Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-03-30

decla nations James BROOKS Is man
Of some ability, bat the New York peace
organ says he Is an abolitionist, and so
W can't count him. When we come
J AtnoHg-the regular Cops We viii find that
the majority of them know very little
more than the Hon. Alexander Long, Of
this county. Ia their company Mr. Foor-
hees, wh0 has been q student and can
use the EBgiish ian guage with somesAiug
Of force, and even occasional elegance,
becomes gigantic.
1t has been the purpose Of Mr. Foor-
hees b make the great peace speech OF
this session of Congress, and on the 9Th
inst. he spoke his piece, as Artemus
would say. II was on Saturdsy-Bun-
combe day--that be addressed so much
Of his speech as be uttered in that place,
to empty galleries aud thin House. On
the 18th inst the effort appeared in the
Globe, having been two weeks in course
Of preparation for the world, after dsliv-
cred in the House
The speech is intensely malignant to-
ward the Administration, aud aHiiabIe
toward the rebels. It's length is ener-
nous, and We have space only for d few
extracts and some observations relating
/ 70 them. Mr. Voorhees, said
"When the present party came into
power, the road TO an honorable peace
on the basis Of the Union was still open.
Before the inauguration of Mr. Lincoln,
his friends and supporters held the is.
sues Of life and death, peace aud sxar,
/ in their hands in this Capitol"
The only road 10 peace that was posi-
/ sible, when Mr. Lincoln was nauzurated,
vas through submission to peaceful
dissoluiiop Of the Union, il We mat
speak Of that as possible Mr. Lincoln
inaugural was concihAtory throughout,
but be said solemnly he had az oath 10
keep, and must keep it, We have re-
peatedly published the Charleston Msrcti-
rys report of Roger A. Pryors speech
at Charleston, before the firing upon
Sumpter, when be said it was necessary
10 strike blow, TO force Virginia out Of
Z the Onion.
At e late Union meeting held in
Huntsville, Alahataa, Iere Clemens, for.
merly United States Senator frona Ala
bama, made statement az 70 tue cafn
mengment Of the war. He called upon
J@f Davis at Montgomery, when JEFF
WAS with his cabinet discussing the pro.
priety Of striking blow; and be heard
an Alabama secession Congressman
named Gilehrlst say 10 the rebel Secsela-
y Of War
at must be done. Delay two months
and Alabama stays in the Union Yoa
must sprinkle blood in the face Of the
people. 7
That is complete exposition OF the
spirit in. which the rebels forced the
war upon the National authorities Such
men as Pryor and Gilchrist depended
4 upon such men as Voorhees, when they
wanted the baptism OF blood aud they
were also led By. the paltry behavior Of
their party sycophants in the North to
believe that the Northern people were
cowardly. Daniel w Voorhees, was in
the habit years ago Of cursing Indiana as
an = Abolition State, simply because
she was not . slave State, and in his
highest rhetoric be has been q boaster
Of bis Virginia blood. With such fellows
running about ia the North and talking
at large OF public affairs, and even being
elected to Congress, no wonder " South
ern gentlemen supposed there was no
manhood in the North.
Mr.. Voorhees, SAYS
When eandor, reason and christiani-
~ in judgment on this struggle, every
line which records the history of war or
peace in all former ages tells me that
their verdict will be in favor Of the prin.
eipies which | advocate | seize this
hour of future triumph by anticipation
That il will come ! entertain no more
doubt than do that breath the air Of
life this moment
This Is the war with roaring fanatics
ike Mr.. Voorhees,. They are woader
fully well informed abou, the future
They knog their particular notion is tc
be taken up By the whole earth. They
never have any doubt about anything
They have not sense enough to Question
their own fancies Hag-ridden by theii
? delusions they discover god in ever
nightmare We quote again:
" | appeal, finally, 10 God, before whom
| stand, and into whose presence We al
hasten to answer for our conduct anC
r motives la that awful hour / humbll
4 trast and believe that nay feeble effort
to turn aside the devouring edge of th,
sword; TO stay the hand of the grsa
reaper, death; to pause in the horriC
/ work of sending souls to their eternR
e account without repentance or pardon
!, TO stop bereavement, woe, and tear
around every hreside; to brighten the
= mournful face of the land with the radi
/, ance of peace; to reconstruct aud re
J. store trasernsl and harmonious Union
, wiz meet with the approval of the Father
and go far toward relieving the newly
: liberated and trembling spirit OF thl
E terrors which surround it
y The proper commentary upon this is
4 the statement of the fact that Daniel VI
Eoorheesvisited Governor Seymour, a
:, Albany, in the Summer of 1865, ant
: urged him 10 assert the State Sover
d eighty" ot New York, and resist th,
: draft, by force Of arms if necessary
And he told Governor Seymour the Dem
ocrats Of the Northwest were organized
9 aud prepared 10 resist the draft, ans
o only waited for him (Seymourl to set thi
L example Voorhees, knew that thi
: meant war-civil war in the North. H
r meant war in the North when be ealles
on Governor Seymour, and so did bi
hackers This man, so afflicted ahou
u war With tie Southern SoEereigi
r States, was quite prepared to see North
srn cities laid in ashes and fields dssola
ted He thought the people were rip
g for insurrection, and plo;ted accordingly
y The battle of Gettysburg ard fall G
d Vieksburg, though having most ssluta
! ~ influence in checking the eon6denc
= Of traitors, did not prevent the horribi
p outbreak in New York. The mine Ia
e been prepared, and was sprung inoppol
d tunely. II was not the only prepsrstio