The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-05-02

of the cause If the Unien, at ever.
step OF its progress, and who, llk3 th'
Senator from Indiana, were avowedi.
in sympathy with the south at the out
set, an were advocates and apologist
for slavery and secession; who gave
aid and comfort to the Rebellion il
every possible way, the "Copperheads )
the Butternuts" Qaughter). the
knights of the Golden Circle" with
all their brutal and degraded lies, az
pearing here as the advocates and
champions OF Union soldiers and of the
cause of human liberty. | Supposed
from the enthusiasm displayed in favor
of the mi llary achievements of Nc
Ciellan and Hancock that we should
up N inspection. at least find that the
leaders OF the Democracy who have
been so eu.ogized, were IN sympath y
with the Union cause and in sym pathy
with the efforts that were making to
overthrow the Confaderacy. Yet, Mr..
President, at the very time. and dur
ing the very year, when Mcclellan was
| lighting the battle of Antietam,
the Senator from Indiana, without
excepting Mcclellan and not excepting
Hancock, speaking ar Sullivan, Indiana,
on the 9Th of August, 1862, said, in
reference 10 thu Union soldiers, that
they should 60 to the nearest black
smith shop and have iron collars made
and placed around their necks in
scribed thereon, in large letters, My
Dog-A. Lincoln and at the same
time referred to the Union soldiers as
Lincoln's dogs and hirelings, without
excepting Mcclellan and Hancock; and
duriI 6 the campaign, MIR. President,
that resulted i'll the election of Abraham
Lincoln, the Senator from Indiana.
who Is now so vehemently in favor of
the prosecution of the War OF Rebellion
for putting down the south, VINO so
eulogiZss the energies of the Union
armies and the genius of the Union
commanders, who poses here as the
especial friend OF the Union soldiers,
and denouuces and asperses criticism
upon the political character and
affiliations of those who were engaged
in that war, made a speech at Green
castle. which was reported in the
Cincinnati LOGlalerciuL of q ugust Sth,
1864"
ingalls, r, ad extracts from the speech,
which declared that the war was d fail
ure, and spoke of Lincoln as monster
and an unhappy felon.
Passing to The question of the EIec-
toral Commission of 1876, ingalls, said
he was not-speCially enamored of Mr..
Hayes Qaughter), AMI yef, inasmuch
as Hayes title was brought into con-
tro7ersy by tie Democra'is party, as
one of the issues of the approaching
campaign, he felt bound ID say taat the
title of Hayes to the Presidency was tbs
most absolutely irrefragible of any in
the whole list of American Presidents.
because it was the oaly enc which was
ever passed upon by Il constitute nal
tribunal properly organ zed for that
purpose. The Democratic party
should not forget that The Eiec-
toral Commission wal one of
its device3. II was MT the
first time they who had digged
q pit, and d;sge6 it d ep, had fallen
into it. (Laughter.) 1t would De re-
membered how the Hon. Henry Waiter
son issued his celebrated procla nation
calling OIL 100 Gee "unarmei Ken
tuckians" to visit the city OF w Ishlng-
ton on the anniversary of the battle OF
New Orleans, Tor the purpo-e Of SUPER
the electoral count. (Laugh-
teri He Uugalls1 had had q conyersa-
zion with President Grant shortly after
the issuing of that celebrated pcocl ma
ton, and had asked him if be thought
there was going to be any trouble.
General Grant had paused a moment
and, with that deliberate method which |
characterize his utterances, replied: /!
No, don'G think there is going t. be |
any trouble; but it has been one ru.eof |
my life TO be always ready ard, !
added ingalls,. with solemDity, he
was ready. In obe1i 70 some
mysterious impulse, troops, parks |
Of artillery and munitions of war
began to come to the capital, |
lad the agitation of the Democratic |
party became extreme; becausa, it
here was anything that would turn the
average Democrat inside out with in
lignauon. it was the sight of Federal
Ioidiers in blue uniform. (Laughter.)
apparently, had warranty
iced for the seat which he occupied,
md yet, compared with the title which
Nr. Hayes had to his seat, he was in
possession of stolen goods, and the re-
,eiver was as bad as the thief. In
court of justice, and fair consci nee,
le would never have been elected at all.
lie had been counted into the Office by
. partnership between Dick Turpln and
Jriah Heep, foOt-pads and sneak
t was some consola ion to know
hat in that partnership spostates
lHd rene zades b I'd lost their share
# tia swag. daughter and applause.)
rne country mad still against it the
south ern Coufederacy. 1t was con-
runted with 1853 votes of the solid south,
g is had been at every election since
he election of Hayes. The solid south
vas the Confederacy, and the success
# III Democratic party meant the sue
ess of the G )nfederac !, which was, to-
Law, as mach an org snized active ag-
,ressive force i'll po!iucs as in 1861, and
previous times. He honored and ad-
nired (but regretted and deplored) the
onstancy of the south hat Id, of |
oy4lty and fidelity to the lea ,ers under
Vho'n it Tough; and is determination
o reunite ana reconstruct The history
# its country, so that it wound be able
} say to the generations which ere to
ONE, that, VIII lie iC was overthrow by
numbers in the field, yet
7ithin twenty-five years after the
7ar closed, its leaders had been
estored to political power. In
his connection. he asked, who
7as Lueius Quiltus Curtius Lamar?
lie never was suspected of being
lwyer. (Laughter.) His bitterest
N apou nnuar oapueph him nf that ua I