Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1864-07-30

the breaking out of this cruel internecine
war, and accepted it with pride and pleas.
ure. An cleve Of the Government, edu.
Gated at ito great national school, fostered
by its care, and houcred with its trusts, I
owe oil to it. oll~of manhood / possess, all
l am sad all hops = be. In i,s school
were nurtnred and cultivated and elevated
the germs Of loyalty and truth implanted
within me under the sacred roof-tree that
guarded my youth; under the inspiration
Of that venerable and venerated old man
upon whose head rests the weight of three
quarters of century, and whose deepest
reproach would be the dishouor of his
his son. Inspired by these teachings and
holding .be sentiments thus early taught
and long maintained, held it my duty to
place myself again at the disposition of
the Government, and on being ordered to
the field repaired to my post with as true
. heart and prompt alacrty as any one OF
the million men who rushed to arms in its
defepse.
The command Of the Sixth Division of
the army Of the Tennessee was intrusted
to me by the recent and continued by the
present Coumander.in Chief ofthe ARMY.
These eminent soldiers we're the compan
ions of my youth and comrades in matur.
er years; and certainly they are not the
pen to eonfide the well.being and safety
Of IA important division to man who
would have been so unworthy Of that hon.
or had there been even the semblance Of
truth attaching to such an a.roeious impu.
tation. This command | held until the
close of the session Of Congsess in 1862,
when my commission expired by l'mita
ton; since which time have not been in
service. The following winter was again
nominated to the Senate, but tor reasons
known to itself was not confirmed. At
the time was in the field l was also q
Delegate to the Thirty Seventh Congress,
and am the man that Mr.. Jayne declared
both in Dakota and Springfield, Illinois,
should not be confirmed unless vacated
my seat on this floor. 1scorned ,he threat
and fell the victim to his vindicativeness
Governor of the Territory, with potential
friends and relatives in high places, be
brought to bear upon me his boasted pow
er, and only too truly succeeded in carry
ing out his threats.
The influences used to procure this ap.
pointment were simple and foreign from
those alleged. They were simply tender
Of the services Of an old soldier, occupied
in the avoca,ions Of civil life, and accepted
by the War Department as generously y
they were freely offered. No domestic in.
fueaces were invoked to urge q reluctant
Executive to make the appointment; none
other than the desire on either part to rem.
Ger . service to a Government imperled,
and which needed the services of her sons.
One word in regard to the name l bear
and nave done. From the early settle
ment of kentucky to the present day it is
honored wherever known. On the bloody
field of the Blue Licks, where the flower
Of Kentucky fell, three brothers were en-
gagged and one of them there laid down
his life, the eldest, commanding the troops
on that disastrous day. From that time
until the close of the. war of 1912, the
representatives Of this name were found
upon every western battle field, and the
heritage Of its glory has been handed
down to the younger members as the
most priceless boon they could inherit .
None of the namc have held civil appoint.
ments or have been applicants for them
in my immediate branch for thirty years.
The position hold by the voice Of the
people l represent, and my youngest
brother is soldier in the army operating
10 Georgia, and in times like these it il
certainly no reproach for him to bear
6Euld. OuG q Oiupic oiauSu VI WHO 1o"b J
are in tho Southern Confederacy; three
brothers wero in its military service, and
however erroneous their opinions may be
it will not be denied that they had the
manhood TO maintain their opinions, since
two of the three have found soldiers
graves. Cowards do not seek the posts o'
danger, and the imputations Of this Sian
derer fall harmless uttered by one upon
whose garments the smell of gunpowde'
has never rested, and upon whose brow
the dishonor Of blow remains unro'
dressed.
Barnum's fat woman, Miss Jane Pishon
formerly exhibited as Miss Jane Camp
bell. died at Brookisld, Connecticut, the
other day. Her exhibition weight sa'
$50 pounds. Ten men were employed t.
get her iu:o her coffin, which was 50 wide
that .he door Of the house bad to bs en-
] larped 10 enable its removal.