Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-04-22
UxMlrIoArED HYrocmcY.-The Hon

DANIEL w. voorhees,, hnding u amPeTa
,fUeiy necessary 70 leave Terre Haute
IN Saturday last, Immediately after the
reception Of the news Of the assassina- /
ton of the President, felt called upon to /
leave a "card" behind to be read at the
public meeting The note, or card was
addressed to Col. Thompson but for
some cause was not read, aud, therefore,
made its first appearance in the Terre
HaGte Journal, a suitable medium for
their hypoeritiqal winnings Of the delect
able Daniel, and re-published By the Sui
Ivan Democrat
In an Introductory the Journal styles
it "a noble letter, and breathes the true
spirit Of a humane asd Christian gem
tleman."
Daniel felt compelled to leave on Sat
urday for Green county, to attend court.
Of course his professional duties we're so
pressing that be could not defer bis de-
parture for a single day even under me
news that caused him such bitter on
guish.
For myself" says Daniel, allow
me to say that knew Mr.. Lincoln per
sonally well, and while it has been, per-
haps, my misfortune to differ from him
during the time | have been in public
life, yet be always treated that difference
as an honest one, and never received
anything but personal kindness at his
hands. No one in this commu nifty, or
in this broad land, more sincerely
grieves over the death to day than do. .
1t has become part of the history Of
this country, that Daniel W. Voorhees,
has been, since the FIRST inauguration Of
Abraham Lincoln, one of his most per
sistent, Inscriptions and ul.mouthed
defamers and villi6ers. II was his "a.
vorite pastime to denounee him as q
tyrant, usurper and despot, fore
sworn and faithless, who had despoiled
the people of their rights All his
speeches seemed with such denunciationI
OF the man over whose death he nov SC
sincerely grieves.
One can scarcely turn over the files o.
Democratic paper without finding OF
almost every page proof Of Voorhees,
malevolence towards the late President.
From his first speech at Greencastle, il
1861, in which he declared the war,
waeed for the defence of the Govern.
ment against the assaults Of traitors, al
wicked iniquitous and eauseless, through
all his speeches down to that made a.
Greencastle few days ago, the powers
Of the despot, as assumed by Abraham
Lincoln, form the burden Of his theme
His Concord speech Of July 4th, 1868, i
fall of such charges of tyranny anddes
potism on the part OF President Lin
coin.
In that speech he declared that tht
proud and stately neck of the grea
Northwest had been selected for 4
yoke more CALLING than the Roman EN-
bIem of bondage which doomed whole
provinces; that Federal usurpatior
had stricken down the Constitution anC
government of the State, and the advo
Gates of consolidated despotism aban
don oath, dignity and duty in order t
forward the ravishing strides, which i
Federal usurpation) is making in oui
midst" This state of affairs. he said
was not confined to any section of tn
loyal States. Law, fact and sentences
all exist in the will of the Executive
The person of every citizen of America
his wife and his child, is more at tn,
mercy, to-day, of Executive caprice an'
tyranny than the slave of Virginia is q
the mercy of his master. The Presi
dent plainly avows his independence o.
and supremacy over all law.
eve will have to turn back to thu
familiar and odious names of the wors
desposts of the Old World and o.
ancient days to find parallel to thi
monstrous assumption of power. TIT
English.h house Of Stuart was the champion
of liberty in comparison, and he then
enumerates Louis XIV. and Tiberius a,
less odious tyrants than Lincoln. And
yet chs is one of his mildest speeches
1t is not strange that Daniel felt com
PEELED to leave Terre Haute suddenly
1t was his conscience that drove him
forth. He knew that he, and such as be
by their base and false denuncistions oil
Mr. Lincoln as q tyrant and usurper
had whetted the knife and charged the
pistol of the assassin.
He feared the low mutterings Of the
storm which be felt the direfnl news
might call forth
His letter was not read at the meet
ing Col. Thompson would not insult
the loyal and grief stricken people by
reading, in their presence, such hypo-
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