The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1888-05-10
VOORHEES, THE VALIANT.
HIS PATRIOTIC DEFENSE OF
THE SOUTH.
The "Tall Sycamore Of the Wabash
Deno!ishes ingalls, the Kansas
Viper il the Senate.

EDITOR GOLD LEAF II ne Spcech
If Senator Voorhees, in vindlcatlon OF
our people is a mastery production OF
a great and a magnanimous mind.
1t shows that be has a soul and IS
willing to accord to a great people
struggling for independence, what Is
due them. Such men deserve the
rcsrect and confidence of the people
living North or South. While such
men as Sherman and Blaine, and
others we might name, like poisonous
reptiles delight in infusing their poi
son in the public mind, showing their
bitterness Of soul in bitter denuncla-
ton of the people Of the South, the
name of Voorhees, will be handed
down to posterity as wise and liberal
spirited, too noble to descend to bit
ter, dirty sectional prejudice and
meanness. The Southern people have
been cheated, abused and slandered
! long enough by unprincipled dema-
gogues knowing nothing, and caring
/ less. about their sacrifices and noble
traits of character. Speaking about the
/ large Democratic majority recently
/ obtained in Louisiana he says '' the only
wonder is that the vote was not unan-
i,nous." As to a return of Republl-
can rule in the South he says, Gas
well might you expect a frontier set
tlemcnt to welcome with joy a second
! invasion Of t0mahawks and scalplng
knives' as to welcome the mlsrule
that once cursed the South. We want
no more "Littlefeld" buying up ne
gro legislatures in the South, to en-
rich themselves by plundering our
people and fattening like vuItures on
the rain and oppression that follows in
their tracks. Nay; let them sink
away into their hiding places North
with the scorn and contempt OF the
| South upon their heads, and leave oul
people under wiser rule to work out 8
higher and nobler destiny. The
South has a genial climate, rich and
fertile lands, inviting water power tol
factories, and a people possessing the
brain and energy to wisely improve
their advantages. The Southern State:
standing shoulder to shoulder in de
Tense of their rights and their honor
will be power in shaping the destln,
of this great Republic. If true to our
selves the time is not far distant wher
the prosperous ard highly educated
South will be the fairest portion 0
this great country. Though her fer
tile fields have been downtrodden by
the foot of the invader, with her pleas
ant palaces consumed by the torch o
i, the foe, the South can truthfully 50,
with the prophet, " re jOice not agalns
me, O mine enemy; when l fall,
shall arise" with her youth ''renewet
, like the eagles" her course is upwarc
: and onward to her proud pre-eminenc
among her sister States, like tn
! stars of night rejecting the light c
) the luminary of day! The sister State
e of the North will own the supremac
of her overshadowing influence, an
reflect the light of her transccndar
glory. Tell me not Of dead South
= Like truth crushed to earth she wi
e rise again with renewed vigor an
: strength, to the confusion and di
comhture Of her insulting foes. III
/ Southern people have brains and Ell
$ ergy of character to go forward, al
y they will wisely improve their adval
tages in building up the waste plac
of the South, and placing themselv
|; in a position of independence and il
q nucnce in the land. X. ". II.
- HENDERSON, \. {.