, 1876-07-03
present Supreme Court, and candidate for re-

-. INSULTING UNION SOLDIERS.
On the 18th OF February, 1868, memorial ant
resolutions from the Indiana officers and soldier:
! in the Army OF the Cumberland, and the Sixty.
sixth aud Ninety-third Regiments stationed at
! Corinth, we're read before the Senate. After q
long and acrimonious debate, vote OF rejection
passed the Senate, Mr. Williams, as usual, record
ing his vote With the majority.
TRANSCRIPTION.
While considering the report Of the Commit
tee on Federal Relations (March g. Mr.. Wolfe
moved to amend the amendment By adding the
following:
Immediately withdraw his emancipation proclama-
ton.
This amendment was adopted By a strict party
vote. 4Nr. Williams thus vcti,,g to rea.sfave TIE
cotored people nearly three mouths after hr. Lin
coln had broken their shaektes, .{P. 707 S. j.,
AGAINST TIE PRESERVATION or 1HRUS1oS.
During the discussion of the same report Mr.
Mellette moved to amend as follows:
Resolred, That we are uncondtonally and de-
ter1ninedy In favor OF the preservation OF the In
Resolped That in order to the preservation Of the
Union. ne are in favor of vigorous prosecution of
the war.
Lesolrxd, That we shall sustain our State and
Federal authorite. with money and supplies, in all
their efforts to sustain the Union and prosecute the
war.
Mr. Hord moved to lay the amendment on the
table, which was done BY 4 vote Of q to 22, Air.
Williams voting with the majority. =. Ill, s.
J.
WILLIAMS SuLLrFIER-
Mfr. Blair Offered the following resolution:
Kesolrfd. That resistance to law Is revolutionary
In its tendency, and TINT a;y attempt to cnoarrass
or resist the authority OF the National Governments
iu the execution and enforcement OF the con:cElp.
ton, revcnne or any other law OF Congress, should
be frowned upon By the people Of Indiana, and
promptly met and suppressed BY the proper author
tiles.
This was laid on the table BY the vote Of Mr..
Williams and his Coppcrhead associates. And
SO throughout the entire session Of 1853. Every
resolution and every measure which was intend
ed to strengthen our army and encourage the
people at hume, or disorganize and discourage
the people Of the South, was promptly voted
down by Mr.. Williams, who was nothing Il he
was not Secessionist-
AS AN ECONOMIST.
4 great deal Of stress is laid on tho claims OF
Mr. Williams us an economist, but during the
marked by his associates, both Democratic and
Republican. Among other cxtravagant notions,
he favored proposition for the appoint
ment Of Deputy County Trcasurcrs in each
township, at an expense Of nearly 62QU,U0U per
annu1n. He both spoke and voted against tho
passagu OF the bill, referred to tho Committee
on Finance, for the reduction Of the salaries OF
State officers. He both spoke aud voted (Fcb.
D against tue proposition to cut down the salary
ing it the same as the salary Of the Secretary Of
State In other words, he watched tile prem
lsce, but voted away the dollars.
This review covers but small part OF one
session OF his Legislative work, and yet it reveals
enough to condemn him in the estimation of all
who took part in the late War, or whose sympa-
thies vero on the side Of the Union. D. s. A.