The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1872-06-05
The voorhees, Speech-whaf the Pa
pers Say.
Committee.
The Boston GLobe SAYS

I ne DUoIOn utOOS sdNA.
Mr.. Voorhees, has spoken in Ian
guage that will not be mistaken, ant
the thinking men in the great Demo
cratic party will ponder wei
his words before they allow them
selves to be won over by the sophis
tries and arts Of political intrigue tina
have characterized the Cincinnati
movement Even to the Democrat,
eyes of the honorable gentleman from
Indiana the policy and course of tho
present administration, when compar
ed with the history and doctrines o.
Mr.. Greeley-present themselves in
such light that Mr.. Voorhees, de.
seription of them was sufficient to
bring out loud applause from his po,
litical opponents. In fact, in words
of our Washington special, was the
''most remarkable political sensation
of the season." it can but have a de-
moralizing effect on the friends of the
new movement.
The New York Post SAYS:
The speech was treated by the op-
position members in the silliest posi-
bic way, the general drift of their re,
marks being that Mr.. Voorhees, had
been bought over by Grant, and one
member crying out Turn your face
to the White House. and get your re-
ward" We have never admired the
doctrinaire extremity of Mr.. VOor-
hees' political views, but the idea that
he is a man who has any principles
for sale is to ridiculous for serious ar
gument. If he does vote and advises
hS followers to vote. as he hints he
may in certain contingencies, for Grant
it will be from a sincere conviction
shat honesty and consistency require
him TO use even that extreme means
of opposing the Cincinnati nominee.
The CONSERVATION caused in the
RANKS Of the opposition, WHICH ecf0es
through the columns of the Tibune
by what the supporters of Mr.. Gree
ley affect to consider his treason, is
very natural. A little more such
treason will seriously endanger their
cause For it is no such camp fol-
lowers as Wood and Morrissey whose
support they really long for, and
whose enmity they will find in the
long run most dangerous, but men
like Mr.. Voorhees,, with whom pOliti-
cal professions are not a matter of
bargain and sale, but of deep-rooted
belief He has many of the qualities
of real leader. lie represents, thor
oughly, the FUNDAMENTAL principle
which lies ct the Democratic creed
and which has such a vital force that
it has managed vet to survive all at
tempts to kill it. The distrust of CEN
tralizatiOn, the profound belief in the
eternal presumption which lies against
government interference, the convic-
tion of the superiority of the laws of
nature to the laws of men-these are
the ideas which still gives vitality to
the party, and these are the ideas
which Mr. Voorhees, conceives and
expresses.
A Washington dispatch to the
World says:
The speech of MIR Voorhees, yester-
day continues to be the subject of
talk to-day, and the friends of Mr.
Greeley are busily inquiring, What
will be the effect of it ~ 1t is well
understood here to be the opinion of
Mr.. Kerr, of Indiana, that the Demo-
cratic party cannot, witheut dishonor
to itself and great injury to the coun-
try, accept Mr.. Greeley as its candi-
date for President.