Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1877-11-16

: PRE- IS, FRI I'D A Y
that govern betting, it is ''pay or play,
and consequently every dollar bet upon len
Brock is lost. Those who sent money IN
from the country to bet upon the Harper
horse are very indignant, and are denounc-
ing the ancient Kcntucknn with much yehc-
| mencc
HrsINEss AND nIE WEATHER
There never was known 81 many varieties
of weather ON the island as We have had this
wear. Ii has rained torrents, blown hur-
| ricanrS and lruzen solid, and now 1t Is good
decent midsummer weather. As write, IT
Is uncomfortable warm. Business l. first
rate. The rassagc Of the silver bill is a dis
turhins element, and has done something
toward uu4cttling values. but no one be-
lieye- it will pass the Senate, and 81 At
hasn't done much damage The city Is IulI
of merchants. and an immense amount al
goods is being sold. Busincss men are icel-
i'm, better. YOUR, Anon.
Mr.. VOORHEES,, the new Indiana Senator
by the appointment Of Gov, Blue Jeans
Williams " will, Of course, ii he lives. he d
candidate for election to the fall term, when
the Legislature meets in lo'9. This Is likely
to make very sharp issue IN the next STATE
election in Indiana. The papers are already
.ovcrhauling Mr.. VOORHEES, record. The In
danapolis Journal recalls the tact that MIR
VOORHEES,. in an address before the students
of the University of Virginia, suggested the
ASSASSINATION of the Republican President,
should he be elected. in the follow ns Ian
guage
| "Eut if the evil hour must como, il pat
riotiSm is to be Inundated and treason eX-
allied. if the schemes ot the Scditi1us citizens
| Republicans are to triumph, and civil
| STRIFE and comm"tiOn are to cumber this fair
land, then may some BrutuS ayenge the
cause of liberty in the Capitol, and may the
authors of our ruin he the first To sup full
| of its HORRORS - See speeches Of Daniel W
Voorhees,, compiled by his son, in 1873,
page 81.
In December Of the same year, says the
| Journal, We find our newborn patriot ad-
dressing letter of introduction To gentle
men Of the South, introducing Capt. Francis
4. Shoup, who aftcrwlrd became a Brisa-
der General in the rebel army. The letter
was written three days after the with
drawal of the South Carolina Senators from
their seats in the body that Voorhees, is To
disgrace and Just fur days before the State of
South Carolina passed the ordinance Of seccS-
sion. While the letter Is carefully guarded
as to the purposes of Shoup IN going
South it is a matter Of history that he
went To Join, and did at once joIn, in the
rebellion The letter, in Senator Voorhees,
own handwriting, Is on file among the rebel
archives at Washington, aud photograph
COPY ri the same Is III our possession. 1t is
as follows
"lNDiANAroLIs. Ind. Dec. l., 1860
MY friend, Capt. Francis \ Shoup, il
about visiting the South with his sister On ac-
count Of her health.
81 have known Capt. Shoup since our hoy
hood. We were schO0lmatcs. lie Is a
graduate OF West Point, and was in the
army as Lieutenant for wears. y" more
honorable and upright gentleman exists
On the disturbing questions OF the day his
sentiments are entirely with the South, aud
one of his Objects i a probable home in that
section
Il take this occasion to say that his -enti-
ments and my own are in close harmony.
"D. W. VOORHEES,
We next find our '.Iatriot' addressing a
Democratic meeting at Greencastlc, IN tins
State. in the month OF April, ls6l, when he
used the following language,
81 say To You, my constituents, that as
your Representative, | will never vote one
dollar, one man, or one gun To the Admin
stration OF Abraham Lincoln tn make war
on the South.
lE February, 1862, We find our " patrlot'
conducting n correspondence with his rebel
uncle in Virginia, and having pictured to
him no doubt, in glowing terms how he
could call around HIM 100, 900 Indiana Cop
perheads to aid in the rebellion, tue old gen
tleman, in the simplicity Of his rebel heart,
wrote to his - dear nephew" on the 18th
Of that month, in the following manner
" HARRIsuuRc, Feb. 70, 1867
"Mr DEAR NEPHEW We want
you to hold that 100 600 men in readiness,
a. VIC do not know how soon VIC may want
them. j. HARDESIY."
Address on envelope; " Hon. Daniel ".
Voorhees,. Terre llaute, Ind.
Of course, our dear nephew il a patriot,
and an ardent lover OF the Constitution
Who can doubt it? There are plenty OF men
in Congress, several being in the Senate, who
went into the rebellion and fought for the
rebel cause, were amncstled, and have re
turned to their allegiance to the Govern
ment, and have taken the oath anew to sup
port the Constitution OF the United States.
But We know of no man in either body who,
acting under his oath to support the Con
s,itutlon, was secretly plotting treason at
the same time. This is Just what Mr..
Voorhees, did.