The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-01-17

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had been Cancelled, and proposing bill
for popular loan to be payable in CON-"
Mr.Voorhees' speech is commented upon
fsvorstly by those who differ from him,
while those who want silver are Tree In
the use of strong sjectlves IN their hearty
expressions Of approval.
Senator Matthews regards it as the
sblest effort that has been made in the
Senate upon the silver question, and pre-
diets that the uttersnces will reverberate
throughout this whole land with telling
effect.
Senator Jones said it was the grandest
effort of the epoch, equsling in eloquence
those of Webster and Clay in their
palmiest days.
Senator Thurmsn's passing expression
was that it was Wonderfully eloquent" ."
The impression made upon the audi
tors In the galleries is torcibly illustrated
by one or two specimen remarks, such as
"By gracious, it WAS so positive that the
man must have known he had woven the
deepest sentiments of his people into
words, and l guess we will have to stand
it." That remark fell from an Eastern
man who is opposed to silver remonetlzs-
ton.
A Southwestern man remarked: :"Ihat s
what we people in Kansas believe IN. l
am member of the State Repub!lssn
Committee OF Kansas, and have been TOR
several years, and tell you that we are
ready TO shoulder our muskets in support
of every uttersnCe OF VOORHEES, to-day
l am ready at the tap of the drum at this
very minute"
A prominent Southern Republican
summed it up thus: 81: was very able
speech. His language was felicitous, and
his delivery graceful"
The Cincinnati Enquirer says editor
tally:
The speech of Senator VOORHEES, in
the United States Senate, yesterday, upon
the Silver Bill, wss brilliant effort. 1t
glowed with talent; it shone with cour.
age But the grea. glory OF the speech
rested in the fact that the voice OF the
West can be heard at last in the highest
councils of the land. The people OF the
country have hearing at last IN the
Nat onal Capital. Yesterday Western
United States Senator stood on the
floor of that Chamber, in the eyes OF all
the country, and said to the monled
oligsrchy: Your system Is an organize d!
crime against the lsboring, taX-paying
men and women of the United States.
The organs of the money-shsrks talk Oh
the theory that the man in ONO, or In
liz pdians, or in Illinois, who is earning,
or has earned, his bread In the sweat OF
his brow is not Ms "honest" as the Shy
lock IN New York, who subslsts upon le-
yalized robbery. 1t has been assumed
that the monied sristocrscy are possessed
of sll the integrity in the country,
as well rs of sll the money and alI the
laws. Ii man IN the West has dared TO
lift up his voice in defense OF his rights
he has been smothered so far as possible
by the money. LENDERS, and, smothered or
not, has been called "repud!stor," dds
honest" man, an "enemy OF the pubic
faith" destroyer OF the public credit,
&c, &c. Yesterday these cslumnlstors,
from lofty platform, were called organ
rzed criminals against the great ci.sses
in tn country that really make is pros
perlty."
The Wa, s,hington correspondent OF the
ENQUIRER telegraphs: No abstract or
analysis can do justice to the speech.
IL Bri.,Ied All over with strong
Points,
and was viviied with steady stream OF
imagery, which, rs Thurman sptiy said,
made 1t fairly picturesque. The one
striking feature OF the speech, however,
was its sggressiveneSs, that made 1t dii-
terent from any which have preceded It.
Dlscsrding utterly the defensive line, on
which most of the silver men have been
fighting, he struck out boldly IN
the aggressive. The cry of National
honor" he said, had been used IN all
ages and in ali countries TO clack the
most nefarious crimes. Then he caught
the attention OF his audience with this
clear-cut sllusion to the money oi the
war period. When the crucial moment
came, gold and silver covered IN the
rear, while the legsl.tender note went to
the front with the fss, and stayed there.
Then he reminded the Republican side
of the Senate that Thsd Stevens, the
Chairman, and Spsulding, OF New
York. member OF the he
publican Committee on Ways aud
Means. both bitterly denounced the Sen
ate amendment which made the interest
on the bonds payable in god. Al'o- mat
point hsd been well mace came the first
sensation of his speech. In his most
forclble manner ne read the now famous
letter which Secretary then Senstor)
sherman wrote, in which he declared
that payment OF the bonds principal and
interest, IN greenbscks WAS not repuIIa-
tion, but that the real rePut;stors were
those who sought to force their payment
in gold. In the hands OF the new chsm-
pion this letter proved
A terribly Effective weapon.
"By its hight" said he, 1--WE see the
present Secretary OF the Treasury,
Judged by his own words, the chief Of
the repudiators.' Again: "ln less than
ten months after, the writer OF this letter,
the Hon. John Sherman, then ChsirmsS
of the Finance Committee IN the Senate,
secured the passage OF the law which de.
msnds the bonds shall be paid In gold.
There is no parallel in history for this
example Of b.okes faith, deliberate
treschery to the people snd National dis.
honesty These were strong words, and
the audience isirly caught lis breath. -
though expecting to see the sn-
cry form OF the insultCd Secrets
~ stride into the chamber snQ snn'.
hilste the courageous msn who dared IN
that plsce, wnere he reigned so long. say
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