The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1872-05-23
STANTON, VIRGINIA. THURSDAY NAY 49, 1872
MR. vao<.EEs az GgEgLEY.

o. tie 1Gh. Mr. VOORHEES,, Of In1iaa.
gave his v;s~s u Co~grs-s, On the Cinsiaaai
nomieation. The report in the Ealtinor
!, Sun, say:
Mr.. Voorhees,. Of Indxna, rose to person
al explanation, aud sent to the clerk 5 desl
to be read . paragraph FROM 4 newspaper t
the effect that he was haltiag and hesitstins
as 10 the position he should take n to th,
support OF the nominee of the Cincinnati Con
vention, and that as his democratic colleagues
were all said to be in favor of Mr.. Greeley
he was likely to lose the favor Of the district
where his voice had SO long been potential
He declared that he did not halt or hesitate.
As to the nominee Of the Cincinnati Conven-
ton, whoever believed in the high protective
tariff principles Of its chief man might sup
port, him, but he, Mr.. Voorhees, would mot.
/ to the blasted and down froddcn South there
was not much which he {air. w would not
forego to subservc so holy aud SO benign pur-
pose but Mr., Greeley had been the earnest
| advocate of the legislation which had para
lyzed and Frustrated the South ;and was that
The reason why he should get his support !?
Mr.. Greeley had upheld the right of seccs-
sion, and has not retracted the sentiment
Was man fit to be elevated to the presden-
cy who stood committed to the doctrine that
whoever desired to dissolve their connection
with the government had the inalenable right
to do so ? He entered his solemn protest
against the attempt to transfer the democrats
Of the country-as loyal body of voters as
ever lived-to a camp where there was moth
iug belonging to them.
Mr.. Roosevelt, of New York, asked Mr.
Voorhees, whether he would support the can
didate of the Democratic National Conyen-
ton at Baltimore, whoever that candidate |
might be?
Mr.. Voorhees, replied that he was not in
the habit of boiling democratic nominations.
He believed that the gentleman himself would 7!
have soma difficulty in answering his own |
question. daughter. Mr.. Voorhees, spoke I
Of Mr.. Greeley's going bail for Jefferson Da-
Wis. When Andrew johnson and Edwin NJ.
Stanton. Secretary Ct War, desired aud pro-
posed Gas he knew to be the facD to arrest
Robert E. Lee. Joseph 3 johnson and 9th
or prominent Confederate officers, there was
but one man who could prevent that thing
from being done. aud that was the present en-
cumbent Of the presidential Office. General
Grant had stepped forward aud told them
that those men had given him their parole
as soldiers and that that parole should be re-
spected [Applause from the republican side
of the House.
Mr.. Sherwood of Pennsylvania, said the
speech was made in the interest of the re-
publican party
Mr. Voorhees,, rcsuming said that if he
should be driven to take stump and press the
claims of MIR. Greeley, that he would fud
candidate opposing him who had done more
and kinder things for the South than his
nominee had done
Mr.. Kerr, of Indiana, said that so far as
the statement in the paper quoted from re-
ferred to him, it was simply untrue.
Mr. Nibaek, of Indiana, repeated the same
adding that nothing but the power
of the organization would compel him to vote
for Mr.. Greeley; but that whenever the dem
ocratic party acted on the question, he would
yield obedience to its action.
Mr.. Holman, Of Indiana, also repudiated |
the newspaper article so far as it referred to
him. He did not propose to forestall the ac-
ton Of the Baltimore Convention.