The Van Buren press., 1872-05-21
Hon. Daniel W. Voorhees, on the Cincin.
natl Nomination.
Washington dates Of may l3, VIC end
In the House Proceedings the following !:

~ Ao"oo PoCeettthSs tHc folioWlnK
Mr., voorhees,, rising to a personal ex.
pianation, submitted paragraph from
the W ashington Republican to the effect
that he was iialting and hesi,ating on the
question Of supporting Greeley, and as
all hls Democratic colleagues were said
to be IN favor of Greeley, he was likely
TO loose The favor Of the district where
his voice SO long had boon potential IIc
declared he did not halt or hesitate as to
the nominee Of the CihciApati conven
ton! Whoever believed ih high protec.
tive tariff principle. might support him,
but he Voorhees) would not. Greeley
bad been the life long champion of the
doctrines he Voorhees, opposed. The
great champion OF protection, the most
cLAMoRous ADVOCATE
in all the land for Ku Klux legislation,
which desolated the homes Of the South.
ern people, while the present administra-
ton had simply executed a law dictated
to Congress by the Cincinnati nominee.
Within recent times Greeley had desired
further extension Of tie President S
power to suspend the habeas corpus,
and he was the earnest and urgent advo
cate OF the present bayonet election law
He had two months ago clamored in his
great organ for law to place the clec.
tions in the State of New York under
Federal control and in certain contingent
cies under military control. Was such
q man fit to receive his vote or be =
President ? Was lie called on as friend
of the Southern people to vote for man
who advocated the rights of secession,
and yet, who, when the Southern people
did what he told them, screamed like a
wild beast hungry for blood
ON TO RIcHMoND?
to kill every one Of them for doing what
he told them they had right to do. And
tho sea OF blood had not been enough to
satisfy this man, but he had also insisted
on the coniiscation of the houses and
property Of the women and children Of
tho South. Others might DO as they lik-
ed, bit as for him and his household, he
would not do this thing Parties to be
successful, must be banded together on a
common principle. No other combina-
ton ofmen are worthy Of success. No one
desired success more than himself but
there was something better and sweeter
to the heart than success; it was better
to be right than successful. lie protest
ed against the attempt to transfer the
Democrats OF the country, to a camp
where there was nothing belonging to
them.
Mr. Roosevelt asked if Mr.. VOORHEES,
would support the candidate of the Bal.
timore convention
Mr.. VOORHEES, was not in the habit OF
voting against Democratic nominations.
He believed the gentleman himself would
have some difficulty in answering the
question, but he did not despair Of sue
cess. lie would stand by the principles
Of his party, and vote for them and who
represented them. He had no fears Of
what the Baltimore convention would do,
but he could not vote for man who
spoke Of the Democratic party as that to
which all the haunts Of debauchcry gave
nine tenths Of their support.
Mr.. Voorhees, said he sometimes re-
garded it as a piece Of restless impert.
ncncc on the part of Mr.. Greeley to offer
himself as bail for Jefferson Davis, and
added that when Andrew johnson and
Edwin NJ. Stanton proposed to arrest
Generals Lee and Johnson and others,
there was bat one man could prevent it.
General Grant told them these men had
given him their parole rs soldiers, and
that parole should be respected If he
should be driven to take the stump to
press the claims OF Greeley, he would
find candidate opposing him who had
done more and kinder things for tho
South than his nominee had done.
Mr.. Roosevelt suggested that Mr.
Voorhees, had been recently in conference
with Grant.
Mr.. VOORHEES, said he had not crossed
the Threshold Of the White House for
three years, and whoever made such a
statement uttered vile calumny
Mr.. Roosevelt had been informed some
days ago that such an interview had oc-
cured. f7Nt.-
Mr.. voorhees-Thcn the gentleman
associates with men who don't tell the
truth.
Mr.. Randall asked if Mr.. VOORHEES,
would have voted for Judge Davis, and
advocated his election if nominated at
Cincinnati
Mr.. VOORHEES, replied that there we're
many things in common between their
views, and Davis, if nominated, would
probably have bean accepted by a ma
jority fthe Democratic party.
Mr.. Randall would not vote for either
unless indorscd by the Democratic con-
vcntion.
Mr.. Voorhees--That's right
Mr.. Randall--And | should vote for
either Of them If indorscd by the Demo
cratic convention.
Mr. Bird would not vote for either Of
them whichever was ndorscd.
Mr.. Kerr said SO far as the statement
in the Republican referred to him, it was
simply untrue.
Mr., Niblack mado the same remark,
adding that nothing but the power Of the
organization would compel him to vote
for Greeley, but whenever the Democrat
ic party acted on the question, he would
yield obedience to its action.
Mr., Holman also repudiated the Re-
publican's article as lar as i. referred to
him. lie did not propose to forestall the
ION of the Baltimore convention.