Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1872-05-16
A BOMBSHELL IN THE GREELEY CAMP.
Voorhees, declares Against Greeley.

voorhees, declares Against Greeley.
In the House of Representatives on Mon
day the following speech was made:
Mr.. Voorhees, Dem. Ind rising to q
personal explanation, submitted para
praph from the Washington Republican
to the effect that he was halting and hest
tating Oh the question Of supporting Gree
lev, and, as all his Democratic colleagues
were all said to be IN favor of 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 hest
tate as to the nominee of the Cincinnati
Convention. Who ever believed in his
high protective tariff principles might sup
port him; but he voorhees, would not.
Greeley was the lifelong champion of the
doctrines which he Voorhees, opposed;
the great champion Of protection, the
most clamorous advocate in all the land
for the kukluX legislation, which desOlated
the homes of the Southern people. While
the present administration had simply eX-
ecuted the law dictated to the Congress by
the Cincinnati nominee, within recent
date, Greeley had desired further extern
sion of the Presidents power to supend
the hdbeaS corpus and he was an earnest
an urgent advocate Of the present force
bayonet election law. He had two months
ago cIamored in his great organ for a law
to place elections in the State of New York
under Federal control, and in certain con-
tinrencies under military control. Was
such q man fit to receive his vote, or to be
a President?
GREELEY SCREAMING FOR BLOOD.
Was he called, as friend of
the Southern people, to vote for man
who advocated the right of secession, and
vet when the Southern people did what
he told them, no wild beast, hungry for
blood ever screamed over its prey as Gree
lev had shouted ION to Richmond" to kill
every one of them for doing what he had
told them they had a right to do? a red
sea of blood had not been enough to salts
fy this man but he had also insisted Oh
the cOnfiscation of the homes and proper
ty of the women and children OF the
South. Others might do as they liked ,Dut
as for him Voorhees, and his household,
he would not do this thing. Parties to be
successful must be banded together on
common principles. No other comblna-
ton of men was worthy of success. NO
one desired success more than himself; but
there was something better and SWeeter 10
the heart than success twas better to De
right than to succeed
Heprotested against the attempt to trans
fer the Democrats of the country to the
camp where there was nothing belonging
to them.
Mr.. Roosevelt Dem, New York, asked
If Mr.. Voorhees, would support the candl-
date of the Baltimore Convention?
MIR VOORHEES, was not in the habit OF
voting against Democratic nominations.
He believed that the gentleman himself
would have difficulty In answering his
own question but he did not dispair of
success He would stand by the principles
of his party and vote for them and who
represented them. He did not of course
know what the Baltimore Convention
would do; but he would not vote for man
who spoke of the Democratic party as that
to which ali the haunts of debauchery
gave nine-tenths of their support.