The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-03-07

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draft, supplied moro than her quota o
men TO both sides during the struggle
Why The senator from kansas should have
travelled out of his way to make an on.
slaught on him he did not know. lie did
not Know that he Blackburn) was n nee
cssary connecting link with the senator's
acceptance oil the presidential nomination.
The senator Iron Kansas doubtless did
know that illness in the family OF the SEN
ntor IRON Missouri had taken him long
| distance from the city, and that ho was "a
bc absent Tor some time on that account.
What connection (he asked) had the
speech made at Atlanta or the speech
made at New York by u gentleman who
had never been member Of either house
OF Congress, with the pending billY When
the senator from Kansas undertook TO
speak OF the Chicf Executive OF the coun'
| Try IN the terms lac had seen III 10 employ
and which The took III were deliberately
prepared and coined, he (1ngalls) certain
iiy could not take issue with him Black
burn II he concluded that II was not en-
titled TO response or reply in presence 80
august and distinguished as the Senate of
the United States What cause OF griev-
nnce the senator had that warranted him
In applying language 10 the Chief Magis-
trate which would not be permissible on
the hustingr (he would not say that II
would bc disgraceful even 10 be employed
by fish womon), he did not know. But
when that senator undertook 10 donouncc
the Chief Executive Of the United States
after such fashion M 10 deliberately
declare that no man afflicted with ignor-
ance 40 profound, with obscurity 70 gross,
should consider himself az unfit TO become
the Presidents successor, IL did seem 10
him (Blackburn) that the dignity Of the
Senate chamber refused permission 10 re-
spond. lie was not here 10 defend tho
President from such unwurranted attacks.
He knew but one sin the President had
committed, in tho eyes Of the senator from
Kansas. That might be an objectionable
sin. II was that, having defeated the
senator's party at the polls, no had given
10 the American people for threc years past
NO efficient, 10 honest, no clear.handed an
administration IN 10 doom the last Of Re-
publican aspirations TO disaster.
But tho Senator from Kansas had even
gone further and done worse In his intern
pcrate soul. lie had not spared the sani-
tary grave In his frantic efforts 10 stir up
prejudicos between sections already NJ
united; ho had dragged up for abuse and
veriilcation, before the American Senate,
such men M had furnished with their un.
blomished swords the brightest pages Of
American history. Mcclellan and Han
cock were 10 be denounced In the Senate
chamber ~ allies OF the Conicderates
would u not have been In better taste lat
least more creditnble 90 the courage and
candor Of the scnator) II he had made such
charge before both Of these men were
buried.
Mr.. ingalls, iron his seatl-T did. often.
fMurmurs OF applause and laughter1
Mr.. Blackburn Then ~ much tho
worse for the senator from Kansas. Whit
warrant or ground had he for thni. cxcept
that they were both different from him.
self-at least in political faith, II (may we
not hope alsol In many other rcgards3
Hancock an ally Of Confcderatcs; was no
10 regarded and believed when. wcllering
In his blood ON Cemetery Heights he re-.
fused 10 DO removed from the field aud
persisted In giving orders which checked
the last advance OF Longslrcet's irrcssti-
bic batialionsf Was II this man, who
was honorcd by the American people,
whether Republicans or Democrats, up TO
tho very date when he had accepted the
Of the Democratic party, who
was 10 bo spoken Of Us an ally Of the Con-
.t le,
The senator from Kansas was IN the
,rmy from 1888 20 1885, aud In what ca
paciiy7 One who had sai and listened 10 |
Inc senator might suppose that lac was
controlling the great arniy operating In the
west, II not thnt operating In the east also.
i saw tho wcather-beaien commander Of
the American army lalluding 10 Gen.
Sheridan, who had occupied scat on the
iloor during Mr.. Ingalls, specify sit here
In this chamber and blush in niodcsty ut
tho humble part which he found he had
played In the war Of the rebellion, In COM
parison with that OF the senator from
Kansas. What WINS that senator's occupa-
ton In n military capncity7 lilo was
judgc-ndyocate OF the Kansas volunteers.
Laughter. While Gen. Black, the
commissioner 81 pensions, was bleeding
In the Kansas frontier; while Mcclellan
was commanding the army, while
Hancock was wcltcring In his blood on
Cemetery Heights nj Gettysburg, the sen.
ator from Kansas, always behind the rcar
Of the army, was prosecuting Kansas Jay
hawkcra for riiiing hen roosts. Loud APP
plnusc aud laughter Now what are you
10 think Of the arguments Of tho senator
who will lcayu his scat as presiding officer
and come 10 the floor In the illustration of
a partisan xcal which am glad TO say) |
have never scen cqualcdi attacking all do
cent people IRON the President Of the
United states down civilians rs well ~
military men, and letting no object escape
tho venom OF his iongueg One would say
That he was a cynic, dcspairing mankind,