The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-05

Republican, a man who had supported all the re-
construction policy of the Republican party. q
man who had drawn from his pockets the cap
tured pistols that he had taken away from Demo-
Gratis in Indiana and held them up to the terror
of women and children as the Democratic bibles
which he had captured-did he suppose this he
publican committee desired to spend one-half or
all its campaign fund to keep him out of Con-
gressf Laughter on the Republican SIDE
Mr.. Reagan spoke against the arrears act
The real question at present in regard to PEN
sions seemed not to be what was a just and
reasonable pension, but whether Congress would
follow the lead of men who wished to increase
pensions for the purpose of buying votes and
| popularity among the soldier element, to be paid
for by the peoples toll and taxes.
Mr.. Cabell said that he fought in the Southern
army, but was to-day as loyal to the government
as President Cleveland, or those who criticised
the vote of the Southern representatives. Stand
ing behind the windows, some gentlemen assalled
the Southern members for their votes. why
not come in an honest way and say the South
must bear the expense of the pensions, and not
come In an unmanly way and thrust continually
in its face, and say, "We are your friends ana we
love you; but you caused this debt to be put on
the country. and we mean to make you pay It.
That was the true inwardness of all this talk,
and it exhibited a want of manliness for men to
assail others whom they supposed to be helpless
and unable to say anything in return for unkind.
ungenerous and unmanly remarks. The gentle
man from Ohio Mr.. Butterworthl had gone oot
OF MS way TO Tell the SOQtQ6ruD people now WlCh-
ed they were. Gentlemen who undertook to talk
about affairs in the South gained their informa-
ton from the miserable set of vampires and YER
min that had fallen upon the South after the war
with a more b~lighting effect than the locusts and
lice of Egypt. This stuff was brought up from
the South by til Use creatures who were so miser-
able that they had been spewed out by the
North and had settled on the South. lie won
dered whae these creatures had been made for,
unless God Almighty, in His wisdom, in order to
| chnuy what a yofcarohta thin Hn 0nnlH m aKA had
created the carpet-bagger and put him down In
the Southern States. The gentleman had talked
about ballot-box stufing, and then demonstrated
by his own speech that if there was corruption,
any country on Gods green earth, it was the
State of Ohio. and in the city of Cincinnati, OF
which the gentleman was so proud.
Mr.. Springer complimented Commissioners
Blacks management of the Pension Bureau, and
said that when the Investigation of the Pension
Office had been made it would be shown that
every statement made by General Black In his
annual report as to partisan management OF the
Pension Office by his predecessors had been more
than established. 1t would be conclusively
shown that the Pension Office had been used as
a political machine during the political campaign
| Of 1884, and that the whole power and influence
of the Office had been used to promote the sue
cess of the Republican party.
The debate was continued by Mr.. Ryan, of
Arkansas, Mr.. Burrows, of Michigan, and MIR.
Hammond, of Georgia.
Mr.. Henderson then took the floor and said:
'Didg gentlemen expect that, with a report from
Commissioner Black, which had been conceived
and published with no other motive than to
make it a Democratic campaign document. a
man of honesty, with a spirit of courage, would
allow it to pass unnoticed on this floor? With
all the giant minds of the Democratic party ex-
ercisine every skill and power to buck and gag
the committee on invalid pensions, and with a
report from the Commissioner of Pensions in
volving politics more deep and dirty than had
ever been sent out by O political campaign COM
mittee, he. for one, would rot remain silent. 1t
had been thrown in his teeth that he first drew
breath within sight of Ben Lomond. That was
true, but while it was true that he represented
in his birth the land of the thistle, he wanted to
tell the gentleman mr.. Norwood that from the
lowlands to the highlands treason had never
found breath in a Scottish heart. True it was
that he had been born in Scotland. Did it re-
main for q simple Scottish boy. not born under
the beautiful flag of America, to teach patriot
ism to a gentleman who was born on American
soil2 He had been assailed by the gen.
man from Georgia lMr. Hammond because
he had made an allusion to the other
world, in giving his estimate Of the ex-confeder-
ate who had placed his bosom in front of opposite
weapons. He had said then, and he repeated it
now, that he respected that man for his courage.
For a eopperhead who Kissed behind the sol
dier's back when bullets Kissed in front he had
not language to express his contempt. When he
said .'copperheads" he did not say Democrats. "
He had fought side by side with Democrats who
mad been striving to save the Nation. But why
should the gentleman from Georgia be the only
one to rise and take exception to the remarks 1t
had not bean aimed at him. 1t had been aimed
at ex-confederate soldiers. He Henderson, saw
from that gentleman's own record that from 1861
to 1865 he had filed a comfortable, fat State of.
flee, and had never exposed himself to federal
lead. This morning he had been assaulted as be-
ing upmanly and a bulldozer by the gentleman
from Virginia mr.. Cabell. That was not his
L-~-- - 4 --.-~.- r.
Der of Congress from the historic and bloody
streets of Danville. Va, to say bulldozer.
Mr.. Cabell rose to ask a question, but Mr..
| Henderson declined to yield.
Mr.. Cabell continued to speak. but the cries Of
| order from the Republican side and the general
| confusion in the hall drowned his voice.
Mr.. Henderson (continuing) said he was
grateful for the character of the speeches of
some of his opponents. He took pleasure In
recognizing the gentleman from West Virginia
[Mr. Wilson, and the gentleman from Kentucky
Mr.. Breckinride The latter had drawn a pict-
ure, beautiful, touching and instructive, Of the
brothers nursed at the same breast fighting in
opposing ranks, but yet with no barrier between
their hearts. Let him also draw q picture Of
three brothers who, one night in 1861, agreed
that in the great land of their adoption the hour
had come to lay down their lives at the feet of
their country. Thomas fell, shot through the
heart in the deadly hornets nest at Shiloh; he
slept in an unmarked grave. William, after
serving four years, lived, but was a total phys
ical wreck. his health lying on the altar Of his
country. The third and youngest is pretty
we'll. thank you, yet; yet so long as
he has q memory Of what Thomas fought
for, SO long as he knew that for a quarter
of q century his widow and children had been
struggling without that honest heart, he did not
feel called upon to 60 down on his Bonded knees
in the capitol of his country and apologize for
Thomas's death, for Williams ruined health or
for himself. He thought he might be permitted.
honestly and kindly. as he had done, to appeal
in behalf of the widows of soldiers without being
charged with doing it to get the soldiers votes,
or, to use the eloquent language of the father of
the Democratic side Mr.. Reagan) to buy votes
to carry through an election. He ended this
debate as he had begun II, withoutone rancorous
feeling in his heart Earnestness and truth
were not vituperation and abuse. He had only
this to say, in closing, that coming here to this,
his adopted land. he felt that he should raise his