Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-09-05

atians

There can be no douhi that il j. the Intention
Of the unscfupulou- Republican politicians "a
coutinue their mi~reHesentsirus OF Demacrit-
with view to prejudice and inf ame the minds OF
soldiers against the puty. and particularly some
OF our leading men. They seen 10 aim their
shafts more persistently against Hon. d. W.
Voorhees, than any other prominent Democrat.
We sre certain that he has never made a speech
here without having some dirty Black Repubi-
can 20 seud Fl % one ~ the filthy Abolition or
eans = tissue of f,Isehoods and misrepresenta
tions IN reg srsl tn Whist he said:
NJ Voorhees, last speech made on the
9th OF August The hlack gu ,r,i whose lot il WIS
To tell lies shout him then. slow in perform
inc the sork but he made up in enormtv fur hs
lszineSs he first account of his sDeerh that
we know Of appe trei in the Wabash ExnreSs OF
the 26'h In the Weekly Evansville Journal of
the 9th. We 6nd the same thing repeated with a
special" ct its own. We copy the article from
the Journal. entire:
Dan VooRHEEs AT Sullivan A Union
soldier. member of the gallant llth Iudi ma.
who heard the speech of VOORHEES, at Sullivan,
Jlly %. sends us an extract which. if correctly
rep Iried. stamps VOORHEES, as vie u traitor as
any that figures in the rebel Congress Our
soldier correspondent SAYS Voorhees, expressed
himself about as follows:
NV countrymen. stand up for thel laws Of your
country and the constitution The conscript
l,w is not constitutional Arm yourselves. then.
Stand uo TO each other. toe To toe. elbow to ell
bow. Resist the conscription TO the death, If IL
is required The soldiers are nothing mpre than
dogs. They ought 10 be taken To blacksmith
shop. where large collars should he put around
their necks. on which should he engraved in large
le'iers, 'Lincoln's doga' They will be no more
thought of when they get home than a set oil
wolves. They are nothing hut ct of blood
suckers. Resist them. You have friends in
Ohio. Indiana and Illinois who will rally to the
rescue"
We have given the language as furnished by
correspondent, who signs his name To the
letter containing The quotation The laneu &c
m.y not he precisely that used by Mr. Voorhees,
but that the sentiments above given were his we
have no kind OF doubt
The Terre Hnute ExDress i'm speaking o
VOORHEES, effort at Sullivan. saws eenilem "a
who he4ri the speech furnishes il with the fol
lowing quotation. which is almost denti nj vi
the above The ecntlemin informs the Express
that Mr.. Voorhees, said in substance the follow
ing:
.All the government desires to accomplish In
arm ng the militia is to control the elections AND
he advised his friends to go home, and drill
themselves. and be in readiness to resist that OF
or ANYTHING else thar might present itself
He further said al those who were in favor o
a vigorous prosecution of the war. and in favor o.
supporting the Administration, had better 90 I,
blacksmith shop and get an iron collar m 'd.
be ring the inscription: my DOG. ABE LIN
COLIN"
The Indianapolis Journal also contains re
port Of the same speech to the same effect Al
of these reports to papers published in different
localities and nv different individu, rs then
as true heyond denial. Mr. Voorhees, will find L
his sorrow we venture the PREDICTION. that ABB
Linc"n's dogs will bite When the gallant mer
who he has sn infimously slandered, return Il
their homes. they will havea settlement with tn
slanderer. and he will he found in mighty tie h
place for his account with them shows feu
credits, While the debt side footS up perilou>l
large"
The infamous report was rather tno strong "A
first. even for the journal ard il qualified lis com
ment Nv IF correctly reported " We can a.
sure that paper and al others that the report i
not correct We listened tn his speech ON I'll.
9TH of August mot July 2oih. for he was no
here at that time.) attentiyely from beginning "a
end. aud know that he expressed no such sent
ments. IL was in reply To such accusations a
are in the closing paragraph above that he can
TO speak OF the soldiers. He said malignant
purpose To SANDER him and misrepresent his 20
sition towards the soldiers was evident on the r
of the Republican demagogues; he paid hand
some tribute to their bravery and patriotism, an,
said that he had always been their friend, voting
their pay and supplies when in the field; that h
had tear- OF their return; that their intelligence
and good sense would enable them discrimi
nate between their real and pretended friends
In ~peiking OF the demagogues who shnuted
Themselves haarse in behalf of free speech anC
Tree press" for the dissemination OF abolition
ism. Vet who tWn round and cry amen t.
unconstitutional edicts against the freedom o
speech and of the press issued by sJme military
satran, AMI indorse arbitrary arrests and impris
onments of innocent men-in speaking OF sucl
miserable time servers and sycophants AS these
il was that he suggested the appropriateness %
an iron collar about their neck-. with 4 label ex
pressive of their affect servitude The spanie:
had not the courage 10 resent the ctsm. an
sought to provoke retaliation from Drawer meu b,
incorporating the language
a. TO the first account in the paragraph copied
from the Terre Haute Express, we hive mo-
much complaint 10 make, though It's not exactl,
correct 1t the Government Intends by armina
Union Leaguers. ITO control the elections. We
will venture Mr. Voorhees, will at all times "ad
wise his friends to 60 home. and drill them
selves AMI be in readiness To resist denial al
their right to vote. ar any other effort to make
slaves of them. While Mr. Voorhees, repu hates
secession, he acknowledges the right of the peo-
pie To take up arms in defense of or for restoring
their constitutional rights Do Republicans deny
ths?-l Sullivan Democrat.