Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1888-05-02

ic party Of Indiana, and not by the people.
Every body knew what business the demo
cratic 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 conapiring
against the Union"
Mr.Ipealls then rected number of Cir
cumstances, which he claimed tended to
show MIR. Voorhees, sympathy, if not con-
nec;ion, with this order. He Mr.. Voor,
hees) had consistently and persistently voted
against every measure for uphodlng the
Union cause and reinforcing its army.
Yet" continued Mr.. Ingalls,, in conclusion,
1.-THE Senator, who l think deserves charity
more ihsn any man know of on this floor,
and who has received it at the hands of his
associates, and who can less afford than any
man cf my acquaintance to invite the scru
tiny of his war record, rises here, and with
playfulness and hilarionsness refers to the
fact that I served during the war as judge
advocate with the rank of major, and sub
searentiy as lieutenant colonel. However
obscure or Inefficient my services may have
been, they were always on the aide OF my
county, Not as his have been-always
against it"
Mr.. Voorhees, said that if the gentleman
from Kansas would find one single vote that
he had cast against the payment of soldiers
for their supplies, for their bouniies, or
against the appropriations for their pensions
be would resign his seat in the Senate.
Every word the Senator had stated on that
eubject " as absolutely false by the record
ALSO .utely false. He measured his words.
The Senator said that he Mr.. VOORHEES,
Was an object of his charity. The Senator
was an object of his contempt. The Senator
said that he Mr.. Voorhees, had issued
proclamation in 1861 that he would not vote
for money or men, That was, false. He
never did anything # he kind-never in the
world. He had fought for free speech and free
press; but the soldiers of Indiana knew that
he had voted for every dolarth that had ever
fed them or clothed them, ard the man who
said otherwise was fasifer and slandercr,
and he b: an1ed him as such. He hoped his
Maker would take cogniZance Of him at this
moment and never let him leave this Cham
Der if he had ever been member OF secret
political society in his life. No man npublic
life until the Senator from Kansas disgraced
himself by doing it had ever alluded to the
fact. or pretended fact, that he had belonged
to such an organization.
He MIR. Voorhees, mad had several cleo
lions 10 Congress- since this poor old stuff
was published, and had four times been
commissioned to the Senate and three times
to the Legislature. He had carried bis
Safe t9i ice with from % GOO to 10000 ma
joIity II the Senator from Kansas,
in lis miserable condition, attempting
to exonerate himself from the dis
grace of having assaulted Mcclellan and
Hancock, saw Git to assault him, he was vel
come
S, far as the old stuff about his denoun
cling the soldiers was concerned, the soldiers
would take care of that. Only miserable
set of people, not soldiers but autera, or
snilers' clerks, or bummers, ever alluded TO
ANYTHING of that kind.
Mr.. IngalIs-"Did not The soldiers Of In
diana threaten TO hang the Senator with
bell rope on train after he made that Lin
coin dog speech ?"
Mr. Voorhees-"The Senator ia great ii
ar when he intimstes such thing-a great
liar and dirty dog. It never occurred,
never in the world That ia ell the answer
have, and paes it back to the scoundrtl
behind the Senator who ia instigating these
ies.' This remark was made in reference
TO Representative Johnston, Of Indiana, VITO
was seated at desk directly in the rear Of
MIR. Ingalls,
Mr.. Ingalls-"Ther ID very reputable
gentleman in the Chamber, q citizen Of In
diana, who informs ne that the signers Of
that certificate are entirely reputable iubab-
itants of Indiana, and he knows fifty people
who heard the Senator"
Mr.. Voorhees-"Tell him I say he is an
Infamous scoundrel and liar. Tell him | cay
So"