The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1888-05-26
"The Kansas Ruffian.'

At Il reception given him by the National
League in Washington on Thursday night OF
last week, Senator Ingalls,, the 'Kansas Ruff
fam" as he has been well described, had this
to say in his speech on the occasion
.'The Democratic party has fatigued con.
TEMPT and indignation. 1t is an aggregation
of vice, ignorance, imbecility, cowardice and
disloyaty."
Mr.. Ingalls, is such an aggregation ofhatred,
malice, gall and bitterness he can see no yir-
tue in anybody that does not subscribe to his
narrow views, nor car he tell the truth when
dealing with the Democratic party or Its
works. Nor does he care to. He hesitates
not to utter deliberate falsehood when it suits
his purpose. His soul is dwarfed by envy,
hatred, malice, and all uncharitableness; his
mind is contracted by bitterness of feeling;
and his moral character blank. He is the
most contemplate character in American
politics, utterly devoid of conscience and
utterly reckless in speech.
In his Characterization of the Democratic
party, no intelligent man shares his opinion.
He says it is an aggregation of "vice, ignor-
ance, imbecility, cowardice and disloyalty.
Mr.. Ingalls, has no right to criticise anybody
for cowardice A -combatant himself in
war, he waits until Hancock and Mcclellan
are in their graves and then assails them as
the ''allies of the Confederacy." For this
assertion he had no warrant whatever, and he
made it because, in his bitterness and hatred,
he regards all Democrats as rebels and trail
tors. He, "a Judge dvocate," prosecuting
men in the rear of the army, presume to crit
icise Hancock and Mcclellan! He criticise
the bravery of men, when, cur-like, he tamely
allowed himself to be publicly called liar
and scoundrell The man has neither homes
ty, bravery or deficiency in his composition.
"Disloyalty'' is charged upon the Democratic
party. No good citizen now cares to dig up
the memories of the war, but as the ''Kansas
Ruffian'' has seen fit to allude to the Demo
cratic party as disloyal, it is interesting to see
where the strength of the Federal army was
gathered. Official figures show that Maine
sent 9,303 more men to the front than she
gave votes for Lincoln in 1860; Massachusetts
40, 5l5 more, Rhode Island II, 455 more, Hi
nois sc, 9S6 more, Indiana So, IA more, Ken
lucky 1861 more, Missouri 92,0s3 more,
New Jersey 22,6s1 more, New York 104 ,401
more, Ohio SS, O49 more, and every State in
the Union sent far more men to the Federal
army than they cast votes for Lincoln. In
Maryland Mr.. Lincoln received but 1924
votes, yet A., 900 of her white sons were en-
rolled in the federal service, besides 5000
colored men.
The supporters of Lincoln did not consti-
tute a third of the armies that preserved the
Union, and among the most distinguished
Federal commanders were conspicuous Dem
ocrats. In Sherman's march to the Sea-"
three of his five corps commanders were
Democrats-Slocum, Corse and Davis.
Whenever it suits his purpose these distin-
guished officers will be denounced as ''allies
of the Confederacy' by the distinguished
''Kansas Rufian." They vote the Democratic
ticket, hence were disloyal. Longstreet and
Mosby, two -Confederates, vote the Re-
publican ticket, and their loyalty has not been
questioned by this heroic Judge Advocate
General, in the rear