, 1879-06-11
SENATOR Ai'DONALD,
He II Tnken TO Account, nhI Ills False
Ytntcntents Utterly lteflttel and 1:x-
posed.

fe Is Taken TO Account, nnd Ills False
Htntcntents Utterly ltofutetl and 1:x.
posed.
1adiancuofit J"nynai. Jnnsn.
Senator Mcdonald, IN illa rcceut set spccch IN
tic Hcnate, satd:
In my StAte, In 1861, a Eogtment Of aIaasacha-
settH Volunteers stationed ut indianapolis were
permitted ID leave tuelr encampmcns On tho .lay of
election. and. with arms In their hands, anfrEc1 to
anrfbnnd tho polls and mot only exclude cattxena
teise,, miviirEe tha. they used must tsssly.
TAls was dono In my nwh View. and sAw sarse
thu p4ttd ctttEcns Of tho EtntG a. loyal as them.
hclvcs. Sim,las sccnta werc cacted In other purts
Of the State, Us have gooa season to knuw.
The nboyu t1Ascnlent Ii nnre fiction, bns we
lave no lnubk the Senator Ind heard the story
told 80 often bY ils Democratic friends tlat lso
believed 1t 10 bo True, afla thought IL was done
In bis Own view.
In lis Joint debate with Gov. Morton In
l'sawnstowa, Iud,, Aug. II, 1864, Mr. Aicpouatd
sRid ll,at, ut the Oe.ohcr oleesson st ISM, "tha
Scventy y.first RegImunt Indiana Volunteers left
tl,cir cap under tfse ronlfnnnl Of their Colonel
anil canle into town, marching TO the polls with
.hcif gnns upon .s,c's shon'tsrs, n,nl lint no
Dr1Nocrnt go.eA after 10 a'c!"< on That day ex-
ecpt at Tho risk Of hi: Itt; n'n that one ot tue
editors nf tho Se,ss'"ts was fosesb'y driven from
the poiis."
Tl,ts statement wns as Inaccurate as Ills state-
1ncnt III retcrcnc1 to the Massachusetts reEi-
inunt. Tho iaaA we're that thr vAitar Of the
.sfHtfHt nliutlct{stU hua some t!Cletltty ut the
rnlls With snIna soldiers III October, lSit9. mt
t5}1 rs sir. MrsonNa'h SAIL, a,,tl at that tIn,u
snd Ut tho tine stntutt by Mr., McDonutd, viz,
Dctobcr, ISIS, lhu bevohty-arst ksgi'nt,.t was
IN Est 'Fenuesscu.
At public mcetIng held III thls city IN the
I'D Of August, lh4'i, seStea at resolutions WAS
atlnptcd denauagInE tie statement Of Atr. Me-
Doiiad, a'a! call!nE upt'n hiH u retract the
satnc. On tho 34ih, str. Me},oDad wrtNe a
latter to Ch' John ". Hay, Secretary ct tbs
n.rc:lng alluded "a, nl,d sud tho cl,nrEn was
"falkU IN nlatter md substance. untl doubt
not was penuell by sorpu 0.tn whD wus ilpt
nearer alll. natt,t itltHel tlan this city," To
this The JoHi7'ai Of Wednesday,, Aug. III, 1851,
replcd by publIshlng eKtsActa ftnm thu lettera
MID special teieEr2n,s ~ thu syeht;ttt Ns.i this
paper giving af!e rcpoFt ut the speeches Ut
Br0WnstoWn, HAic!s report Mf. Alel}auaI 81
painE tho Iuguaue ps charged tn the resolutions
6f llln cttlzet's' meeting. 10 tl.1s Mr. Mcdonald
N.ni,n nc Fb,ly, but stua1 CONVICTED u huvM,
nude q stntpnlent ttlnt lu coMlu not snbatau-
tinte II 10 possible tliul liz had Ills Old stnic'
!,cut concerning thu 6eycuty-llrss fn.llana III
his ntind when he made his -cccnt spccch.
No Massachusetts regiment eyer apl'earcd at
ar,,ls. Tllo Hl1tcth MASSACHUSETTS Regiment
was 1nlnE guard duty lleFo during the SUMMER
nId full af 1851, nta wera not IN thu city Un
tint day. III slated ly Mr. Mcdonald, wlo
n0uld hare some difficulty III verifying It's fur
thur. atatcucnt tint 'stf1l1lar scules Was0 en-
aeted IL l.er paris ot tha State, as tlayo good
rcndon to know"