Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1860-09-12

Voorhees,, we propose TO give some OF hs
chans.s duriIg the last few years
On the 9th day of November. 1858,
these Wa a meeting Of The Democracy at
Iadianspolis to consult for the good Of the
party. Distinguished speakers there
spoie The Douglas men were warmly
opposed 10 the Lecompton policy of the
President, and the friends Of the Admin
istration favored that policy. Mr.. Voor-
hees was a speaker ON that occasion, aud
hts speech. with others. was published by
the State Sentinel. a copy of which is now
before w. II will be recollected that Mr..
Hovey. the u. s. District Attorney. had
been dismissed, for his adherence to the
doctrines advocated by Mr.. Douglas, and
Mr.. Voorhees,. the ardent friend Of tho Ad-
ministration, bad been appointed in his
sstnd. The appointment given to Mr..
Voorhees, by Mr.. Buchanan was lucra-
tive one, aud gave him all the position a
young and ambitious man could desire
The Administration locked upon him as
one who would stand by it, when its hour
of darkest trial come.
The Judge Of the Court in which Mr..
Voorhees, was called in his official capaci-
ty to practice, was unprecedently liberal
in making him allowances, aud all the sur.
roundings OF the United States District
Attorney were very prosperous. The Pres
dent had written his Silliman letter--had
advanced his extreme ultra pro slavery
doctrine, and the war between him aud
Mr.. Douglas was at its fiercest point. All
over tiH country the friends Of the Presi-
| dent aud his policy were @rayed in open
| hostility with the friends Of Mr.. Douglas
and his policy. They were diuidsd upon
principle, End Of course. n long as princi-
Piles rem1n immutable, cannot come to-
gether.
With these Surroundings. this meeting
on the Gath of November. 1855, was held j.,
and Mr.. voorhees, made a speech. and the
following are the last two paragraphs of
that speech
"You need not be told that have from
! the fiUe and 60 now maintaiu, that the
President, in his Recommendation for the
I'D mission Of Kansas into the Union under
The Leeompton Constitution. did no violence
To the true intent aud meaning of the Kan
as Nebraska Act. | have der held, and
do now. that his course was wise, laN fu.
Nd patriotic, and calculated to bring peace
to our detracted country. And here de
clare my opinion that had his policy pre-.
vailed. Kansas this hour would have been
no more a subject Of national politics than
ays other State in the Union, aud that she
would bs& been quietly attending to her
own State affairs in her own way. The
lhcompton Constitution | viewed as the
legal act Of the people of Kansas, clothed
with the forms Of law. aud l saw nothing
in the act organizing that Territory which
vitiaftd a Constitution because IL was n ot
directly submitted to the people As the
Executive Of the laws of the country, Mr.
Buchanan was expected to do his duty in
putting that Constitution into force Ia
that he net the expectations Of the country,
and discharged the high functions OF his
efbte. In my opinion he could haze done no
less.
"Mr. Buchanan has been the object OF
euveoomed assaults from foes without.
and freuson pithtn, the party OF which he is
the lAder, and ornament He needs no de-
fendeS save his own glorious career of more
tian forty years Of service aud usefulness
to his country. His own history is the best
aarantee for the purity of his motives and
the wisdom of his conduct. for no man
would wanConly hazard such a treasure of
lame, or tarnish an escutcheon so bright
with statesmaD's honor. And let poli-
ticians say what they will, the confidence
Of the masses in the Administration of Jas
buchanan, is firm and mistaken. and will
endure to the end. Nv fellow citizens
thank you for your attention. am en-
barked in that boat which carries the old
fog. Upon the heaving waters of political
fsnaticism it may wreck and founder. 1t
so, am content TO perish with her. Ifshe
outrides the storm, however, as | verify
believe she will, then in the harbor of a
peaceful and fraternal Union We will all
ind safe moor,ng. In ANY EVENT, IN VEAL
OR IN WOE, DEsERTER's FATE SHALL NEVER
BE NINE
That evidenced the right kind of cour
age. and Mr.. Voorhees, stood manfulIv nm
to the interests Of his patron, and for the
principles which be then said he believed
Go be right He said from the first, Le was
with the "President in his recommendation
for the admission Of Kansas into the Union.
under the LEcoMProS Constitution" He then
held that the Presidents course was "wise.
lawful and patriotic"
He then called the assaults made on Mr..
Buchanan by Mr. Douglas, .heason ,cithin
The party Of which the President "was
leader" He referred to Mr. Buchanap's as |
a glorious career and said that the conf. |
denee of the masses in him was "Grm."-i
All these it will be seen, were repeated
slaps in the face Of the Little Giant. He
rallied the followers Of Mr.. Douglas in the
great fight Of 1858, TRAITORS Dahin the par
~
Mr. Voorhees, growing warm in his love
'f James Buchanan and his Leconrton
policy said. II am embarked in that boat
Dhieh carries the old flag = and GIN
my ErEsr, IN VEAL on IN WOE, pKsERrEn's
ATE SHALL NEVER BE NINE"
or course, Mr.. Voorhees, receiving favors
rom the misunderstanding his arm ,
p to the elbow IN the Federal Treasury, ,
nd then. above all. going with the Presi-
ent on principle, it was not, for moment
} be supposed he would ever desert the Q
old ship"-"tbat a deserter's fate would c
Yer be his." But alas for all human &
'leulaiions. Mutation is everywhere.--
hange and variation make up the great /,
'sma in human life. Matter changes. d