The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-07-20
Hon. ID. VI. Voorhees, and MS views
~, the Situation.

Tp,pr II uTE. ND, July 49, In accept
;np thc Democratic nomination for tonS'e Is
nj = convention in Spencer to-day non. ~
w yoorbccs made long and eli aDoratei.
nrenared speech. He said that Nc Sa'e
honest Rcn,IIIcans the same credit sazit lhe!
now rive the Democrats; that they Mouio
sufficiently rise above party TO Vote "sal1,s. d
rnrr1,ut Administration without regard 10
the cn,nm,ny in which they perforl aed SO no
bic All act. g.,
lie thought that any one OF ft .ur OF h'e
Do,nocr,tic statesmen who might l}e named
could have been elected Presi dent over
Grant. and believing this, he cx ,rcised his
RIGHT rs 4 member Of the Democrat &c party IN
n9;ntinp out what he considered its proper
course, He had no apologies to III AXE Tor the
nast in opposing Grecley's nominatlon
Whot hc Ind said was directed to the Balti-
more Convention, and not beyond the action
If th,t body. He regretted that his views
ware NOT adopted at Baltimore, an d he would
abandon public life, but he felt that his du'
ti,s ne citizen compelled him t" accept the
nomination and make one more campaign
RE Thought that the Democratic purity was
infinitely preferable, even with Greeley rs
IFS candidate, to the Republicans Nu ty under
Grant and it, managers.
No Thought of rccrcancy orlniid city to the
Democratic. partv entered his mind. lie
wonId sulrmt 10 its counscls, hoping that
t;,,n would show its ways to bt; wiser and
more beneficial TO the couQtry than he pre-.
dirtcd Others nigh: he more enlightened
than himself on the points ut issue, ana lhcir
pJaus should have Il fair trial.
Tie lhcu reviewed the national political
field and said that the Republican party, bit
for il ,al,usc of power. would have had before
# LONGER life thun was ever granted 10 Il
poIitital party in the history OF the Wofiu.
I'M H. clrcc, htL' been full OF wlckedness,
gradually but surely FORGETTING the confluence
of the people, and Clawln" the bcst clellen!s
OH of IFS orglni Zallon. lie llttlstlateu tnJS
with the history OF Indiana Democracy
which had reduced the RcpuDlic;ln miJori"
f. Of u 900 IN 1884, so THAT lhe hcpuo-
liclns barely saved hen State ticket III 1910,
rs he cIai,ncd, hy fraudulent returns, by
few hundred majol uy.
Then came the fife, NTH amendment, never
LEGALLY ratified. fraud. Ill MS Judgment Oh
the American people, Which gave ah III
crease of 100000 votes 1" tie Rcpuplicills,
vet The Democrats swept. the SGlte -! ''o'o
minority. lie thought daiS sll9"ed inc nc
cline Of the Republican party ana IL ',e
Liberal GpI:lllplttllS N'til'
wnII rultil their expectation the vote of the
stale would be cast against The Adlnihl>ti'-
ton surely in October and November ny
lurrcr maiortics than were ever known III
Mr., voorhees, thought the administration
of ,,ll,lic affairs in the South had been the
worst ever Known i'll the history OF clyiiiZed
ucopIcs and lie could not won ccr ut the de-
uand from that section for anybody to defeat
thc reflection of Grant. They believe the
election of Greeley will afford them relief,
and therefore they demanded his nomination.
I, had been recorded more i'll Difference 10
their condition and their WISHES Than any
other cause. If Greeley is elected nc VIII
stand pledged by the STRONGEST ohli";ltlohS
that ever rested upon a candle :tic to accord
the South the blessing of lllct, klnd, ana
tratcrlGrl government. Failing Ill tIils, he
would be acctlrscd among men.
Mr.. VOORHEES, declared himself opposed TO
= protective tariff, TO negro suffrage, 10 inc
resumption of specie payments, 10 thc re-
ticmption ot bonds in gold, and the cNcmp-
zion from taxation Of the national banks.