Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1869-04-07
BEAUTIFUL EXTRACT.

Hon. Daniel W Voorhees, recently
lcl his sea, IN Congress to stump his
district in Indiana, on the XVIII
Amendment lie mado capital
speech at Torro Haute, from which
we take the following;
A government could not be built
up of such materials Tho race had
had every opportunity for advance.
ment, but had never risen above bar
barism. They had had fruitful
land, a land Of fertile soil and mighty
rivers, where the wealth Of nature
was boundless, but il had been all TO
no purpose. The Saxons, the Anglos,
and the ancient Britons were once
savages, but when the day dawned
for them they advanced upon such a
career of greatness as adorns and H.
Eliminates all history. The negro has
had the same advantages, but the re-
suit has been entirely different. The
people Of Indiana want no such part
ner 70 assist them in their government.
The career of the African in the past
is an Illustration Of what his future
experience must be. The speaker
said he felt no bitterness toward the
negro, who was being brought into
corroding contact with the white
race, which was his superior, and tho
inferior race must gradually become
extinct. 1t is not prejudice but wis
dom TO preserve the white race in its
purity.
/ would keep the powers of this
Government in the hands of those
men to whom our fathers gave it,
How great has been our career under
their wise precepts. When l look
back j feel as Adam and Eve must
have felt when driven forth from
Paradise; they looked back and
through the half open gates caught q
glimpse of the beautiful flowers, the
shady groves, the sweet fruits and all
the luxuries they had lost forever
So we to-day stand amid the distrac-
ton of the elements, ard see around
us the effects OF the curse Of civil war,
of mixing races, of jarring jurisdiction
and everything in confusion, as when
the curse came upon the world, and
the clouds swept low along the tree
trops the birds few shrieking
through the air, and the beasts fed
affrighted across the plain.
Tonight In the midst of this confu-
sion and disturbance Of political prin.
ciples, with the clouds lowering over
our heads charged with thunder, flash.
ing with the lightning and ready TO
burst with fury upon, as / looked
back into the beautiful past, where
our fathers proeepts adorn the gal
lery of our glory, it seems as though
we had been driven from Paradise,
and / long to 60 back and drink one
more deep draught from the fountains
Of their wisdom. II is enough for me
to point out what has been achieved
by their great doctrines. 1t inclines
mo to turn away from these modern
innovators who call themselves re.
formers, and contemplate the dignity
and glory Of these ancient men.
As for myself, ] shall never bow
down to this thing, | would, AS /
have just said, keep the powers of this
Government where our fathers placed
them as best for your safety, for the
safety of your children, and also for
the safety of the black man These
men who propose negro equality are
the worst enemy Of the colored race.
As for myself, | would throw around
the negro by our own wise legislation,
the safeguards of the law. l would
not put him in the schools with your
children, nor upon the jury bench, nor
into the Legislature. i would to God
that i could be heard all over my dis
trict, and all over the State, upon this
question. ! would to God that there
was 10 be n general canvass, and then
that the people might be allowed 10
decide this issue at the ballot-box.
Then we should know whether they
wish the negro in the public schools,
in the Legislature, and beside them in
the Jury box, for that is what negro
equality means, and nothing else.
Do not make mistakes in this mat.
ter. You are O great powerful nation,
the greatest that the world has ever
seen. You have forty millions of peo-
pie, and you are the strongest nation
the sun ever shonc upon. The rivers
Of South America are broader and
deeper than ours. Their groves are
spicy and their fields groan with the
richest of the earth, yet they have no
rank among the nations. They made
The same mistake which the Republi.
cans are now making, and incorpora-
ted an inferior race into the body
polite. 1t led at last to an admixture,
and finally to equality, and those great
countries are Inhabited by mongrels,
and yet they are countrymen of Co
lumbus and the descendants Of the
followers of the preat Corlez