The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1872-05-18
Mr.. Voorhees, on Greeley.

! paragraph from newspaper to the effect that
| he was batting and hesitating as 10 the position
| he should take as TO the support of the Cincin-
nati Convention, aud that as his Democratic
Colleagues were all said to be 10 favor Of Mr.
| Greeley he WIS likely to lose the fayor Of the
district whore bis voice had 80 long been po-
tentihl. He declared that he did not halt or
| hesitate. He had not halted or hesitated when
nc had not more than fourteen Democratic
| colleagues In the House, nor did be now. If
ne could ever be tempted to abandon the prin-
ciples Of bis political life 1t might have been
then. As to the nominee Of the Cincinnati
| Convention, whoever believed in the high pro
teciive tariff principles OF its chief man M iRht
support him, but be (Voorhees) would not,
was ne expected to support Mr.. Greeley be-
cause he had been the lifelong champion Of
doctrines which he tYoorheesl opposedP Was
nc expected as "a Western man, representing
| western lAbOrlng constituency that was ground
down by high protective tariff monopoly, 10
support tho great champion Of protec ton 2
| Was he expected to support a man who had
oeen the most elamorous advocate in all the
land for the ku-KluE Legislation which had
desolaled the homes Of the Southern people Z?
| u Dir. Grceley's nomination promised relief
that blasted and down-trOdden section there
was not much which he (VOofhess) would not
forego to subserTe so holy and so benign n
purpose. But Mr.. Greeley had been tbe ear.
nest advocate Of the legislation which had
| paralyZed and pr0strated the South and wa.
lhat the reason why be should get his support ?
lie was told that the present Administra ton
pad been cruel and unkind to the South but
The Administration had simply executed law
which the Cincinnati nom zee had dictated 10
Congress. Thatwas all the difference between
thein' One was the Executive officer acting
under his oath OF office TO execute the law and
the other was a tnan who had no oath on his
conscience In regard to the matter but one
who had urged the passage If that resolution.
al IA. NJ.
cause within recent date he desired a still
further extension OF the Presidents power 10
suspend habeas corpus all over the South 2
was he expected to support him because he
was the earnest and urgent advocate Of the
present fOrce-bayonet election law. that sinh
Jeeted every voting precinct of 20, 1000 people
to the supervision, and In certain contingent
cies TO the control of the military Was he
expected to support him because two months
ago this very man had clamOred and rsned
IN his great organ In favor NJ law 10 place
the local elections 10 the State Of New YORK
under Federal control and also in certain con-
thgeneies under military cOntrol9 Wassuch
man nj to receive his vote for the Presidency 2
W as such a man dt to be in that hiRh place Z?
was that the voice Of statesmanship which wa.
called Tor at this great hour Was that the
reform that had been promised? Was he TO %
before the loyal Union sentiment Of the country
aud appeal TO il In favor OF a man who stood ON
the record for the "inalienable right" OF a
state nr community TO dissolve this Union ?
W As be, asa friend Of the Sou ern nenplc, call
ed upon To vote for a man no during the entire
fall aud winter OF 1860 wrote with ali his ark
huwIedged power Ia favor of the inalien able
right o any dissatisfied portion Of the country
TO orrak up the Union and form another Cow
ernment inr themselves? Mr. Greeley bad NOT
reeanted those opinions; but On the con nary .
IN hls book on the American Conflict published
10 1864, he had analyz and defined thsm 10
Ill str ! Il. iTt,..
tiun and the like, the south still desired with
any considerable approach 10 unnuimity To-
separate, IL should be allowed to do So
Mr. spear, Of Pennsylvania, h re interrupt.
ed, and raised the point af order that Nr
'oufhees was not making personal ex plana.
ton, but that he was making political speech
The Speaker oyertuled the objection. a. Nj
'o"rhees was speaking of matters personal to
himself
Voices on the Republican sidc-Go on; 20
on.
Mr. VOORHEES, then proceeded with his speech
amid great excitement and confusion. He re-
peated that Mr.. Greeley after three wears of
war had sun held and published the same
sentimenis, and they still stood unreyer,rd
Was man tit To be elevated to the Presidency
who stood committed to the doctr inc tbpt a No.
ever desired 10 dissulvs their connection with
the Government had the inalienable ripLt 10
do so J That might commend him to some peo-
subsgnuNnf
course was called tomind. Some Of the biz hest
men IN the South had told him Iyoorb,esl
WIN tears in their eyes that more than any one
thing which satisfied them that they could
have aseparatc y stem and form ofGoyornm.nt
To suit themselves was the voice of the then
victorious Republican party SPEAKING through
its acknowledged organ. And yet when In,
southern people did what thi. man had told
THEM they had the inalicnsblc right to do. no
VIA beast hungry for blood ever screamed
over is prey rs be (Giceley had shouted "On
to kiehmOndP to kill every one Of them far
doing what he had told them they had lii,
right To do. Thatwas a solemn page of history
which could not be revised. The Waters OF III,
ocean could no wash il out. Mortal man could
not RalDsay IL. A red sea OF blood had pot
been enough to satisfy this mani but he had
also insisted upon the c0ntscati0n of the homes
and property Of ihe women aud children of
the South. Others might do as they pleased.
bat for him (Yoorhcesj and bis ho1.sboi h.
would not do this thing. Partie. to b, ,ue-
cessful must be banded together on a cummon
principle. No other combination of men was
worthy OF success. He was told that his party
desired success against this Administration.
No one desired Il more than himself, but tbers
was something that was better than success.
and sweeter to the heart than success, Tint
great man Henry Clay had said that II was
bstter to be right than to be President, and so
he said that II was better To DO right than 10
succeed. lie entered his solemn protest against
Tue attempt TO transfer the Democrats Of the
country-as loyal a body OF voters as ever
! ,Fea-io camp where there was nothing be-
longing to them.
Mr.. Roosevelt, Of New York, asked Mr.
voorhees, whether he would support the can
dldatc OF the Democratic National Conyenti,n
be "'s"'
NJ. Voorhees, replied that he va, no, in ths
haoit OF batting Democratic nomination.. liz
oehe'ed that the gentleman himself would
nave some difficulty 10 answering his own
question. Laughter. But he did not d.sp.ir
" success HIS position was ia favor of stand |
ns y tne PRINCIPLES othis party, and be would
vote Tor the man who Represented those rim.
eipies. lie had no fears, however, OF what he
baitinore Convention would do. But h.
Souid not vote for man who spoke of The
democratic party as that 10 which ali the
hAuns OF uebanchery gave nine-teuths of their
supPurt' IL had been sometimes said that this |
nominee had gone bail for Jefferson Dayi,
when he was imprisoned but that was too |
mario" platform for any party to stand |
upon Laughter. Ii would be a most dan |
gerous thing to raise an issue as between tho |
man VINO put Mr.. Davis in Jail and the man |
VINO oahcu him out. II would not be A safe |
issue at the North, and he impiored his SouIb. |
ern friends not Ia make IL. IL might prnynte |
y comparison which would M, be favorable. 10 |
me nominee Of the Cincinnati Convention. H.
paws had not been helpless. A hundred mil.
IONS OF property at the South was ready 10 bail |
iu'' and itsoine tilnes seemed to him (Voorbeesl
nat u was merely piece of restless imper,in.
nee on the pat OF the nominee CT the Cinein.
M convention to offer himself as bail for
y. DAVIS. When Andrew johnson and Edwin
J. Stanton, Secretary of War, desired aud
Toposed las he knew to be the iact) to arrest |
ebert h. Lee, Joseph h. johnson AID other
i"mineht Confederate officers, there was but
- man who could prevent that ding being
sne, and that was the present incumbent Of
| spped forward aud told them thar tbn.e men
o. given him their parole as SOLDIERS, and
W that parole should be respected. IAN
pnse from the Republican side Of the House
": speer, of Pennsy lrania, said be wanted
seaii tne attention OF the democracy Of the