The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-12-27
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1GNATIus DoNNELLY, Ex-M. G.

pOsltlOn:-
boiling candidate in his district last year, but
lhat his Republican opponent Dds, and points
triumphantly to their vote pectively-Don-
nelly, H. 800; Andrews, 9505-as proving his
assertion. We gave that vote fully and fairly
in our former article; but we do not give it
the force that he does Mr.. Donnelly was
young man and new to the State when the
Republicans Of his district took him up (in
1860 and elected him TO Congress; re-elect-
ing him in 1866. Not being a Clay nor a
Webster many Republicans thought two terms
should satisfy him; but he insisted on an
other, divided the party, and threw away the
seat. Now true man, we think, would have
said ''Since there is a considerable part OF
nv Republican constituents who wish me to
step aside, will do il, harmonic the district
and save the seat" Mr.. Donnelly chose the
opposite course, and threw the seat away.
We think this proves him false, selfish, un-
worthy man, and justifes our conviction that
he cares nothing for the Republican party
except as it ministers to his own aggrandize-
ment
IL. Mr.. Donnelly denies that the 'Inde-
pendent ticket" with the opposition candi-
date for Governor at its head, which came SO
near defeating the Republican Governor last
month, was his work, and proves it. We
were mistaken on that point, and retract our
charge.
III He says that he did not vote for the
protective tariff acted on by the Thirty ninth
Congress at its first session; that the Con-
greSSt0naI Globe has wrongly recorded his
vote as for the bill; that the Journal of the
House (Which we do not see) correctly re-
cords him as voting against the bill He
does not say that he ever sought q correction
of the wrong record made in the official organ
of Congress-the only record of it's votes that
is distributed to the people. This matter is
so important that we must give Mr.. Don
nelys account of it gerbat5m. 1t is as fol
lows
"a few words in regard to my tarir record. You
charge that voted with the protectionists while in
Congress, as a Republican from Pennsylvania might
be expected to 40. This is so far from being cor
rect that ii you will page 3723 Part w, Con-
gressional Globe, 1st session. 1hrtynnth Congress,
duties coal and railroad iron, and in favor of post
poning the whole bill to the next session; and, If you
will turn to page 900 of the Journal of the House,
you viii find that voted against the entire bill on
its final passage. stand recorded in the Globe as
voting for it but this is mistake: the record in the
Journal OF the House is the correct one.
at is true that, during the war, sustained and
sustained draft laws military arrests, conhscation
bills, and other measures which were deemed
essential to the preservation of the national life
it at our hands. We now in an era OF profound
peace; the necessity which then existed has ceased
to exist; and the financial, commercial, and indus
trial condition of the country rises into the first con-
sequence. Is it fair to denounce man as 'sinuous
peace measure that which he sustained under the
pressure OF necessity as war measure? Is it fair
10 hold that, whenever public man changes his
mind, he must necessarily be scoundrel? l fear
but few editors could stand such test.
"Our Western country is passing through period
of gloom and embarrassment greater even than that
OF 1857. our produce of all kinds scarcely pays the
inordnatey high. We feel that, while we pay large
taxes to the support Of the Government (Which we
for the support of part Of our feow-citizens who
enjoy greater prosperity than we do. out OF our
ance As Republican, feel that the Republican
party must either set its face against the high
or @ %
have said therefore, upon this subject have said
not only to the people, but to the party Believe me
wy ''''' ''IGNAr1Us DoNNELLY."
Having thus given Mr.. Donnelly's own
version of this matter, we propose to compare
it with the facts:-
Feb. %, 1867 (nearly two years after the
close of the war, Mr.. Stevens of Pennsylva.
mia moved to suspend the rules of the House,
and take up the bill increasing the duties on
imports as it came back amended from the
Senate. The motion to suspend the rules was
defeated by go nays to 102 yeas (not the two
thirds required to suspend the rules), but
among the 102 yeas we find the name of Don
nelly recorded. is that also q mistake OF the
official organ?
Mr. Morrill,, of Vermont, now asked leave
to introduce joint resolve increasing tenn
porarily the duties on imports" said join
resolve providing without limit of time) fo
an increase of twenty per cent. Cor one-iftl
the former rate) on every article imported
after ten days, except sugar, tea, coffee, salt
and coal. To which he afterward added rail
road IRON
Objections being made, he moved a suspen
sion of the rules, which did not prevail
Yeas, III nays, 90 (not two-thirds) Again
we find the name of Donnelly among the yea
in the Globe (page 1659.) Is that anothe
error of the official organ?
Two days before, Mr.. Morrill,, of Vermont
had moved to close the debate on the genera
Tariff bill aforesaid in order to bring tn
House to vote upon its passage Gas the Con
kTess would expire within a week. Thi
was test question, and the friends and foe
sf protection toed the mark accordingly
Yeas 76; nays 49-Donnelly among the yeas
is this all wrong in the Globe? (page 1892.
All this mind you, was long since the clos
If the war; showing that his pretense that h
voted for high duties only as war measur
is false-an afterthought. His votes sho'
what he meant then; his speech last fa
shows what he means now.
We do not care to track this man farther
He has not seen fit to deny our former state
ment that he recently held a debate on polit
cal economy, wherein he took the side c
protection against Democrat who advocate
free trade We found this statement in
Minnesota paper. Do they blunder out tina
way like the GLO6e9
But Mr. Donnelly asks if a man may ne
honestly change his mind. Certainly he ma
and his marty too 1t is not the fact thS