Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1860-09-05
VOORHEES, In VIRGINIA /,
HE ISSUES TWO EDITIONS OF HIS
UNIVERSITY SPEECH
one for the south and one for the
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few days ago, we made some extracts
from a speech recently delivered by Mr..
Voorhees, before the Literary Societies of
the University Of Virginia. The object of
those extracts. was. not TO criticise the pro.
ducIion, but to show how sycophantic
Northern man can become when standing
before a Southern audience cring-
ingly Mr.. Voorhees, bowed before the pre-
judice Of Southern shareholders. and in or.
der that he might the more perfectly win
their favor, misrepresented Noslhern men
aud Northern sentiment-how. on that oc-
casion, he advocated doctrines which he
dare not advocate before this people to-
day, and to gain the appreciation of Vir-
ginians abused the land Of his birth and
the people with whom he had been raised.
That speech was requested. by the Uni
versity Of Virginia for publication. and
Mr.. voorhees,, Of course, granted the re-
quest. The manuscript was brought to
this city, the speech was published here,
have already been issued from the press
one we suppose for Southern consumption,
the other for Northern. But be that as il |
may. Mr.. Voorhees, "Virginia" speech
which he and his friends are circulating in
this Congressional District. IL not the
speech which he delivered before the Uni
vsrsity Of Virginia. or as it was first issued
from the press Of this city. This is pref
ty serious charge and should open the eyes
of the electors of the 7th Congressional
District to the kind of man who is as
piring to fill the most important position
in their gift. RI this individual. while
standing before an audience of slavehold-
ers, did so pander to that power as we will
now show, is he fit to represent Northern
betraying Northern Sentiment while on
Southern soil, but coming home, he seeks
to practice a fraud upon his Northern
friends. is be worthy, or ought he to have
their suffragesf Although Mr.. Voorhees,
had just that kind of courage which per-
mitted him to make his Virginia speech
before Virginia audience, yet he lacked
the true courage TO circulate that identical
speech at his Northern home. Hence he
has two editions published. The first as
he delivered 1.-THE second as he would
have it for Northern consumption.
Let us now to the facts. On page SO of
the edition which Mr.. Voorhees, is circu
lating in this city, there occurs the follow
ing period: off the American Union shall
be preserved, its wisest statesmen will be
the first to look steadily to these facts,and
to shape the policy Of the nation towards
its lawful and inevitable expansion."-
Here the period ends in the copy before us,
but in the first edition Of the speech. and
as it was delivered before the University
of Virginia, and before slave holding au
diencs. this period is continued as follows:
"And If instead this Union shall be torn in
} t,oain. get ii wiH be letf, perhaps, for a new
contederGey Of American Stafes, 10 adoanee
the Star Of Empire to The regions Of the Equa-
tor, and aiodken THEM to life and beauty by
the presence of American Institutions"
The sentiment contained in this period
is evidently one looking TO dissolution,
and the formation of a new confederacy
out of the Southern and Mexican States
We do not say that Mr.. Voorhees, is dis
unionist-we do not believe at he is
but here. to pander to this ultra pro slave
ry sentimental sentiment that rs treason
able in its conception and Infamous in its
utterance-he suggests to Southern au-
dience the formation of new confederacy
out Of the "regions Of the Equator" If he
thought such doctrine right in Virginia.
why did he not have the manlness to adj
vocate it in Indiana? Why assert it then
and there strike it from The speech he puts
in circulation here? Whyy Let Mr.. Voor-
hees answer to the people whose votes he
is now seeking
We admire brave man. We even have
respect for the disunionist Yancy, for he
proclaims on Northern soil the same SEN
timents he utters In his Southern home
, But the man who will preach doctrine in
one locality and suppress it in another, is
"Fit for treason, stratagem aud spOils."
We ask Mr.. Voorhees, TO tell this people
why he did not print his Virginia Uuiver.
! sity speech as he spoke it before South
ern audiencei Why is the above period
left out in the edition put in circulation in
this District, and contained in the first
edition7 Did he intend 10 deceive the Vir-
ginians or tho people hereR Why is this,
Daniel, and how can you expect the sup
port Of Northern men, when yon have adj.
ded neanness to the most cringing, pan
dering. unmanly toadyism7 Come, sir, as
you are aspiring to the first position IN the
gift Of the people of this Congressional
District. tell US, il you please. how all this
happens. The North. IN all her positive
ness, her earnestpess, her sincerity and her
business will not be sold in this wise. Be
one thing or the other-hawk or buzzard
man or mouse.
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III The Democracy have been resorting
to the most despicable sxpedents during
this entire canvass to prevent the masses
of their party from hearing Republican
speakers, aud have made il a rule all overIths
this State when an appointment is made
by Republicans, or the other wing of the
Democracy, to appoint one at the same
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