Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1860-08-29


Hr. VOORHEES, jn Virginia.
We wrote, Yesterday, in relation to some
II the sentiments recently uttered by Mr..
Voorhees, at the University Of Virginia. ,
We ehdeavored to show, in that article, {
.hat the Douglas sspirsnt for Congress 10
his District. while in the presence of those ..
Southern Shareholders. so far forgot what
was due to himself, aud to the people with
whom he lived. rs TO speak disreputably Of
his home, and Of those with whom he has
been raised We think we succeeded 10
showing, that on the occasion Of his ad-
dress at Charlottesville, Virginia, Mr.. Voor
hsss spoke in the most disreputablc terms
of Northsrn men, and of Northern SENT
msnt. Our object ia this expose. was. to
show how Northern Democrat could and
would prove recFeant to his very hearth
stonc. How. to curry favor with another
section. he would abuse the very place Of
his birth.
At this time we quote further from this
address, to show that Mr.. Voorhees, in fur
Their pandering to Southern feeling and
Southern prejudice, actually mIsrepresents
aud misstates the history Of the country. |
Ia referring TO the recent outrage OF j ohm
Brown and his fow followers. on tho soil
Of Virginia. Mr.. VooTheo suses the fol
lowing language:
"a wonderful scene is presented to US as
~ Lab hal h. 49, ugh1nh
have recently convulsed the nation. Sc
dition sent az armed force against her Dor
der. Fanaticism sought to give the flesh
of her citizens a prey to the eagles. and
her houses to the torch Of the incendiary.
Murder was iDaugurated - a virtue on her
! soil, and her domestic Institutions were as
sailed with sectional hate which reioiced
/ in the prospect of carnival of blood
/ The barriers Of State sovereignty and the
J safeguards OF State equality were broken
down at the behests OF the sedIti0us cItl-
zen. The mother of States and OF States
msn was the first to feel the unasturai and
uBgrateful blow Of q moDstrous conspira-
cy against the Constitution"
alt was true that the old Union OF the
Fathers had not afforded her protection
against criminal outrage. IL was true that
war had been proclaimed against her by
the consistent followers of a prevalent Sec
tional fanatieism. 1t was true that the
equality of American citizenship was
~rieken down on the soil which gave 1t
birth"
1t will be noticed in this extract shat MIR.
voorhees, charges the whole North with a
sectional hate towards Virginia. ,ohich re-
joees ia the prospects Of eqTnisal Of blood -
The eloquent orator must have been pro-
foundly ignorant, profoundly wicked, OF
profoundly complacent when he made this
statement. But he says further, that there
was aimed at Virginia ian unnatural and
upgrstefsl blow of a monstrous cOnspiracs
AGAINST the Constitution" Here, to pandel
to the prejudice of shareholders, this mar
from the North, where everything which
surrounded bin taught him bstter-where
! if he but opened his eyes, he must hsv'
I learned that there was no "monstrous con
spiracy against the Constitution"
! if he but talked with his fellow-citizen
o with whom be every day associated, b
u must have known there was no "secti0na
hate" in the North. rejoicing at the pros
pect of carnival of blood
There was some reason why Virginlan
!, should have been affrighted at the raid Q
John Brown and his twenty followers
Although We think there scare was mos
stupendous, still we can sympathiGe wit
9 them, from the fact, that they had no in
l. mediate means of knowing how many wei
{ engaged il the insunectiOn, or how far
d extended But how a man from the Mort
q -one who was in the North all the tim
; during the troubles at Harper's Ferry, an
who, il he was honest knew the full e1
- tent Of that Instruction, could 60 before
~ Virginia audience aud tell them. that th
Jshn Brown raid was a "monstrous con
spiracy" which "rejoicsd ia the prespec
&c of a carnival of blood il more than "
. can we'll understand To make this STATE
meat too, months after The occurrence IA
p" taken place-after Brown aud his follow
=. ers bad paid the penalty Of their audacit
after the Senate Of the United States ha
Investigated the whole matter, and ba
failed 10 connect one single individual
outside Of the twenty two, ia the eDtil
North. with the "monstrous conspiracy
After the most thorough investigation. i
every conceivable wy had demonstrate
TO the world, that the attack on Harper
Ferry was alone the reckless act of oil
u 1, .. fallo
After all this was knovn aud read OF b
all men, we say it is passing strange, th'
any one from the North, or from The Sout
~ either, could he so lost to the true facts
n the case, To the truth Of history, to himse
and to the people with whom he lived. 9
u to go before Virginia audience and tie
ie them that "war had been proclaime
against her by the consistent followers
a prevalent sectional iac,ion. and tn,
. there was a "monstrous conspiracy" in th
North, filed with Sectional hate" "whic
rejoiced in the brosBset oi carnival I
VI blood Was there ever more mORstrsa
&c fabrication endesvored to be palGed o
&c on a credulous people? Mr. Voorbet
d must have forgotten that such sentiment
l" uttered when and where he did, had the
even been true. werS very much calculate
:" to stir up sedition in the very heart Of th
commonwealth--calc To DO aueh il
Jury aud no possible good
:, Prank II. Blair.
d II will be seen BY reference to anoLh,
N column, that Frank P. Blair. the distin
p guisbed Republican Of Missouri, has
d list Of annointmsni in this Coneres.iopl