The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-07-19
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TERRE HAUTE, Ind, July 18.-In accepting
the Democratic nomination for Congress at the
convention in Spencer to-day, Hon. d. W.
Voorhees, made long and elaborate speech.
He said he gave the honent Republicans the
same credit they now give Democrats, that
they would sufficiently rise above party to vote
against corrupt administration without regard
to the company in which they performed so
noble an act He thought any one of four or
five Democratic statesmen, who might be NAM
ed, could have been elected President over
Grant, and believing this he exercised his right
as a member of the Democratic party in point
ing out what he considered its proper course.
He had no apologies to make for the past in
opposing Greeley's nomination. What he had
said was directed to the Baltimore convention
and notbeyond the action of that body. He
regretted that his views were not adopted at
Baltimore, and would abandon public life but
he felt that his duties a citizen compelled
him to accept the nomination, and make one
more campaign. He thought the Democratic
party infinitely preferable, even with Greeley
as its candidate, to the Republican party under
Grant and his managers.
No thought of recreancy or infidelity TO the
Democratic party entered his mind. He would
submit to its counsels, hoping TIE time would
show its ways to be wiser and more beneficial
to the country than he predicted. Others might
be more enlightened than himself on the point
at issue, and their plans should have a fair
trial.
He then reviewed the national political field
es of power, would have had before it a longer
life than was ever granted TO political party
in the history of the world, but its career has
been full Of wickedncss, gradually but surely
FORGETTING the confidence of the people, by
driving the best elements out of its organiza-
ton.
He illustrated this with the history of the In
diana Democracy, which had reduced the Re
publican majority of 81 900 in 1864 so that the
Republicans barely saved their State ticket in
1868, as he claimed by fraudulent returns, by a
few hundred majority. Then came the 18th
amendment never legally ratified fraud in
his Judgment on the American people, which
gave an increase of a hundred thousand (?) votes
swept the State by 5000 majority.
We thought this showed a decline of the Re-
| publicans, and if the Liberal Republicans could
even moderately well fulfill their expectations
that the vote of the State would be cast against
the Administration party by larger majorities
than We're ever known in heI history.
He lVoorheesl thought the Administration
OF public affairs in the South for the last three
| years had been the worst ever known in the
| history OF civilized people and he could not
wonder at the demand from that section for anv
body to defeat the reelection of Grant Thew
believe the election of Greeley will afford them
relief and therefore they demand his nomination
1t had been accorded more in Difference to their
condition and their wishes than to any other
cause. If Greeley is elected he will stand
pledged by the strongest obligations that ever
rested upon candidate to accord to the South
the blessing of just, kind, and fraternal policy
of government Failing in this he would be
accursed amongst men.
Mr. Voorhees, declared himself opposed to
protective tariff, to negro suffrage, to the re-
sumption of specie payments, to the REDEMPTION
of the bonds in gold and the exemption from
taxation of National Banks.