The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-06-27
A Manly Speech.
The War-Its Causes-New England
the Author OF Seccssion-The Evils
Of Ratiicalism-It must be overcome
TO Restore the Union.


Hon. D. W. Voorhees,, recently maze
speech in Louisville, KY, upon the war
and the questions growing out OF 1t, which
70 romarkable for its frankncss and manii-
nose Mr.. Hanna is Senator from the
Terre naute district in the Legislature OF
Indiana. When gentleman living in the
bosom of a far northern community, and,
moreover, representative in a delibera-
,;ve assembly of a northern State, uttcrs
such plain truths, we need not despair OF
having full hearing in course of time, and
of having justice done to the motives and
reasons of the south in regions where it
has been most cgrcgiously wrongcd and
/ slandcrcd.
We copy few extracts from this inde-
pendent Grafton.
! THE POSITION OF ANDREW JOHNSON.
! Mr.. Hanna says that the issue at tins
time is between pure and noble CaucaS-
sian destiny and the blghtcd, withcrcd,
and ruined condition that must follow a
violation Of the stern and immutahlc laws
/ of our nature" He continues:
| The President of the United States so
understands it, and | believe he is right.
. He has taken his Stand-has taken his
! stand upon the Constitution, and all the
combined powers of fanaticism and hell
cannot drive him from it. Here the Wild
est SAthuSiaSm prevailed throughout the
whole of the vast audience.
I,,, nt
hangs TO the laccrated and bleeding throat
of the Puritan Apollyon. tTrcmcndous
cheering
! Viewing the means reSortcd to by the
Radicals to thwart the Presidents policy
, their turning out of legally elected mem
berS from their scats-their outrageS of
the Constitution-thcir measures for de-
grading the south-thcir degradation OF
| Congress from its high character when
Madison and Randolph, and Webster, and
Clay, figured in its halls, Mr.. Hanna con-
! cludcS
! We have been in the midst of gloom and
horrors. The last six years have been an
almost unbrokcn season of depression and
despair. The face Of the land has been 50
covered over with the deep waters Of trou-
bile that there has scarcely been so much
as an Ararat where the fainting bird OF
hope could rest his weary wing. But, after
all this, the Radicals are not yet satisfied.
They say they must have more blood
that there must be more destruction, more
widows, more orphans, and more heart
burnngS. They cannot be satisfied. Ag-
grcSsion is their motto, revolution their
purpose and it is now for the people to
saw how far they shall succeed. They can
be overthrown, and | believe and trust III
God they will be. lGrcat applausc.l
THE RADICALS REJECT THE COMPROMISE AND
DEMAND WAR.
Mr.. Hanna reviews the history Of the
election of Lincoln, the issues of the day
especially the dogma that the "Govern-
mcnt could not endure part slave and part
frce"-and of the efforts AT compromise
all of them contcmptuously rejected by
the Republicans. He dwclls with emphasis
upon the prolonged efforts of Virginia 10
restore harmony and save the Cnion-upon
the obstinate refusal Of the Republicans TO
entertain the compromise urged upon
them by the celebrated convention gotten
UP by Virginia. He quotes very approprl-
/ atclv the remarks OF Senator Douglas upon
the compromise recommended by the Com
mittee OF Thirteen, of which Mr.. Davis and
/ Mr.. Toombs, ofGcorgia, were members. Mr..
Douglas said:
/ a believe this to be fair and amicablc
adjustment. If you of the Republican
side are not willing to accept this, nor the
proposition of the Senator from Kentucky,
prav tell me what You are willing 10 do
| address this inquiry to the Republicans
alone for the reason that, in the Committee
of Thirteen, a few days ago, every member
from the south, including MeSSrs. Toombs
and Davis, expressed their Willingness to
accept the proposition Of my venerable
friend from Kentucky (Mr. Crittendcn) as
a final settlement of the controversy, II
rendered and sustained by the Republican
members. Hence the sole responsibility OF
our disagreement, and the only difficulty in
the way of an amicable adjustment is with
the Republican party" lChccrs.J
Mr.. Hanna then said
Ah, Mr.. Chairman, the past is a terrible
and incXorablc tribunal. Its judgments
are conclusive and final-its records live
forever, and cannot be changed. Let the
StevcnseS, the Summers, and the Chand-
lers 90 there and try their case by that trl-
bunal if they dare. They were offered
compromise upon compromise, Dut they
preferred disruption and vengeance; the
hand hearing the beautiful olive branch OF
peace was stretched forth TO them In Chris
/ tian faith: but, maddened with Jealousy
and thirsting for revenge, they chose the
miscries of war and the sorrows of death.
I History makes convicts OF them all. They
have sacrificed more than q million OF
valuable lives upon the bloody altarS OF
the MolOch they have worShipped. The
names of their victims come forth from
the tombs of more than a thousand battle
fields and testify against them; the blood
which cries from the ground OF Gettysburg
and Chickamauga, of Fredericksburg and
| Murfreesboro', condemns them; the bones
which sleep by the waters of the Missis-
sippi, and where the Rappahannock mur-
murs her melancholy dirge as she sweeps
along by the sunken graves of ChancellorS-
/ Vile, rise up in Judgment against them
Wretched dcspoilers, who have done 50
much crime in the name OF liberty ana
( Christianity-who have been willing to see
the nation scourged with sword of flame
and hoof of fire-who have rejoiced,
in their wicked orgies, to see her
rivers run red and thick with ira
ternal blood-who have plotted the ruin
/ ,f noora than TWENTY-FIVE millions of their