Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1872-03-29
Speech Of Mr. Voorhees,.
Reported for the baltimore Gazettc. l


Mr. VOORHEES,, of Indiana, got the floor in the
House, and made one of the most thorough
speeches, arragning the Republican party and
the present Administration, that has yet been
made il Congress.
Mr.. Voorhees,, in opening, referred to the
condition of many of the States in the Union
which, he says, excites the unmingled pity
ana Indignation Of the civilized world. They
are the theme Of sorrowful and Of bitter com
ment wherever the channels Of human utelli-
eence penetrate. They engage the attention
of all the departments of the Government
Executive proclamatons spread evil tdings
ABOUT them, and hurl every principle of their
! Liberties, every imminent Of their safety to the
ground.
Congress enacts laws agains. them which
utterly destroy every vestige Of freedom, and
forge and riVct on their helpless limbs its fet-
tiers of despolism. 1t also sends forth the pow
erfu missionaries of mischief in the form of
committees, backed by the money ard the
power OF the Government, whose labors are to
blhcken the character and the fame Of their
people under the guse of official inves LEGATIONS
and official reports. The head Of the Depart
ment Of Justice, the late Attorney General, he
who led his people into the war and then re-
turned to plague and lay waste the hearth
stones Of his followers, superintended in per-
son the inquisition and the torture inflicted
upon the descendants Of those who fought in
the battles Of the Revolution.
The army of the United States in time Of
profound peace, has launched like a bolt of
destruction into their midst 1t is engaged in
selling, without sworn charge or warrant
oil law, the youth, the middle-aged and the
gray-haired grand-sires in the sanctuary of
American homes, and driving them like herd
ed beasts into crowded prisons And the Pres
ldent himself, in his recent message, prepared,
as he says in has.e, rs If he had affairs Of
greater Importance TO engage his attention,
yet found time to give his sanction to all this,
and to add his malignant mite to the general
faccusation.
And so Mr.. VOORHEES, proceeded to arraign
Inc Republicans, charging that since peace
came, seven years ago that party has poured
upon the unresisting and helpless South the
floods of disorder, corruption bankruptcy,
crime, oppression and ruin that by its con-
duet and policies every blessing of free gov
eminent has been scourged from the face Of
country containing over twelve millions of
people, and larger in extent than many of the
foremost powers OF Europe by this party the
Constitution has been trampled under foot,
dwarfed into dead-letter, or widened and
extended by fraudulent amendments, accord
ing as the INSCRIPTIONS purposes off powerful
party would be best promoted from turret to
foundation the Republican party have torn
down the governments of eleven States have
rent all their local laws aud machinery into
fragments, and trampled upon their ruins Mr.
nrnish,oo 800 ,;ite, - '"u o'ittO''
Inc Son,h re- - - w." .''I..''s VI
a;ct bo,roon ~ syo ,i'.'n oai"k 'ne con
slightest responsibility, has been marked by
the blight OF ineligibility, and, like the lcper
OF old, it was made a crime for the people TO
again reach forth to him the hand Of friend
tnre b.came observation-disclosures VI M ~
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hrood e, hi. ~; ~ III s;t "i' ''"S1 u
orn,s eor h; '1''i'.S;eu son, uhutr
and for Witch 10 m,a mt y, ~ 1 W nv,
hrandad Win disrnr ~, 'i'' as;- " ~ c was
tha councils 81 H. r, o"' nNil
bow laid him in his own f'nii,r Lad ~ ho,a
once more, kissed his feversh lips, wiped away
the gathering deWs OF DEATH and with brok-
da,n,,ad cnn ,.'s ue' a1te'VF was con
and incurred the pennlties Of con6scotion liz
| who dismountcd and gaye his horse to n bro
s.ft III me moment OF danger and close pur-
inc IN him IN tJ,. ",," Sio'
who prayed for her lover as he Law dyin9 in
the Wilderness or at Stone river, all fell under
eo ,.I'I,. curse. Ever Inc "hlte-halred
full husband, perhons was nj tho Co;r Tors
Euiaw Springs and Yorktown. or. may be
fought under jackson at New Orleans, in the
small roorse Of 49, y, Ne. peuslon .hal
Government, if her heart venrped or Ler aTcd
hand was extended in sympathy to her chill
utVt ',lu lI.i en,'uren ohIufen on me plans
sal exclusion from MI tbe bro.Gis I'm.
trusts, honors, cnioyments, liberties and con.
troll OF u Government was never enacted against
- lo'e peTliei ".."V"' l'sfe't 70 oGe OF sex,
graceful disabilities imnosrd mon thc laws for
and bigoted nations of the earth was never
more complete or appalling.
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- '''ie' i,ouse ." No""''9' III tue mouse the
n"'' o''' gums oo"" 'i'S anu no'''S'e"oS 10
soiu'eiS "'o Se''eo more '""h ninety DAYS IN
'''G i",e war p"Ss'u,
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''P'"' '"0 u"'' gu '''' ''"u eoiee was "Aen up
n'nsnu'ien'S "e'e oiieFeu ana ulsPosea OF as
'o''o"s - fei''"' ''e uuty On sa'' rejected