The Indianapolis journal., 1886-06-19

sence to employees at United States navyy-ards.
Placed on the House calendar. Also, blk to
amend the act prohibiting the importation of
contract labor. Placed on the House calendar.
Private business having been dispensed with.
the House went into COMMITTEES of the whole
Mr.. Crisp, of Georgia, in the chair-on the naval
appropriation bill
The Stanton debate was continued by Mr.
Hepburn, of Iowa. who severely criticised Mr.
Wheeler's speech upon the late Secretaryof War;
and declared that he could not tamely submit to
have the men who were embalmed IN the hearts
of their countrymen, and whose memory was re-
vered, derided by such as the gentleman from
Alabama. He then yielded to Mr. Kelley, OF
Pennsylvania who read the following letter,
written by Mr.. Stanton to Rev. Fl. Dyer. under
date of Nov. Is, 1862:
Your note of the I1th inst has remained un-
answered, because of the pressure of business,
which left me neither time nor strength to re-
spond. When General Mcclellan failed TO obey
the order of the President to move against the
enemy, given on Oct l. thought he ought to be
removed upon the spot Nearly month--tims
enough to have had victorious camp-was lost
by his disobedince Of orders. When his Great
ures, and. those who are enemies of the country,
undertook to apologize for his delay by the false
pretense that he needed supplies that were held
from him by the War Department, my duty to
the country required the exposure OF the false
hood. and l demanded a report on the subjent
from the general-in chief It is not my fault
that he was not. removed before the New York
election, after his disobe9ience of orders. In re-
spect to any combination by Mr.. Chase, Mr..
Seward and myself against General Mcclellan it
is utterly false, for reasons not necessary to men,
tion. Fire and water would as soon combine
Each does his duty as he deems right. In re-
spect to the imputaton Of selfish or ambitious
motives, denial is needless. Those who make
the imputation do it ignorant of my principles
of action, with prejudiced feelings, and
like all other public men. must expect and pa
tiently bear misconstructlon and false report In
respect to the present condition of affairs. all
can say is that the whole power of the govern
ment is being put forth with more vgor, and, /
think, more earnestness on the part of military
commanders than at any former period Trea-
son is encouraged in the Northern States by the
just discomfort of the people. But believing our
national destiny is as Immediately In the hands
of the Most High as ever were the children OF
Israel, am not only undismayed, but ful1 OF
hope. For myself. turning neither to the right
hand nor to the left, serving no man and at en-
nifty with none, shall strive to perform my
whole duty in the great work before Us. Mis-
takes and faults |, no doubt. may commit but
the purpose of my actions shall be single to the
public good"
Mr.. Wise. of Virginia, regretted that the gen.
tleman from Alabama Mr. Wheeler had fur
nished the gentleman from Iowa Mr. Hepburn]
with an opportunity to fight over again the issues
of 1861 He only wished to remark to the gen.
tleman from Iowa, who had sought many occa-
sions to make filings at the South, that brave
men and honorable men never struck pros
trate foe. He did not know what part the geR-
tleman took in the Union army, except as he
found it given in the Congressional Directory;
but one thing was certain, that the gentleman
bore on his body no proofs that he had ever led a
desperate charge, and he did not think from
the gentlemans conduct here, that it was likely
he ever would.
Mr.. Henderson, of Iowa-My colleague may
bear no scars, but no soldier who went from
Iowa was more at the front than he.
Mr.. Wise-I take his history as written by
himself, and certainly his biographer was par
tial Mr.. Wise then proceeded to speak on the
the proprety and necessity of a rehabilitation
Of the navy.
Mr. Goff, of West Virginia. attributed the
present deplorable condition of the navy to the
idiotic policy Of appropriations by Congress. and
denied that it was the result of extravagant ex-
penditures by former Secretaries of the Navy.
He then went on to criticise the action of Secre
tary Whitney in connection with the Dolphin.
and bitterly assailed the board appointed by that
Secretary, without authority of law, to sit upon
the vessel
Mr.. Herbert, of Alabama, offered an amend
ment to the clause relative to the pay of the
navy, reappropriating $576, $50 of the surplus on
hand to the credit of the pay of the navy.
Agreed to-
After completing the consideration of one
half of the bill the committee rose. and the
House took recess until o'clock, the evening
session to be for consideration of pension bills
The House. at its evening session, passed
twenty six private pension bills.
Mr.. Wallace, of Louisiana, took the House to
task for the small attendance at the night ses-
sions, and gave notice that on next Friday night
he would demand quorum
The House at ii O'Clock adjourned.