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NUMBER 39.
OCTOBER 15, 1872,
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tn Old Μ/·Ι·γ> Μ·Ιτ»(Ι··ΤΗ* Ur*l Mur·
«Iner* \ut luillnat, Uul U hll· Μ«Μ··Α
Hoir Mil· Stor) of Vui wou >*··Π·Ι>.
Sait Kakk Cm. Septeiui>er i:l ~Tl·»·
loilowing ia thu affidavit i>i tu!l, by «ne
«Ί i:»· le*>t i» i II * among ;au participait^ .
il ihr .-ifl'iii, ihowfalg COUClueiwIj Ihat
the teriihle Mountain Moadow«*ua->an e
«rs> the act of the Mormon authorities*
It IVill l»e remembered that a large com
pa η r of emigrant*, on their w*y to <'<li
loir.ia, .tie known to it**·· been ail killed,
with the exception of the young childte .
When their massacre nai discovered the
Moi mons set afloat the >torv that they
lu<l }■«; >hed by the band* ot the Indian* ,
but f:»m time to time circumstantial cvi
tfeao has ippiend indicating t h. i : they (
were murdered in c »!d blood by the M or
m :n revergi Jot previous oarage*
upon the Utter perpetinted in Illinois
and Missouri. A comjïelcnt witness now
star. !« under oath that the Mormon mil·
ι. ι attacked thr emigrants, and alter 4
figi.t of >etcral days without result sent
iu a ll*g ot t: 1; e, offerir £ them j>iv»
tiction i! thej would lay dowu iheir
iu>. These terra* being complied with,
the entire party * rt e butchered by their
capto: s.
iiiat* ■ i Nevadti. County of' lAm In, u:
Personally appeared before me, 1'eter
II. Miller, Clerk of ' "outtuf the Seventh
Judiiia! l>islrict, ot the State oi Nevada,
Philip Klingon Smith, who, being duly
«■worn. oa his oath says: Mi name is j
I'niiip K'ingou Smith; I 'icaide in the j
County of Liucoln, in the State ot Ne
vada; 1 resided at Cedar C it▼, in the
County of Iron, in the Territory ot I tah, ;
trom A. 1>. 1 *52 to A. 1>. 1S.VJ; I was re·
^niing at Cedar City at the time ot the
m«**acie at M »untaie Meadows, it» said
Territory ol l iai»; I had heard thai a
company ot emigrant1- virt* c|) i'rs «v.»y
from aa!: l«ake I ity, bound tor < alilot tiia ;
said company amved at said Cedar City, ,
tallied there one day, and parted on for
California; atteT ε-aid company had left'
I. e«iar ι >ty, πιο ini.itia w ι* c:i ir>! «-tu lui
tl»o purj o><» of committing ait* of Jioj
t it y n^ainst ih'.Mi» ; *aid cal! w\n a rejju- i
iar military cali froui the -dfWior oftirc::»
to U)e yuborOioMio^in aô<l privai*» <d
the uniment of Cédai City and vicinity,
composing part o! tliO militia of tlio Tur ;
ritory of LtaL ; l do uot recollect the
nu tuber oi the regiments. 1 was at thai
tuuc the Bishop of the Church ot Jesus
Cl'i ist of Latter day S tints at Cedar City.
I- *c L\ llai^ht v\.i> President over *>atd
rhurch at Cedar Ciu and the s» utt|«Tii ι
settlements 111 >itl ieiritoiy; iu) ρο·>ί ι
tiou a» bjaiiop is subordinate to thai ot J
•Kid President. \V. II. Dame was also ,
President of *ai»i church at Parowan, iu ,
said llou Count). baid \V. II. Daniu!
* .ι» ίΐΙ·»ο colonel of said regiment; > iid
Isaac C. II a; j!;·. v.lieutenant colonel oi '
4 %
>.uu regimeul, ami »aid Jôhu I). I.ee, of ι
llaruiony, in said Iron County, was
Major ul said regiiueul. Said regiment
w λ» tiu : y ordered to muster, armed and
t flipped as the ia>v directs, and prepared
fo. lield operations. I had no command
n. ; otlice in said tcgiment at that time,
:uuh«r did 1 march with i«l regin;eut
- ι ϋ expedition which resulted iu said
<.· uM anyN being massacred at tUe Maun
uun Mea luu» tu «nid County ot Iron.
A xmt four day» alter said company ol
emigtants kind lett Cedar City that p<»i
t; >n ot **il raiment then mu«ter«d at
CVhrCitx and trtok up it« lin«· of march
• " * Π* ·»}
:u 4·,,Γ.-ΐ.» oi itieiu. About two day»· at·
le»· siid company had le^ ««aid Cedai
City. I.ieu;cr:-int-C«»;o:i«*l I. C. Η iighte\
ore*·so·! in my pies* nee a des»re that suid
company m ji»t be « entitled to pa»û on
tlieir ft.ij in peace; but afterwards he
t'>:<l inc that he had ordcts from head
quarters to kill al! of i-aid com ρ in y <>t
emigrants except the liitie children I
do not know whether said headijuaitet i ♦
meant the regiment headquarters at Pa· j
ro«4D or the hcadtpiailers ot tt.e Com ;
mar.der-m C hici at Salt Lake City. VYhen ;
:h»» said company had got to Iron Creek, j
a»>oi;t twenty miles from Cedar i"itτ.
Captain Joei Whit* ewrted for the Pinto
Creek settlement, through whiclf the sai^
compain would pass, lor the purpose ol1
Influencing the people to permit said1
compan) to pa·** on their way in ponce.
I asked and obtained permission of said
White to go with him and nid him in his
endearoi * to save life. When said White
and myself got about three mile* from
Cedar City we met Majoi John 1>. Lee,
w ho asked us win 10 we were going. 1
replied that >vc wei e going to try lo pie
rent tliv killing of the emigrant*. Lie
replied: "I have s unething to ·ο about
that." Le· was at that time on his way
to l'arowan, the headquarters ol Colone;
Daiue. Said White and I went to I'inio
Creek, remaiued there one night, and tlx
next day returned to Cedar City, meeting
j aid company of emigrant· at Iron Creek
Before reaehing Cedar City >vo met one
ha Allen, who told us that '· Th' tierrec
h<ul fasse I der<tin</ said roinj"tny 11
(lestruction " Alter i«j light had be»·η
going on for tluce ο» foui days * »ue-{
«age ir« m Major l.»*c reached Cedai City,
vrli · il α led ι hat I h « light had n«>t been nl
together Miccc^slul, upon which Lifiiirn
ant ( '<»!»>nel 11.light ord«ied <·ut .« letn
t<»i I'nuif η ι. At this time I *\as urdned
onl by Captain Jthu M. Iligln. « Ijo or
dereTl ιικ· to mutter "arme I and equipped
a·» the law directs ,1 It wa·» a niiiici ·<!
life or death to me to muster or n»t. and
I m.μ ν ed with tiiu η int · in^ ti » »··»
II λ ι* at this time tlut Lieutenant C"l
one ll.tight said lo im« tlial n ·* ι- 1I1 ·
ordei · Iioiii Ιιυι·Ι j mi1«» ι » inii i!l >:ii » In·
lilllu children ol *4id eoinp.t it were tu
Ini willed Slid II lighi nil a th u ι un*·
ju»l relumed Iroiu iiu*d<|Uartur· *t l'a·
rowan, vvliaru a military euiaetl ii ol
b in hr I Fliere Irid ln-rn a like eon*
cil hold al l'aroffjii pioviou» to I lint. at
which were present Colonel l>aiue, Lieu
tenaat Colonel I. C llaight, Mini M tj* ι
lolin 1> Lee. The rt»ull'of llii* ti»
council wa* the calling out ol >*nl regi
ment lor th· put pose already Mated.
The icinforccmu nt alolenaid w»* mtrchod
to ihu AloUnt«in Xltadows. h:»»I (lint
luiined a junction with tli» main body.
Major Lee mas»«d nil the troops at λ
>piing a ml tuait * »}>eech to them, ν ι γ
ing ti.at hn ordn> from headquarter»
were "to kill the enure company e\cepl
the «mail children." 1 not in mo
rank» at that tune, hut mi one *i«le talk
ing to .1 man named 6ia«K\ ami coulil not
hate »«cn :i paper in .Mmj«»ι L*e\ haml.v
Said Loe then mmiI a tl ις of truce to the
emigiant camp, offering *aid emigrant*
that "if the\ Iνi«l «low n tin ir arm* lit
would protect them." I'hev accord ing It
lai 1 down tkeir ain^> em η υ out from
thru ou m p. and delivered lhem»elvc9 up
to Ban! Lee. Γη· women and chiMren
were then, br the order of said I.*·*·,
»epaia:ed fr«.uu the ηΐυη .in 1 were march
ed ahead ol the men Alter the *i»d
ctnigiauU had matched ibout a halt n|i!u
towards Odar Ciiv the or.ler w«o given
to >hoot liietn down. At th it time said
Lje wa> at the head ol the column. I
wie« in the re:«r. I did not hear Lee give
tiie order to lire, but he\rd it Ironi the
under oftieer* aa it was p issed down the
column. The emigrant* wore then an·!
there »hot down, except *evenlecn little
.
children, which I immediate!ν took ιnl«·
tn\ charge. I do not know the lota!
number of said company, κ* 1 «lid not
■lop t«> count the d· a«i. I immediately
put tin* children in luggage· wagons In··
longing to the i*gimenl and took them to -
llatulinS ll inch, and liotn there to Ccd ti
C ly, aud procured them homes union; !
t ie people. John Wi!ii> and Samuel
M uev *>si*tcd me in taking charge «il
* ι « » - . : . . r «ι. .
.♦M| V lliMil Ml. * # 11 I iW * » * ,,N,h 1 *
ni.i'M τ»1 Colonel \\\ II. Dame nntl Lieu
ten mi 1.1·. llaight earn·' ti Ι(ηιηίιη'«·
Wh« «» l h*»d lh« · »|d eMIdien, mid It'll
in;.) a "dispute, in (lie cornue of whioli .
* iiil llaight lold Colonel Dame that i! lu· j
wu* going to report of th« killing of saitl
emigrants lie should not hryre ordered it
• 1 ni·· I d » not kii »«v when οι whet*· s>:ii«l !
tioops wore disbanded. About two j
weeks liter sai»l massacre occurred sai-|
Maj *r Lee (wh<i u .,j Ivliau .\gunt) 1
vyci.t I ο ^nlt Uk« i'itv and. u» I l>eti«vr, j
rep·» ed said light m«l it« H'jultg lo lite :
eomiuainier in-clilel ; I * i- not present
:it «'itlift ot the be oretnentioncd conn- '
nil-. n*>r nt any couneil connecte·! with ,
I lie aforesaid inilimi ν operation ι <n» vyUh ■
•«n i coim»*?.!VV· j uo orders except
I ο those connected with the saving <»l the 1
uliiMrvn, λ 1111 those alt«r iau masaaere !
had occurred, and suid ordei· were given
as bishop and not in a military sen«e. At
the lime of the filing ol the lirst voile) I
discharged my piece I did not lire after
wards though several subsequent roMuy^ j
were lired. After the ftibl tbfc wae de
Ijvered I u( ohqc about saving the
children. I commenced tu gather up the 1
chjl(|rp;; before the tiring had ceased. I
have nude the foregoing statements be
fore the above entitled Court for the
reason ti:nt I believe that I would be a*.
Sa-sinatcd shmld I a'tpmnt »o \U:i\k» tlif 1
v«ii*e λ ι * y e<tut In the Territory oi '
Utah. Alter «aid Lee returned from Sail
Lake i'iiy, :»«< aloresaiil, saitl Lee told mc
thai ho hx<! reported fully to the Pre ;
deut. meauinif the Commander-in-chief,
im: light at Mountain Meadow* and the
killing of the euiigi tn'». Hrigham
Young was at that tun»· Coinmander-in- !
Chief ol the Militia ol the IWtitorv ol
Utah; and further deponent saith not.
(Signed) Piiilii*Ki.ixoon ^Mtrtf,
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A NSW ΚΙΐΛ.
i*j, llafcty clio)l>» lut*e »uU«i« »i faite.
Speech of (Jov, I'evham at Cooper
Insliluie, Sew 1 erk.
Ou the -'and were Hon. lieury Olewt, :
l'eter Coo, er. Rev. I)r. Newman, Thnr· j
low Weed, ami other noted men.
The I'i vsident, iti introducing (ΐοτ. j
I'erham, raid that it had been nuuouaccd
wlion tlx· nomination ο!" Mr. Greeley was
Completed, that a tidal wave would bo
»i?t in motion in North Carolina which j
would next be fell in Maine, lie had the '
piea»uro ol intioduciug to the meeting
Hon Sidney I'erham, Governor and (ίον· '
oui") elect of Maine, who would lull of
that wnve and ire effect*. [Applauie]
Got. Porhatu came forward amid loud
ami profound cheers, on tho subsidence
« » I which he said :
\f>·. President :—I thank you tor this
kind introduction, and I lliank thi· audi
ei cr lot their kind reception. Wo had
heard ol that tidal wa*u in Maine, end
Imd Keen waiting lor it for a long time
We umlvritood that it going to ν weep
••\rrlh« whole of thai land, ami hence
*< mailed anxiously and thoughtfully in'
t·vprctnlion. When it came we vxpuii j
rmvd not hi ii ν' «»l il* onward il·»»», und il !
proved to l»e cum of those wave· th-*I are
more powerful in tbeir receding action
ι m in tn«ir incoming action. [Laughter]
While il holed cutiicly to can? the dam
H-i » ι i · β ρ:»ιΐλ high and dr> ii|h»u (he
m Mintaint of M line, ami giv· them pos· !
»*··«,.m ot the State, It wnui to hate had
loii-r « nouj/h fo lui* ρ t.«Ken these men nnd '
j
»4i|it tliem liack into th· tulhomlpM
on·.m. lor we have hardly heard ol tl.em
■im« that liute. [Applause and laughter]
I come to Ton with an earnest heart in '
ιmi ! Ιυ the Mibject in which *r«· art all
interested, ami wuh great court dene· that
«ο are to achieve a glorious result in the
campaign. ς Applause j Alter what I have
• •en 1 ted that thy result cannot l>« other;
limn thin. Ii id » wit· provision that
earh admin ist rat ion i« to bu brought once
in lotir τ ears t<» judgment before tht· peu- '
I » I ο. thai limy, il it has done well, ma; '
commend it, or if il hart done ill may turn :
ii from its petition ami put in it* pince
Miiothvr, which will beiler fulfill the ax· j
pédalions ol ihc people. Tne people m»
»»··ν* calls·1 upon to pass judgment upon ^
ih»· merit* ut thr administi «lion now con
trolling?, and which toi three und a lull
I
y γηι s lias contiolled ih« inlot mhI* o! ihe ι
nation. Some ol tho leaders of thw don»· :
ocrai ii· pail}, who find it troublesome to
bring the rank and tile to the supjHut of
liorace (irceley, ate attempting t<» con·
\ incw them that the lea! isMie is whether
tliey will have Ilora; e (hc«Uy and a duui
ocratie administration οι* <»en. Ci'ant an-l
a republican administiMlion j Applause \
In February. 1*71. ! 1·>ι a·*** Greeley I old |
us that the restoration of the democratic
patty to puwe*· in 1 *s7J would restore to
ibeir former pfcees all wh >, as members
of Congrues and liiw Senate, and a^ hold
ing other imp utant positions, violated
their oaths and weiA into the rebellion;!
I hat the In nin ami hetwl and soul of the <
democratic party were in the rebel *i«- I
meat of the south, and their aiders and '
abettois in the north; that it those men ■
goi into power they would do so with all
llie hate* and animosities that had been !
engendered in the long teai* ol wai.and 1
he ttuthftilly. Some lime since, j
when in a u.-it to tho south, ho informed j
us that the rebels had again made up : 'n it
minds to renew ι he light, not thi- t i : il c
*\i'e the <mjii and tiie «abre, but with tho
!»:i lot. and ιu.t 111>><e m..·η thin expect to
i - gain « hat they losi by the rebellion.ami j
\l I (·.<·!* »· V mi ilv ■ i 11 f 11 U t* 111 ill.»» I'.t. !
gard. Anil tintlay you find biin aidirg
iiV'i in their purpose. Γ Λ i»*>iaii*»ej
And to day the r«tul » ao is whether you
will take tli© guvemmeut liom ι lie hand*
of turn v\ ho saved it in time ot du"« neces
sir>. \rhcn robol hands «truck against its
life, and give il to th<men who,during
lour year* of bloody whi* sought iia in
struction [Applause and cries oi 'never']
This being the lactone would hardly sup
pose ι h :vl it wan neoessaiy to argue any
ol these «pusiion» further. \Yc would
■uippo>e tbut the men who are in favor ol
r*»-t'>r n«» the rebels to nowet would vote
π , .
tor Horace Greeley, and tbnt tho** who
desire the continuance of the present ι
pxuy In power will vote for Gen. Grant.
I Appiuiuo]
li.u lus.ru uio other questions which nrc j
not improper lot us to discuss in this
campaign. What ha?» the Republican j
Party done (hat it deserve* to be beaten
in this contest? And what ha* it done
that it should not receive the plaudit,}
"Woll dont, good and faithful servant?''
It assumed control when the Democratic
l'art) had held sway for manv vear«, and
when the country *ν*·> in such a condition
that Mr. Lincoln [applause] was com
pelled to go in disguise through a portion
of the country on hi* way to th· capital
to take thç oath ol oftice. Our finances
\yit.ii tiiokeu down; we had been trying
to get a loan of a few millions for some
time, and although our promises to pay
weVe offered at about ninety, >till but a
«mall portion ot the amount desired could
be raided. The country had become j
divided, aud member after member, and j
Senator utter Senator, had renounced ,
their allegiance to their country, and had !
formed what they calle i the Confederacy. .
What little ι'.-το was of the army j
had been scattered and placed in poil
lions.u hero it could not possibly be used ·
in quelling rebellion, and our munitions;
of war were largely placed in the South
crn Stati * under the control of men who .
had pledged themselves when th·* time.;
came to turn the property over to the )
ConfedeiwtH Government. Such was the (
condition in which tho Republican i'arty j
-- - —»
fourni the Government, and what ha·
been the result? I need not go into do·
tails ; it i* iuftloitnt to sa) that we fought
successfully one of the greatest wars that
ancient or modern times has ever seen,
ami triumphed over the rebellion. [Loud
applause.] Not only have wo done that,
but we have blotted out the institution of
slavery, which h;i* been the disgrace of
our nation. [Applause.] We have giren
ih»· rights of citizenship to 4,000,000 of
ppoplu whom the Democratic Party had
declat. d had uo ri»ht· which the white
matt was bound to respect. [Applause»]
It has ^ueit this country eleven years of
the greatest prosperity it hai ever known.
During the ton year· ending 1870, the
taxable property ot tho country has been
more thaa doubled. Has there ever been
:i tiino when the mannlscturing aud coin
mereiaPinlcrests, all things taken into
consideration, were more prosperous
than to «Ι.»;. ? \S a«* there ever a time
vi.in the working men, who toil lur the.i
had better reimuerali ? ludccd,
such Iims l»oeu our p:'>$peri! . tt:d success
tli.il tin· attention <>| :iil til·* nations of
the earth hits l>e \i attri 'ied to our
shorn* to pnople our vast Western coifn
trv. Win', mm * do v<»n want? Do you
<·\,μ .·· iM.r tnt > country can be more me
c*H«ful ttndet any other administration
you eoubl have ? !)o you believe that
taking the control ol affairs Irom those
ν*ίι.> lm*c guarded so faithfully and well,
and putting it ir.to the hands of Horace
Ureeley, with rebels and pro-slavery
Democrats, would be any bettor lor the
country? [Applause and erie* of "No."]
1 appe.il to the business men <d" New
York, whether Republicans or Democrats,
il )ou desire or am willing to Iiave such
a Chang* ' A voice, "\\ e are not going
to have il."J N' ». yon are not goin<* to
Ιιμ,τt* il. That m im« of ihn questions
that ·ιβ sullied lirn I w.t* a boy my
oNI grandmother used to tell m« to "let
well enough alone." [Applause.] My
impiession i·· that this country is doing
well, ami wr might as wull be sali«lied
with a continuation of doing well, and
certainly not make a change, when there
is a strong liability—indeed, almost a
certainly—o! doing worse. [Applause.]
Our opponents pay (ien. (irani inn prov
υ ! a very inefllcient President—that ho
can't make a speech. [Laughter..] S..in«^
ol our Itopubiican friends in M lin* no ν
Wioh that when li >ra«'»: (ireelev swung
around the Κ utern circle he had been un
able to in*kr a tpeech. [Laughter.] If
he had not made any more speeches than
Gen. (irant. the Republican majority
would lure been !«** thin it was.
[Laughter.] Vou remember thai when
he started troiu his home he went, up into
\ cituout for eoniH purpose, and when he
met his Dwmocratie Irion 4s there lie
lound after all thnt mankind .vus not so
much unlike, and that human natuio was
very much alike everywhere, whether
Democrat or Republican. lie «'.is be
coming to think very much better of
those men hn had talked » * hard about,
and he was getting the asperities "very
much ioftcned." When h« got to Bruns
wick, the scat «>1 learning in our State,
In? mad ρ a speech there, and ho told the
people thai in his old age ho #1» beoom·
ing "von softened." Some of the boy>
A'er- ► > wieked aatoaa} that they thought
lint the sulteninjf was in tho brun more
hau anywhere else. Γΐ/uighl»:..j 1 ν 1
speaking of the eompinints that are ιιιλ-!♦*
about (»<·η. Giant. V'»;i k.: l'.-t ihere
ar·· all so»ts ot calumnies thai it is po^i·
blc for lu m to invent hurled at hi· devot
.. I I. ... I It . .. ...I.I . ·· »nno>
"Χ" »·«-»;»« »
h- ν:ι in inbeoile, nnd had no nower to
• l> an\th.ng tliu whs ot any soi\ or conf
luence — ih'it he was a mere puppet in
Washington, to bo controlled bv a dozen
men. In the next br»nih they tell Vou
Gen. («runt is forcing the people of this
country to elect him President. [Laugh
ter, j and Rome of your papers are telling
yoij that ho is * «pi ring to change the form
ot Government to mike him«e!f King,
and ii we don't take care thi* miserable
imbecile will b·.· King *»f this country.
[Laughter.] Then they pay tlta: he ap
points to · many relatives to ollice. When
Mr Greeley was in Maine lanf winter on
his way to ^ire a lcetur«, he admitted ·ο
a gentleman tU ·· Gen. Grunt was hii
hoiiest man ; mat on tie v» ji^»ie he had
given us a pretty !ni r Administrai ion,
and the only reason he could give wlmn
pressed why Gen. («rant should not be
renominated v\ ;is that he appointed rather
too many relatives to office! [Laughter.]
It is a poor case that must be bolstered
up in thi? way. Hut Gen. Grant has nev
er, at any time, complained ot these re
ports of .ill iorts that have been made
about himself when General of the Army
or since ho has hewn President. It was
only after that hitter, wicked and malig
nant speech was made against him in the
Senate of the United States, that he said,
"I am willing to put my acts against Mr.
Sumner's words." [Loud applause.]
Senator Sumner is an unfortunate man
who has fallen a victim to his own per
sonal prejudices and passions. I hopo
!hr time will como when he will redeem
himself, and set himself right bofore the
country. I fe«l most sensibly the morti
fication that *11 Mr. Sumner's friends
I'tel that he -hould have put himself into
the position he has. His associations
m am t<> have changed the whole sympa
thies of his nature. Ile whs induced to
write a letter to send to North Carolina
ju*t before the election, for the purpose
r»f influencing (he result there; and 'hen !
.mother just before the election in ilaine. j
which was distributed there. In that he ι
said that the day of the soldier was pass
ed, that it wn· wrong to have in»crii»o«l
on our battla-flags at llie ''apitol iuotto%s
thai would remind our follow-citizens of ι
their defeat, that it was wrong to have ut
the Capitol pictures which will admonish
our fellow-citizens of the defeat they
have suffered ; that the preeont ineum·
bent, Gen. Grant, was that forbidden in·
dcriptioa upon th« flag. Said he, "lie is
the picture there in Washington that is
to remind thr<· men ot their defeat
and ho intimates that (Jen. Grant should
not be «fleeted beeauso of this fact.—
Where is the man, North or South, who
b.>.s intimated a sentiment more iulnmoni
than this? Hecauso Geu. Gr^nt fought
our battles and helped to save this nation, '
.ire we going to say wo must keep him
out of Wasnington lest his presence re
mind the retnls ot* their dcf«ai * (Voices f
••Never," "Never.") If it i< their dut) '
to keep Gen. Grant oui of Washington,
it is -equally their duty to keep the
wounded soldiers who hare lost thei
I mb* out ef Washington also, becau···
their presence also reminds the reluis <>f
tiieir defeat. And we must also remove ■
the battle-flags and tear down the monu
ments that hare been erected over oui
honored dead, which our jieopie each
year delight to decorate. Λ ml *ha' i*
·■* ;
mote lamentable, the democratic candc
! date has the effrontery to «oy to the sol
diers of the nation, assembled at Pit » h
burg, tkat they had met in Convention
lor the purpose of cherishing and per
peluating the hates and animosites en
gendered in the lime of the war. Tint
was a malicious uiander. No men have
been more charitable and generous
! toward their enemies, or who have coun
seled a more conciliatory course toward
; the rebels of the South. Well now.
turning to the other si<le<>f this question,
we are asked to elect Horace (ireeley fur
, President of the United States. And
why, my friends, are we asked to do
this? Against Horace (îieelcy as :t citi·
zeu and as a gentleman I havo not one
nord to say; but lloracc (ireeley as a
j candidate for President ot the United
»
.Mutes ie a proper subject of criticism ;
md although he at one time held a high
ami proud position in the Republican
Party, although we honor him fer a great
dual ot good he has accomplished, 1 s*y
then uovtT was a time when Horace
(•ιet*ley was so popular that any one ever
dreamed ho would be a lit man lor Près
i lent. (A Voice—"He is not lit now.")
, No, he is not tit now. lam euro that
changing orer as he has, swallowing all
the declaration* ol his lifo, turning hi·
buck upon crery principle he lm« itood
I by, i« no preparation, to t»ay the least,
! for that uftico. [Cheers.] lie h:u none
• >l the essential qualifications lor the po
sition. Krery one knows he i» a man
easily impoeed upon, susceptible of tlat
tery. Eren when down in Maine, and
; coming away, he told a tiiend he *<>
' sure tliat if the people ot the Slate could
vote a· thev wanted to vote the tiling
would bo »ll right. [Laughter.] lit·
seemed to have a lit tic doubt whether
they could vote as they wished; atui
uow his friands put forward the malicious
calumny upon the people ot Mâine that
more than one hundred thousand dollar*
war. paid to secure a majority against
him. The truth is. ihoro is not one
> >ter in a thousand in the fcia'.e of Muine
! who would not resent la an insult an*
il··r ol money or other inducement i»>
purchase hi* rote. A. voice—"lie
.bought he was in Mackerelville. ' Loud
cheer*.] I can tell you all about th»*
I i Lai>A I pAmilvlwianu fliA Cf ilâ ι f \f Μ ι ο ·
r
j and what i« true I here is true elsewhere.
J'herc were a few men \rho, when the
Cincinnati Convention was held—ιη< η
who wore in the habit of reading the
Tribune all their live*, and who Ιοτ* I
Horace Greeley tor soin· of the princi
ples they hehlin common—accepted the
nomination of Horace Greeley a» a Re
publican nomination. Thcjsaid: "Here
is a choice between two Republicans, Mr.
Greeley and (ten. Grant ; and, as betweeu
the two, I think I would prefer M,.
Greecdey." But when these men came
ff> understand that to ν ο tu lor H «race
I
Greeley was lo rote lor featuring the
rebel Democracy to power, theyjasts». j
ped back and said : "We can't do any
thing of that kind." [True, tin re i- a
cla*a of sorehead"—men who hav·» held
office for some time and were turned out.
others win» ha\ e b- βιι unable to obtain
office—who have come to the conclusion
that the Republican Party having failed
to keep theiu in or provide them with a J
good position, its mission is ended.
[Laughter ] They will voto lor Horacc
Greeley, became they look lor better ,
«necese under him (Applause) Now,
my friends, I do not Ueliere in support
ing any such coalition as this. I do not,
believe in this mongrel kind of Govern
ment. I would rather (much as I believe
it would be a terrible iniitortane) sec the
Democratic Party elect a straigbtout
Democrat as President, with that party
responsible for the Administration, than
to see Horace Oreclcv elected, with the ;
men around him who are now so closely
identified with his canvass. (Cheers.)
Wo all remember that the most corrupt [
Administration this country has ever seen ;
w a* that ot Andrew Johnson. Why?,
Because the worst class oi both parties j
flocked round him. Are you prepared 1
for another Administration of that kind ? 1
(Criesof "No!") Οι · very etror.g ol> j
jection lo Horace Greeley, in my mind,;
is this: You know that it the views In
held at the beginning of the wai hud
been carried out, if he had been Pre*»- ;
dent of the United States instead of Liu- j
coin, Mid held ** President the opinions
h· gave cxpreéion to as editor of the
IVibiuie, we would aot have had a coun
try to-day for Horace (Jrseley to seek the
Presidency of. (Applatuu.) if we hrd
any country it would have been broken,
dihiertred, with no strength or power
to take care ol itself, or to enforc* any
kind of respect abroad. You knuw that
Horar·· (ireeley, at tho be^innin^ of the
w.u chimed in withSoiithaiη rebels in tho
idea that secession was a constitutional
u^ht: that it lb· Southern States desired
to go out of Uie Union it would be wrong
to weep them m bj bayonet*, and thnt
if any of them voted to go out, ho
would be n..»Hiwr to aid them in doin^ .>0.
1 know Mr. (ireelny uiade an effort to
explain that matter away a t«w dats
•iiire, claiming that in· public mind * λ·
••cloudeo' in respect to their m*anin;{.
Mul I ask.} ou it ho made the thing ai.y
b« iter: if he did not declare positively
ih.it h«· hold, if a majority ot these αινη
would voie t«> g) out, lie would be in
favor of U»iliu£ the·in, but "he knew a
majority would η·»ι vote lo gr. out ?"* (Ap
plans·· ) I want lo know it that is not
conceding that if a majority did want u#
go out they had a li^ht to do «ο!
(Cheer·.) I uke issue with any view ot
this kind entertained bv any man. 1 d·»
not belisve our tat hoi", who iaid tin·
foundation ol this con «try, intended it
should ivo « mere con federal ion of States,
η incie agreement, by which certain
States Ιοιηκ I a compact, with the under
standing that any State which desired
should hav« * li^ht to break tho contract
at pleasure. (Cries of "No," and cheer· )
1 believe that their idea wss that they
were making .i countrv to 1 iτ »—a country
whii !ι no Si λ te und ηυ ton Male* cut) M
serur, if ι hey ever undertook to do it. (Ap
plause) Now, Horace Grcoley tell* its
these southern rebels are let ribly abused ,
thnl they have liai I indignities heaped up
on iheiu, and are being crushed down.-·
lie has gone so far as to say thai not only
ii tho south unreconciled, hut he hiaseH
is unreconciled : and the presumption is
thst il wo elect him President he cannot
only reconcile m· other.·, hut he would
be entirely reconciled himielt (Laughter)
KnlerlniniNg : lie «iew» he doe·, i»upp **»
he should be elected—suppose that God
in 11i.e wrath should fled il necessary to
punish the people to lhat extent—and
that the southern people, believing th il
they were shockingly »bn««d, should be
gm nuother rebellion, how could Horace
Greeley object to their secession ? They
would tuoet httu with their own declara·
lit-n» (Appiau*<-) Voj remember that lie
began to broach tho-e ideas just about the
time tue southern people beg in lu 1»· our
liez in discussing the question whether
they would seecde or not. Frank Pieu μ
«'id other democrats in the noi lii had ι»ι» ·
en uiterance that it an ;.nuy weie ra:s< d
here to march to the south to loi ce tho-e
Smies t«» lemnin m Um I nion.tbey wou.d
lirst have to li^ht a b:»ttie on O'ir own
H'il, the result '»t' loi.bt
lul. We held * .eh v.. . . « ι · be trai
torous; bill iloi.ic ΙιΓ«·Μ\, editor <>l
one ol the leading tepabliean paper·,
g 4re in his adherence to a d vim»·· y
similar; Mini when in Guotgi* Mr. .v-v·
sus had mad*' thai magnilieeut spt ech
which thrilled this whole country,ai. ' *d
many to hop»* that secession would i a
failure alter it!i, the only anewei !r.
Toombs had to lu.iko I > that. speech ' s
the production ol copi?«of the 7 <t if,
where Mr. Greeley declared .«ec·· >iou
vess s right on the part ol those State* —
ι Anulam M
I know it ia said by Liberal Republic
ans that the Democratic I'artv ot tins
country has all heeu converted. While
u<>t u ishing to do that party anr injustice,
I confess myself somewhat doubt lui ot
tho truth of this wholesale conversion.
(Laughter.) 1 »uorr the good book tells
us of the conversion of three thousand in
a single «Iny ; but it js added, "They
were all added to the Church." Now, at
η test of the conversion of our Pemo·
ci at if l/'er. îl*. I ·» du 1 like to *neu ιί.οηι
c une o»ei n··-*!';!}· to the K-.pubi'citn
1 arty, "eonfea-iUiT their r.mit·» ' [
mi ou Id b** kjlad to have the same t»·.· .·»
plied by winch the Method ut-» ne. vo
they can discover uiieiher « eonvi.td
s:nner ii trill ν repentant or tvl. i wou'd
i.fc· to ascertain wheUiN* their conversion
i* real, lusting:, abiding;; am! to hti»«*
theiu answer in nit honesty and candor,
it lLev really feei, down in '.ho boiiom ot
their hearts that tlicv "ha»e been t.iki η
out ol the horrible j it ami miry « lav «·ί
Democratic darktu»::, »in, tnd wictced·
noes, and placed upon the lirm to «λ <>t
Republican principles.*' (Laughter and
applause.) It they feel so, κϋ light.
Just come in. SV« have room lor a lew
of the bt-l. Hut il t h · ν do not leel g*.f
have some reason to distrust their pieten*
ded conversion a* genuine, not withstand
in<r that Senator Sumner, in his letters—
which Gen. liutU r characterizes as "Sum
ner's Fu>t Kpitlle to the Kiheopiaiti.1*—
(laughter) ;>tatee that the democrats are
now just as good as the republicans mid
as good friends to the Negroes as those
republican* who sustained the adminis
trations of Lincoln and of Grant. (Cheers)
Gov. Toihani asked if half of what lloi
ace Greeley lu»d said of the democratic
party was true,should thnt party he trust
ed with |K>wer? If ono-half the demo
cratic party said ot Greeley was true η mm
ho a At candidate for President? or, con
ceding (as they bol h now claimed) that
each had lor years been lying about the
other, were they now to be believed ?
(Cries of "No, we can't trust them!'1) In
conclusion, the speaker expi cased his
conviction that the fame putiioti>m
which in th* dark* - uil'c?
had nobly '· f «air coinu-v'*
call. WO·.!Id tow nia.:.ι . ι:».· ;»!··» it»·» · it·
suit! that had Ucii achieved; that a
pf.tple who had been trio«l "*· a
people l' !. « I. »y
in;» circun»*luuce*. eonld be linsted to«Ιι·
termine the ih&u*» before us in this t-uiu
paign. (Loud applause.)