The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-09-27
VOORHEES, INDICATED.
HE PAYS HIS RESPECTS TO A RAD
IUAL LIE

| HE PAYS HIS RESPECTS TO A RAD
ICAL LIE
THE STORY THAT HE ABUSED THE SOLDIERS
A PLOT DENIBD-sUPPD RTED BY LOG
IcAL PROeF-AND SUSTAINED BY HIS RE
CORD AT HOME AND IN co NGREss.
In the course of the able aud brilliant
speech OF the eloquent VOORHEES, at the
monster nesting in Frsnkii1, Iud., Sat
urdsy, he took occasion TO reply to a sour
r lous article which has bsen published
against him in the columns of the Indian
sp1lis Journal and the Louisville CONNER
cial in the following language: "My a.
tontion has been called Co - very stale
campaign Tslsehood, in which it is assert
| ed That In 1862 applied opprobrious and
degrading epiChets to the soldiers OF the
Union army. This calumny was con-
cJcted fourteen years ago, AID has been
| tramped thousand times into tho earth bv
me ana my friends who heard me on that
OCCASION. There ara living to-day not less
than five thousand people who heard tie
speech IN which, il is alleged | used this
| scanoalOus language, who would willingly
swear that not word of the kind, or any
thing on which such charge could be
| tTuthfully based, fell from ny lips. /
have been elected tour times, since the
| date OF the speech, TO Congress by the peo
Il Ul6 III Lu6 " WuOul JDI6 tOul blA1-
der upon the soldiers was said to have
| bsen uttered. / was elected twice after
| she war was over, alter the soldiers had
ali returned, and after p rsisRn Legisla-
ture bad 50 changed my district as TO place
Republican majority of 1,500 against
me. Overcame this large majority by
THE HELP OF THE SOLDIERS
themselves, who hsd this sbomnisb.e fslse-
hood thrust 10 their faces, but who spurn-
ed it IS the offspring of a loathsome and
cowardly party m alice. There Is not re-
spectacle human beng to-day in my Old
congressional district who does not know
IL to bs worn out, conference.-the p lltcaI
SANDER. II is not in the power of any,
BODY or OF any newspaper co Civ it Gre
deDce or responsibility a0ywnere. Like
All lies of its sort, however, It has great
Vitality, and comes TO life whenever I'M
scrupul0us party lesders have use tor such
q weapon. l have killed this lie very often
heretofore, but like a miserable scotched
serpent, i find it again wriggling and hiss
ing st my heels. here stsmpon its vile head
once more. L sppesl 10 my entire record
as puoiic mao and as privae citizen
iOr the proof OF my friendship TO the SOL
di6rs OF the Union under ali circums tRnces.
In Congress L voted for every dollar of cls
pay and for al his supplies. iD'rOdu ed
measures during the var TO compel he
government 10 keep the. contract price
with the soldier when the paper currency
OF the country had so 6epreciatsd that he
WIS receiving only ene-hslt OF the amount
that he was promised when he went into
the army. l voted for every M asure of
bounty that was ever proposed IN mis- liz
terssts. After the war was over, intro
duced
THIS TO GIVE TO EVERY SOLDIER A LAND
WARRANT
equal to the amount provided for in the
homestead act, with the provision that he
neei not be required to make actual set
Element upon tne land l did this be-
cause there are hundreds of thousands Of
disabled veterans who can not take the
neDe6ts OF the homestead act, which re-
quires an actual settlement aud cultivs-
zion of the premises. In these just meas |
ures in behalf of the soldiers of the Uoiop |
/ vas always opposed and debated bs the
Republica party 10 Congress-. l DEFY any
S1Oc b, living or 5r,s asss to ,,1sr
more faithful or more consistent |
record of kindBess and friendship in favor |
OF the soldiers OF the Udion army than L |
have made for myself. 1t i'll becomes tue |
leaders AMI organs OF the Republican |
psrEy, who defeated In the Senate last $685. |
sion OF Congress the Dill TO equsnze the I
bounties of soldiers which pad been passed |
bv Democratic House. to sssail me for
want of fidelity To tae Interests of soldiers |
and their families. The service of the r. |
publican par y TO the Union solder, 10 MS |
wife and his children bss been the merest |
bypocrIticsl lip services, without fruits, |
wIsnout benefits, without hello or CONT 1T.
Less tosn three ears ago Grant vetoed
the soldiers bounty bill and the Repu Dill |
loaflora a Ciopin Att in00raa MIN fullV
and unequvocsllv."