White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1872-05-16
Democrntie CIass.Meeting.

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Democratic Class.Meeting.
In Congress, on Monday, some Of the leading
Democratic members had regular class-meeting
correcting reports that hat been circulated con
cerning them, and defining. their position. Al
the sentiments of such men will control the par
ty in the coming election, We give the report in
fnll, as Transmitted by the telegraph. VOORHEES,
led the way, and did the plainest talking:
WAsHINGToy, May 13.-In the House to-day
Mr. voorhees,, rising to a pcrsonal explanation,
submitted paragraph from the Washington Re
osblcas to the effect that he was hating and hes
itating IN the question of supporting Greeley,
and as all his Democratic colleagues were said to
be in favor of Greeley, be was likely to lose the
favor of the district where his voice has been 20
| long potential He declared that he did not halt
| or hesitate rs to the nominee of the Cincinnati
| convention. Whoever believed in his high pro-
tective tariff principles might support him. but he
| Cvoorhees) would not, Greeley was the lifelong
champion of the doctrines he (VOOrhees) opposed;
| the great champion of protection; the most clam
orous advocate in all the land for the Ku-Klux
legislation, which desoated the homes of Southern
| people, while the present administration had
simply executed a law dictated to Congress by the
Cincinnati nominee. Within recent date Greeley
had desired further extension of the Presidents
power to suspend the habeas corpus, and he was
| an earnest and urgent advocate of the present
| force and bayonet election law. He had two
| months ago camored in his great organ for the
law place the elections in the State Of New York
under Federal control, andn certain contingencies
under military control. Was such,a man fit to re-
ceye vote or be Presidentf Was he called on,
| as friend of the Southern people, to vote for q
man who advocated the right of secession, and vet
when the Southern people did what he told them.
no wild beast hungry for blood ever screamed
over its prey AZ Greeley had shouted "on to Rich
mondw to kill every one of them for doing what
he told them they had right to do and the seq
of blood had not been enough to satisfy this psan
but he had also insisted the confiscatiOD Of the
homes and property of women and children of the
South. Others might do as they liked, but as for
him, Voorhees,, and his household would not do
this thing. He protested against attempts to the
transfer Ofthe Democrats of the country to camp
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 a man who spoke of the
Democratic party as that to which all the haunts of
debauehery gave nine-tenths of their support.
Mr.. Voorhees, said he sometimes regarded it as
piece of restless impertinence on the part of Mr..
Greeley to offer himself as bail for JEFF Davis, and
added that when Andrew johnson and Edwin NJ.
Stanton proposed to arrest Gems Lee, johnson and
others, there was but one man who cOuld prevent
it. Gen. Grant told them these men had given
him their parole of honor soldiers, and that
parole should be respected. lfhe should be driven
to take the stump to press the claims of Mr. Gree
ley, he would find candidate opposing him who
had done more and kinder things for the South
than his nominee had done.
Mr.. Randall asked if Mr.. Voorhees, would have
voted for Judge Davis and advocated his election
ifnOminated ut Cincinnatif
Mr.. voorhees, replied that there were many
things in common between their views, and Davis,
if nominated, would probably have been accepted
by majority of the Democratic party.
Mr.. Randall said he would not vote for either
unless endorsed by the Democratic Convention
Mr.. VOOrhees-That's right.
Mr.. Randall-And should vote for either of them
if he was indOrsed.
Mr.. Kerr said SO far "a the statement in the |
RepMblicdn referred to him it was simply untrue.
Mr.. Niblack made the same remark, adding |
that nothing but the power Reorganization would |
compel him to vote for Greeley, but whenever |
the Democratic party acted on the question he |
would yield obedience to its action.
Mr.. Holman also repudiated the Republican's |
article far it referred to him. and he did not
propose to forestall the action of the Baltimore
Convention.
1t will be seen that VOORHEES, credits GRANT
with being an honorable opponent of the South,
md says he has simply enforced laws which were
passed through the clamors of such men as GREE
LEY; and that when the noisiest men in the Lib
raj movement were demanding the arrest and
trial of Generals LEE and JOHNSTON,
GRANT refused to do the work, because he had
taken these mems parole of honor. In short, he
as much as said in SO many words, that if he were
forced to chose between the two, he should sup
port GRANT. The best that any of them said for
GREELEY, was that they supposed they should
rave to support him, if the Democratic Conven-
ion adopted him as their candidate.
Whether the Democratic Convention adopt
lin or not, if they do not bring ont straight
andidate of their own, there are thousands and
thousands of Democrats throughout the land that
will follow the course indicated by VOORHEES,.
How 1T is TO BE DoNE.-GREELEY's supporters
ave got it figured out how and why he is going
o get the votes of pretty much everybody in the
)nited States. As they seem to be perfectly con-