, 1872-10-14
SPEECH OF MR.. GREELEY Ar PLeAsANTVlLLE,



Spscidl Despatch to The Chicago Tribune.
NEW YORK, Oct. 13-Mr. Greeley made the
following speech yesterday at 3 mass meeting Of
Liberals and Democrats at Pleasantviue, near
Chappaqua:
Ma. CHAIRMAN, FELLOW CITIZENS AND
NE1aHBoRs: You are aware, doubtless, that I
have Stunned or seemed to shun any meeting
which has been held IN this county for political
discussion during the present year, and set
in our immediate neighborhood, and addressed
by the Representatives in Congress
and our well-beloved candidate for Lieutenant
Governor, it seemed to me that should show
an undue reticence or shrinking if hesitated
here. Then let me say 8 very few words; not in
terTupting the course Of your speakers, on the
initial grounds Of controversy IN this election.
believe that great abuses have silently, gradual
Government under the influence Of an e1traor-
dinary and desperate civil war. believe that
change is desirable, in order that these abuses
may be assai]ed and corrected but I will not
speak of these things, because might seem to
be commencing myself. Let me cay q few words
in addition to those you have heard from the
previous speaker, as to the causes Of the separa-
ton Of parties. We all know that slavery
existed in this country. During all it's long
existence, down to seven or eight years ago, We
I think, but not so much with regard to the
nature Of slavery, it's mistakes, its wrongs. as
with regard to our duty. Some honest men,
patriotic men, said swell: We have abolished
It il virginia; therefore, ye have have
myself among them, said: 1--WE have abolished
it in New York, We ought to do al that We can to
abolish it in every part Of the country. We we're
at variance with regard to slavery in the Terri
tories, and so On. We'll, slavery is dead and Il
all men in this country we're to undertake to
revive it they could not revive it in good many
years.. There is no more possibility that it
should be revived than there is that the thous-
ands Of men who died for our country should
come to life and participate in our present
struggle. It is not only dead, but YOU. or T,
or any one who should nov be called to Office
must take solemn oath to obey the Constitu-
Well, then, 7 say, slavery being dead, no
body expects it ever to come to life
again, and there is no reason why you and I
should quarrel about slavery. No matter how
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next difficulty as to the way in which We should
deal with the efforts made by certain Southern
States to dissolve this Union ? Up to the time
when war y. was waged upon rs, rs,
Up ens Of T. eaufhter ehe bnndere S asens ror
Sumter, this people differed as to how we should
deal with the question Of disunion, but that con-
test ceased to be living issue. At the time
when that war WAS waged upon US in behalf OF
eecenntoA3 Aed4 tut1 "Alttu ILL We etA LIZA e41o
first blow think they might have waited some
time, bnt they having struck the first blow
the North rose up and said: " All
these questions are dead We have now to save
the country. " The war was waged through four
bloody years. The Union is established now,
and there is no one thousand men or forty
Thousand men who have the slightest dream that
it can ever be disturbed. Whatever may have
been your opinion, or my opinion, twelve or if
teen years ago, it is certain that the Union can
not be dissolved now, and could not be
dissolved then. II any one undertakes to raise
questtiqGa? o.? abont g dsunien, telling yoq that
or Mr. Greeley said the other thing twelve years
ago, the answer is, that has nothing pertinent to
do with Now. The country is reunited, and viii
remain so forever. We differed with regard to
the proper course to be pursued with reference
to the African race when free. There we're mon
as good as ever lived, who said "Ths blacks
arc an inferior race. They are ignorant, de-
based, and it would be wrong to admit them to
an equal right Of suffrage" Others said, and
said: "Grant all yon say about their debaee-
ment and Ignorance; if you make them q spe-
cial class, they will always remain 60. You VIII
have to educata thAn- You must give them