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Show By W. U- Telagraph.) HORACE OBEILET AT PORT. LilD. Portland, H. The following speech was made by Greeley at bis reeeption here last night. He had struggled throughout his life, first, for impartial universal liberty; second, for the uniry and greatness of our common country; third, and by no means least, whoa the former end was atiained, for early hearty conciliation and peace among our country men. He recognized the propriety of a candidate for the presidency presi-dency making no speeches, yet there is a truth to be uttered in behalf of those who have placed mc before the American Ameri-can people in my present attitude, which does them such honor that I claim the privilege of stating it here now. It is the truth that no person has ever yet made the iact that he proposed pro-posed to support, or actually did support, sup-port, my Domination, whether at Cincinnati or Baltimore, or in the ac-; ac-; tion which resulted in the sending of I delegates to either convcnlion a basis i to a ciuim fur oliice. No ono who favored my nomination before cither convontioD has bought office- at my hand, either for himself or any one 1 elbo, or suggested to me that I might strengthen myself as a candidate by promising to appoint any ono to any important officii whatever. In very few instances, I am certain, some of the smaller fry of po'uiciaus have sinco my double nomination hinted to me by letter that I might increase my chances by promising a post office or some such place to my volunteer correspondents respectively. J have not usually responded to these overtures, over-tures, but I now give general notice that should I bo elected I shall consider consi-der the claims of these untimely aspirants aspi-rants after those of the more modest and retioient shall havo been fully satUfied. (Applause.) In two or three instances I have been asked to say whether I would not, if cleoted, confine my appointments to Kepubli-oans, Kepubli-oans, I. answer those by pointing to that plank of the Cincinnati platform wherein all who concur in the principles prin-ciples therein set forth are cordially invited to participate in their esta- ki;,l,m an, I mnJinntinn T have heard of the man who invited his neighbours to raise n house aud who proceeded to eviot them out of it as soon as tho roof was lairly over his head. For my own part I 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 regards. Ono other point demands a word. Those adverse to mc ask what pledges I have given to those lately hostile to the union to secure their favour and support? I answer, no man or woman in all the south over asked of me, whether directly or through another, any other pledge than is given through all my acts and words from the hour of Lee's surrender surren-der down to this moment. No southern south-ern man ever hinted to me an expectation, expecta-tion, hope, or wish that the rebel debt, whether Confederate or State, should be assumed or paid by the union. No southern man who could be elected to a legislature or made a , colonel of a militia regiment over suggested sug-gested the pensioning of rebel soldiers ! or any of them, even as a remote possibility. pos-sibility. AH who nominated me were aware that I had upheld and justified federal legUUtion to repress the Ku Klux conspiracy outrage, though I had long ago insisted as strenuously as I now do that complete amnesty and genuine oblivion ot the bloody, hateful past would do more.l'or the suppression and utter extinction of such outrages than all force bills or suspension of the habeas corpus ever devised by men. Wrong and crime must be suppressed and punched, but far wiser aud nobler is a legislative policy by which they arc prevented, i'rom those who support sup-port me in tho South I have but one demand, "justice;" but ono desire, "reconciliation.'1 They wish to be heartily rtunited and at peace with the North ou any terms which do not involve a surrender of their manhood. They desire a rule which, alike for white and black, shall encourage industry indus-try and thrift, in which I fuliy concur, and that between the 5th of November and the 4th of March next, quite a number of governors, and other dignitaries, digni-taries, who in the absurd name ot Be-publicanism Be-publicanism and loyalty havo for years been piling debt upon their war-wasted States, will follow the wholesome example ex-ample of Bullock of Georgia, and seek the shades of private life, and the darker these shades the better fo themselves and for mankind. The hope that my election may hasten tho much desired hegira of thieving carpet-baggers has reconciled to the necessity ne-cessity of supporting me, maoy who would otherwise have hesitated and probably refused. Fellow citizens, the deposed and partially exiled Tammany ring has stolen about thirty million from the oity of New York. And that was a most gigantic robbery and hurled its contrivers and abettors from power and spleudor to impotency aud infamy; but the thieving oarpet baggers have stolen threo times that amount. Thoy have stolen from the already impover- ' ished and needy. They still flaunt their prosperous villainy in the higest places in the land and are addressed as"h"nor-able"tlexcellency,"(applaaee.) as"h"nor-able"tlexcellency,"(applaaee.) I think I hear a voice from the honest people of all the States declaring that their iniquity shall be painful and insolent no longer, at the farthest only till tho 4th of March next ; and that by that time those criminals shall have heard a national verdict pronounced that will cause them to '"Ibid their tents like the Arabs and silently steal away." That, I trust, will be tho end of their stealing at the cost of the good of our country and the well being of her people. |