The daily clarion. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1863-1866, 1866-03-23
SPEC CH OF
HON, DANIEL W. VOORHEES,,
state Convention, of Indiana

Sc, and hearty welcome extended to him q
81 n we peculiarly gratifying He was not VAIN
enough to attribute this spontaneous out :
hurst of enthusiasm to his own PERSONA :
rneTit but looked upon 1T as a sIlnlie IcCog- + :
milton of the integrity and hdeilE WIN
which he had fought the t9ht ana KEEP tilo
faith He thought this convention ana the
DeIrncracy of the State had reason to feel
grateful to Almighty God for the marked
cbaD,rn which had taken place IN the sltua-
fjon since the last convention he had atten-
ded i'm fhi. city. Now no hostile bayonetS
nli-tcned in the sunl ght, and the muzzeS OF
no trowuiug cannon were pointed at the con
yention. Then the skies were overcast WIN
Bari clouds but now the glorious suhll2nC
Warmed and iIlumined the prospect We
eucht to thank God that He had inspired our
hearts with the courage the manllnesS' ana
thr perseverance necessary TO go through
those terrible scenes without falterlhG Oh
provipg recreaDt to our trust. He cOngfatu-
lated the Democracy of Indiana on theiI
6dety to the Union, the Constitution, anu
the principles of free government ne Ne
heved that a terrible crisis IN the lie Oh the
81 nation was approaching. The enemy that |
e the Democracy must meet and overtime" lS !
no new one. 1t is the same Toe TO Tree gov /
ernment which up thirty years ago-a
party Of disunion of higher law, OF dlsruP-
ton and anarchy. The union OF these states
Be- far official power can recognize ~ 10
s. now embodied in Andrew johnson, President
of the United States. The Republican con-
vehtjon which met in this city on the ia OF
February, had passed resolution "hlcH vac
positively insulting to the PRESIDENT " nino
&c endorsed the leaders IN Congress WIG "to
doing all in their power 10 thWart ms eHoIls
for the restoration of peace and harmony:
The party which now controls inc ACTON Vi
Congress rose thirty years ago as a alSuu'on
ss Marty To the party which derives ITS Inspl-
ration from the Summers and the StcVehses
we are in good measure indebted Tor the iei-
so ribIe civil war which has devastated ana III
@ poverished our country. The Southern Sc
cessiouists, unaided by the disunIon party Oh
10. Nt,rf no L.
N s6 real disuuion party was to he found III inc
North. Witness the teachings OF the lhdl-
annapolis Journal and the CInclnnati Coih
mercial in 1850. They told the southern
@4 States to 90 whereas, every Democratic
sneaker reiterated the principle that the
Union must be preserved, The dlsunonIStS
OF the North, though at hrSt anxious loI
~ dissolution of the Union, saw visions OF nate
revenge, plumber and spoliation in the war
and suddenly became very anxious TO pre-
serve the Union they had labored 10 destroy
But they were all along the real dlSunlohlStS
Even now they continue Democrats, ana re-
f1se 10 hermit the restoration of peace ana
harmony, when it might so easily be i.lioct
Ell They viii tell You that they refuse y
admit Southern members to their seats II
CONGRESS because there are no loyat people
in the South but it is false. He had seer
Colonel johnson, of Arkansas loyal man
who had been sCourged from heao TO 100
underline Federal hag-refused the or4ili'l
courtesy of admission to the floor OF CoI
Uress. The bureau me1-the treasury agent
the cotton thieves and the vultures Wil
prev upon the distracted condition oil III
country NAV fill the North with false an
slauderous charges against the people OF III
South hut every body knows that that PEI
pie are not only willing, but ANXIOUS 10 II
sumo their allegiance In good talth'
Heasked if this scene of deSolatiOn was
he prolonged indefinitely. What does I'll
Christian pray for. but that the memory
this bitterness shall pass away NO OF
but the party whose cardinal principle w
hate wished to perpetuate it For hlmse
he hated nobody. Hate was not IN the 20
pei which he had been taught.
~ He believed in holding up and strehSt
eniuo the hands of the President IN this /
hour of trial. When he heard the IieSloe
urging unauswerable reasons Tor lle res
80 ration of peace and harmony, and at I
h same time saw the vultures OF radlcall'
buuceriug and thirsting for more bio'
more plumber, he could not hesitate Tor
moment He would stand by the man w
now has his grasp upon the throat OF
f,natical and tratorous organizatl
The President would smash them or ii
would smash the President -
He had no personal feeling against I
eress He regarded it rs compliment |
they had remitted him to the society OF
cent people, and allowed INN 10 chooSe
company. ,. ::
The programme of the Republicans IS
disfranchiSe the whites of the South
eufrauchise the blacks There was SO
thing more than mere love Tor the negro
This They proposed to COntlscate the pi
manufacturing aUistocrats of New EnSis
who had been sucking the life blood OF
West might go down there, buy up,
plantations, and, with their th0usand
black voters, combine to form an oIgS'i
such as the South never dreamed Oh
the cutranchsed negro vote they W.
hold the balance of power and dictate
future policy of the government: I'm
no chimera-no bugbear Hehad neal
from their own lips.
Negro suffrage in the District of Colui
meant nothing in itself 1t was but a
ginning. The Republican leaders IN
greSS contend for absolute equality b.
the law and the Republican conventlo
Indiana had endorsed Sumner, Steve
the rest of them. He called upon the I
and the Juliaus, who had voted tor L
suffrage in the District, to come home
make the issue hereto force negro SUI
upon the people of Indiana, as they
forced it upon the District OF Columbus
was not manly to cram the loathsome
down the threats of helpless commul
thousand miles away, which they
afraid to offer to their own constituent
Mr. Voorhees, then proceeded to q
the Freedmen's Bureau bill, so Tghtt
vetoed by the President 1t was mi
bill enacting that all the United ;
North as well South. should be dl
into twelve distrcts-the Ominous n
into which Cromwell divided England
he subverted her Hberties-with a m
officer to rule over each district, by
of petty suboTdnates, appointed by II
independent of every power on EARN
the War Department. they eoul'
the streets like autocfats,
snap their fingers at clVh
If white man kicks a negro, or mas
with a negro, the military power steps
takes the Never was a law SO Pc
framed for the subverson of liberty.
President had been bold, bad ma
posed to use the terrible engine thus
him, he could have DESTROYED the
ment, and erected almost ANYTHING
sired on its ruins. But he was true
worthy of the support of a free people
interests he had guarded. The Rep
convention which met in this city
22d, did not dare endorse the bure
would pay any mans expenses whc
travel with him during the appr
canvass, and go before the people of
in favor of the bureau He would Ii
ing better. AS the President had sa
speech on the night of the I'D h
hees) was 'in the field again" Th
bureau-an Insignificant abomin
compared with the monstrOus iniC
toed by the Presdent-has an appr
of twelve millions of dollars, wru
the sweat of the tax ridden people
port negroes and lazy agents in idle
invited his Republican friends to
quet. tH
IL 1,IR AZ. Ioxs