The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1867-11-27
MI. VOORHEES, Speech.
AN ELOQUENT PERoRATIoN.

:
Hon. D. w. VOORHEES,, Of Indiana, at
Cooper Institute, New York, closed one
Of the ablest popular speeches ever made
in this country with the following brilliant
sentences. The sentiments uttered are as
| just and noble as the diction is terse ard
polished Al ne aia
| The immediate picture, to m@seye, is en-
veloped 10 darkness and uncertainty. The
approaching Congress will mark an event.
full era in American history. One depart
ment alone of the Government. seeks to
withstand the Radical carnival Of destruc-
ton. The castle Of the Executive, though
closely beseiged, has not yet been stormed.
and sacked. The President in, the midst
I. Of perils, and surrounded by treachery and
deception, has been true to principle; and
upon the lofty ability, purity and sound.
ness OF his State papers, be will enter the
portals of history as the peer Of the wisest
and truest who ever held his high place be-
fore him. If for this unyielding devotion
1 to the Constitution, this faithful perform.
ance Of duty, Andrew johnson is to be
1 assailed by an Infamous impeachment, may
!. the people on whom he has ever relied not
desert him in that trying hour. II the
moneyed interest Of the country, the bond
holder and the banker, can risk the con-
! yulsion which will follow the displacement
, of the Execution and the Inauguration Of
MIR. Wade, SO, also, can the laboriDg men
The issue is one Of the immediate incidents
of the Congressional policy of ,reconstruc
y ton, and, as such, let Che people pass IL
: condemnation upon it.
q Citizens of New York, in all your deal
). ines with the results Of the. dreadful civi
n war which trampled with the fiery hoof o
+ destruction the naksd and bleeding breas
+ Of the South, remember that you are pros
e porous, happy and great and that nothing
= will SO much become such people as tn
). bright Jewel Of magnanmity. 10 powe
5 belongs the sweet prerogatiye Of mercy
= : The North is omnipotent, and in such al
. hour it is only mean souls that thirst TO
% vengeance Take the South by the han
, in her fallen estate lift her!up, aud sustain
q her. Say to her: sit is true we have wal
% red, but we are kindred, borne Of the sam
~, ~ mother, and we will be friends. Let tn
V, " Lethean waters of oblivion wash away a
y, ~ hitter memories. The bright names is biz
K tory, that shine forever like stars in tn
N clear armament, are Of those. who in th
ii hour Of triumph forgave their prostrat
le foes seipio was generous, Pericles wa
Il mercifal, Washington was magnanimou
,,s and the lustre of these heavenly virtue
ID far outshines on the pages Of history tt
: brilliant fame of their warlike, deeds. An
no nestv is an attribute Of the blessed Naza
~ enc. He extended it from the cross to
- ruined world that slew him. Charity is
oe celestial orisin-an inhabitatft OF IL
r. e. Christians heaven. | invoke its presen'
u 'n in all the thoughts, purposes and actions
" the estranged and alienated American Pc
ple. It pleadsfo union ofloYe, and not
no hate and force. 1t brings with it an
a SEPARATION from the regions OF perpetu
III peace. Those who follow its counsels "
~ ~ be known in both world as human benefs
tors. $3.50, ,e
40 The Radical leader Of the day has
,or such counsellor, and draws no such iaspl
NC. ton. Tiberias and Caligula, Hyder l
, . and Alaric, Robespierre and Marat,
the examples ofhis conduct and hate a
lon revenge, and all the ruthless furies consp
,ve below to inspire. his motives. All
NJ, NJ moral influences Of the universe are at "
non with him. The yirtuous living and
ck sainted dead cry out against his spirit
90 vengeance Those who fell on the bait
i = fields from both sections, who now sic
for softly side by side in distant graves, app
: from their mute and narrow beds to ev
cb hearthstone in the land in favor OF mel
'u charity and love. Their heroic spirits, t
'on. have met on the perpetual plains of imm
was tality, where no strife ever comes,
'rhs whispering through all the air, over
'i'' mountains and the valleys, and up {
b;ta down the busy rivers, and along the sho
NIX. of the two oceans, saying TO the angry
in. restless hearts of their living countryn
i'm "Peace, be still"