The daily gazette., 1879-06-25

HE htpuDllcdl newspapers nave lTt-
Quently asserted that when the Demo
cratic Senators took the control Of the
Senate, they discharged the Union
wounded soldiers who had been placed
in official positions.
Mr.. Voorhees, made all eloquent and |
very able speech in the Senate Oh We'd |
nesday, the 18th instant. 1t was perhaps
one Of the most complete answers to
Messrs. Conkling, Blaine, Chandler and
Edmunds, that has been made in thai
body, and upset all their campaign stor-
les, which they hoped to plead in this
line on the stump in all the States, so
efiectually that they will rarely refer to
the discharged wounded soldiers, or the
Confederate Brigadiers in this Confed-
crate Congress if they can get anything
else to talk about.
Mr.. Voorhees, spoke for about two
hours, and his remarks embraced wide
range. His speech Is too long for our
columns; bit We may make such ex-
tracts as will give our readers some idea
of its power, or an inkling of its deaden-
ing effect upon those at whom it was
aimed. In reference to the charge that
the Democratic Senate had discharged
wounded Union soldiers, he said:
We have heard so much clamor anc
persistent outcry from republican leader
IN regard to the alleged hostility of tn
democratic party to the Federal soldie
that propose to say a few words on tina
subject.
A short time ago the republican part
of Ohio, in nominating as their candle
ate for governor man who staid at HON
during the entire war and never expose
hims II to moments danger, saw fit
connection with that nomination to il
dulge in hypocritical gush against Il
abuse which Federal soldiers were r
ceiving from the democratic party. TIL,
passed the following resolution:
Re, olved, That the memory of our de-
heroes who gave their lives save then
tion from destruction protests a. ainsJ [
expu sion OF their living comrades fro
public offices o crafty the partisan pl
poses OF the dominant party in Congre
Sir, it so happened when the prese
session of Congress was organized tha
became my duty as member of co
mittee to look into the number and ch
acter of the Senate employees. / supp
ed, and had right to suppose, from {
loud pretense of republican love for
soldier that at least every other man O
cially connected with the Senate wa
discharged and wounded veteran. 81
here state the fact, and it shall go to
country, that when the Senate was tu
ed over to the control of The democr;
party we found just six wounded soldi
on its roll and no more. Out OF one h
dred and fifty men in employment at I
end of the Capitol you had six, and o
six, who were crippled in the service.
wonder that you had that many com
ering how easy it would have been
keep up the false pretense without an
all. But where are those six now un
democratic rule? They are all |
now. 1t afforded me great pleasure v
my humble influence to recommend {
each one of them should be retained
the sake of the blood he had shed,
they are all here. Every man who
under the flag and who was here on
9TH of last March is here now.
r. Mr.. Voorhees, also turned his bate
on the clamor raised by Mr.. Conk
about the "Confederate Brigadiers"
the "Confederate Congress and
very much doubt if the stay-at-h
: iu Senators did not very much regret
ever said one word about the pres,
.ia of the "Confederate Brigadiers" in {
gress. He utterly demolished b
mems hypocritical war cry for the {