Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1886-03-12
MIR. WILSON'S SPEECH.

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Below will be found report Of the
proceedings of the House of Represent
atives on Tuesday Of last week, includ-
ing the speech of Hon. WIN. L. Wilson,
of this district. The House was in Com
mittee Of the Whole on the pension APP
preparation bill:
Mr.. Cannon warmly favored the pas
sage of measure to pension soldiers
who were now disabled, though the dis
ability might not be attributable 10 the
service, and who were pow dependent
on their daily labor for support.
Mr.. Wilson regretted that on Thurs
day last the House bad been presented
with the spectacle Of a politician in
search of some political issue. There
was no longer any successful conjuring
with the issue raised by the gentleman
from Iowa, Mr.. Henderson. If he did
not mistake the recent action of the
American people and the general tenn
per vi ''e A"i'' ''"'' p''p''' '''
al issue, wherever UT ny ""oniSoe'''
raised, would lead no man nor party 10
po'itlcai Victory III 'h's country. h'
vigorously ueiehue" oo''"''Ns'''i''
niacA i'""' we e'',,''''' VI '"' S''''
man from Iowa, Mr.. Henderson, aud
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that rate hau oeeh unaih'aiiieu' Anu
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cratic sue OF lhe mouse sa'u '''a' rate
was suilicieh' the sei''ieiiiaii Iio'l' io"a
said that they uhlurleu the oioouy shlr'
In the lace OF MS irienus' he regrelteu
Boutelle) critlcising the southern peo-
pie because they hao' I'D one or TWO
points, raised modest memorials 10 theIr
dead. Such an utterahce hardiy COM
ported Win thc oraVe anu hahiy char-
acter OF the gentleman from Maine. IL
was true that the Southern people had
erected humble monuments TO sons,
brothers and fathers, ana placed upon
them the Mowers OF that section, Ou'
they had done u III u" spirit OF uISioy"i-
'y'o t"'s c"u'''S' lie ii'o'' "e' "'o",'u
t"ose 'h"iu'heh's eou'u "i'peai ~ t"e
oearcher oI all near's " "s''iy ''"'
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,ha, p.o.;,,. .h;ot ,.ad ,ta r.,t,
81 ron - uor, ON, i,s he,e6.;,I nu-.
noses I, had abolished the instituIiop
of slavery, which had come down as a
painful heritage from the fathers of the
republic.