Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-10-14
STALE ISLANDER.
SENATOR VOORHEES, SPEECH AT
SULLIVAN.
How the Lying Partisans Have Been Sat
Down UpOn-What the Indiana
Statesman Did Say, and
What Ne Did Not Say.
Special Dispatch to the Enquirer.

Wheeling hiisliigWcfr, stalwart organ,
i'm common with others Of the same
stripe. has been giving extensive circu-
lation To the following statement:
I'VE, the undersigned citizens of Sulli-
van county, were present at public
speaking held at Sullivan, August D,
lS,i9, when the Hon. ID. W. Voorhees,
said in speaking in reference to the
Union soldiers, that they should 20 To
the nearest blacksmith shop and have
an iron collar made and placed around
their neckS, inscribed thereon IN large
letters. NV Dog A. Lincoln and at the
same time he referred % the Union sol
dirrS as Lincoln dogs and hirellngs.
Signed Valentine Heck, James l.. Ten
drrmiIk. Harden Williams, Lafayette
Hartley. Philip W. Beck, Jacob Il. Mil
Ter. Isaac Hildebrlnd, Margaret Here
ford. Mary Hereford, Ellen Hereford,
Mrs. G.. vi. Earle, Thomas Burton, John
W. Hawkins, Richard pOdd, Nelson
Burton. seth Cushman, Owen Adams
ami :. n. Ridgeway.'
senator Voorhees, lately sat down
upon the story in severe terms, where
upon the Iatiiigucer publishes state
mrrt from a few Republicans here, who
drxtcrously avoid confirming the arti-
Gle, hut certify to the good character OF
the signers, Of the persons who signed
this old statement years ago, and three
years after the rendition of the speech.
The persons who signed the statement
rrius, 10 make an affidavit Of 1t, and
ONLY consented 10 sign the simple state
mrnt. At the time the story was
first published, the following affidavit,
signed and sworn 10, was made:
" We, the undersigned, citizens OF
sullivan county, Indiana, were present
at the speaking referred toabOve, which
was N the 9th day OF August, 1868, in
stead of the 5th day Of August, 1862, as
above stated: and We 10 sOlemnly swear
that the language used by the Hon. ID.
W. VOORHEES, ON that day was as fol-
lows, 10 Wit:
" lIr sail to the soldiers that they
were brave and patriotic men, and that
ne haI always been their friend, voting
their pay and supplies when they were
i'm the field; that he had no fears OF
their return, as his enemies had been
threatening; that their intelligence and
gnoi sense would enable them to dis
criminatr between their real and:pre-
tended friends. And in speaking Of the
drnllgosucS, who shouted themselves
hcarsc I'M behalf oi free speech and
free press for the dissemination
Of aboli'ioniSm, and now turn
around and cry amen 20 the uuconStI-
tionll cdicts issued by military sairapS
AMI indprsr military arrests and I'M
prisonment oi innocent men, and Pro-
vo~t Mar-haI~ taking all power into
their hands % judge ami decide who
was not loyal, and newspaper editors
and shuddyity~ who claimed that Lin
colin WIS the Government, he SAID such
meu ought tD gu to thc nearest black
smith shop amt get au iron collar made
for their u,rls. AMI have inscribed
thereon, iu large letters, 'LIucoln's
Dos. and that he lid not apply these
words 10 the Union SolIiers. We sat
near AMI heard all he did say in that
speech
This is signed by fifty persons, INCLUDE
i'm, John Gillespie, President Of the
Farmers National Bank; Levi Maxwell,
Justice oi the Peace; Joseph W. Volt
minister of the Gospel; VIM IL. Grit
tin.Trrasurrr; VIM. &. Daniels, Union
soldier: L.. stewart; W. II, Mlytjrld,
Sheriff; James Griffin, Recorder; Muir
raw Eri,.,s. editor Of the Dmp-rt, and
many others. who, with 5pO more, are
rcaIy to repeat the affidavit at this mo-
ment.
John G.. Briggs, q representative DEM
ocratic official, and several prominent
Democratic politicians To-day card the
E,a,,irr correspondent, boldly challcng-
IN, any Republican 10 make such an
atlilJNit.
Special Dispatch q, Hs EaTrir-
C.rruurs. o., October 12.-Thc fol-
lowjn, dispatch has been received at
the Democratic headquarters:
SULLIVAN, I>p, October IL To
Frank Mckinney, Chairman Dcmocra-
tir state Central Committee. Il is ru-
mor,I that certain Radicals of this
ult.r Iav, sent q statement to the Radi.