The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1870-01-21
Speeches at the Sth Of January
Convention.
D. W. VOORHEES, SPEECH.

yet have participated for years in poll
cal ailairs, and il has never been my good
fortune to meet with q convention oil d
higher character, Of wiser counsc!s, oi
more cOnsiderate determination to Dc
what is best for the good Of the country
than this Convention assembled on the
eighth Of January, 1870.
Mr.. President, understand the Com.
mittee Oh Resolutions are ready to re.
port. and ii would not be right to detsiu
you with speech ut this time. Voices
"go on" $50 on" can only say to the
Convention. as ] have said 10 The peo-
pie of Indiana on other occasions, that
my heart, my life, and all that am, il
devoted to the advancement Of correct
principles, and believe they are en-
braced in the organization of the Demo
cratic party. lCheers.I
As Mr.. Hanna has already observed,
one section of this country is held. as il
were, in irons, Il slave, and now comes
the attempt OF despotic political par-
ltv to deprive the State Of Indiana OF her
unqnestioned right, which she has exer-
Iciscd in common with her sister states
| from the foundation OF the Government,
Ito regulate the internal affairs Of the
State herself. 1t is 10 longer a question
whether the negro shall vote, but il is q
question whether the white man shall
regulate the affairs belonging to his own
domestic concerns. 1t isnot u question
Oh cnfranchising the black man, but
ia question respecting the disfranchise-
lmint of white voters ia Indiana, that VIC
have to meet in the approaching contest
And, Mr.. Chairman l will state how l
stsnd upon another question Oh which ]
Ihave no disguise, never have, and never
expect to have; and / trust very soon
|upon the floor of Congress to express
myself much more fully and elaborate
than can to-day in favor of absolute
Icauality of taxation before the laws
II Applause 1t is for Indiana to assis,
in removing the most oppressive and
unequal burden upon the labor of the
land any nation ever imposed upon its
|citizens. l am not for repudiating the
lpublic debt, but an honest settlement =
not dishonest one.
As am upon my feet, may as well
lallude to q circumstance, mentioned
since have been here, in regard to a
proceeding in Congress quite recently
a speech made by gentleman from
Ohio. Mr.. Mungcn.l recently, in favor
of rcpudiating the public debt As he
commenced TO speak. Mr.. Schotield. OF
lPcnnsylvania. moved that the entire at
itcrnoon be devoted 10 debate - that no
vote on any question WAS TO he taken
THAT afternoon. With that understanding.
| went with Colonel DENLY OF Evans
lvil!., 10 assist him with regard to All in
I,crrs, local 10 the city of Evansville :
Ilhc establishment of q Court there. True
Ito the periidy of the Radical party. the
moment Gen. Mungcn closed his speech.
1.-The House voting itself back from the
iComn,i;tee OF the whole, General Gar
|iicld thrust i'm his resolution Oh the sub
|icct Of Reputation on the House. l
|bave JUS. accounted for my absence Oh
tina. occasion. Had been there should
have tried To emhody in the resolution
an amendment to the effect that Is long As
the Other contracting party asked no
more than his duc-as long as the bond
holder was contented to take what the
people owed him, and not demand and
extort two dollars for every one dollar
advanced in the time Of the country's
greatest ncc,l-as long as they were true
10 their part, we would stand by ours !;
but " hencvcr they violated their part OF
the contract. in every Court in Christcn-
dom. il releases the contracting party.
Let me not he misunderstood. would
not wish the word Rcpudia,ion" writ
ten over the face Of this history Of this
country, but these men might rs we'll
have notice served upon them that there
are duties for them to perform. and OBJ
legations that they should abide by as
we'll as upon tho farmer, the mechanic
and the laborcr. who work and pay taxes.
Let them understand that. and then we
will have what demand for the people
and intend to insist upon on the floor Of
Congress = an honest settlement OF the
public debt--a payment Of what we owe,
and not what we do not owe. lChccrs.
As the armies moved forward, the head
Of the house hold was taken, the mothers
son was torn away from the endearmcntsI
Of home and pushed into the smoke and
flames of battle. These bond-holdcrs
patriotically advanced their money from
patriotic motives, while shrinking be-
hind their counters. I shall demonstrated
from figures which can't lic-it shall bel
ss clearly 10 demonstration up
on the blackboard - that for every dol
lar they advanced to pay the services of
the soldery, they took obligations to be,
rcpaid by the people two dollars for ev-
ery one advanced. Since the world be-
gan and governments wero organized
amongst men, say in this convention
of the Democracy Of Indiana. that no.