The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-10-11

nAlnU lntfoIi lOf explicit Ahu IelluDlU IN
formation a. 10 the genuineness aud re.
sponBibilily Of the names attached 10 the
card, and the answer received, signed by
leading citizens Of Sullivan, Ia a complete
and overwhelming vindlcailon Of genuine
ness and TesponsIbillto Of said NAMES, II
this dispatch could have been read ut the
BellaiFe meeting, at the close Of Voorhees,
remarks Il would, we think, have made
him appear 10 very poor advantage IN the
estimation Of those present. UniOrtu.
nRtCly, II was not possible TO follow him
up then and there with such document,
but It will follow him up In the luture,
wherever hO may go, and will necrsAItAte
dennnCiations louder and deeper than
those at Bellaire to do away with its
crushing effect.
Since the Bellaire meeting We hA,e been
shown an article In regard to w theCs
that Is credited 10 the indianapolis Journal
oil the 25th Of June last, from wL.rIl we
make the following extract:
The Journal asserts, and durrs him
yoorhees) 10 the proof, that from 1851 10
1885 he never uttered one word In i.vor OF
the prosecution Of the war for tho unlon,
or in favor Of the Union cause or Union
soldterSi that he never gave one dollar 10
the Union cause In any way or liape;
that he denounced the Union cause, and
abused the Union soldiers In his l.ublic
speeches, and that he was In secret com.
munication with the COnsplFatUls In
Indiana known as the Sons Of IrOrty,
and with rebel sYmpathiGers and agents
elsewhere. As evidence Of his r.sItion
during the war, the following taCs are
slbmltted:
In December, 1850, inur months before
the breaking out Of the war, Nj. Voorhees,
wrote the following letter Of introduction
lor Young man going South;
"lNDIASAroLls, lND., Dec. 12, 1850.
My friend, Captain Francis A. Sl,oup,
iSabout visiting the South with his sister
on account OF her health.
y have known Captain Shoup since our
DoyhoOd. We were schoolmates. lie Is
agfAduate ot West Point, aud was IN the
army as lieutenant lOlr years. On the
disturbing questions Of the day hi svnti
ments are entirely with the South, and
one othis objects Is probable hclne In |
that section.
"l-take this occasion 10 say tia, his
sentiments and my own are in closu har. |
mony."
The bearer OF this letter went south.
and on the strength Of 1t obtained II com.
mission In the Southern army, aiterward
became brigadier general, and was Killed |
70 battle. It will be observed that Nj.
voorhees, said that Captain Shoup's sym.
pathies were entirely with tho South"
and were in "close harmony" wi Ii his
oWn."
In 1884, alter exposure OF the Suns of
LlDerty and the plot to plunge the Fate In
revolution, the military authorities took
possession OF Mr.. Voorhees, law office In
Lerre Haute. Among the papers found
Ihere were the following. A letter & IN an
uncle In Virginia bearingdate February 10
iSS2' saying" Wewant you 10 hold that 100.
UOOmen In readiness, as we know not how
soon we may want them" letter from
Senator Wall, Of New jersey, dated
August q, 1868, in which he said: II en-.
close you two letters from a man by the
name Of Carr, in reference 10 arms; u lot.
Ter addressed to him simply Philadelphia
will reach him. can: Voach for tho ex.
cellent quality and great efficiency II the
ritlea;" q letter from @. L. Vallandiyham,
Then In Canada, assuring Voorhees, that
our people will fght,n and that lie "is
ready" and fixing point at which 10 meet
voorhees,; besides many letters denounc.
ing the war and the Government, aud re-
ierring In terms more or less direct tn the
progress Of the Sons OF Liberty and our
movements in opposition 10 the war Of the
Union.
These are but few Of the evidences Of
Mr. Voorhees, position during the war. II
he can producein opposition 10 the fore
going any evidence that he ever uttered
word in favor Of the Union cause ur in
approval ot Union victory during the war,
or that he ever contributed dollar 10 the
cause or betriended single Union soldier
IN any way, the Journal will publish 1t
with pleasure and give circumstances. But
he can not do 1t. The evidence does not
exist. Mr. Voorhees, was n Southern SYM
PAthizer during the entire war, AID was
known throughout the length and breadth
OF the State as Copperhead Of the deep
est dye.
This is the man Of matchless eiTrontery,
who after thus exposed by a paper Of
known responsibility, published ut the
Capital Of Indiana, comes into Ohio to tell
soldiers Of the Union army to vote now as
they shot during the war,