Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 186?-1872, 1868-01-31
THE GREATEST POLITICAL EFF.
FORT OF THE DAY.
Extracts from the Eloquent Address
OF Hon. Dan. w. Voorhees,.
Delivered before the Democratic State
Convention OF Indiana.
The Issues Clearly Set Forth.
Terrible Lashing Of the Radicals.

tne hon. ~. w. voorhees, delivered on the
9Th of January before the Indiana Demo
cratic State Convention, we make the fol-
lowing extracts. We regret our space will
not allow us to publish it in full:
"They (tbe Democracy come to uphold
the dignity OF labor and to protect the far
mer, mechanic aad every industrial class
from the wicked ravishes of those drones in
the public hive, who devour all the taxes
and contribute none themselves. In the
presence Of such a convention, assembled for
such mighty purposes, may well stand un-
covered, an with deep gratitude thank you for
the warm evidences Of your confidence and
esteem, as well as for the numerous marks
of approval and kindness with which you
have distinguished me in the past. In my
solemn opinion, am now in the presence Of
that class of men and that class Of priuci-
Piles which will soon take In charge the iu-
terests Of the nation, and bestow upon it a
destiny more brilliant and commanding, more
happy and powerful, than ever the eye of
man has hitherto looked upon all the annals
of the human race. The house Of our faith
is this day founded upon the rock of ever
lasting truth. 1t will stand. Tempests may
rage around it, and earthquakes rock its
foundations. vel II will stand. for eternal ius.
tice il its indwellinp spirit.n
| os A.a.. r.,.o. I,,.
i " "0 '"'u
"On this day, fifty-three years ago, a mil
itary chieftain, at single step, strode to the
front OF the world theater, where all nations
\ gazed, IN startled wonder, upon his towering
ana splendid form. he was crowned hero
of giant proportions, with the universal ac-
beneath the sun paid tribute to his fame
But, standing on this dazzling and DANGER
Gus eminencs, with his head suddenly lifted
to the very stars, Andrew jackson found
something still mightier yet than the sword
with which he had achieved SO much re-
nown. 1t was the civilized law of his coun-
try.
Ale bowed that more than princely head
before it, and, with unsandaled foot, as Mo-
ses of old at the burning bush. treated its
precints as holy. In that hour his triumph
was far prouder and grander than when the
British forces fed before him In dismay."
u OF the ain of the Radical Marty Mr. Voor.
ii.
"ee' ea'u
"Ihe disunion OF the Radical party to-
DAY is SIN OF willfui perhdy a sin against
knowledge ana conscience sin against its
own solemn injunctions; SIN against the
living, whose hopes II has mocked, and
against the dead, whose sacrifices 1t has
turned to empty nothing. It's SIN Is unpar-
donatle. Let 1t be buried in the potter's
heid, where tne parties OF the past, who
nnae ue'iayeu ~. peop,e' Seep III e'e' 'a'
III 'hc must OF tnese uarkehlhg days
"heh inc iaoorer goes ABOUT tne streets 10
quest oi nreau, ana grlnuihg Is low, ana the
skeleton OF want ioohs III az tue uoors ano
WINDOWS OF many an nonest household, you
are taxed oy congress ior the support'o
/ standing army Deyono what any oiher peo'
pie endures Deneatn 'he sun.
"IAe people OF the uniied states are pay
ing over hve hundred millions oI annual
revenue. More than one'half OF that most
enormous amount IS swallowed up py tne
: CONGRESSIONAL poicy OF reconstruction. II
, the farmer or mecnanlc pay twenty dollars
10 tne TAX gatherer, ten of IL geoes as iri-
oute 10 vast military government, winch
q e1s,s ~ pam, open anu cohhesscu vioiation
OF tne constitution. IL your properly Is ad'
l vertised on tne trees, al cross-roads on tht
doors OF puoiic houses ior delinquent ano
unpaid taxes, remember that they would mol
have been half SO heavy, and you nigh
o easily have paid them, II the standing army
haa been abolished ana the expense oil gov
, erning the Sothern States lett where 1t be-
!. longs WIN tne people OF those STATES
. OF the impoverishment Of the South, b,
I said.
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Al, anu .ie Generous anu g'owine mrihs.
.uoSe p,aa.a'Vns @ VI m1fe 'nan r.,i''' oii.nsa
0 n"e REPRESENTATIVES. "n'sn az 'h,o o"'s.'u.
"eai'h "ss oo'a'ueu, anu "uieu sA'e gsen
50 muen ueriueu oy 'he oeeiPteS ., ne" eng
}. ianuLmna' was tnen satue iuey VIII VIII
3 worm o,er one 'honsauu iout h'nu.eu 'n.'' ~
u IONS .. uoiialS, "niis al 'Io is"' sS,a'e ..
It s sinillai cnatac.er ~ new Nem Ensaua was sp
P'aSeu Nv iou' n"huieu "nu se'en'' NV
o millions
i mere now Is all ihis migh'y wealth. Q
~ tne oou'n Wnere Is her corn, ner cot.o'
} ana her catuef Wby DO her inexhausuoi
acres lie oarreh ana uhworkeof why
ner gigah'lc resources invite none 0, the cap
V itai OF tne Wor'df "hy does business en-
II terprise turn away from thiS natural paradls
n OF trade "ny does 'ne emigrant IN scare
OF nome, 90 10 tne eoider, nafder ana poor
], er regions Ihere, you can iook ana oenoi
;. the reasons LOT yourselves; Tue hadiea
Congress mas killed the liie, tne nope ana u
prosperity oi 'he most iruitiui portion OF u
II Republic
"once IL poured into the lap OF ios'erin
'e and protecting govci nment stream oi trea'
r ure as deep and strong as the current OF II
own Mississippi. Now Il hangs ike parf
W lyzed limb, helpless incumorance, pot
q. pensioner and burden upon the patience an
. bounty OF the rest OF the body. its, Ned