The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1872-07-31
Extract of Speech Of D. W. Voorhees,,


A special despatch to the New
York Tribune, dated Terre Hauto,
Ind, July l8, says:
Mr.. Voorhees, made celebrated
speech at Spencer, today acceptin!
the Democratic nomination for Con-
gress. He began as follows:
When l recall and dwell upon these
appalling crimes against liberty and
against common rights Of humanity, I
can't wonder at the strong and bittcr
cry which comes up from the South
for anybody to defeat the recollection
of the very man who has inspired
them, regarded them with grim and
heartless satisfaction, md in many in.
stances committed them himself.
The man who is drowning, or who secs
his wife and children perishiug in
flames, must not be ccnsurel for
adopting any method, not criminal in
itself, by which to save himself or all
that is dear to him. I have, there.
fore, listened with perfect patie nee to
the voice of the South in this crisis,
knowing, Us I do, her extreme and
immediate necessities. Her urgent
appeal for tho nomination of Mr..
Greeley has been regarded by her
friends in the North as the last des.
pairing cry of brave and noble peo.
pie reduced to hopeless extremity,
beholling, as they think, ono more
chance to save Themselves from ruin
infinitely worse than death. I fer
vently pray God that his hope may
be l. aiz'd, and many Northern
man will suspend his differences with
MIR. Greeley on account of the people
Of the South, who would not do so
on his own. They believe the elec-
tion of Mr.. Greeley will afford
them relief, and in that belief
they have demanded his nomi.
nation. 1t has been accorded moro
in Difference to their condition and
their wishes than to any one cause.
If Mr.. Greeley, under these circum-
stances, should be elected, he will
stand pledged by the strongest obi.
cations that ever rested upon an hon
orable man to bcstow upon the South
the blessings of just, kind and fra
tcrnal policy of government. IF he
did not do so, after the confidence re-
posed in him by that section, he
would be accursed among men. Let
US hope, however, with our brethren in
the South, that the experiment may
be complete success, that his cleo
tion may Danish misrule and plunder
from their midst, restore peace in re.
ality as we'll as name, bring back a
cheerful and contented devotion to
the laws of the country, and a pride
i'll the flag which affords an equal pro-
lection to all citizens. Let us hope
that the deadly paralysis so long
affecting the South and destroying
her vast producing energies may
speedily be succeeded by perfect
health and vigor. II our G Government
is to be restored to its national pro-
portions and strength, our States
must be as free in one section as in
the oilers VIC must have no line
where freedom is halted by the bayo.
net on American soil and when all
are treated alike by tho Government,
they will all bear to it the same allie
glance, whatever may have been the
bloody struggles of the past. When
this kind of union of hearts in supo
port of the Government shall take
place, having for its base tho prirci~
pies of justice, liberty and equality,
then will this nation rise like strong
man after sleep and 60 forth to new
glorics, renewing the purities Of its
youth in connection with tho gigantic
proportions of its age.