Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-05-09

bin a. a soldier and the Senator from In [
diana would not be able 10 place him IL tn = |
Cstegory with Napoleon, Hannible and |
Caesar.
he (IngaiIs) dealt with him IS a polite
ian and said that no one could read his let
'er 10 President Lincoln after the disas-
irons seven days fight on the Peninsula
and before Richmond without coming to
the coucIn-i"n that Mcclellan was not fully
and actively in sympathy with the forces,
the ideas, and the sentiments which were
jh=u controlling the American people.
PRAISE ToR HANCOCK.
As q General Hancock, he also (Mr. In
gals said) Was ono OF the military leaders
who was true TO the Democracy. His midi
tary career Was one Of the imperishable
hrritsges of American glory. He marched
and tr.umphed. He filed the abyss Of
fans with names ShIch would be eteruAlly
/ lunirous-the Peninsula, Aauetam, Oct
/ ty sburg. ChanceIlorvine, Cold Harbor and
| Petersburg. Had he he-n soldier under
| Napoleon be would have been prince and
l marshall OF the empire. He had been well
called Hancock ''the superb" But after
I the way closed, be (like AcCIeIIAn) became
/ tainted With the fat-l virus of an ambition
| for the Presidential nomination.
/ "Mr. President" continued the speaker,
AZ the very time and during the very year
when Mcclellan vas planning the battle Of
/ Autietam, the Senator from Indisna, with
out excepting Mcclellan and without ex-
ceptiuz HzncoGk, sTcssing a. Sullivan, in
Indians, on the 9th Of August. 1862, ssid
/ in reference 20 Union soldiers, that they
I should 90 10 the nearest b.scEsmIth-sbOp
and have iron collars made and placed
s-ouut tt-ir uegks Inscribed thereon in
srgs Irtlers, "Hy dog, A. LiucoIa-' and al
the same tim. he referred 20 Union sol-
iIcrs - Lincoln dogs and hir.lings, with
out excepting Mcclellan cr Hancock"
/ 7HE DEMOCRATS AOrTATED.
| Passing to the question Of the Electoral
| CCrnmiss:On Of 1876. Mr. Ingalls, said thA;
/ II oald he remembered how the Hon. Hen
! ~ wsttrrson issued his celebrates. pTocia
nation calling on ore hundred thousand
! .sunsrrnsd Keutuckisas" IL Welt the city
I Of Washington on the anniversary Of the
battle OF New Orleans fo- the purpose Of
| saper:nteading the electoral couut. He
| TInzalIb) had had a conversation with Pres
/ ident Grant shortly after the issuing of that
celebrated proclamation, and had asked him
| If he thought there was going to be any
| trouble. General Grant had psused q mo-
mcut, and with hat deliberate method
hich rad charac tcriz-d his utteraLces, re-
piled, '.Eo. don't think there il goiug to
de sny trouble eu; it has teen one rule of
my lite to be always ready, and l am
! ready"
"Ant. >" added Nr. Ingalls, With solemni-
tv, he was rsady. IT. obedience 10 some
mysterious Impulse troops, parks Of artii-
Iery and munitions of war bad begun to
come to the Capitol, and the agitation OF
the Democratic party became extreme, be-
cause II there was anything that woali turn
! tie svrrsge Democrat inside out with in
digua'ian, /; wss the sight Of Federal sol
der in b,us uniform"
Referring TO quotations hs had read Of
Mr.. voorhees, ssS:euents, Mr.. ingalls, said
be had red. Il vas verbatim report sni
so certih-d to. Mr. VOORHEES, had asserted
ths, not one word Or syllable read By the
/ Seustor wss true, or believed to be true in
indiana. The Accusation had been tram
p!et under soot. The Senator's insinaGtioa
that VOORHEES, had ever been member of
= political secret society, the Knights Of
the Golden Circle, was SO base AID iniHm e
nu-Iy false that he did not know how to
caoose language to denoucs it as such.
oUoTTs Mr.. VOORHEES,.
| "Inls5O," continued Mr. ingalls,. .'Aite ?
tho sena,or from south CsroJins had y. -.
drawn from he Senate chamber. when
preparations tor wsr were rife all over tbs
nth and when every body knew that Sc
session was 70 be, so far a. the south va.
coucerusG, was an accomplished fact, tht
Senator from Indians bad written letter
Tor Mr.. +. \. Shute, which that gentle lenst
too. south with him aud hled in the Con
| federat- War department in support OF hi
application fox appointment Ss Brigade
genera! in the coniedera army. The let
ter was dated December Il , 1850, sud VIZ
, Qua Introducing Mr.. Shute as geutleIna'
visiting the soush With his sister on &C
count Of her health. The letter continues
D son the disturbing qusstiuns OF the da
: his CShute's) sentiments are entirely Wit
the south, and one of his objects is p-ot
able home N tL.l section. l take this cc
csslou to say that his sentiments and min
are in close harmony, Daniel +. VOORHEES,
wAsuA c,NPAIes sLASpER.
81 suppose was Mr.. IngalIs' commeD
that ths gentleman says that Is a campaig
slander-the vile calumny of an oppositio
press
Mr.. yoorhees-Tha' is not a campa;-
SANDER, but it is one OF those thing h
:, PEOPLE of Indiana had sPat upon.
Mr.. Iugalls-Tbe Democratic pNrty hi
:. passed upon it.
And, >" continued Mr.. VOORHEES,, "u
coIrortuer or missionary from Kansas ca
= give it any more rcspeetAbiiity than the fe
: l,ws in Indiana. have disposed OF the L
There was no war of the confederacy then
Nj. IugaIls-Sum;er fell ninety days a
>. terSards.
10 Mr.. Voorhees-No, it did not.
ID Mr.. Iugalls-when did Sumter fsllr
:, Mr.. yoorhees-Iu April.
~ Mr.. ngalls-Decemeer, January, Febr
ary, Narch-toU. moaths-
"Accuracy is written on you," wa, "
Voorhees, comment.
~ Mr.. Iugalls-wIthin four months fro
Ut the time Sumter had fallen, and yet I
''' gentleman says Il take this occasion
''s say that his sentiments and mine are
~ G.! harm oly."
Gu He supposed continued Ingalls,, that
!" Senator regarded It as vile exPectorSii
e' OF a PARTISAN press, and spat upon it q
~ kicked it agaIu. That paper had had
ieS very important influence in securing G
An tain Schultz Al appointment as brigad
10 E.pa-al IN the ronfpierate army WI