Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-05-02
INGALLS'S GALL.
IHE KANSAS SENATOR sPRws HIS
VENOM.
Senator voorhSes1 scathing Reply Strong
Language IN tAe Chamber Great
Crowd Present.
WASHINGTON, May /, 1888

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drawn by TIE announcement OF the
speech at 2 p. VI. by Mr.. Ingalls,, in re-
spouse TO Mr.. Voorhees, invective of
last Wednesday, and by the prospect Of
bitter and excited political discussion
During the reading of yesterdays Jour
nal hmm OF conversation peryadcd the
chamber
Mr. ingalls, took his scat. where LIS
desk Was decorated with flowers Bv
tms time "a large number OF spectators
hal been admitted to the floor of the
Senate.
At2 o'clock the regular order was laid
before the Senate-bcing the animal
industry bill-but was Immediately laid
aside temporarily. md the resolution 20
refer the Presidents message 10 the IL
nance Committee was taken up.
Mr. ingalls, was then recognized 10y
The Chair lie said:
Mr.. President On the 18th day Of
January, 1855 a little less than four
months ago, Major-GcncrM Fitzjohn
Porter now on tine retired list wrote %
letter from winch / read the following
extract "And now TO you. one Of the
thousands of kind generous friends
whose hearts / have fclt. whose forms /
have never seen nor warm hands touched.
/ beg 70 express nay heartieltappre
Of your kind act 10 my behalf and 20 ms
sure you, all Of you, North and South.
that my heart Is and always has been
with you. though at one time my hand
and my head worked the best they knew
against you and your cause, believing as
I DO 1t Was for the best.
Mr.. President, the Senator from In
diana in the course of ms Observations
last Wednesday complained with some
bitterness that a determined attempt was
made during the WAY of The rebellion,
Sni he added That II has been continued
since, % bhCken the names Of the great
civil ns well as military leaders who re-
manned true 20 the Democratic party as
at cumiiy with the cause OF the Jricu
a2d IN an alliance Of sentiment 40 least
with the Confoderocy. Hc also added,
Mr.. President, what never has been con
coded hitherto. SD far as / ara advised,
iy any Democratic orator, that there is
such thing as treason against this Go
vcrnmeut. and that to bee an ally of the
Cou'cieracy Was 10 be a traitor In HIS
complaint at the accusations that have
been made theirrcsistible inference was
first. that these accusations against the
civil and military leaders of the Demo
cratic party were moi true and next, that
II they were true they we're diecreditahle
nui d.shonornbie. IitzJobn Porter.
Sir. President was a leader in the war
for the Union who maintained his allie
glance 20 the Democratic party and yet
within the past four months although he
had been dishouOrably dismissed and had
been restored 10y the action Of the Demo
cratic party and its members who bad
iO,u members of the Coufcdcracy. he
writes that bis heart Was always with
them. although at one time his head and
hi- hand weroa0ainst them that even at
tie time when his head and his hand
were lending their succ0r 20 that COM
maujcr whom the Senator from Indiana
ChamcteuZcs with somewhat redundant
and elaborate ailluence Of diction as a
vain. preteutiOus, specluus. Boosting, and
vang.orous prctendcr-thRt even then.
when his head and his hand were en-.
gagged iu that task, ms heart was where
i, had always been and has ever since
been. with them.
Mr. President, Major General O.. j.
Mcclellan was born in Pennsylvania,
educated nt West Point, and went imme-
diateiy 30 New Orleans whereh e became
the intimate business and political friend
of Beauregayd andallicd himself actively
with schemes for the extension and per
petuaiim of human slavery by the ac-
QUESTION of Cuba and his associates iu
that enterprise were Robert =. johnson,
Gustiyus 81. Smith, Mansfield Lowell,
and j. *. Duncan. He began his mill
tary career by disobeyIng the orders OF
General Scott he abandoned Pope 30
the mercics of his foes at Centroviilc +;
ho failed toput the rebels othc sword at
Autieam. he refused 10 obey the orders
uf the President of the United States
90 follow them 30 Winchester ho fatally
controlled the destiny OF the army until
the buttle of fredericksburg, and he was
the intimate friend, associate, and COM
panion of MaIor-Geuerl lltzJoAn Por-
ter. History has pronounced ITS verdict
upon him "a % soldier. ] deal with him
ID. politician. Z say that no man can
read the letter that no wrote to PresI-
dent ] lincoln after the disastrous seven
DAYS up0n the Peninsula and before
Richmond without coming 10 the con-
c'usion that me was not fully aud ac-
lively iu sympathy with the forces and
ideas and sentiments that were then con-
trolling the american people. ] viii
quote few lines from that letter written
July r.. 1862. after 10000 men of the
most acknowledgement and IN
comparable army that ever left the
capital had been left in the swamps OF
ChickAhomiuy). He sits himself down
and addresses letter TO the President OF
the United States. from which quote:
" The war should be conducted on the
highest principles known 10 Christian
CIVILIZATION. IL should not be war
looking TO the subjugatou of the people
of env State. In any event neither con
fscation OF property, political execution
oi persons, territorial organization OF
states. nor forciOle abolition of slavery
should be contemplated for a moment.
Unless the principles governing the iu-
ture conduct Of our struggle Shall be
made known and approved the effort to
obtain the requisite forces viii be almost
hopeless. A declaration of radical views,
especially upon slavery, will rapidly
dlsntegrate our present armies.
Mr.. President, l anu now dealing with
Mcclellan as n Democratic politician and
~ candidate for the presidency. In
1854 he accepted the presidential nom-
nation from that party upon platform
that expressly declared that the war WIS
a failure. II is ancient history.
Mr. Ingalls, here read from the Chi
caro- platform OF 1864 declaring the war
a failure. and demanding that immedi-
ate efforts be made fer the cessation Of
hostihties and then proceeded The
of 6. b. Mcclellan AS a can
didate for President was received 10y the
of the Confederacy with en-
thusiasm. The Richmond Inquirer OF
September 6th says: Every defeat
If Lincoln's forces secures benefit
70 Mcclellan. The influence OF
the South, more powerful in the shock
of battle than when throwing her M.
,,o,itv vofe IN the electoral college, will