The Daily empire. (Dayton, Ohio) 1865-1867, 1866-03-10
The Expulsion of Hon. Daniel w.
Voorhees,.

Voorhees,.
To indicate his policy Tarquin Topped of
the heads of the tall pOppies in his garden.
The radicals have adopted the same policy
ami seem prepared 10 ctrry into effect us
unscrupulously as the Roman tyrant. They
have evidently determined 10 Ignore law,
Justice and parliamentary fairness In their
Congressional action and TO bring force to
the aid of fraud, and fraud to the aid of
force in the cOnsummation Of their designs.
Their chief objection now Is to make sure
of long lease of power In the National
legislative bodies, The records OF those
council chambers tell them who are the
most influential among their opponents and
who, therefore, are to be ostracized and
banished from the Capitol, The boldest
aud most intellectual of their political adj
versaries are prescribed. The radicals are
commencing to lop of the heads of the tall
poppies in the Congressional field.
The expulsion of the Honorable Daniel
w. Voorhees, from his seat In the House of
Representative is about rs barefaced fraud
upon that gentleman and his constituents
rs could be devised by a faction that has
neither sense of shame nor Of equity nor of
honesty. Mr.. voorhees,, by the fair votes
of q constituency that he has long and ably
served, is the Representative of the Eighth
Congressional District of Indiana. The
validity of his claim has been admitted by
.uutctul uccIelph anu Uy Ine preliminary
action of the very Committee on Elections
that afterward so conveniently, for the pur-
poses of the Radical majority, changed their
minds and reported In favor of the Repub-
lican contestant. But Mr. Voorhees, Is one
Of the tall poppics, and with one fell swoop
swings the Radical rod, aud Off goes his
head in sacrifice TO the ambition of the
dominant party. They fear the influence
Of his clOquence, his fcarlcssness his un-
flANnfinn 1 A nf a.
to Democratic principles, and that is a suf-
icient inducement for his expulsion i'm de-
lance of law and equity.
The tones OF his earnest appeals in behalf
of the true doctrines of our forms of GOV
ernment ayc yet ringing in the ears of the
conspiratOrs. and, for their convenience
and the success of their revolutionary in
trigues, nc must be put out of the way. OF
what consequence is the manner of his re-
moval to those INSCRIPTIONS dcmagOgues
who have SO long practiced trcachery, law
lessness and injustice? The bold stand
taken by the President has convinced his
enemies in Congress that they must adOpt
foul means to preserve their supremacy.
The stake is their political existence and TO
maintain it they will allow no scruples of
conscience TO interpose between them and
their Vaccinations. To secure a two-thrOs
vote in Congress, and to be able to carry
ont their programme in defiance of the
Executive veto, is now their party aim. and
every trick, every violation of good faith,
every mean advantage of numerical supe-
Tiority will be used to accomplish that end.
In the first place, to get rid Of such men as
Voorhees, and Brooks, and then to impeach
the President and to precipitatc the coun-
try into anarchy and political chaos out of
which to realize despotic power for them
selves.
The speech of Mr.. Voorhees, on Friday,
lifts the vail from the conspiracy, and re-
veals the intention of the persecution of
which he is the victim. Truly he has said
that she was to be deprived of his seat be-
cause the majority had the power to do it,"
lt is the old story of might subduimg
right. The dnimuS of the conspiratOrs Is
demonstrated in the despicable attempt of
Mr.. Washburn to bring up a stale charge
of treason against his opponent to infiu-
ence the action of the House. Mr.. Wash
burn, beings contestant in the case, was
bound by every rule of decOrum to shun
such weapons in support of his claim. The
castigation he received In consequence from
Mr.. NOohecS was richly merited. That
gentleman sienccd him with the mpulsivp |
tervor of just Indignation, saying who |
ever stated he was engaged in purchasing |
firearms, either for loyal or disloyal pur- |
poses, or that he belonged to any secret |
political organization. stated what he knew |
"
made the charge knew to be untrue. He |
had answered that ualumny to the people |
of Indiana. It was an old, stale, political |
SANDER that had been sinking with flies |
in the gutter, and had been beneath the |
contempt of every one but the gentleman |
who had brought it before the House"
The ostraCism Cf Mr.. Voorhees, will not |
be without its good results. lie and all |
others who are thus wronged, because of |
their constancy and intellectual superiority, |
will receive redress at the hands of the |
people. They can go back to their constit-
uents with the assurance of reelection by |
vote so decisive that none will dare dis
pute il. Meanwhile, let the people watch |
well the proceedings in Congress. There is |
treason Matching there. There are currents |
that sweep on to quick-sauds, and there |
will be shipwreck somewhere. We trust |
that the masses have enough of the instinct |
of sclf-preservation TO exercise the full in
fluence of popular opinion in opposition to |
the revolutionary schemes of these pestlent |
Radicals. There needs but an earnest eX-
hibition Of public sentiment i'm support of |
the Executive policy TO Illustrate the plans |
of Sumner and Stevens and all their polit- |
ical tribe 1t was the policy of Tarquin to |
lop OF the heads of the tall poppies-but |
what was his fate Y-Nelo York Neios.