Indiana State sentinel. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-06-02

s5-''As a member of Congress. would never
vote one man or one dollar to resist the South"
The Terre Haute Express and the Indianapo-
lis Journal, with the partisan unfairness which
ever characterizeS those papers, quote tie fore
going sentiment having been expressed by Mr.
VOORHEES, He never uttered it. In a speech at
Greencastle on the 10th Of April, 1861, before
the commencement of hostilites, he said:
"For myself am for the Crttenden compro-
mise, or the border State proposition, or any
other fair and honorable adjustment which will
give peace to the country; but say to you, nv
constituents, that your representative. will
never vote one dollar, one man enc gun to the
Administration of Abraham Lincoln to make rar
upon the South"
Mark the words-''I will never vote one dollar
one man, one gun to the Administration of
ABRAHAM LINCOLN to make oar upon the South"
This was said before the attack upon Sumter,
and when, according to the highest testimony,
"the Administration of ABRAHAM LINCOLN" as
sured the Southern Commissioners, then in
Washington, that Fort Sumter should not be re-
nforced, and that it had no intention in any way
'tO make war upon the South" Previous to
this, Congress, by a resolution almost unani-
mously passed, declared to the people of the
South and the whole country that the institution
of slavery should not be interfered with in the
States where it existed, and that the Abolitonists
were so few in number that their schemes should
be regarded with contempt.
Now ask is there man in Indiana who re-
spects the Constitution and who desires the per
petuation of the Union under the Constitution,
who will even now take exception to the senti-
ment of Mr.. VOORHEES,? Always excepting Alb
oltionists, could there have been a man found
on the 10th of April, 1861, who would have been
willing to have voted cone dollar, one man or
one gun to the Administration of ABRAHAM LIN
COLIN to make 10Gr upon the South? Mr.. LINCOLN
iustifes the war upon the South, and the means
he has used to prosecute it, upon the ground that
the South made war upon the Government-that
the rebels inaugurated hostities. Mr.. VooRHEEs's
term as Congressman commenced with that of Mr..
LINCOLN as President. And he has proven that his
loyalty to the Government is equal to that of
''the Administration of ABRAHAM LINCOLN" by
voting for every dollar, every man and every
gun, that the President has asked for to put down
the rebellion. But Mr.. VOORHEES,, unlike Mr..
LINCOLN, has condemned the rascals who have
taken advantage of the public necessities to rob
the treasury, and who under the guise of patriot
ism. have swindled the Government and added
vastly to the burdens of the country. And
another OfIense of Mr. VOORHEES, is that he has
opposed financial polcy-a system of taxation
that is unequal, thai favors the East to the dis
advantage of the West. Upon these issues Mr..
VOORHEES, has administered most whitening re-
buke to the party in power, and for that reason
he has been pursued with the most infamous de-
fractions and misrepresentation of his position
with the hope that it would break its effect upon
the country. But it will fail. He has said moth
ing nor has he done anything that is not entirely
consistent with the highest devotion to the Gov
eminent, and we know he has infinitely more
gard for its preservation than those who are now
barking at his heels for party purposes.