRAPH TO THR TmBuNEl
ROCHESTER, Oct. 20.-The Administration
DREAMS Of Rochester and vicinity have amused them
selves since the Cincinnati Convention. by invonting, ms
ofteu AS once a month, some pew story about Judge
Heary seldcn Before the Baltimore Convention they
reported positively that be had withdrawn from tho
IAOcral party and there great rejoicing It, He
soon confounded them, however. by presiding at the
great Liberal Republican ratification meeting held here
whom, taking the chair he made an admirable Speech
which for n time set st rest all conjecture.
But the passion for inventing news Is so great
with many Of the Grant journalists that 1t cannot DO re-
sisted and 90 n was the natural thing 10 the world
for them 10 put the fasehood In dress short te
ago and send Il out gain. This time it was that Judge
Seldom had declared that he would not vote Ior MI
Greeley This brought him upon the stump last frluay
evening before his old friends and neghDors at BrooK-
mort where he made, with great physical Omeuy' ono
OF those clear and fOrcibe speeches with which he was
wont 10 carry the people Of Monroe County In years past
and set at rest all doubt as to his position.
As there has been much comment by the Grant Jour
nails on the fact Judge selden has taken no moro
active part the present campaign and as this has oeen
attributed his lack Of interest IN the result u is proper
10 say that while he favored the nomination OF Senator
Truubuu AT Cincinnati believing that he represented
better than any other man named as o candidate the
principles which, he understood them, lay AT the Oun
dlton OF the Liberal movement, he has never looked
upon the present struggle of men, but OF meas
rcs He has not agreed with Mr. Greeley In time past
on such questions rs tho tariff and the currency
but he considers those questions Iof very btte npor
lance compared with those other great issues-reoon
cnaron and the preservation Of local se-goVethnent.
On these he is in perfect accord with Mr. Greeley ana
belooks with great alarm upon the future OF this coun-
fry unless the political auagouism between the white
end black races I'm the South be broken up aud tho
tendency 70 take the hands OF the people the con-
troll OF their local affairs be checked The one, he
thinks ondange the peace Of the country and the other
Inc liberties OF the people. Ho will therefore
not only vote the Liberal ticket, but will
DO everything in his power TO mako 10
successful His friends Of his deep regret that
his physical condition and the state Of his private affairs
have prevented him from entering the contest with as
much yigOr he would wish, and they know, too that
al the stories about his having deserted the Liberal
party or even for a moment contemplated such step,
arc wholly without foundation The Rochester Union
gives the following brief editorial synopsis of Judge
6cldens speech at BrOckport;
Judge slten was in excellent spirits and delivered
OF bis unausWeTabe arguments on the Issues OF TINS
campaign. ~ was clear CANDID, ana cohnihGG.hg. ne
began 10y saving that that meeting Was IN Itself enough
20 show how iase were the assertions OF the Grant news
papers that the Liberal Republican and Democratic par
ties dead "NO, my friends" he said, they are
pshcd their patriotic mission, II this Republic Is 10
vve lie then read some interesting extracts from an
able letter written by the Rev. Dr. Fowler OF Utica on
the depiofabie condition Of the Southern states
After eulo9ang Dr. Fowler as one OF tue
nec;ed with the Presbyterian ChuIeh, Judge
seden said Inc should make that letter the basis his
remarks on the lamentable condition of the South which
had beer robbed and Is now beng robbed by wretched
vlIanous carpetDaggers the North, who had been
fistcd into power nd IN some instan kept In power
40 very point Of the Federal bayOnet lie then ar
ed that ii this mGssng of the eOored votes together
Should be continued 10 must necessarily result IN far
fearful war than the one from WHICH VIC nau just
emerged, and out Of which this oppSr5a u ana
from both white and black had sprung nc
Cording that high authority, the Ku Kux bands were
not and have been the old who had &C
share their lot with their slaves. Ana that those
people exhibited meekness far SURPRISING what might
be expected from Northern meu ana women ~ IKE cir
cumsances The rowing reckless irresponsible element
in Of the Southern States which had never been
planters at all, the ku-kux whose misdeeds had
been magnlhed thousand fold by Congress conl-
mttees for political eheeii me whole south Ipad
been robbed rned md rendered bankrupt SO that to-
dav more tnau half the real estate in various states
under carpeDag rule advertised for 10 be sold for
Alter repeing with keen Indignation and scorn the
false accusations of the Grant press hat the Liberal Re
POINTED Office seekers, he challenged the world to
that he had in single instance sought once OF
corded to HIM He claimed TO have been the hrst public
fueaker TO defend the action or the WmOJ prOyls0 ana
had contributed BIS lul snare 10 pilhs aDouC .le
cipauOn OF the cOlOed race But he now saw uinget
Of losing more by tendency 10 1,I ne
Qotism than We had gained Oy emancipation Oegu nc
sword He then dwet upon the vast neIease % PuoMo
IN
live ana proved that it was being welded North
and south most unscrupulOusly TO promote personal
and nrtisan purposes aud not the public good And yet
N was natural, the speaker argued for good RepuDh
cans who believing tIcr party was right 10 relOce al
every prospect perpetuating its power He called on
lis Republican friends 70 say Horace Greeley hdd NOS
eynced as affection for the colOred race as any
other mtu Ana II they believed IN their heart that
Mr. Greeley as President would allow that people for
whom he had done much 70 he injured. He urged
them to consider the great questions presented by the
facts set forth by DR.. Fowlers letter In the ght OI
truth aud candOr to follow the dictates OF ther own
conscience rather than 10 be carried away by party zeal
Wien such momentOus Interests were at stake. lie
closed by reference 20 the results Of the October cleo
TONS and proved that IN Pennsylvania the Republicans
could succeeded IL az ALL by the skin Of their
teeth but for the fragrant and gigantic frauds ever
uTacced. He noticed the result IN Ohio, and argued
tuat Greeley had good chance FOR the electoral vote
OF Ohio Grant. He spoke OF Gov. Hendricks his
personal friend and predicted that Indiana would
assuredy give electoral for Greeley aud Brown,
aud claimed that with the electoral vote Of Indiana,
Eew-YOrk and Connecticut, Greeeys election
tain. Tie audience listened attcntively, and greeted
the speaker with rounds Of applause The meeting adj
Ourned with three cheers for Greeley aud Brown and
three more for Henry r. Selden.
THE SYRACUSE CONGRESS DISTRICT.