, 1879-06-23
VAUNTING VOORHEES,
Appears In the Role Of tho SOL
diets' Friend and Benz
efactor,
But tho Record Shows Him to Have
Been Rebel 6ymDathizsr and
Copperhsad.


Senator Voorhees, Inns tnken another bold sten
In his attempt to faIsify the truth Of history and
patch up Ills own rotten record. Not content
With rc!torating shr faisehood lust put forth By |
acnntur Mcdonald TINT q Massachusetts fecl- !
tncnt was tlsca to interfere with the election IN |
this city IN 1851, senator Voorhees, HOW lus tho
nnlncfty to hay TINT he Eas an nctlse mud ardent
friend OF The Union cn1isc during the War. In |
The cotifsc OF violent iaranEne In the 9cnatc
on Wednesday he orraigncd tho Republicans Of
Iniiena for elcckng to the Aenaee o. 7. Morton,
who "was not soldier" and. In the same con-
nrctton, ntlmascd that 10 fnr as military records
wera concerned. hls own wns as rood rs that of
Morton. Senator Dlaino then Interrupted him
rs follows:
Mr. Dlatnc-Doe. Tho Senator sny TIM. tr and t,a
III. yoorhecs-Yrs; va did nr mich fnt the SOL
"xii sy ss psDsS a. S expense '0f Ae
The peopIo Of Indiana viii be anazcd ut the
a,dacItv Of this declaration. Times have
changed indeed when Dnnici W. Voorhees, can
stat,d III IN tic Ecnate aud claim to have been
mn active friend OF Union soldiers, and Tint he
nptl Senatur Mcdonald represent The soldier
vote as fairly ns Senator Morton, did. No
language can properly describe tho stMPen0ous
fassIty Of this statement To those who know
tho snrts. 1t II the first time Senutor Vourt1tcs
Inns ever 5nreti to mnkn st.ch nil a.sertton; mil
TINT TIC should do 80 now raises strong s,ts-
plcion M to his mental condition. lrrespons'-
hlc ns lie Is. he would hardly htyc tnntlc s,tcl
statement when In roskcs3fon OF hta sober
senses. Ilo must hars been temporarily de-
ranged Of. supcrnntutaly excited n 'neans
which. viii suggest themselves to those who
In reply to Mr. voorhees' statement, tho Jour-
nal nssnrts, Asd slareA hin, To tho uroof, That
from 1851 70 1866 ho nerer uttered , % nnn word t.,
Union, Or IN favor OF the Union CAUSE or Cnlon
kolllicrs; that hc never gave ono dollar to the
Cnton canse TO nny wnV or ehapet that nc te-
soldiers In his public speeches: aud that be was
IN seeEct communication with the conaplratorA
IN Indiana knnwn as tla Sons Of Liberty. md
with Rebel sy.npathtzers aud agents csGwhcrc.
A:eyldence ot llis posilaon during tic VAR the
in December. 1890, four months before tho
brculsiny cut Of war, Mr.. Voorhees, Hroso tho
following letter OF Introduction ior young inah
going South:
1xntAsAro11s., Ind. Dec. u, !soo.-Myf friend.
South With his stster, on account Of her health.
! hayc known capt. shnnr s!nca enr ooyhood..
yeass. 10 more ionorablc Or nurIqht gentleman
sennents ars entirely With ill., South ana ono Of
l,le objects Il ptossatle home IN that section.
takc thlh occaatoM TO FaY that his acntinents
'''' ''' ~"'' '''~ - ~'~ b. ". yoonuErs.
The bcarcE OF this letter wont South, usld on
the strength OF it obtaiucd commission In tho
Southern army. afterwards 6oratno lsrtgaaler-
General. md was killed In battle: II will be
observed that Mr.. Voorhees, said that CApt.
Shoup's sympath!es were 'tcntirey with thu
surth," al,d were In "close harmony" With
hle own.
In April, 1871, Mt tho beginning Of the War,
/ Alr. VOORHEES, sad in public speech at Green
castle:
1say to you, my constituents, that AZ your rcp.
ressniatiyc will ncyor vote one dollar, man,
or oue gan 10 Tho Atunl.tra,lon or Abrahon,
! Lincoln 70 make war an tho South.
Fifteen mouths latcs, in another speecl, before
a Democratic audience In Sullivan County, no
den9taeea Union xo!ders as e., Lincoln doEs a,l .
Following: - - %.
dctstcnc.l Citizens of Sullivan County. Indians,
@ A@s H,'isssss Z; isss, Shea tho lion: j. " S"s:hess
said, apenkins n feiercnce ta tho tnton snld,eIs.
that thoy should 60 TO Tue nearest .saon
ona hare 90 iron e9as ;4auo n, ann pIsega n5nana
tl!Ge necR'' ' !, "nI ~ H. ~ !as. tt
q 1n,pn sodcra o as Il nsons ls ors an
hirsiinss.
Vaienttno lick. nc,cu Hereford,
| Jau,ea ii. I.nude,rntk, Mrs. nj. f. Earl,
| Wnrier Williams, Thomnk I.Mltnn,
Iafayette Hartley. 1S!ln v. 1lassina.
I philip ". Hack, 1tlchhFd Da1d.
Jacob p: Millcr, Nielsen lsnrton,
5sSac idnnsano u, nmsn 1as.man' ssn,s
ans"rst ars un,afnrn asr,atoso+ "1n III ItIS.n:or
aats NV, na,0'oa", ' A. .sa.. ~ sase*n5 W .,s o ~
n lel, a!ter tne eApnouEo ~ " ulu Hons VI
LancFsY anu t,,e pos 10 plungo 'na nlate 10 Ieyo
lneon t"G military aatlores 1na i 1ooE M poa5fss'o1
o! mr. .oo.nsse LIN aaM'9,.a ti,e. ~, ~ s n.r t1nn.
dnic FAX. Ia. 1Sio' sayiug: s.lVc Want ysw e
hold that 1OO, lou mon III readlness as no tlo mol
know llow eot,l, VIC may want them -; lcttoi