Year: 1868

From the eloquent and logical speech of
the Hon. D. w. Voorhees,, delivered on the
8th of January, before the Indiana Demo
cratic State Convention, We make the follow
ing extracts. We regret our space will not
allow US to publish it in full:


They (the Democracy come to uphold
the dignity of labor and TO protect the
farmer, mechanic and every industrial class
from the wicked raVishes of those drones in
the public hive, who devour all the taxes
and contribute none themselves. In the.
I presence of such a convention, assembled
for such mighty purposes, l may well stand
uncovered, and with deep gratitude thank
you for the warm evidences Of your comic
ldenee and esteem, as well as for the nUmer-
Gus marks Of approval and kindness with
which you have distinguished me in the past
In my solemn opinion, I am now 10 the
presence of that class of men and that class
of principles which viii soon take in charge
the interests Of the nation, and bestow upon
1t destiny more brilliant and commanding
more happy and powerful than ever the eye
Of man has hitherto looked upon al the
annals of the human race. The house of
our faith IS this day founded upon the rock
of everlasting truth It will stand
Tempests may rage around it, and earth
quakes rock its foundations, yet it viii stand
for eternal justice is its indwelling spirit. y


OfAndrew jackson he said:


On this day, ffty-three years ago. a mill
tary chieftain, at single step, strobe to the
front of the worlds theater, where all ma
tons gazed IN startled wonder upon his tow
ering and splendid form. He was crowned
a hero Of giant proportions, with the uni=
versal acclaim of the civilized world. Every
quarter beneath the sun paid tribute to his
fame. But, standing on this dazzling and
dangerous eminence, with his head suddenly
lifted to the very stars, Andrew jackson
found something still mightier yet than the
sword with which he had achieved so much
renOwn. It was the civilized law Of his
country.


"He bowed that more than princely head
before it, and, with unsandaled foot, as Mo
ses of old at the burning bush, treated its
precints as holy. In that hour his triumph
was far prouder and grander than when the
British troops fed before him in dismay."


Of the sin of the Radical party, Mr.. Voor-
hees said


The disuuion of the Radical party to-
day is a sin of willful perfdy; a sin against
knowledge and conscience a sin against its
own solemn niunctions a sin against the
living, whose hopes it has mocked and
against the dead, whose sacrifices it has
turned to empty nothing. Its sin is unpar-
donable. Let it be buried in the poster s
field, where the parties of the past who
have betrayed the people, sleep in ever in
creasing infamy together"


Taxation assumed this form


" In the midst of these darkening days,
when the laborer goes about the streets in
quest of bread, and grinding is low, and the
skeleton of want looks in at the doors and
windows of many an honest household, you
are taxed by Congress for the support of a
Il
Iple endures beneath the sun.


! The people of the United States are
paying over five hundred millions of annual
revenue. More than one-half of that most
enormous amount is swallowed up by the
Congressional policy of reconstruction. il
the farmer or mechanic pay twenty dollars
to the tax gatherer, ten Of it goes as a tri
: butte to a vast military government, which
exists in plain, open and confessed violation
Of the Constitution. IL your property il
advertised on the trees, at crossroads, on the
doors Of public houses for delinquent and
2 unpaid taxes, remember that they would
not have been halt so heavy, and you might
, easily have paid them, if the standing army
+ had been abolished and the expense Of gov
+ erning the Southern States left where it be
longs, with the people OF those States"


OF the impoverishment of the South, he
said


And the generous and growing farms
those plantations of more than oriental
magnifcenee-from which all this startling
+ wealth was obtained, and which have been
so much derided by the disciples of New Eng
r land-what was their value They were
worth over one Thousand four hundred mil
: lions Of dollars, while al the real estate Of
Z similar character in New England was ap.
I praised at four hundred and seventy FIVE
q millions


Where now is all this mighty wealth o


the South Where is her corn, her cottor
and her cattle Why do her inezhaustiblc
D acres lie barren and Hnworked2 Why dt
f her gigantic resources invite mono Of th,
r capital Of the world 2 Why does business


enterprise turn away from this natura


paradise Of trader Why does the emigrant


in search Of home, 90 to the colder, harde
( and poorer regions There, you can lool
u and behold the reasons for yourselves Th


Radical Congress has killed the life, tn


hope and the prosperity Of the most fruitful


portion Of the Republic.


Once 1t poured into the lap Of foster


ing and protecting government q stream 0


treasure as deep and strong as the curren


OF its own Mississippi Now it hangs like


paralyzed limb helpless incumbrance,


poor pensioner and burden upon the patienc


and bounty Of the rest Of the body. 1t


heids are smitten with an unnatural steriljtY
-
= if some vast upas tree had cast It's shade owe


all. & fatal and desOlating blight IS upOl
T. the land, upon the mountains, and upon ia


oil, and upon that which the ground bringetl


forth, and upon men, and upon the labor o
e the hands In her ancient glory ant
p strength she could meet One-haH Of the taxa
= ton which row darkenE the face Of th
= land. She could take from your sbouideT
g one-half The load that now bends you to th
d earth. The South, IN q natural condition
.e Of prosperity--the child Of protection in


stead of oppressiOn-an object Of lore not 0
hate, spoilation and vengeance on the part Q
e the 6overnment-could Pay two hsndre


and fifty millions a year, as her share of-th
public revenue.


II "Under the present muTderous policy
g. however, toward hex it costs two hundre


and fifty millions year 70 govern. crush ar


destroy her; making q difference ~ ~
is hundred mIliicnsi an amount almost equa