Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-08-02
HON. ID. w. vooRHEEs,s SPEECH.

This distinguished statesman has opened
the canvass in Indiana He fires the first
gun, and its roar Is a harbinger of victory.
We publish IN full this morning Senator
Voorhees, speech, delivered at South
Bend, Indiana, on Saturday. 1t Is
useless for us to urge the readers
of the APPEAL to give this mastery
address a careful perusal, as all the utter
ances of the Tall Sycamore OF the Wabash"
are read with greet avldity. The distin-
guished Indianian never says anything un
worthy of consideration upon any topic he
may choose to discuss in public. But in his
last great speech, which we publish this
morning, he eTcels all his former efforts.
The senator took his seat in the United States
senate last winter with the reputation of
cultivated scholar, and effective speaker, and
logical powers of a high order. He has
gained constantly In the estimation of the
country, until his prominence as a debater,
statesman and patriot; his mastery of the
language, refined taste, enlarged culture,
make him stand out as the most striking fig
ure now in public life, towering head and
shoulders above any other leader in
the Democratic party. Much as he has here
tofore achieved to win applause, or to fix
public attention upon the resources and reach
of his prolific mind, he has never surpassed
his last wonderful effort Beyond its COM
pact and energetic force, incisive reasoning,
clear statements and conclusive demonstra
tons, the speech is remarkable for its eleva-
ted sentiment and manly independence. In
tones as clear and resonant, so characteristic
of his own eloquence, he Aurls at the Radical
party his thunderbolts. The telegraph tells
us that this great speech was received with
unbounded enthusiasm and satisfaction,
which undoubtedly prefgures the nature and
the result of the great canvass upon which
Mr.. Voorhees, has entered. The southern
pap-suckers and office-seekers have been
sycophantic in their praise of Hayes. They
insist that he has given home-rule and peace
to the south. Mr.. Voorhees, shows that this
claim for the President a transparent false
hood, and that he never uttered a word for
home until the Democratic party had
freed every southern State in defiance of the
opposition of the fraudulent President. The
argument of Mr.. Voorhees, on this SUBJECT
will not be new to the readers of the APPEAL,
for, with less force and ability, we have
made precisely the same points thousand
times since the Inauguration of the bogus
President, whose friends claim that he
is the savior of the south. The
exposure which Voorhees, makes of
Hayes's civil-service ireform will make the
fraudulent President still more contemplate,
if possible, in public estimation. MIR. Voor-
hees shows most conclusively the wisdom of
the Potter investigation, and most trium-
phantly disposes Of the Radical falsehoods
about rebel claims and discrimination. He
eloquently pleads for relief to the suffering
masses and for reform of the policy of the
government in depressing the laborer for the
benefit OF the capitalist. 1t will be seen that
Mr.. Voorhees, is in full accord with the Dem
ocratic party on the money question. He
seems te have studied the final question care
! fully and has reached sound conclusions.
This speech will place the Indiana senator
foremost among the leaders of the Demo-
cratic party. The west is proud of him, be-
cause he belongs to that section. The south
loves HIM on account of his ardent steadfast
championship of her cause in the dark days
of the reconstruction measures for which
Hayes voted, and all sections esteem him for
his great abilities, his lofty patriotism and
the nobility of his motives.