Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-05-29
Tho Coming Man for President.

To he Editor of ne DfspFch'
II vas n timely touch-your publication
% tha. interesting sketch OF senator
Voorhees, in the DISPATCH OF the 2Otn III
slant. The Younger men OF the Sou'h aso
NOT IA familiar with the history OF this ca
traordinary man as with that Oh eacn vs
sav.rnl others among the conspicuous
nolit,cal chiefs who have come INTO
Rational consequence within the Hs'
t,ro decades. but the old and MO-
le.aoed men recognize in the name OF
Voorhees token OF tne times OF more tnhh
th;rtr years AGO when this great senator
from Indiana. then inside the line Oh incri,
dian of manhood. was lniversa ~ auiii'lo"
throughout the South tor nus ieaIiess Ie e-
fence of the Federal CONSTITUTION unn.i
ali circumstances and on all occaoi0hs.
Ho has always been q man Tor the people
a Democrat in principle and In spirit.
There il nothing Of the dangerous acc
t,innire about him. lie Is q statesman u
The highest. broadcast, and safest type.
There is no man in the nation better
equipped in every way lor tne
Great Office of President. no man
who would devote himself more patrlou-
caIly to the best interests OF all the peo-
ME and OF every section OF the Union, no
man who would be. or could be. truer 10
the trust of trusting country. lie Is luSI
passinc through the period OF life IN which
men are wisest and safest III directing pup;
lie AFFAIRS. Unlike younger man. ne "ouiu
he free from the temptation TO 90 10
scheming for second term. tnliae
vounger man, he would be free from, the
personal preiuGices that so often clouo
the mental vision even OF the DesI Oh men
before they have lived long enough 70 be-
come strong enough to put such feelings
under foot and TO &C. upon judgment ana
iustice alone. Unlike a younger man, Nc
has been part and parcel OF the govern
ment in its most active vitality, ooth "a,
fore and since the eventtul era OF our SAD
sectional war. So much tor the peculiar
fitness of Senator Voorhees, Tor the pres
dency. But IN these "parlous times ior
the party the supreme argument Is
found not altogether in fitness alone,
bnt in availability for election backed
by qualities and qualifications FOR the once
"a well. And the especial availability OF
Senator Voorhees, is found IN the tact test
he comes from the great aud doubtful
State of Indiana: in the fact that the
western people have confidence in.h.m ana
are proud Of him in the fact that he STANDS
for free coinage and farmers rights against
all corners and with every opportunity. but
somebody asks: Was he not cop
per head" during the war! When
Inc war.splrit was at its highest height,
wnen the frenzy of that awful olympiad
was raging throughout both the NORTH ana
the South, Mr. Voorhees, was perhaps
regarded as a copperhead" by extreme
men in his State. But that was long
time ago. The people of the great west
are too broad, roo robust, too progressive,
to cherish such prejudice as that against
one of their own ablest and best hatlVe
citizens And the same extreme men VINO
called him "Copperhead IN those wa
Al ..f q
among his most fervent friends ana adhe-
rents now. HIS long, continuous service
in the senate of the United States, where
he is TO-DAY towering hgure IN every
sense. Is conclusive proof OF the conn-
depce. esteem. and affection of his people.
No. there is nothing now IN tine cry Oh
"copperhead" IN the great West from
which our leader must come II we are 10
| 90 into the fight with any assurance oil sue
| cess. The nomination OF Senator voorhees,
would necessarily bring the Third party
| TO halt right where II IS now. anu
saw what you may. the shadow OF this com
| ing event-the 1hird-party movement
| is growing and deepening every day II
| half. at least, if not iii all, these southern
| States. Let us be calm, let us be wary
| LET us be wise in time 10 save the Demo-
| cratic party, to save our State governments
| in the South. to save this great country OF
| ours from ,the unfathomable curse OF pc
rennial Republican rule.
| l. Senator Voorhees, the coming. man
| have faith in the congregated judgment
| of the national Democracy when the ma
| tional Democracy is conscious OF extreme
| danger. And so cannot but believe 1t tC
| be not at all improbable that Senator
| Voorhees, will be our nominee. 1t so. We
| shall have such an enthusiastic campaign
| and such Democratic triumph as TINS
BAKER Z. LEE.
| HAMPTON, Va, May %, 1892.