New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-06-18

recently presented 10 Hon Daniel ~. VOORHEES,
nj Indiana, a beaRtful and costly goj-he0ded
cane. On the occasion If the presentation, Mir
Voorhees, made an e0nu5ut response, from which
we select the following extracts:
You have most kindly alluded to my course in
public life. l entered Congress five years ago IN
the midst of grief and of gloom. Civil war was
upon us like a baeful simeon of the desert. dark
| enng the very sun and gUenching the light of the
stars. Men were cropping about in the darkness
and confusion for firm political fOOtngs. Some
left their old and solid positions to take their
places on the shifting and tTeacherous guiCksauds
} of the hour. There waH vast political mirage
Just before rs all, deluding us away from the an
Gent landmarks of safety. Many plunged forward
into its deceitful embrace and thus increased oul
calamities They acted as if the Constitution had
already persisted in the storm, and society was re-
mitted to its original elements wherein each man is
law unto himself. On the contrary, recalled the
sublime origin of that instrument, the wisdom
that framed it, the startling magnifcence and
| glory which 1t had given our country in the
midst of the nations of the EARTH its suteiency in
times past for all the purposes OF warand OF peace,
! and determined that whatever others might DO,
on it, and on it alone, would build the house of
| my political faith, The winds have beat upon it,,
the rains have descended, but that house has not
| fallen. nave hFed TO hear the executive OF the
nation proclaim from the steps OF ms mansion to
the listening ears OF the civilized world that the
constitution IS once more unrolied ana lltted up
Tor the heallng OF fhe people. nave lVed to hear
nun declare that ! needs no dment-that It Is
| IoF as. nave AVed 10 near MN denounce Its
original ancient and persistent enemies as traitors
70 tnelf county Gentlemen, the constitution is
onoe more uiuinphln6. II mas passed through q
lghB HiSht! Dut tle uaTh is DFedhlng' Mangnant
elemehts, IL Is roe sun strive 10 retard the coming
gay q aehVefenee, nut tney Will he dispelled be-
50re the SHOWS q another WINTER Whlten the earth.
~ sFeat aliance now belns formed
net"gen WhGh no cohonauon small stand. II Is
l Y Hllldlce u tue american people with Andrew
9o9nsoI, "a ine pass q restored Constitution
au q an unorosen Union.
But IN my devotion to the Constitution of my
country u mas oeeh oiten charged that lost sight
u We iiuportahee q the union q the states:
tIIs uue Cdh ne VINO gives all the lanofs OF his
ille 10 me supremacy o. me Consntuton, be an
enemy 70 the Union DID |, or those with whom
acted, engender and foster the fierce sectional
a u! whlch resulted IN war Did or my
lIlehos, aa N enacnng laws IN nearly one-halt OF
Lne no! tneIn SUITES prior 10 an appeal to arms,
l9hIylng the laws OF Congress, and making it
felony Tor any one to attemptto enforce them in
their pordeFs was not the democratic party
Lale[ engaged ID close ana terrlole contest with
parLg whose :, WgtehWords We're NO union with
slaSehoiaers, Ile Union IS league with hell,
ana covenant with DEATH" Down with the Haunt
ing he.. Let the South go /; she cannot be kicked
OUT OF tne Union K, Did you ever circulate Hell
per,s infamous "a oook with nearly hundred of the
names OF our leaders 10 1t DldWe liken the exc
euuon OF John Brown to the cTucitiXion of the
saylor.f Gentlemen, there is record of the past
when cannot parish 1t bears the impression of
Union and peace of the Union States. The lead
ers Of the party which now hold high carnival
over the rights and liberties of the people in the
nalIs OF Congress were disunionsts before the war
ana are dlsunlonlsts now nor would they have
protested to be for the Union during the four
years Of war but for the fact that they thought
they could use the engines of war and its results
to carry out their long-chershed purposes and
overthrow our system Of government.
THESE are the men who have impeached my de-
vouon to the Union. There were many and pow
ertnl reasons why they should be in favor of dis
1netl1eriheht q tne country--none why should
Ihey hated ana sun hate the people of the South.
loved them then, and love them now. The
Nortlefn dlsunlonlsts never desired and do not
now desre 10 I'VE on terms OF equality with the
2out.eth people Ihey DO not claim them as
IIlehds OF love that portion OF the country, hail
them as American citizens, equal under the law,
ana en4tled TO an their rights under the Constitu
lon. nave not seen q moment since our troubles
Degal tnat Wonla not nave gwen my life to re-
ohion' ~ u constantly charged that there is a
sympathy between the Democracy of the North and
me people OF the South. 1t may be so. trust it
is; put II such ls tact, why should we have
i mlsheo permanent separation from our friends;
leasIHg US nahea ana eAposed 10 the ranoor of
LleIeliess seetlonai party NO; IN our adherence
, w we we gave the Union It's best and
most Tatiohal support. And now, when the war
Is over, the friends ofthe Constitution still the
titti " ~ ' anu we ene5ies OF tne CON
i I'LL MO naEe assaed us sacred frame
9rnntinn oaIIa5 uaufeu measures q de
ealse9 d9flhg the present
eny;ncs r. ~ So t 9neies 9i me Union,
~ m ~ ~ - osaSss ane pollucal rights,
M IS ~ aIsailep paIs u Wy country Jay
nv 80 "a "a AinetIgan Gltizens toWhom
,,os5 liza @ tt Mhs puS they IN Jhe
M, tha ipuu oppose sg ulo 81 tne states VINO
III az Cn!s lhoeht lor Inc
Tba =, : Jtvi as county
r too nv a 20 20 y VI 'ne IopG ~: mus peFlsheq.
~ az ana " LAM goo aus ptih9iples' IL
upg soo ono s ona as te eartn mas rarely
" ~ o,OvgIuuo people ana no emgFa-
ts VI cfeqll IN tne family OF
10y Eitnouo hnanoes OF foreign trade, II with
soou ~ lout EeaIs tae shock o. 20UU0,u0O OF
d ne s constantly replenlshed
~ irolI I9 SHORES OF the Old world, and
@ Wy ~, Gre9t aa9 resources winch IN after
I'D ~ a. l u I'm my te apes q inc 1dle ages
,h;c ~ sa ua, nout ude Az Iast ana that party
~, W uesroy thg Union zen before the
5 ya ntiu sne p its armies surrendered
- ~ tI .! doe. 1auo' llhe an anger Vlsltaht,
IN = il ~ IT, 1onS u ioye ah9 chafty ana good
~ ~ ,u Nun 10y. me people from one
az W meteoieq tue celessla messenger
: i. a, Juosee. rum ana honest people
lsa siG MI eu na9 cotle-that we Union was
o Si;, 1e [fesluene Joluea then IN their SIM
,e+ tha anT III nus annual message
ias ~ s9e nealihg principles OF the Constitution
al made ~ s"PiHs "ounos WHICH war
with eoneur,r,o4a sl,;u o,a = ,,.,,.., :
he enensve
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