Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-05-02

arrsigned the party Of which he bad
been made leader because no member
Of il in either house had disclsimed his
terrible assaults on the most brilliant
names in American history. He pro-
ceeded TO compare Mr.. ingalls, to a pea
cock on barn-ysrd fence, posing Of a
summer morning. looking at his own
feathers as they gared in the sun, and
vocalzing the whole neighborhood with
his harsh, unmusical, and unmeaning
CRY, uumindfal Of the fact that there
we're more useful fowls IN the barn
yard. How useless it had been
Tor that Senator to araign him.
lie cfngals) had read TO tue Sen
ate old, stale, putrid; rotten SANDERS Of
years gone by. on which he (NoOrheesl
bad trampled in forty political campaigns.
1t had seemed TO him like the voices OF
spawned, broken-winled, hackneyed
political campaign liars OF the last
twenty-five years. That he ever uttered
one word against Union soldiers OF talked
OF their having collars around their
necks was so base a f8lsehOOd 80 infa-
nous that the black walls Of perdition
could not reduplicate it IL was too late
for the Senator to plead that he had only
spoken OF Mcclellan and Hancock as
allies OF the Confederacy in their civil
capacity. he had charged Mcclellan
with endeavoTing to make the war q
failure. No greater charge could be
brought against Benedict Arnold than
the charge against Mcclellan. Rascr,
worse. more infamous conduct could not
be attributed to q man on earth than be
who wore the epaulettos and uniform,
belted his sword, and took the honors Of
his country aud went to the field with q
false heart, desiring to make that wer .
failure; and that was with what tho
Senator from Kansas charged McClcl-
Ian the gentleman and patriot. Refer
rng 10 the attacks upon the people OF
the South, he said that the Senator from
Kansas might war on such people, but
the end would be their triumph and his
defeat TApplause.l
Mr. meals responded TO the speech
Of Mr.. Voorhees, and said that no one
was more conscious than he of the duty
which he owed 20 his country and OF ms
unpaid obligations OF gratitude TO those
WHO had done what he. under other CIR
cumstanccs. might have done. As the
Senator from Indiana had seen no 10
invite a comparison between their re-
cords and their relations t. the great
questions of the past twenty-five years,
he felt it his duty to put on record from
information in lis possession what
the Senator'S record and history way.
He should refer only TO public
matters in public records and should
venture the Affirmation that whatever
might have been his own lnQallssI relo
tions to the great struggle between the
North aud South, the senator from IN
diana lad been from the outset q deter
mined, outspokcn, positive, aggressive,
aud malignant enemy OF the Union
cause.
pronounce that, said Mr.. voorhees,
(rising. with anger in his eye, 10 be q
deliberately false accusation. ! voted
for every dollar that paid the soldier for
every stitch Of clothes les wore, and
for every pension bill that rewarded ms
services
Mr.. ingalls, referred again TO tine quo
tations be had made from VIZ. Voorhees, s
speeches.
Mr. Voorhees, asserted that not one
word or syllable read by the Senator
WINS true on believed TO be true IN In
diana. The accusation had been tram
pied under loot The Senators inslnua-
ton that he (Yoorhocsj bad ever been
member Of tine political secret so-
cioty- the Knights OF the Golden Cir
clc-vas SO base and UNANIMOUSLY false
that he did not know how to choose Ian
euago TO dcuounce il as such.
This caused sensation in the galleries
and manifestations Of appreciation and
approval and the Sergeant at-Arms was
directed to place under arrest any person
thereafter violating the rules of the
Senate.
Mr. ingalls, referred to a speech made
10y Mr.. Voorhees, in Virginia just before
the war. in which he said Mr. Voorhees,
Advocated both slavery and secession.
Nh. Voorhees, stated that he had not
said he was in favor of the destruction
OF slavery, but he said he was glad 1t
had taken place, and he WAS.
Mr.. Ingalls, The Senator from In
dinna at the time when he delivered that
speech had two editions prepared one
for circulation IN the North and one for
circulation in the South. Laughter
Mr.. Voorhees, That Is not true.
Mr.. Ingalls,: They are accessible o day
lust as much as the Statutes of the United
states
Mr.. Voorhees,: Bring them in. ! say
it is not true. have heard that in cam
paigns before.
Mir. ingalls, reiterated his charge that
Mr. Voorhees, had been "A member of the
knights of the Golden Circle, and
charged that a Captain Shute had been
given an appointment rs bugldiergeue-
fal of ihc armies of the Coniedora "
upou letter of recommendation from
MIR. Voorhees,, and asked "Did not the
soldiers OF Indiana threaten to hang the
Senator with Dellrope on train after
he made that Lincoln dog speech;'
Mr.. Voorhees,: The Senator is a great
liar when he inumates such thiug-a
great liar and dirty dog. it never oc-
cuIred-neyer in the world. That is all
the answer ] have, and / pass It back to
the scoundrel behind tae Senator who is
instigating these lies. This remark was
made in reference to Representative
Johnston, of Indiana, who was seated at
desk directly in the rear Of ingalls,.
Mr.. ingalls, referred 10 the certificate
which he had read signed 10y citizens OF
Sullivan county, Ind, asserting that
they had heard the speech from which
he Ingalls, had quoted and said there IS
a very reputable gentleman in the cham
Der. n citizen OF Indiana, who informs
me that the signers of that certificate
are entirely reputable inhabitants Of In
diana, and that he knows fifty people
who heard the Senator.
Mr. Voorhees,: Tell him | say be is an
infamous scoundrel and a liar-tcll HIM
I say 50.
Mr. Eustis, of Louisiana, said he sim
ply rose to protest against the great
freedom and license with which the SEN
ator from Kansas had seen fit 70 discuss
the election which had lately taken place
in Louisiana. He was aware that great
allowance must be made for that Sen
ator. The Senator's speech reminded
him of a conversation lie had overheard
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