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senate, and that is more than the SEN
ator from Indiana can say of the
union soldiers of his own state. 1
am morely replying to him and say
ing that 1T is not in good taste for
the senator from Indiana to criticise
the state of Michigan aud other states 4.
when there is not man who served
in the union army representing the
state of Indiana; and moro than that,
l would state to the senator that
have scanned the senators VINO now
face me, and there is not a union ,
officer or man who served in the
union army GU the democratic side,
and they are now in the majOrity on
this floor.
Mr.. VOORHEES,. Mr.. President, /
did not raise this point ; it was raised
i'll enormous proportions by the sen-
ator from New York aud others on
that side. The senator from Michi.
gan could not have misunderstood
me. L stated that I had heard COM
plain: from his own state on this
subject. There is where the point
came from. l am not for the first
time raising it.
Mr.. Ferry. When was 1t?
Mr.. VOORHEES,. beg pardon. 1
cannot yield further. The point was
raised by your own party in fierce
defamation here with an appeal to
the country against this side OF the
Chamber, and on account of what2
On account of a state OF things which
was within your own party's control;
on account of the fact that you have
but four men in the senate who were
ever under the flag. / am pointing
out that in common, ,decency yon
ought to be silent on the subject. be-
cause you have had q hundred chan-
ces. taking all the states throughout
the north together, to remedy the
very evil you rail about, and you
| Michigan says that no union soldier
has been elected from Indiana. re-
ply, which is good enough as far a.
| It goes, that | am as good a soldier 10.
ever he was, and my colleague wall
put against his colleague. So honors
| are easv in that regard. sl
| Mr.. Ferry rose. .sr,
Mr.. Voorhees,. 1 cannot yield now.
The senator knows do not decline
out Of personal disrespect, but can. .
not 90 into . running controversy
further on this point. -
|
| from Indiana ~
Mr.. VOORHEES,. The senator from
Michigan knows when decline to
| yield he ought not to insist. ~
| The presiding officer. The senator
from Indiana declines to yield.
Mr.. Voorhees,. do it without the
slightest personal disrespsct, but +
laid out for myself q work this after
noon much Of which yet remsius to
be done. A word more, however, iut
response to the senator's .remafke I'M
regard to the fact that indiana 10 not
represented here at This tim6 BY fed
eraI soldiers. Nor was she SO repre-
sented when your party had the In
diana legislature and sent Oliver r.
Morton, Daniel D. Pratt aud thhS
class of statesmen. The srepnbllcatt
party In Indiana, with all its clsmer-i
ous outcrv about the soldier and Its
love for the soldier alwaysi pushed
the soldier aside, and seutl men here.
who. never faced the enemy. The
uuion army is as we'll represelted
on this floor to-day, so fer ss lndfsp4
is concerned, as it ever was. 10 When
the republican party was in poWersi
before it was broken down by Its
crimes, its tliams, and Its hyp0Grfsy,
when it controlled legislatures in
that state it sent hero men of ability
Of whom speak with entire respect,
but they we're just such distinguisked
veteran soldiers as the senators from
Maine and the senator from New
York, neither better nor worse. But
10 proceed. ~ 90
Mr.. Blaine rose. ry.a. la.
Mr.. Voorhees,. l suppose I shall
have to yield.
Mr.. Blaine. Do 1 understand the
senator from Indiana to maintain thst
himself and his colleague represe0t
the soldier vote of Indiana Just a.
much as senator Morton did
Mr.. VOORHEES,. Yes, sir. jnst as
. much.
Mr.. Mcdonald. 1 think moro. Z
Mr.. Blaine. We doubt on that.
Mr.. Voorhees,. just as much, did
as much individually for the safety
aud comfort Of soldiers in hospital
aud field, more out Of our own means |;
certainly as mach as any other two
, men in the state, and am willing
, for that statement to go home.
But let us go on. She senior senA-
! tor from Vermont Mr.. Edmunds1 10
not here. hope prosperous gales
a are attending upon the ship that 10
!, bearing him abroad. took kindly
leave OF him, and wish him q pleAs-
ant aud safe voyage yet IT be were
here doubt not his voice would be
swelling the chorus OF assault, be-
cause there are more military men ON
ii this side of the senate than on tho
i, other side. Sir, Vermont has held
! seven elections since the war closed,
There could not have been any SOL
: diers. THINK, in that state, or son6
:, one might haye been found in ssy6u
! trials. The state is not large, the
. population is not extensive. SevDn
. times a senator was called and seven
). times a civilian answered and was
y chosen. Seven times the roll or pub
= lie merit has been called Of those who
), deserved we'll of their country : and
seven times the eager, hungry, stay
q at-home, homo guard politician has
rushed to the front. seized the prize,
:, and the soldier has staid at home. lie
IL What | say Of Vermont is likewise
o eminently true of the Old Bay State.
There have been six senatorial eiec.
tions in Massachusetts since the war,
and where is the face of the brouEesi
veteran OH this floor Why comes be
a not Why does he remain away from
7 these halls !? Massachusetts sent, be.
J lleVe, one hundred and fifty tkousand
>; troops to the field, aud yet not one Il
q honored by a seat on this floor, aud
the hearts of the two senators from
!. that state beat in unison with the
u heart OF the bold senator from New
a York as they all together charge on
the democratic party in hot anger
, because the republican party, almost
), omnipotent all over the north, has
q . sent here but four men who were
- Union soldiers, while the souththas
% sent twenty or thirty do not ki,ow "
:. how many, nor do care-who were
4 soldiers on the other side.
Sir, l think perhapS have illus.
y trated this phase of hypocritical
" politics sufficiently for the present,
= and, if so, may pass to snotiier
:. feature of the same. general fraud
The cry is not only that there are too
4 few soldiers of the federal army In
: . congress, but there is q great panic
= because there are too many Of what
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