The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-05-18
WHERE WAS Voorhees,
Character nj the Msn Who Now Desires
to Pose ~ . Patriot.

Character nj the Man Who Now Desires
to Pose ~ . Patriot.
Senator voorhees,. of Indiana. has
Just emitted a most eloquent tribute to
the memory of Mcclellan and Ham
cock, and perfervid denunciatiOn Of
Ingalls,, whom he describes rs having
''descended to the floor and attacked
the memory of American heroes. who
were sleeping where flowers and tears
were annually mingled in commemor.a-
ton. resting from their glorious lives
in the bivouac of the dead" MeClel-
Ian is described as "a Democrat who
was stricken down by partisan malice
November Z. 1862" 1t is easy to pose
as q patriot twenty-three years after
the disarmament of the victorious
Union armies, but let us inquire where
voorhees, was and what he was doing
when Antietam was fought and Gettvs-
burg won. On the 18th of June. 1868.
about two weeks before Gettysburg
was fought and Vicksburg fell. there
was a mass-meeting of Democrats.
$4,000 strong. assembled ut Spring
field. ILL.,, the home of Lincoln Thii
meeting cheered the traitor Valiah-
digham. whom Lincoln banished Ia
the Confederate lines, and passed reso-
buttons violently denouncing the fur
Their prosecution of the war and in
favor of an immediate negotiation for
peace. Among the speakers who adj
dressed this meeting was Senator
voorhees,. who now blubbers over the
graves of Hancock and Mcclellan.
On april 9. 1864. Schuyler Colfax
moved to expel Alexander Long. Rep
resentative from the Second Ohio dis
trict. for having declared himself in
debate in favor of recognizing the in
dependence and nationality of the So
called Confederacy, then in arms
against the Union" Harris. of Mary
land. opposed this resolution in
speech full of sentiments still mOre
outrageous than those Of Long. A
resolution was offered to expel Harris.
On this resolution Voorhees,. Fernando
Wood. ''Sunset" Cox. Holman. Ran
dali and Pendleton all voted no"
On April IA a resolution was offered
simply censuring Long for having
used language unworthy of member
of this House in denouneing the fur
Their prosecution Of the war and de-
handing the recognition Of the indie
pendence and nationality of the Con-
federacy." On this resolution Voor-
hees voted no." That is. while the
war was raging Voorhees, refused not
only to expel but even to ccnsure Long
for his REASONABLE and seditiOus Ian
guage.
On June Is. 1864. when the thir-
teenth amendment was first put u. on
its passage and defeated. voorhees,
voted no" The person who with
partisan malice struck down Mcclellan
November Z. 1862" was no less man
than Abraham Lincoln. who wrote the
order. as the fac-simile shows. every
word Of it with his own hand. for the
reason, as he said, that the responsi-
bility was his own, and the draft Of
the order should show that it was no:
regarded by him as q trivial documen:
to be drawn by Halleck or Stanton and
then formally signed by the Preside n.
Voorhees, stumped Ohio for vailan-
digham for Governor in 1868. and in
course OF one Of his speeches stigma
tized the soldiers Of the Union army rs
Lincoln pups who ought to all wear
collar reading: I'm Abe LincOln's dog;
whose dog are you?" And this is the
man who weeps to-day over Union
soldiers whom he says Ingalls, has
Knocked and sneered at.-PortIand Ore