Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1872-05-25
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nom the W uthihGlun kCuhUlituh 10
tire effect that hc waa hulting aud
hcslluling a. 10 the poslion be-
should take 0u the question NJ sup
porting Mr., Grcclcy, aud that as his
Democratic colleagues were all sNid
lQ be IN favor of Greeley he WAS
likely 10 l0yo the favor oi the dis
lrict where his voice had 80 lung
been potential. lie declared that
he did not halt or hesitate; that he
had not halted or hcsitalcd when he
had not more than fourteen Demo
cTrric colleagues in the House, nor
did he now.
IT he coWld over be tempted TO
abandon tho principles Of his pollti.
cai life il might have been then us
ro'tho nominee of tho Cincinnati
Convention Who ever believed in
the high protective tariff principles
of his chief man might support him,
but he Voorhees, would not. Was
he expected to support Mr.. Greeley
because ho had been the FIFE long
champion of doctrines which he
(Voorhecs) opposcdY Was he expect
rs Western man representing Il
Western laboring constituency that
was ground down by high protcc
tive tariff monopoly, to support the
great champion of protection?
Was he expected TO support II
man who had been the most clamor-
Gus advocate in all the land for that
Ku.Klnx legislation which had de-
ISOLATED the homes Of the Southern
people? If Mr.. Grcclcy's nomina-
ton promised relief to that blasted
and down troddcn section, there
was not much which ho (Voorhccs)
would not forcgo to subscrvc SO
holy and so benign purpose. But
Mr.. Greeley has been the earnest
advocate Of the legislation which
had paralysed and Frustrated the
South, and was that The reason why
he should get his support?
lie was told that the present nd
ministration had been cruel and nm
kind to the South, but the admins.
tration had simply executed II law
which the Cincinnati nominee had
dictated to Congress, that was all
the difference between them-one
was the Executive officer acting un.
der his oath of office to execute the
law, and the other was q man who
had no oath on his conscience in re
gard to the matter, but who had
urged the passage of this legislation
Was he expected to support Mr.
Greeley because within recent date
he desired IL still further extension
of the Presidents power to suspend
the writ of habcas corpus all over
the South?
Was he expected TO support him
be cause he was the earnest and ur-
gent advocate Of the present force
bayonct election law that subjected
every voting precinct Of 20 900 pco-
ne tothe supervision, and in certain
contingencies, 10 tho control of the
military Was he expected to sup
port him because two months AFRO
the Tribune had clamorcd and ur
gcd it (his great organ) in favor Of
law to place the local election IN
the State of New York under Fed
eral control, and also in certain con
tingencies under military control?
Was such man fit to receive his
vote for the Presidency? Was such
a man fit to fill that high place?
Was that the voice of craftsmanship
which was called for this hour? Was
that the reform that had been prom
iscd? Was he to go before the uni
ted sentiment Of the country, and
appeal to it in favor of man who
stood on the record for tie "inalicn-
able right" Of Il State or ola commu-
nifty to dcsolvo the Union?
Was he, as friend of the South.
ern people, called upon TO vote for
man who, during the entire fall and
winter of 1860, wrote with all his
acknowledged power in favor of the
inalicnablc rights ofany dissatisfied
portion of the country TO break up
tho Union and form another gov
ernment for themselves? Mr.. Gree
Icy had not rccanted those opinions,
but on the contrary, in his book on {
"The American Conflict" published
in 1864, he had analysed them and
defined them to this effect, that if
on consultation, convention and the
like, the South still desired with
any considerablcapproach to unani-
nifty to separate, it should be allow {
cd to do so.
Mr.. Spccr, of Pennsylvania object {
ed that the remarks were not in the |
nature of a personal explanation but t
the Speaker ovorruJed the objection, ,
and Mr.. Voorhees, proceeded with !
his speech amid great excitement ,
and confusion. which rendered much /
of what he said inaudiblc at the re-
portcr's desk. IIo repeated that I
Mr.. Greeley, after three years of i
war, had still held and published I
the same sentiments.
Was a man fit TO be President J.,
who stood committed TO the doctrine !,
that who ever desired to dissolve
their connection with the Govern
mcnt had the right to do SO? That U
might commend him to some people;
but it would not when his subse- s
1uent course was called to mind. +
Some of the highest men of the
South had told him (Voorhees) with n
Lears in their eyes that moro than 7
my one thing which satisfied them D
hat they could have a separate sys- u
EN- and form of government to suit a
themselves, was tho voice of the }
hon victorious Republican party, ,
'pcaking through its acknowledged \
,rgan. Y
And yet WREN the Southern peo q p
Die did what this man had told them =
hey had the inalienable right to do;
10 wild beast, hungry for blood,