Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1860-07-18


Dantsl w. veesheess Ftrss speech p
fsr Deagtss-hss Conversions aud >
0fundsrsi
Having quite . curiosity to learn ho~ '
Buchanan Office holder who had recently .
been converted TO Douelssism would talk.
Ne sitseded the Democratic meeting last
svesing and heard ID. " Voorhees, make
. speech. The lsst time Ne heard him
vas in Democratic Convention shen
= resolution vas offered complimentary OF
Mr.. Docslss. aud he thea. IN HE opposi
lion TO the resolution said. a. might be veil
perhaps to occasionally ssy something
about the LATHE Giant. go that fks sosrld
miSh ksep k sss slin siips." Now. how
ever. he 10 Of the opinion tina, Douglas is
Dot only the iipssf man 10 the world. bo,
espsciall, aud particularly depuied by
Providence 60 save the Usion- A woDdsr-
ful change has been wrought upon The con
vietious Of Mr.. VOORHEES,.
Bot the manner Of Ar. Voorhees, con
rersiss to Popular Sovereignty Is 10 less
remarkable than vas II sudden. He said
he Was travelling in a stage coach in Vir-
GINA, passing along one Of those deep |
gorge- bemmed in 90 either side BY loft' |
mountains OF ~ho<e tops screamed The
eagle ard in whose eaverns gfoSled the
wolf That here. amid the awful sablimi-
" Of Nature. aud 10 The very heart Of The
Old Dominion. he first received Intelligence
Of the action OF the Baltlmofr Convention.
Quick a. u lightnlug's Hash, has "ind
Gas mate Up tie sss alta glance ahieh
vas he regular Democratic nonHuee--em-
oraesd nop observation-disclosures Douglas
ised. aud his conversion Was from that
moment. most complete
Perhaps since Paul. or has way 10 Da-
mascus, "saw light from Heaven. above
the brightness of the .uu. shining round
about him, there has not been - remsr'
! kable aud 90 sudden conversion. de saw
Ala glance that Douglas was til. regular
, Democratic nominee and his principles
!, changed instantsneonsly. twas the most
! miraculous exhibition OF ground aud lofty
D tumbling perhaps on record-a most won
1 derful instance Of political vsultiug-prin
: ciples changed IN accordance with the &C
i ton Of q Convenliou-wha was before
r right. now became wrong, add what was
/ wrong before, la "a moment became right.
) II is another instance. of how hard il Is
. ito kick against the pricks."
Il Mr. Voorhees, wanted 10 distinctly uu-
derstood that he did not charge Mr.. Lin
. coin with voting against the Mexican war.
J. or for the supplies for that war. Oh no,
l. not he he would not misrepresent his
= tory. but be charged fnriously and terribly
.. ,ha, Mr.. Lincoln said the war was unne'
le cesssry. unconstitutional and unjust, and
{ how could a man vote to assist IN carry IDg
{, on an uncon stitutional aud unjust war p
:" This was an exultsnt clinch.r and th'
re speaker seemed to be delighted at the hi
ID he bad made he could not discriminate
4 how Mr.. Lincoln. entertaining the opin
ion with Mr.. Clay aud Mr.. Webster, tina
the war with Mexico was uncous titutioDa
and unjust, could possess patriotism
enough to vote the necessary supplies t.
keep the oldiers. who had been ordered I,
sbe 6eld rom starving. he thought tina
he who would vote to feed and clothe tn
sol Tier who was engaged in gu unconstiIu
:" tionsl war. was a perjured villains hiel
we suppose is a rare specimen of Demo
cratic patriotism.
l" But all the power Of Mr. Voorhees, ful
;. charged battery was turned against Mr.
= Lincoln because he. ir his great speech a
Spring field had said, that 'house div
. ded against itself cannot stand" Thi
house. said the speaker. whose founda
- tons were lain on Bunker Hill. who's
60 walls were erected by Washington. and
!, Henry aud Jefferson. Abraham Lincolr
save, cannot stand No more treason
able sentiment vas ever uttered. Arnold
whsu Le went aboard the Vulture. wa
. no 40 more traitor than the Republican
!" candidate for the Presidency"
" Well. il is pretty had to say sneh thing
about Honest Old Abe" hut the bloc
vas feverish. the eloquent period had L
be finished, and what difference did
make what was said. 40 that il was IRE
said
eu We propose nov---for the especial edit
&c cation Of Mr.. voorhees,, and 40 that be W il
g not again grow 60 furiously eloquent
OF abou, q matter. concerning which h
knows so little TO here give him Just vhs
T. Mr. Lincoln did say, and what others. c
the fathers. have said on that same subject
~ We do this ~ the greatest kinduess to
: wards Mr.. V for II he continues calm
Mr.. Lincoln a traitor, he will only b
ed laughed at by all intelligent men. Her
is NJ. Lipcoln'- language;
er 10 nv opinion the slavery agitation W Il
not cease until acrsis shsll have been re- act
~ ed and passed "A house divided sgains
itself cannot stand believe this govcrr
menf cannot endure permanently half slav
sud haiffree do not expect the Union I
be iissolved-I do not expect the house
fall, but do expect IL will cease TO be d
. vided II will become eli one thing. or q
The other Either the opponents II sl'
l. very will arrest the further spresd OF it
u place Il uhere the public mind shall rest /
,s the belief that if 10 81 fAe course OF altimsI
he extinction: or It's advocates Gill push
:, forward, till IL sbsll become alike lswfs
10 ell the States. old a. veil a. new
10, Moth a. we'll az South.
Of
: IL there anything lraiiorous IA THE :
a. there anything calculated n alarm any b,
=, old women. unread boys aud imFulsiv
orstorsr--e think not The leading ids
10, that the time eiil come when this go'
eminent will become ell free. That ,
. some period in the future. human servitud
~ill not exist any where IN this f,der'
government That u viii become all on
thing. or all the othef" No one ever Z,
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