Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1888-05-10

ne leit IL MS duty 10 put on record. from MO
nation in bis possession, what the Senator
record and history was. He should refer OIL
TO public matters in public records, and shou,
venture the affirmation tina: whatever nigh
have been his own ungalls) relations to tn
grea. struggle between the North and South
the Senator from Indiana had been from n
| outset the determined, outspoken, positive
| aggressive and malignant enemy OF the Unio
| cause.
| II pronounce that" said Mr.. Voorhees, r:sin,
with anger in his eyes, Ito be q deliberateI,
false accusation. voted for every dollar tina
paid the soldier, for every stitch OF clothes b,
wore, and for every pension bill that rewarded
| his services"
Mr.. ingalls, answered that the Senator hat
| come in here to-day and thanked God that b,
had never been followed here by comrl;tte,
to question his right to his seat, and with muci
dihuseness Of illustration had endeavored Il
cast aspersions upon him Qngalls) and belittlt
and huniliate him in the eyes Of the American
people. when he Ungalls) had only referred L
the Senator's public utterances, his speeches
| which he had never denied.
MIR. voorhees, declared that he did deny it.
Mr.. ingalls, replied that the Senator could 20,
deny the publication he had read It was
verbatim report. and was so certified to-
Mr.. voorhees, asserted that not one word OF
syllable read by the Senator was true or be
lieved to be true N Indiana The accusat: or
had been trampled under foot. The Senators
insinuation th:st he (Voorhees) had ever been .
member of political secret societv-the
knights Of the Golden Circle-was SO base and
UNANIMOUSLY false that he did not known how &c
choose language to denounce it as SUCH
Mr.. ingalls,, continuing. said the Senator from
Indiana had written letter for Mr. f. A. Shute
which that gentleman took South with him and
filed in the Confederate War Department in
support OF his application for appointment as
Brigadier-General in the Confederate army.
The letter was dated December II, 1862 and
said: "On the disturb ng question of the day
his (Shun'S sentiments are entirely with the
South and Que OF his objects is a probable home
in that section l take this occasion to
say that his sentiments and mine are
IN close harmony The Senator said that
the charge that he had called Union SOL
ders ''hirelings and Lincoln dogs and said
that they ought to 90 to 4 blacksmith shop and
have AN iron collar around their necks with the
inscription MY dog. Abraham Lincoln" was
campaign SANDER and scandal that had
been spit upon. That averment could be sub
stantiated by as creditable a witness as there
was in the city,
Mr.. Voorhees, broke in: land even if the SEN
afor said it, II would be absolutely false and q
palpable le.'
derly. and, continuing. read from paper
signed by citizens Of Sullivan County who
stated that they were present at a meeting on
April G. 1862, when Mr.. Voorhees, said that
Union soldiers should go to the nearest black
smith shop and have an iron collar around
their necks with the inscription: MY dog
Abraham Lincoln" This paper was signed
by respectable citizens OF Indiana, who were
not ashamed Of their names and residences.
a1
what business the Democratic party OF Indiana
had been engaged in during the war. Seventy
thousand Of them had been members OF the
knights Of the Golden Circle. and had been con-
spring against the U:.ion. They had entered
into combination according to General Holt
for the purpose OF aiding soldiers to desert. dis
couracing enlistment, circulating reasonable
publications. giving intelligence to the enemy
and assassination and murder, and it was sus-
ceptible Of proof that they did conspire to MUIR
der Governor Morton. This organization, which
the Senator said he never belonged to, had q
ritual Of which liz copies were
found in the Senator's Office at the
time when Hancock was at the
angle. In that same Office was found
other correspondence concerning the objects
and purposes Of that organization. The cores
pondence Of Observation-Disclosures was in the Office
The Senator in his address to his constituents
in 1861 had declared that he would never vote
single dollar nor single man for the prosecu.
ton OF the war and he had never done SO, so
long as he was in Congress. He had consistently
and persistently voted against every measure
for upholding the Union cause und Reinforcing
its army.
Yet" continued Mr.. ingalls,, 1.-The Senator,
who. think. deserves charity more than ant
man know of on this floor. and who has re.
,eived it at the hands of his associates and can
ess afford than any man Of my acquaintance to
invite the scrutiny OF his war record. rises here
md with playfulness ami hilariousness, refers
10 the fact that served during the war as
Judge Advocate with the rank of Major and
OF q Lieutenant Colonel How.
ever obscure or inefficient my services have
oeen, they were always on the side of nv
'Ountry-nOt Us his have been, always against
t."
Mr.. VOORHEES, said that if the gentleman from
KANSAS would find one single vote that he had
asst against the payment OF soldiers for their
supplies, for their bouuties. against the appro- |
'riations for their pensions, he would resign his
eat in the Senate. Every word the Senator |
lad stated on that subject was absolutely false |
" the record. absolutely false. He measured |
lis words. The Senator said that he (Voor. |
ices, was an object of his charity. The Sena. |
or was an object of his contempt. The Senator |
AID That he (Voorhees) had issued q proclamsr
ion in 1861 that he would not yo.e
or money or men. That was false He never
i'd any thing OF the kind, never in the word.
lie had fought for free speech and free press.
ut the soldiers OF Indiana knew that he hAA
oted for every dollar that had ever FED tier,
r clothed them, and the man who said other
Use was falsitier and slanderer, and he
randed him as such. The Senator fron
lansas said that he Voorhees) had an.
ounced that he had quit practicing law.
hat was not true. Thers was not word
truth in it, He had gone from one Office
, another. Some papers were left in che Of
&c and others, to put up Job on him, !
ere put there AID found there and published
S having been found there. He hoped his
laker would take cognizance of him at this
oment and never let him leave this chamber
he had ever been 4 member OF secret polit-
al society in his life. When he was abused
= a man who said that Hancock fought two
ears to make the war a failure and was az ally
the Coatederacy. and that Mcclellan
elonged to the degraded element of the
orth. he felt that abuse as an actual COM
iment and thanked the Senator for his
pensions and responded to him accordingly.
D far as the old stuff about his denouncing the
Nlers was concerned the soldiers would take
re OF that. Only miserable set Of people,
u soldiers. but suffers or suffers clerks or
MINERS ever alluded to any thing of that
nd. He did not want to say any thing Often
re. but he did not care much whether he Gid
not. He could ouly say. as he said to the
ople whose names were on the paper
om Sullivan County, that they lied and
4 not tell the truth, nor did the SEN
or when he repeated what they SAID He
ID not the slightest concern, not the slight
feeling, not the slightest irritation in regard
this matter; it had been passed upon time
i'm
ptain Shute he had written. 1t was in De-
mber before the war broke out, aud he had
with the feeling that there ought
be a compromise. AS to the charity, he re-
onded to that with contempt.
Mr.. Ingalls, asked: Did not the soldiers OF
diana threaten TO hang the Senator with a
Il rope on a train after he made that Lincoln