The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1872-05-30
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DAN. VOORHEES, on TIE gETUE
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D. ". Voorhees, in his speech to his
constituents at Terre Haute, Ind, ou the
25th inst, speaks Of the Cincinnati Con
vention as follows:
Every suggestion however remote or
respectfully made by the Democrats who
hoped for union fer the overthrow of
the Grant dynasty. was recoiled from with
aversion and disgust, as if it contained
the contagion Of small pox. Who will
deny word of this? Even one Of the
most distinguished gentlemen, who was
himself before the Convention as can
didate, put in writing that 1t was not es-
sential to nominate with reference to the
Democratic vote, as that was secure be-
cause it was helpless. Have three mill
ions of honest men sunk so low as to
tamely submit to this treatment, this
open scorn and studied insult, like the
blows which spaniel receives For my
own part, [ viii not. From my mother $
breast drew in 10 such spirit Of degrad-
ing humility.
But if the tone and temper Of that
Convention we're hostile to The Democrat
ic party, how shall | characterize the
nomination itself [ was in my seat at
my desk in the House when it vas an
nounced that Horace Greeley had been
nominated for the Presidency. 1t no
more occurred to me that he or the men
who had nominated him, would have the
brazen aua2city to expect Democrats to
support them, than did that the disci-
pies of the christian religion would turn
away from their faith in an hour aud
worship Mahomct as the prophet Of God.
[ congratulate myself and my friends
about me, that the unexpected folly Of
the convention had opened to US a sure
and easy road to victory, and to the res
toration Of good
Speaking Of Greeley he says: You
cannot ina gine the feelings with which |
saw certain christian newspa pers
hauling down the Democrat names
At their mast heads and placing in
stead the name Of one, who has more
fairly earned and more fully enjoys the
hostility and aversion OF the Democratic
party than any ether man in the United
States, and that know is strong state
| nent while Morton, Grant and their CO.
adjutors are in existance. Impartial his
tory, however, will sustain me in it
For thirty years, commencing far back
when these grey heads before me were
black and young and continuing till with
in the last three weeks, there has been nc
form OF coarse, brutal and Infamous as
sault which Horace Greeley has not made
on the Democratic party in the aggregate,
! in detail, en- masse and individuality =
His maievolence has been increasing, un.
sparing. and universal. He has ranged
everywhere for objects Of his hatred, vim
dictiyeness and abuse. He has not hesi
tated to call our foremost men, like Ho
ratio Seymour, liars. villains aud traitors
He has also signalled the people in pri
vate life, and denounced them as igno
rant. sordid and vicious for selecting
Democratic officials One of his specia
callings for years has been TO assail the
reputation, of gentlemen who voted
against his heresy in Congress. Oul
OVID extensive and magnificent distric
has often read his abuse, because I rep
resented it and always denounced his "a
vorite theories. In his estimation ma
jority of the noble population Of 250. 600
extending nearly 200 miles up and dowr
one of the eldest, wealthiest and mos
cultivated valleys west of the Alleghanies
is sunk in ignorance and wallowing il
mire, because they do not look ct public
questions as he does and elect man &c
Congress to record his edicts If | should
labor to make such man Democratic