The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-08-12
Daniel w. Voorhees,.

At Terre Haute Ind, on last Saturday evening, the
Mr. d. w. voorhees, spoke as follows
Almost the entire speech was devoted to financial
matters and censure OF the radical Administrations
The best test Of the capacity Of party and to bring
prosperity to the country he said Is in their use OF
the public money. The radical party having had the
or fall by the record they have made. He dwet at
length on the enOrmity Of the public debt which, he
said is equal to Of pit the entire worth 1
by taking One-enth OF their property; but we
are double tithed, and yet Congress gives no signs
of an Intention to lit the burdens from the people,
The debt OF England at the close of the war
with Napoleon represented but One-fourteenth Of
the wealth Of the nation and yet 1t was found neces
sary to reduce the rate of interest TO two and
half or three per cent. Could 1t be that crowned
head-that the King George. whom our fathers
have regard for the interests of the taxpaye
than the government OF our own country In addi-
tton to THIS the state county and local debts ofthe
people will amount to as much merchandising in
the aggregate, double what he named. In view OF
this serious condition Of the country, he appeared
people. 1t Is said that this debt had been
wished the people to appreciate what w, we
nous n' crimes Of the radical Congress for the
every man and even upon tie SIX days Of his
for this debt, one-half OF which had been made by
or any Of your taxes or relieved you in any way
He dwet at length upon the expenses OF the govern
men since the surrender OF Lee Of the expenses OF
the army in o time OF peace and the navy, which,
he said, was rs useless as painted ship upon
painted sea- He then instituted q comparison OF the
expenses OF late and those OF years previous to the
war, when the democrats were In power. He quoted
the articles Of the Chicago platform demanding the
strictest economy in the administration OF public
afars, and then went into lengthy dcnunciatOn
Of the expenses Of reconstruction. The Freed.
criticism. as being kept up to support the negroes
in idleness The African, he SAID Is the ablest and
most robust laborer In the world but the policy OF
Congress Is to support him in tdleness Every vote
for the radical party is uphold this policy, and
q vote to make the white men OF the North do work
for their support. He should like TO see the white
aborer undertake to explain such vote to his wife
and children. Shall the white woman be thus
amn ne e went into the Details OF the
OF the Bureau, the item OF transportation being, he
said, for hauling the negroes about. The supremacy
OF the negro having been established by Congress- the
Bureau supports him in idleness, while the Loyal
League makes him rotous and dangerous citizen.
% to the 10 sr ana ts
South an African barbarism where no white man or
woman could dwell III safety He spoke OF the cor
former times and declared that their devotion to
plumber and robbery called upon the people for
the interest the public debt and wait for better
day to pay the principal but this payment OF inter-
est Is serious tax. II a man owns farm he pays,
his share every year interest on Oneslxth Of Its
value Every dollar Of tax has to come in the end
from the laboring man. He declared himself in
favor OF one currency for the bOndhOlders and the
people. Let all OF the bonds-the fvetwenties, the
fve-thIrties and the ten-f0rtes-be paid In the
currency IS fast rs they come due This was his
platform, and upon 1t he would stand. He declared,
further, that all kinds Of property must pay equal
taxation. Upon this point he grew enthusiastic.
He read the fourth plank Of the New York platform
them that the day Is breaking II is the magma cdrtd
to the taxpayer and the palladium to the working
Coming back to the negro he said the policy
OF Congress had surrendered TO him q region VI
country more rich and valuable than any other on
the face Of the globe. The radical negroes were not
content with negro equality but must have supre-
macy. Into the hands Of few negroes, less In
number than the natives Of Indiana, is given the
control Of the entire south. which is given over to
the barbarism Of Africansm. The blacks and their
vagabond white allies hold the balance Of power,
and the white man VINO does not endorse TINS policy
cheers were elected from the crowd. With him on
the ticket is the brave and chivalric Frank Blair
HIS letter had been censured, and the judgment Of
public opinion had been invoked upon 1t. He, too,
would invoke that judgment. In closing he said he
more threw himself into the arms OF his friends
content to be borne sink as they should decide.
He acknowledged that he had doubtless committed
errors In the past. but he trusted they would not
treasure them up. In the fear Of God he would as
sert before them his neighbors and friends his de-
votion to his country botn now and In the future.
George w. Julian.
Alta republican meeting he'd at shebyville, In
DIANA the sth inst, the Hon. George W. Julian,
member OF Congress from the district, began his re-
platforms are verv instructive memorials Of the past
This is their chief value. They mark the shifting and
ever varying phases Of American politics and often
bear witness to the waywardncss or positive inn-
deity OF our public men. This he thought was forci
bly, illustrated In the national democratic platform
recently adopted In the city Of New York. He took
for granted that the essential truth In politics,
the builders OF the platform understood It. the sub
stance and the shadow Of democracy was there en-
bodied Every democrat in the United states now
subscribed TO this latest and most authoritative con-
fesslon Of national political faith. And yet n we
cratic orthodoxy, we should ind 1t q new and
a week invention which the fathers OF de.
woud ,ns % rs n
gatve or Its positive character. The democratic
principle of secession, which had long been an
II had been settled for all time 10 come by the war
and Is never to be renewed or reagtated;' put now
an nnconstltutional war could destroy sne const n
i7os, the assembled wisdom al New YORK failed to
explain. The divine institution OF slavery which
had been sacredly guarded, also, by the con.
siiution, is likewise abandoned forever. The war
four years ago. Mas s N soms as ana anaed
II down to . common grave with It's twin relic,
.thc right OF secesson;n but he submitted that
cpation were unconstitutional the stern logic
OF pure and unterriied democracy should nave de.
manded compensation for the slaves thus wan,0 l
cple OF democracy. II was not. however even men-
toned In the democratic PLATFORM nor was the policy
OF protection condemned. Hard money was another
great democratic principle Everybody remembered
the marshaling Of the democratic hosts under JACK.
son and Benton In their grand battle for gold and
silver, and in opposition to irredeemable paper Is
sues No one could have doubted that the men
who denounced greenbacks as unconstitutional
during the war would stand BY the old hard money
nag after the war had ended. But there again the
war was not . failure. or all earthly bless
ings groenbacks, and in marvellous abundance,
are most - b. longed for In the Judgment OF
democrNS. while gold and silver should be retired
irou sielI og e e trom vision - possible. Kin