Ellsworth American., 1878-04-11

! the poll, 10 vote ior my friend from connect
! icut, Mr.. Lsnders oh. oBe-arned deinocta.
tic soldiers. Fighting all day lon, in the beauti-
| fnl OF eity of Portsmouth for inv friend from
| New Hampshire. Mr.. Jones.l The ne xi time
| you hobhle along up 10 the polls. ask the Con-
gre>smsn ~ou vote for bow their rabbit hunt
fr 4 crippled soldier ended thus lsmciN.
(Greai Iaughter.l 30 much for New England.
WHIST comes next; will not take delegation
bv delegation now; | shall not have time.
There was : vacancy on the soldiers roil. undi
a Easlsn horse-maTine stepped forward tor the
place. laughter; ! Wi,lism :. isulin. crippled, !,
No. Disabled pcmocrait Yes. ever, time.
fGfeNi laughter. You served. suppose. in
the Union afmyy No. sir: ia the navy You
look quite yo1ng, when d a YOU euiisi in the
navy, In lssS. an spOthecars's clerk. Re-
newed laughter.
oh. YOU democrats. who Ar, bound 10 Gil up
ths soldier roll with crippled and disabled
soldiers. where did you fnd Du'in. who was ~
most bate at his mothers breast when the
war broke QUIZ Could not YOU find one wound
ell democratic solder Were you reduced 10
this maritime druggist!
William NJ. Patton. Ciippled' No. Disab-
ledf No. ID mocrAts Yes tonfclrratef Yes.
Ah. then. yon democrats cannot find crippled
aud di.shled Union democratic soldier, and you
rrsortcj 20 ihe confrderacy. Well. gentlemen.
# vou cannoi succced sny better than YOU did
ia your grand hunt through old New England
for crippled and disabled democratic soldiers.
thank God you turned your eyes 10 the confed-
ef arF, Nhefr YOU can nhl thousands -iit huu-
drrds Of Thousands Of poor, broken, crippled
soldiers Of the couiederacy. ! blame YOU not
Tor going facr-about. amer such luck a. that.
James G. knight wss a soldier; in l>sl
"sprsined bis ankle" while drilling. Served
until 1864 affGr he bad sprsined bis ankel A
cripple 4 ard disabled democratic soldier.
T. j. Larry never soldier, always a demo-
erAi; put on the crippled and disabled soldiers
RON
Jacob Fouke. oh. what terrible neoessitv
fhgrE m HaIrfbrrafte a fsuffs "a hft
were 80 valiant for the soldiers Of the Union.
Jacob Fouke was in the war Of Ist2. Laugh
ter They coud not find a crippled and d.
ahlcd soldier II the late war against the nion.
but We're actually driven - the eXlrrme nece--
lily OF going away back to the war Of lsl3 and
bringing here venerable Old gent sman
eighty. ninety or hundred wears of age. to
helr I'll up the crippled and disabled so.,ii' r.
roll
NE. BUTLFR.-lie may have served in the
M-Nican Aar.
Nix. FRNE.-Oh. no ; he va. DOT IN the Mex
icsn war. Too old for that. They got one Mex
team soldier. They went over the ralls u every
war This country ever had 20 ct di.ah-ri >oI.
der: they took the revolutionary roll. but
could not IND man who Va, able To its1ei 20
NAshin-tou; thoy got the roll of l>l3 aud rN-
anlned that. aud they hii man who wa. 10
thai war. they took the roll of the Mexican
SAT and hit man in that roll; and Vet thyy
were not happy; and Vet the ruil Wa not full;
aud vet the hunt coEtiuucd
Herman J. >checles; YOU will ind his te.ti-
msny on page ~ Werr YOU in anv wav Grip
pied or disablcd' No. not by wounds received.
! had ieYcr. laughter and was discharged.
sins the war have YOU been in iolerably good
hcaiiht Wei. I have suffered ever since. pAf-
uruiariY frum-asthma- Laughter. What
busincs, have YOU followed, ! hsvc t~cn iu
the Genera! Land Oaice. The doctor in WIS
cou-in told IN. l ought to go 20 warmer eli
maie; 20 cur the a>thmA. I suppose. In What
capacity were You IN tDe and oaicci Fir.,-
cias- cerk. went there Ia i>ss and Wa. d.
caa-gcd 'n jog. . -- 'hr hammer ir'l
The s.EtAER--ihc uIuc % shr keuJisaal
has expired
H,ic the hsmmsr ie',
The >rEtKFE.-lto-- the gentleman from
Ohio grant additional time 10 The gentleman
irum Maine. Nr fryct
NR. cox o4 Ohio l,s. Nir.
The STEAMER How mu,hs
Nj Cox 4 Ohio: wla not limit ,he Scn-
tlsman.
MR- FRYE.-I ih,uk the gentleman from
Ohio. ami disliAc to trrsqass upon hi. time, but
drsirr very much 10 complete thi. roll Of ''crip-
ped aud disabled | mon democrAilc sod,ers~
New 80 on TO Michael g. Flanagan laugh
ter, ''un tho SOLDIER roll. -
Qucstiou.-M err YOU 4 soldier IN the iuiicd
State. Army during the War of the rebellion,
An.wer.-l -, sir, | was sworn Ia Tor y usty
dAys, ~ Fenusy lyania, srmcd snd equipped. m
the THIRTY v-ninh FsnnsylVAnis. State Militia.
( COMPANY 6. Captain samuel HaTrison. w
were sworn in iuT ninety dsy- --Ty icv when
I lie came into Penu.NlVanis. wa out al,o
previous 10 that. IN i~l!. bat they drviled ihst
( The troops would not 20 out Of the STATE; bsi
IN ,ure We were ,woru n and mustered. aud
have got copy Of the mu.ter-roll.
Q-Bu' you did not g og of the STATE in
A.-Arcuud ChamScr,blrg and down bv
J GrcencAs'ie; some wen, ont of the slate and
I some dii no..
| 9 Your command. then. did pot NEE, tho
enenyi
/ A-No. sir
By Mr. MORGAN:
Q-lou were DO, disabled. Of eour.ef
/ A-No. ,ir, | VA not wouBded. u. have
I had disease ior .Ome YEAR.
Laughter
{ Now. ~. | have 70 doub, there arc one hmm
/ drvi thousand dcmocrats who have been di.-
. easei for good many YEAR. Renewed laugh
! ter Who can blame Polk for oyerrunuing N
I hi appointments II ever diseased drmOcrai !,
f 10 20 on the soldiers rolis Why. | AWAY.
/ thought disease with that party Wa, chronic.
next come 20 The case Of John r. Bennett
soldier Of the Mexican war, who received =
tesh wound 10 that wsF-A cool soldier. I haY,
No doubt. bat having no morv right on the sol
der roll than have; neither crippled nor
Disabled nor pretending 10 D..
Another man on the .pldle-s' roll wAs Is,ar
( T Moore-nsSer IN the army al all; only =
/ democr II Another man on this rUl i Jane.
I !. Aicutk-A nr>t-ClAs. solder. undoub' eily
+ bu, not di-=bied, never asking for j Pension
( Rogers sl-o wa. on the roll. He never VA dl.-
{ Abi,d. never crippled. ~. not 10 the ErfuV Al
/ all. but was = democrat. Remember. am tAA.
ing this from the sworn testimony before the
committee. have not time 10 read the eVl
denoe.
Another man on thi. roll was c K Faux
ner. an old man with nothing to show that be
was crippled or : soldier; ani nobody anew
that he was crippled. satut pot On il
place Of Ho'man's one-egged soldier who hat
been her. for year.. Ihrre wa. nothing IN th,
evidence TO show that swint was ever i cripple
But ! must stop this, for must not trr.pA.,
upon the time and courtesy Of the gentleman
from Ohio, Mr.. Cox longer.
SoI. with men Ike these on the soldiers
roll. that roh got "hsrd up" Mr.. Polk >sy. il
bis TESTIMONY that be appointed Ftxhngh. Oi
looking 81 fltzhugh every member Of the com
niuee knew that be was not born when tn,
war broke out: he could not have been a sol
der. How he ever got on the soldier roll | 4,
not KNOW. unless on the same principle that W
pension children OF dead soldiers. FItzhugh'
Z father. the Old doorkeepe that bigger mai
than cid Grant" WAS dead democrat; there i
I no ooebt about that. Langhur. Ii may b
that be was pui on the soldiers roll because hi
father was deceased democrat. But Polk doe
not .ay 50 Whist does he say' He says, ''
yielded TO the democrat, Of the House-ihe var
ious dclegailons-ihis -oldier.' roll 10 keep
fuil ;, and he says, there vs.. almost ALWAYS
vacancy on IT," Only think Of ihst Only four
teen position, this roll sDd the whole Unite
States 10 draw from; yet. you. gentlemen. wb
promised TO ueai us so fairly could not kee
the soldiers roll fail 10 save your lives No
went 10 he revolutionary war. the war Ofl>I.
the Mexican war, the confederate army. ih
!, Union Army, the street, the field. You picAe
up Anybody YOU pleased. Iou went to the 70
unteer companies: you went 10 the indepe nd
eni companies. You visited the muster-field
you searched high and low. broad and deep
Yet Polk ssys that YOU could not keep your so
diers' rali full. and because you could not kee
: il full be put on Fitzhugh.
. oh, spirii Of the immortal Falsiatf. give U
! one hour Of thy time, and at tap of drum an
! squeak OF fife drill this glorious battalion {
! democratic crippled and disabled soldier,
! Laughter. See them fall in line Here come
the venerable gentleman OF the war Of Isl.
Then the Mexican war contributes its share
, then the Navy sends in lie boy then the sou
the dead Fitzhugh comes into view: then come
the Irish brigade with Michael J. Flsnnegar
deceased for many years then the man Tbs
| sprsiaed his ankle while drilling in 1851 sn
: then that a>thmaiie fellow. TLaughter.l )
: they march up 10 drill, one after another; an
the spirit of Falstsf. disgu.tei with the di
: play. takes beavenward its flight. Lsughte