The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-03-29

remarks made that most extraordinary and re-
marhaole etteT ne mad u read So thst ~ ngnt . go
quire who the Gentlemen were who got that letter
to be written. hey were said to be members OF
Congress, but y had hoped that members would be
able to make ler own arguments without inviting
the General Of the army to make speech for them.
1t had been Id in the newspapers that Senator
Wilson had invited that letter, but he had asked
Senator Wilson II that were so ana he denied IT, III
had also been said that Senator Wilson had written
a letter thanking General Sherman for that letter.
but Senator Wilson informed him that 1t was not
true One OF the remarkable features OF the letter
was, fret, that 1t should not have been written at
ALL and second, that such language as is used In 1t
should have emanated from the General OF the
Army.
He had nothing to say against General Sherman,
who was gallant officer and soldier, irem whose
reputation he had never attempted to detract In the
slightest degree Bot self-respect demanded OF him
when he was assailed, and when the House was
assailed through him, when he was charged with
fasehood in mis- statements TO reply to those charges
and to show that his original statements were per-
fecty correct.
the armies and that he spoke OF that now.
Mr.. Slocum wanted the House and the country to
understand that what were called staff oficers 10 the
United states were not called staff officers abroad,
and that although the stan here might number 600
officers, there were five times as many men perform
ing the same duties in European armies.
Itwas therefore unfair to the army to attempt to
make the House believe that the army OF the
United States was using more men to perform stan
duties than the European armies were for that was
not so.
York would not be excited he would hear the ex-
PLANTATION OF that. He did not want the gentleman
to say that he Mr Logan was trying to deceive the
House.
Mr. slocum did not think that he INr. Logan was
doing so, but he thought it likely that members
Mr. Logan preferred to pursue his own course in
the matter, and let the gentleman (Mr. Socum) pur-
sue his. II that gentleman would be quiet he would
show that what he had said was true to the letter.
He then proceeded to quote from military authori-
Gs 81 q s the S U
Of by General Sherman and which he had deslg-
mated the odous Army bill Logan said thet he kaS
taken it to the Secretary of War, General Beknap,
| and said that he wanted him and General Sherman
| to sit down with him Qogan) and go over the bill
| together. That was done General Belknap read
over the BILL section by section, to General Sher-
man. and General Sherman made but two objections
to it and the Secretary OF War but one and that
he wrote out and he Uogan) put 1t In the bill as an
General Shermans objection was the muster out
Of general of1cers and another objection which he
| Qogan) would not mention. These were facts, aud
he asked what kind of taste that man had in making
| personal attack on him through the newspapers.
He quoted against General Sherman an extract
| from his report to the Secretary OF War, recon-
mending the assembling OF court OF dlsnterested
general officers, to which should be committed the
| whole matter of reduction and reorganization oil
the army, with transfers OF officers tn I'LL vacancies
theery thing provided for In the first section OF the
AS to the proposed reduction OF the pay of gene.
| raj officers, the President might have told General
Sherman that his salary should not be reduced but
that was not his (Mr Logan's) opinion, nor the
Hr%aS O with vs Smaller sarV would Us not be- ab
| to give dinners or receptions, but he (Mr. Logan
| did not care anything about that In defense OF
the taxpayers OF the crippled soldiers, and OF sol
diers' widows, he protested against the usurpatior
Of power in the hands OF few men.
He protested against the attempt OF men in higt
positions to dictate legislation TO Congress- Tn'
legislative department OF the Government must bt
free, untrammelled and uDfettered. He would sa!
to these men in high positions that they wer
not the lawmakers but the law obeyers
they must not dictate the amount OF taxation t'
be paid for their benefit. Whenever Legislation
became stihed and crippled that man wh
stood up for the people in manly, honest, and pro
per spirit, to be attacked in the columns OF TIN
newspapers by high officials, demanding that Con
gress shall not do certain things then he would sa
farewell to the liberties of the country
| He wanted to know whether this attack upon hin
meant that the country to be turned over to tn
hands of few aristocrats, as in Europe? Whethe
titles be borne here2 Whether caste was Il
be established? Whether an order OF nobility was Il
and true. 1t was the boys who carried the muske
who made generals, and 1t was they also who mad
| Presidents.
He stood here to defend the rights of those men
and OF their widows and orphans, and to defend tn
liberties OF the people, and whether assailed b
generals, by marshals by governors, by kings, b
princes or potentates by newspapers or by aristC
Gratis, he would still be found making war agains
dctation and dictators, against arstocraGy, and 1
favor OF repubncanism. (Clapping OF hands in tn
galleries)
on motion of Mr.. Schenck, it was ordered that
general debate on the Tariff bill shall close tomo
row an hour and half after the House goes int
Committee Of the Whole.
The House then, at O'Clock. went into COmmitte
OF the Whole, Mr.. Washburn (Wis.) in the chair o
the Tariff bill, and was addressed by Mr. Marshall,
member Of the Committee of Ways and Means
against protective tariffs and in favor Of free-trad
doctrines.