The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-03-13
THE NATIONS CAPITAL.
Senator lngals Makes His Prom
ised Speech.

WAenISGToN, March special. This wa'
n great day in tho senate. A. an early houi
tie galleries were crowded almost 20 slHIoca
lion and the members Of the house left then
places and took seats upon tic senate floor. II
had been hcraldod for tie past three days
throughout the city,that senator ingalls, would
make flc greatest speech Of his life, lie
smoke upon the Grand Army pension bill, and
principally in reply to the speech OF senator
&cet oi Missouri, a few days ago, when that
gentleman characterized the members OF the
Grand Army as a band Of pirates and paupers
whose only occupation il was TO batter down
the doors Of the treasury, and help them
selves To- the surplus.
Mr. ingalls, made personal attack
upon President Cleveland, and in the most
vulgar manner used the expression that the
Collection Of Grover Cleveland had made The
nomination Of any American citizen to the
presidency respectable" When he had made
this remark there was a general outbmSt
heard in All parts Of the galleries. The whole
speech was a waving Of the bloody shirt with
All the power and vigor al the command OF the
Kansas senator. lie laid great stress upon the
speeches made by Mr.. Henry W. Grady, one
al the unyciing oil the iiill statue in Atlanta,
IN May, 1856, and the'other AZ the New Eng
land dinner in New York, IN December of the
game year
While mgallss speech lasted for over two
hours, Senator Blackburn, Of Kentucky, fol-
lowed him in an address OF about twenty
minute which the "oldcst inhabitant" says
was the greatest speech over delivered iii the
United States senate. Mr. Blackburn is moth
ing il not eloquent, and today he vas in his
prime He came manfuliy TO tho defense Of
Mr.. Grndy General Black, and all others
whom lpealls had assailcd, and was willing 10
c,rnparr their bravery honesty and loyalty
with that Of any republican senator upon the
floor.
As sentence after sentence was uttered,
cheer aitcr cheer came thick and fast. lie
1hcn took $50 tho war record Ofthe Kansas
senator mld in describing him as a Judge adj
vorate for the homo guards, the illustri0us
Genera! Hancock, Mcclellan, and Black were
tracine their victories In trenches Oi blood,
while iuull himself w13 prosecuting Jay
hawkes. FOR robbng chicken roo5t;. INGALLS,
fary1uiItcd, Withcicd ana cuulcd under the
uowcrfl blows from tine tail Erutuckiau II
was short. quick and decisive and M the end
OF twenty minutes Mr. Blackburn was tho
hero Of tha hour and the victor OF the dag.
TUE PENSION Esii 1A"EN ~
The senate, at =, M, took up the pension
bili' quf >iion, still beng ON the Amendments
of Mr.. " ilson. OF Iowa To insert The words.
"From he iHtnnluas oi avg. After brcl
speeches by AoSsrs. Berry, ManderSon, Shcr'
man, Teller and Beck, Mr.. ingalls,, presiding
officer, having called Mr. Platl to the char,
proceeded to address the senate, the galleries
being crowded to Their iull capacity;
lie said that considerations OF decorum and
propriety (pcrhaps cXcessiGe and ovcistraned)
had deferred him from participation thus lar
in the debates OF the senate lie had, there
fore, been surprised, one day last week, on re-
turning to the chamber, altef very brlel aO-
benCc 10 learn that the senator rom MlSsourl-
Mr. Vest had referred to him. not compli-
montary, in debate in which he had takon
no part lntlmatlng that the people OF the DIS
trict OF Columbia were incapaDie on dlslnter-
csted patriotism, and that the Veterans OF
the republic were mob OF sordid
niiiuipIpfS. \ /,
the nomination and election OF Grover
Cleveland had made The nomination OF any
American citizen to the presidency respecta-
bio. There was no man so ignorant or mean
that ho might not aspire to the nomination to
the prcsidency-by the democratic party.
Laughter and applause'l lie regretted that
the senator from Missouri WINS not in his seat
today Tie should not initiate that senator's
bad example, and would conhne himself so
far as he was concerned, to that senator s
autobiography,
That senator was born IN state that had
not seceded-rthe stale OF kentucky and had
represented IN the confederate congress the
state Of Mi9sour-a state which had not seced-
ed. II would DO gratifying Tor historian TO
ma out now ne i'ld peei aullhtteu 10 repre-
sent state which had never seeded. hut
that was matter OF ancient history. The
senator from Kentucky (BIackburn) had also
roiercd Sncernlgiy 10 tIe Supcr-ioyalty OF sol
dicrS OF tho union. lie ala not challenge the
votion to the south, and to the southern con
fede1cy. They could not he suspected OF IN
sincerity. They had gone into the contederacy
because they wanted TO SO; because
they believed that slavery was better
than freedom and secession better than union.
1t was curious that ooniederates from union
states were little more pronounced ana n lit
tle moro aggressive, and little more violent
in their dcnunciations of the north than CON
fedorates from states that had seeded He
did not know where the senator from Mis-
souri, had got the hgures from which he stated
that but 1ooo OF Lees army had surrendered
at Appomattox. II that senator had plucked
a few OF the plumes from the dazzling tail OF
his emigration and had stuck them INTO
tho wings of his judgment he would
nave flown n more accurate
hight. Instead OF 5000 men With mushetS,
who were IN the hnal crash and collision OF
tho war, there had been 1921 men. l he
senator's mathematics were certainly giddy.
But one parallel was 10 be found TO tho extra
ordinary maccuracy OF that statement, and
that WI, the same senator's statement that of
2.j00,0h soldiers of the union army, moro
than onc-half had applied for pensions. Such
speeches. as THESE OF the senators from Mis-
sour and hehtucRY were intended TO eaten
The confederate vote, ana they would cateh II.
Ihey Woro center shots striking the hut
eye oNer$ umo ana 'nhgmS tho Oe,l' LAP,