The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-05-11


nation in bis possession. what the Senator's
record and history was. He should refer only
TO public matters In public records, and should
venture the afirmatlon that whatever might
have been his own ungalls} relations to the
grea. struggle between the North and South.
the Senator from Indiana had been from the
outset the Determined. outspOlken, positive,
aggressive and malignant enemy OF the Union
cause.
II pronounce that" said Bfr. Voorhees, rising
with anger in his eyes, ito be . deliberately
false accusation. I voted for every dollar that
paid the soldier, for every stitch OF clothes he
wore. and for every pension bill that rewarded
his services"
Mr. ingalls, answered that the Senator had
come in here to-day and thanked God that he
had never been followed here bysa committee
to question his right TO his seat and with much
difuseness Of illustration had endeavored to
cast aspersions upon him (1ngalls) and be,ittle
and humiliate him in the eyes OF the American
people. when he ungalls) had only referred to
the Senator's public utterances, his speeches
which he had never denied.
Mr. voorhees, declared that he did deny IL.
Mr.. Ingalls, replied that the Senator could not
deny the publication he had read. 1t was .
verbatim report, and was 30 certified to.
Mr.. Voorhees, asserted that not one word or
syllable read by the Senator was true or be-
lieved TO be true IN Indiana. The accusation
had been tramrled under foot. The Senator's
ins:nratior that he CVOorhees) had ever been q
member Of n poltical secret societv-the
knights OF the Golden Circle-was so base and
UNANIMOUSLY false that he did not known how to
choose language to denOunce it as such.
Mr.. Ingalls,. continuing, said the Senator from
Indiana had written a letter for Mr.. F. A. Shute,
which that gentleman took South with him and
filed in the Confederate War Department In
support Of his application for appointment as
-. H.. Rx..l-
The letter was dated December T. 1899, and
said: "On the disturbing question Of the dag
his iShuts's' sentiments are entirely with the
South and ole OF his objects is q probable home
in that section. l take this occasion to
say that his sentiments and mine are
IN close harmony" The Senator said that
the Charge that he had called Union SOL
diers '-hirelings and Lincoln dogs" and said
that they ought to go to Il blacksmith shop and
have m iron collar around their necks with the
inscription MY dog. Abraham Lincoln" was
. campaign SANDER and q scandal that had
been spit upon. That averment could be sub
stantiated by rs creditable witness as there
was in the city.
Mr. voorhees, broke in: sand even II the Sem
asor said it. it would be absolutely false and q
paipabie lie"
Mr.. Ingalls, reio:ned: THE Senator is iisor-
Derby" and. continuing. read from a paper
stated that they were present ut a meeting ON
April 6. 1862, when Mr.. voorhees, said that
Union soldiers should go to the nearest black
smith shop and have an iron collar around
their necks with the inscription: MY dog.
Abraham Lincoln" This paper was signed
by respectable citizens Of Indiana, who were
not ashamed OF their names and residences,
which were attached Everybody knew
what business the Democratic 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 con-
spring against the u:ion. They had entered
into . combination according to General Holt)
for the purpose OF aiding soldiers to desert dis
couraging enlistment. circulating reasonable
publications, giving intelligence to the enemy
and as sassinatiOn and murder, and 1t was sus-
ceptible OF proof that they did conspire to MUIR
der Governor Morton. This organization, which
the Senator said he never belonged to- had
ritual Of which LIZ copies were
found in the Senator's Office at the
time when Hancock was at the
unbloody angle. In that same Office was found
other correspondence concerning the objects
and purposes Of that organization. Tie CORES
pondence ofC. L. valiendingham was in the office.
The Senator in his address to his constituents
in 1861 had declared that he would never vote q
single dollar nor o single man for the prosecu-
tion Of the war and he had never done so, SO
long as he was in Congress. He had consistently
and persistently voted against every measure
for upholding the Union cause and reinforcing
its army.
Yet" continued Mr.. Ingalls,. .rhe Senator.
who. think. deserves charity more than ant
man l know of on this floor. and who has re.
ceived 1t at the hands OF his associates and can
less afford than any man OF my acquaintance to
invite the scrutiny of his war record. rises here
and with playfulncss and hilariousness, refers
to the fact that served during the war rs
Judge Advocate with the rank Of Major and
subsequently Of Lieutenant Colonel. How.
ever obscure or inefficient my services have
been. they were always on the side of my
country-not as his have been, always against
it,"
Mr. Voorhees, said that il the gentleman from
Kansas would find one single vote that he had
cast against the payment OF soldiers for their
supplies. for their bounties. against the apprO-
priations for their pensions. he would resign his
seat In the Senate. Every word tho Senator
had stated on that subject was absolutely false
by the record. absolutely false. He measured
his words. The Senator said that ne (Voor
hees) was an object o; his charity The Sens-
tor was an object Of his contempt. The Senator
said that he (Voorhees) had issued a proclamAr
ton in 1851 that he would rot vote
for money or men. That was false. He nevsF
did any thing Of the kind. never in the world.
but the soldiers Of Indiana knew that he hsA
voted for every COLLAR TIA, had ever fed lhe.l
or clothed them. and the man who said other
wise was a fals:fer and slanderer, and he
branded him such. The Senator from
Kansas said that he Voorhees) had an
nouncei that he had quit practicing Law.
That was not true. Thers was not word
Of truth in it. He had gone from one offics
to another. Some papers were left In one Of
flee and others, to put up job on him.
were put there and found there and published
as having been found there. He hoped his
Maker would take cogniZance of him at this
moment and never let him leave this chamber
IL he had ever been \ member Of secret polit-
ical society in his life. When he was abused
by a man who said that Hancock fought two
years to make the war a fai urc and was an ally
Of the Con!ederacy. and that Mcclellan
belonged to the degraded element OF the
North. he felt that abuse Is an actual COM
pliment and thanked the Senator for his
a.persions and responded to him accordingly.
So far rs the old stuI about his denouncing the
sofQiers was concerned the soldiers would take
care OF that. Only \ miserable set OF people,
not soldiers. but suffers or suffers clerks or
bummers ever alluded to any thing Of that
kind. He Gid not want 20 say any thing Often
sive, but he did not care much whether he did
or not. He could only say, as he said 10 the
people whose names were on the paper
| from Sullivan County, that they lied and
did no; tell the truth, nor did the Sen.
ator when he repeated what they SAID Hc
had not the slightest concern not the slight
est feeling rot the slightest irritation in regard
| to this matter: it had been passed upon time
and time again The letter with regard to
Captain Shutc he had written. 1t was in De-
ce:nber before the war broke out, and he had
symps,hized with the feeling that there ought
10 be o compromise. As to the charity, he re-
sporded to that with contempt.
Mr.. ingalls, asked: Did not the soldiers OF
Indiana threaten to hang the Senator with q
bell rope On a train after he made that Lincoln
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