The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-01-27
MAINE AND MASSACHUSETTS,.
uLArNss.s ATTACK ON MAssAtstUsETrs
RON IRIS WANT or PATRIOT
ISM I'M lslxs
A Pine Chance for uiiiingsKatc Iast@The
Massachusetts Troops Durins the
Late wav@Why Miatne Could
Not refer To Their Deeds.
ESPECIAL Correspondence u The Democrat

WASHINGTON january 1bs
one of the most atnusingly disgraeeful incl |
dents that has happened Ia the Senate for
many a day occurred On Tuesday lust. when
THE REPRESENTATIVES, or NEW ENGLAND
fell out with each other Upon the Issue NJ to
which Of the Yankee states had been Of the
least value 10 the Union In the hour of peril. |
'rbls was a pleasant topic Of discussion, and
mIght haysbeen Instructive II the CONTROVERSY
had beet, carried on In spirit OF greater truth
fltnesH and less personal resentment atd
anmoslty But whether the disputants were
truthful or not, The logic OF the fact OF their
quarrel was instructive. and cannot be per
mitted TO pass without comment. The dispute
was ostensibly over the parts played respec-
lively by
MAINE AND MASSACHUSETTS,
In the war Of 1919, but the real easus belli was
the vote Of the Massachusetts, delegation In
the Cincinnati Convention. Blaine has been
chewing d bitter cud of wrath ever since the
last named event, but circumstances have
eonsufed tn keep him bottled up 80 tightly
that. when uneorked by the opportunity Ut
Tuesday, he popped like a champagne bottle
and then flzzled and siszled and stopped over
Nike that volatile fluid itself. He accused
Massachusetts, Of treason Ia 1919. and said o
great many bitter things In his own peculiar
style If Hneering Some of the things he SAID
were true. az. for example, the statement that
the city of boston, In her municipal capacity
refused to bestow honors upon Capt. Law
renee upon his return from bis cruise IN the
Hornet sloop-of- war. which he had signaIiEed
by sinking the British brig Peacock off De-
Itts A,tt1 tla
TO the fury Of Blaine
rHn rEBpbHs1sa or HoAH AND DAWES
In defense Of Massachusetts, lent double
force 80 that the general verdict was That
Blaine came Off decidedly first best and added
a prominent new feather to his well eafnea
rpume'' Of knight III the ehivaltlc tourney
Of ,bilingsgata and blackgnardlsm. But utter
al Blaine omitted, doubtless Intentionally,
oil mention oil the part played by
MASSACHUSETTS, TN THE LATE wAH
betweep the States, This omission was prob
ably due to personal constituencies on the part
Of Blaine. for he had no reason to be dsfiident
On tho subject Of the part played by his State
IN the war for the Union. Maine whs the
only ono Of the New England States whose
sons made a really creditabls fighting record
In tho late war but Blaine ID not In happy
position TO exploit that fact. for the reason
That no son Of Mane either native or by
adoption, made less ereditable record. per
sonally, than he. The story OF
THAT SUBSTITUTE,
xyho IN the fsithf,ilneas with which he repre-
scented the character Of the man who hired
him. found hia way first into the effects OF the
uuartermaster's department. and then into
the penitentlary, instead of counting grade
Or a grave on the tented field. was doubtless
tno fresh In Hnnps memory To admit ~ any
allusion by him to topics Of such painful re-
Election. 1t is really u pity shat the posi-
bilities of the debate were thus Gut short py
tho disabilities Of one Of the lending dis
pi,talta Banes enforced confinement to
the Incidents Of 1919 made his effort neeessa-
riy stale aud tame by comparison with the
interest he might have excited could he have
safely touched upon the fruitful topic OF Mns-
saeh,isetta In the lnte war. We Used 10 have
A STANDING JOKE IN THE ARMY or TIE
POTOMAC,
| To tho effect that Massachusetts, had the por.-
| trait Of every one Of her soldiers that got
| killed printed In Harper's Weekly, and that
without much pressure upon the pretoria!
space Of that periodical either. But we used
| M aav also that 1t would require large album
| In which TO preserve the photographs Of tho
Massachusetts men who were eouf t-lnaftialed
| for embezzlement, shot for bounty jumping or
drummed out Of camp for plundsflng plate
chests and bureau drawers, while II would
take n whole library to chronicle the exploits
Of Massachusetts troops In doing provost
duty III towns TINT had been captured by the
soldiers Of New York, Pennsylvania and The
Western States It y sg rSeatt ,Jpd PITY y that
inently disqualified him to treat upon this
| rich and expansive theme. Fancy speech In
| Blnines best style Of the fish market, begin.
ming with d history Of that First Soldier OF
/ Al a. in mir
Franklin Butler, at Big Bethel, New Orleans,
bermuda Hundred and Fort Fisher, running
through Henry Wilson's senatorial career %
| n manipulation Of boot and shoe contracts
| for his peraonal friends on the ground
that "contracts should be awarded as much
by reason of the elevated loyalty Of the bidder
as Of the lowness Of his bic" 70 quote the Ian,
guage Of one of his letters written IN 1862 and
signed Henry Wilson; chairman Senate Mill
account of the methods by which the quota OF
Massachusetts, under the last two calls, was
filled with able bodied contrabands from Viz
ginia, North Carolina and Kentucky. And on
the latter score he might have added that
THE MASSACHUSETTS, RECRUITING AGENTS
had a habit of paying about $500 head for
the negro recruits aforesaid, and then charg-
ing 500 apiece for them against the bounty
funds upon which they drew.
As / said before, Blaine need not nave
been restrained from such an exhibit 81 his
resources rs a sangwhanger by any dif1idence
as to the State he represents; for there not
drawer page In the whole history OF the war
than that on which Is chronicled the behavior
Of the Fifth and Sixth Maine Infantry at
Charlottesville, or rather at Salem Church
back OF Maryes Heights, while Hooker was get;
ting whipped at the Chancellor House and
Old John Sedgwi TX was vainly trying to stem
the tide with his Sixth Corps. In fact the
Maine troops did good, honest service every
where-save and except the substitute who
represented Blaine, and even he liz said to have
acquitted himself with some credit after ne
got into the State prison where the discipline
was of a character to develop his usefulness.
The
REWARD OFFERED
by the New York and Pennsylvania troops ir
the Army Of the James of dollars worth o.
suffers tickets for the discovery OF q deac
Massachusetts man has passed into history
tone day during the fighting along the New