The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-04

Of Mr.. Voorhees,, might have been pardoned
by Governor Wise, and Doubtless would
so crazy with fear of servile insurrection
and clamorous for an example to act IN re-
Voorhees, was ali that the Southern gentle
man could ask for In ttorid elOqusnce QUITE
after his own order, IN opsequlIousnlesss' IN
think just as he thought regarding IN Wh0m
resided and in whom did not reside the
sanctity of manhood. The prisoners con-
duct toward that elegant and excellent gen
tleTuan, Colonel Washington, IS matter
of some regret 70 his friends ana a pro 70
he calls an "old weather-beaten ana muir,
derous man-of-war." He arraigns WendelI
Ciddings, for the crime for which Cook is
on trial. and then bursts out win me
men who have mlsled TINS poH ~ ,sis 1bev
shrink back from him now In the hour OF
his calamity. They lift up their hands ana
their Internal orgies have summoned up.
You hear them all over the land eJacuiaIlhs
through false. pale coward H .PPs;, t anoa
are rocking with all the blood that has been
shed and yet awaits the extreme penalty
country forget their guilt and their
is yielding up his life before you? May God
forget me if here, in the presence OF TINS ms
pale face, forget to denonnce with the
whitening, blighting, blasting power pow OK
majestic truth, the tall and stately erin,
inais of the Northern States of this Union
That is somewhat lofty = and there IS
more Day after day and year after year
has the baleful simeon OF revolution, an,
srchy diSGGTd hSst yvt to t fhe seeon Of
the country in which the lot of the prisoner
has been cast md. again - MINISTERS I1nt,e.
Seward Gi6aings SKINNER, Hale and host
of lesser ligtts III each class-who IN TINS
in the wide world who shall read this trlaI
believes theu9 not guilty as charged IN me
indictment In all the courts 10 1e 81 ro alu
Midnight gloom is not more somoer IN con-
trast with the blazing light OF the meridian
sun than is the guilt of such men IN com
parison with that which oyerwhelms the
Mr.. Cook was a rather weak brother 1t is
plain from Mr. Voorhees's account of him
and from the portrait here given US. New
ertheless the above statement seems some
what overstated, as it were.
This and much more of the sort that
might be quoted shows US once again and
permanently crystallizeS, puts IN FOSSIL form
for generations TO come thaL eHtlncI spg9cIeS
of the genus hominidae the NO Nof IL TN
offspring, the mugwump, TO be sure, put
there is always residuum of doubt or the
absolute integrity of primitive form pulit
the original is here preserved to US, Ana we
are shown here, too, once again. from
whence in part our Southern slave-owning
fellow-citizen drew his ridiculous notion
that he was indeed, the heir of all the
ages in the foremost files of time, the lineaI
descendant of Bayard and the Paladin and
cid and a distinct Improvement over his
ancestor We see in the arraignment OF
ton of the difficulties of the ante-war situ-
alton for the far-seeing man of the North
each other as Mr.. Voorhees, here expresses
were a part of the ethical equlpment OF
most men of those days. and the men of the
South and the doughface were not alone to
blame for what followed.
But the time came long ago for forgiving
them ALL leaders and followers and onlook-
ers. for their evil teachings and evil deeds
and they were long ago forgiven. But as
pentance does not require him to forget, so
may we insist that forgiveness does not de-
mand it of us. we are glad to have the
in Forty Years of Oratory." 1t is an i'm
portant part of the history of a very mo
mentous event. and of the conditions that
made that event possible well. 1t turns
peculiarly penetrating light upon them,
as of a story by a chronicler who had taken
part, and calls upon us for an acknowledge
ment of Indebtedness and gratitude to Mr.
voorhees, and his editions for so Vividly
portraying and putting the portrayal in a
form to be preserved, an aspect of the diff
culties and dangers through which we
pulled the Republic-for which even our en-
emies have come to thank us.
These examples may suffice to show how
impregnate with the spirit of his time and
how potent to conjure up its scenes and
events and characters are these utteranceS
of Mr.. Voorhees,. Many of the addresses in
these volumes are more for the lawyers,
but no one who can appreciate lucid,
closely reasoned and exhaustive discussion
leading uD to a successful issue VIII fall
to enjoy his defense of Mary Harris. The
young who Is ambitious to succeed
as a criminal lawyer may study, to advan-
tage the defense of Edward T. Johnson,
where he will learn that he must be well
read in emotional, poetical and dramatic
literature and know his Bible thoroughly.
How much of value the constitutional
lawyer can get out of the Kilbourn trials
he may determine for himself, but in each
one of them Mr.. Voorhees, on the win
ming side So you feel that you must have
done as Black did: though maybe in each
one of these magniloquent efforts an uneX-
pected anti-climax will sometimes make you
smile. Fashions change in oratory as IN
other things. and that of Mr.; voorhees, IS
no longer the approved style. No other man
maybe could have carried it along as he
did, and now that he is. gone what is left
of it will go more quickly. 1t was based
upon the forid, impassioned, pyrotechnic
model that found its highest expression IN
the Fourth of July grafton of the "forties'
and "ffties" which model did a notable
work in it's time in planting and fostering
sturdy sentiment OF patriotism III me
whole, certainly the most picturesque per-
sonality we ever had in Indiana, was easily
the master over all who adopted the style;
and with that to sweep aside Obstacles has
open-handed, open-hearted bearing and his
devotion to the interests of the South; ms
scared to it's satisfaction II the result or the
war had not submerged his, friends And
he remained generous and kind tempered
and just throughout life, as his tributes to
the characters of those who always opposed
given Us in these books. abundantly show.
The volumes themselves show a number or
minor blemishes, such as bad English, mis-
quotations, wrong and lax punctuation But
they are notable books--books to have at
hand and pick up often with comfortable
assurance that you will be entertained and
enlightened; and when you have made the
volumes, with their handsome engravings
of the persons and scenes discussed, your
own, it is a pleasure to preserve them as a
| monument of a greatly troubled formative
period of our national character
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