New-York tribune., 1872-05-25
PURSUED BY HIS COMRADES
WHAT VOORHEES, LATE POLITICAL
FRIENDS SAY OF HIN.
THE MEPHTsToPHELTAN GREELEY.
Fr0m IN LlJtHgl0n IhVl V01'rIfT M h'VVI,,'''
When the Liberal movement was first

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When the Liberal movement was lrst pro,
posed, confidently anticipated by every one w. NJ
ffon ffsSe Daniel VOORHEES, Of indiana would nnd
some reason for expressing emphatic dissent ir9,i ir
party should be half committed TO the yentnre, and s
ard plans fully deysopeH r apd IN %
ing TO personal explanation In Congress ast l, lnu
day should nave S cDSSna and at the same
time should have indicated marked pref,
for his Old enemy cen & Gfa9 % s SESc1s Sr
cples 10 which Grant, Cameron ana Morton give piac,
cal supports because ne mas Deen Ssgedy and
brutay enforces; because he was urgent iOr the pa
saSe OF that bayonet election law upon which Grant
relies for a proIongaton OF HIS lease OF power and
finally because he drove the Federal army on 70 o
sSDy resp5nbe ea than ., Grant who merely followed
precedent in pursuing tho same poody t anu tooI
of proHigates aud intriguers; while Greeley stands
forth the world notorious incarnation OF deono
frenzy, hrstlng for the blood OF Southern men anu
citing others execute that infinitely varied programmes
of butchery and oppression which IL Is his constant
light to imagine and devise I'LL voorhees, spoke Grsey
enigma. The world now sees him as he sI@tho @
MephstOp6es Of the period Beneath tnat ~ Sbite
garments and carrying palms IN MS hands ms soal
ebulllent with gnty and his skirts are dripping WITH
blood He lacks even the single virtue when IL soi n
times linked with thousand crimes standing surety 10.
jefferson Davis was not humanity and magnannly ~
was mainly piece Of reckless lmper,,nevvee, ~ u I l
possible therefore, for gentleman OF Mt voorhees, hco
wholesome nondescript and especially will he noteon-
sent to this sacrifice OF the principles OF S 49,
from Indiana seems 70 Be in beha Of the
South But as the South Is known TO be almost uHi'
for Greeley, what shall be done with the pleai
AN Ex:REBEL IN TEARS.
As an oppressed and down-trodden ex- x-Rebel,
The Banner cOnfesses to being atered TO tears at tho
persistent sympathy which Mr. Dan. VOORHEES, manfess
We know that Mr. Greeley IS very naughty,
wicked old man. clamoring for LEGISLATION against th9ss
whte-wlnged messengers OF peace the ku.kiux We
don't know how true may be our eonsldoI&te % Itlenu
sion OF Federal power suppress the writ OF haDeas
corpus in q locality infested with higwaymen and cut
ense whose pen l. so able TO make his OVID Dut We 40
know he was the first distinguished Republican OF tho
North to go bail for Jefferson Davis the nst ana s
in all the North Horace, as Daniel sayyI,
zen in the world toward cuhroats and disguised a.
sassins but TO gentlemen in the manifest sense OF that
ieye' tne old man is a "wild beast" as
Dan calls him. hungry for blood and ilroIal al
thy is sweet boon; and coming from democratic
rher t6aR T1 we eatea Rc should be deprived tho
luxury OF defeating majority %iIh n minority. iy.
beast OF blood, Greeley and in the same breath CO.
note Of the editors OF the Postoice printing that
If it in the dark we should MT know the speaker
however at Dams protest against being transferred
camp where there's nothing belonging 10 the Democratc
pary-"as sich" There Is certainly no 'proylnder IN
that camp for Democrats, "as such" But as
citizens there is an equal divide But lts Dahs
sympathy for US that chokes us with gratitude ana
makes our rebeliOus eyes I'LL. God bless you Dan-God
bless YOU boy. You talk ike an angel for Con-
gressona cushion and you ought 10 have -thou mag
nihcent humbug
AID AND COMFORT TO THE ADMINISTRATIONS.
from The RilhA,oFd Uhig
Mr.. Voorhees, speech against Mr.. Greeley was
the OF the hour IN political circles and II was
sweet morse 10 the partans or the Administration. ~
them more pleasure than nytmng that hts nap
diana Democrat and appauded BIN most heartily when
he undpr to
acceptable to Democrats and Southerners than
Greeley. With Mr. Voorhees, motives we have
nothing to do. He may have both the con
science and the logic" cordially ascribed 20 him BY
the principal Grant The Aetc-lOrk Times, or bn
speech may have been put up lOD'-lTtanged be
tween himself and Grant, charged by some OF the
newspapers. We know nothing and care little whether
he had an interview with Grant or not or whether
his frantic TRADE against Greeley was hatchcd Wer
he (Mr. W and Senator Conkiing, " locked Is alm
I'm arm, were seen walking through the rotunds
of the Capitol a few days preceding Ito , a9
livery We know this, that he has sought to k.l M
Liberalism IN the person VI It's CHOSEN canlllate' We
know that he has said as between Greeley ana
Grant he prefers the latter, and We are jusii
ton he heaped upon Mr. Greeley that he viii
not and cannot vote for him should he be 10;
dorsed by the Democratic Convention indeed he said
in his speech. Do Mr.. VOORHEES, and those North
ern Democrats and Southern Conservatives Who
think with him, contemplate playing In the
loose DO they after Insisting thar we shan all await the
action OF that body and adopt IT, whatever II may be- ln
preyaili We compelled TO cOnstrue Mr.
Voorhees's remarks. lie certainly declared himsch
against Mr.. Greeley absolutely and uuquahhediy and
then equvOcated when questioned as to what his course
would be should other Republicans named De ndosed
BY the Convention
WHAT DOES HE MEAN
From The Missouri RputlHaR
1t is the high privilege of Democrat TO
make any choice for President he pleasc 20 make and
If Mr. voorhees, prefers Grant TO all other men m the
country, right TO complain. II lie prefer IN
mortal contest between the regular Radical parry ana