Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-05-02

WAsuuorox. May i.-Tss senate gal.
leRiso pseosuted sn unusually asinssed
sppsasanes d the cpsnsn4 OF sodays .
sssaiou, beiea crowded with spectators,
pgtnoipaily ladies'. dssen by the an
no0ncsOeut Of Q speech ct 3 O'Clock bs
MR. Inaelie, IN responss 70 NJ. Vccr-
hsss' invasion Of last Wednesday.
~ the conrtuaiou Of the morning
ba1ine0 Mr.. Stewart proceeded 70 ad-
dfe0 the senate 10 sappost o! his silver
eoanaee resolution. ana a. The ccociu-
don Of his address the resolution vas
adopeed.
As ~ hour Of 2 o'slcck drew rssr tie
beu In the ceAsaoess and galleries be-
came marked. Mr.. Ipgaiis' desk vas
Decorated With dcvers. He commenced
his speect bs recalling abe fact that on
the Hin OF Jo,y last Major Geuesal Ri.x
John Porter, nov % the retired Int,
wrote letter, 10 which be thanked hts
fIteuds aud said hat his heart vas a.
ways With them, although as one time
his hand and heaxs had worked against
them The senator from Indiana had
eouplained last Wednesday With bitter
neos thss an attemps had been made to
biacken the psDe Of all the great civil
e. veil - military leaders In the lass
VAf, Who remsined true 30 the Demo
cratic party. Fits John Porter had been
one Of those military Isaders Who main
tained their allegiance 20 she Dsmocsa-
oio party, and he, within The less four
mooehs, had vristen thet his 'hsart vac
always With them." Referring 70 Gem
eral MoClsllap. Mr.. Ingalls, spoke Of
hia education at West Point,
hie business eoaneotiou with Bsaure-
gard and bis attempt to extend and
eontinuo humAn slavery BY the aeQui-
siaion Of Cuba. he spoke of him a.
having begun his military career bs
diosb6yinQ The orders of 0enegal Scott,
q havinQ abondoued General Pspe at
CentRovllls. % hsvinR failed 10 put the
rebels 10 the sword at Antietac, -
having refused TO obey the orders of
tbe peesidsns 10 follow the rebels to
Winchester, and - having fully con
tro,,ied the destiny OF the army until
The hai,le OF Frederieksbuse. History
hsd pronounced iss verdict upon hi1 a.
Q soldier, anS the senator from Indiana
would NOT be able 70 place him in tie
category With Napoleon. Hannibal and
Cesar. He (Ingalls) dealt With him as
. politician, and said thst NO one could
reed his letter to President Liucoin
aftes his disAst8 without coming to the
conclusion that General Mcclellan was
not fully and actively 10 sympathy with
the forces and sentiments which were
then controlling the American people
As 70 General Hancock. he Vas also one
Of The military leaders who were trus
70 the Democracy. His martial career
va one Of the impesishabls hesitaRes
Of American eiosy. He marohed and
He filed tho abyss OF
fame With names which weuld
Be eternal, iuminous-The Peninsula,
Antietam, Gettysburg, CkaucelIorsville,
Cold Harbos end Petefseure. Had h9
beeu 8 soldier under Napoleon be would
have bsen Q prince and maRshL OF
the empire. He has been veil called
Hancock "the superb" bat after the
var uloeed he (like McOlellan) bad be-
come tainted With fAtal virus Of am-
bisiou for the presidertal nomiration;
bus etvithstandisg his maauihcens
and unspproachable career the Amesi-
can people recognized his hostility 20
the reoonstsuction measures, and 10 the
presidsntis, election Of 1880 be carried
bot three Northern states, California.
Nevada and New Jersey, and ths ffst
tvo of them had been stolen By forgery
ed fssud Of the Morey letter iss1sd by
the Demoesatic politicians. He had
also received l8S electoral votes OF the
eolid South, which had been pfouieed
him In hie upeech at Cincinnati BY the
osrasoe from South Carolina. (Hamp-
Hs spohs Of the affected indianstion
of The senators from Indiana and Ken
tucky a. dis,rsditaoie 10 tbstf intelii-
Qence OF their capdof. II they did not
know thaS he (lngalls) had spoken o!
these union generals not a. soldiers. bot
\, politicians, and ss Democratic can
dio sses for president. they were doll,
stupid and Ignorant indeed II they did
NOT know il, and II they persisted 10
Ihsif assertions thsy wrse disiuRenuous.
and he suspected, II suoh thipes vere
that they we're both. tLsuRh-
tss.)
M. ingalls, continuing s,id: "From
The impassioued suloRy. from the rosp
sody OF appreciation enas noveo tfon
the sen ator from Indiana et the great
military achievements OF AcOielAn ano
Hancock. began 10 have sono oooos
40 to Who 10 Vas tnst really pat dosn
the rebellion. wAs driven oy curiosity
TO inquire what vss the attitude Of the
Democratic party 10 the Noftn, and OF
the senator from Indiana % one o. It's
great leaders In 1867 when Mcclellan,
the IDEAL Democrat. vas nRosing ene
battle Of Antietam; iu 1853 vhen han.
oosk vas hurting bsck In confusion and
diousy ths scattered squadsons OF the
/ vss really for . me-
meut, Mr. President. isclined TO believe
that the Democratic party Of tho NORTH
and the sepatof from Indiana. apd
those of the Democrats patrtots ybon
he eoloQiEss As an immovAbte buivark
of liberty. sf the Constitution and the
uniou. Mr.. Thomas Hendricks and
Mr. Horasic Seymour, and VIM. A.
Richsrdeon we're 10 tho fuii panopiy OF
bastIe assisting Mcclellan, assisting
Hancock, doing What they eonid to
make the success of the armies possible.
And 10 eeeus like tee very climax OF
effroutery. like the apex OF ausacisy FOR
shese men, whose bistory 10 20 veil
kpovp. Who we're from the beginning
the avovcd enemies Of tbs cause Of the
union at every step OF its progress.
and vho Iike the senator from
Indiana we're avovediy in sympathy
viIh the scrsh at the outset, and were
advocates aud apolszises for slavery
aud secession, vhe gave aid ana com
fsss 10 the rebeiiion u evsss possibie
vay. The 'osppeshesds' and the bat :
sesnuts,' liaaehsesl the 'Koiehss Of the
0olhen Csrcie,' vitn ali theif brutal s1d
degraded lies, appearing here - aavo
safss and champions Of the Union sot-
dies and Of the cause Of human liberty.
I supposed from the enthusiasm dis
played ia favor Of tie military achieve
mcnts OF Mcclellan ard Haoccck that
81 shocld, upon Investigation, ss isssss
ara ths, the leaders Of the Democracy
vho have been 90 ezl0giSsd we're 10
s,rpassy With the Caioa cause and 10
,ympassy vits the edofts thst vefs
mak,na 70 osssshrsv tee cousedesasy.
Ys. Nj. President as tie very time
aud aariEg the very JeAf when Ne.
Csllsn vss fighting tie battle OF
Antiesam tie seusies from Indiana
yittous sxeep<ins Mcclellan and not
pssng HArcocE speakiA2 at soiii-
van. Indiana, en- the 5th OF August,
1851. said n Iefsreroe 10 the union
so.aiers tina, they shooid so 20 the near
~ bsaoksa saith shop asd h.ss irsE cd
ara made and placed srcsrd ,hef
neeks inscribed thereon II large ksssfs
nv doe-A. Lincoin' and 81 ske same
ssu,o te referred 10 tSc uas.. sOicless -
Isnaofnsx dooN AGsd hlreiGngs vitboct