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Show HORACE GKEELEY ON A5I-ESTY. A5I-ESTY. The I'liiJe-sopher of the New York Trtlune has gone South for the first time in his notable and busy life; and he has made a speech at New Orleaus. There must be something in the atmos-nhere atmos-nhere of tho caoital of Louisiana, that brings outspoken utterances from northern nor-thern men on Ku Kluxaud reconstruction. reconstruc-tion. First General Sherman excites, the attention of the nation by a plain,-straightforward plain,-straightforward declaration oflus opinions opin-ions as a citizen and a soldier, not as a politician, a-.nieuncie g blm-elf opposed to the reconstruction policy and the Force Fill!. And strangely enough, next comes Horace Greeley, and ex-pressos ex-pressos unreservedly his opinion that the policy adopted has not bccnsw.se otic. Ue says that a general amnesty would have removed everything like Ku Klux from tho South; and as true statesmanship secures the greatest good nd most pe.io-.-;V.l co:i iitica of society, this deolaratio i t y Mr. Greeley arraigns ar-raigns the s;a:e-:u.i:ishlp displayed by the leaders of bis party, to which the l'rd-une has given such powerful a-?is-tanco. Mr. (.i reeley with all Ms extreme notions no-tions is a to aa of lre.;.i huti:aiii:ari.ia views. He was an ao.'lt.'.ou'.s: Vc-eauso Vc-eauso ho o. ll. y. i tl a: r i portion o:' the human :'ar...ly should bo hoia in Ivnaage. B.;: slavoty is a tl. fog of the past. Toocl. v:i roplo I.i ::;ls country are c-.v. -.-.otpated art I etftr.'.u-chiscd. etftr.'.u-chiscd. Aud Mr. Greeley, nuier the warm suu of Lo t.sU'oa s:s t..a: tne white people of the South arc stt... to a large cxteur. ct.o.r.rg ttto jujcaics which an auoccs;u. contest ;.-a placed upon th:ur. Matty of their leading ctca arc cis.'ranohtscd, and thousan.'s who er.ly illlooi the .-aa of others are in the saxo conattioa of political disability. Arti soe.og this, he would place white and colored on the same political live'., and let the votes of the greatest nuuiccr control. This is in a.vorvhrtee with his political polit-ical history. It is a sentiment that is srrowin; throughout the country, aad the next session cf Congress will end amnesty before i: in a general and practical form. |