Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-05-02
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ana had assumed th1S baSk, J& that senator in 1862 had advised Union soliiers to go to the nearest blacksmith shop and have iron collars made and placed upon Them, inscribed ssLincoln,s doQ.n He had deno&nced all Union men as ssLdncolns dogs-aI4 had not ex- cepted Hancock and NcClelin The senator from Indiana had, in 1864, d0u4 4Alnced Lincoln, the n1axtyr president, as Monster. an un- happy felon. reeking with the gore of the hundreds of thousands of fssoldiers need- lessly and wantonly sacrificed He had denounced Lincoln in these skFful terms; he i had urged that at the close o4 his first term that thai great president should be allowed to retire to his dishonest obscuEity.
 The senator from Indiana had in 1864, de- clared the war . failure.
 MT. mgalls then came to tl recent discus sion of the so called fraud II 1876, which Democratic senators had rec4ptly found re- newed occasion to denounce& He had op- posed the electoral commi(d don, and had never been specially enamore4 of MT. Hayes; but as the question was raise4, he must say that the title of MT. Hayes c the presidency was the most irrefragible evef held by an oc- cupant of the White House. His title had been passed upon by tribunal organized in accordance with constitution4 methods.
 Democratic senators shoulds not forget that the electoral commission wis Democratic device. It originated in Democratic pur- poses, and was one of those mysterious cases in which he that diggeth pit for his brother falleth into the pit. The DeHiocratic interest in the electoral count beca1ne languid and inert, when an inscrutable providence led to changes which resulted in its status becoming eight to seven in favor of Mr.sHayes. It was then that Henry Watterson Summoned 100,- 900 unarmed Kentuckians to Washington to superintend the electoral count.
 About that time Mir. Inga1b said he had a conversation with President Grant. He asked the president whether he expected trouble in connection with the presidential in- stallation. He replied that he did not, but it was his habitua1 way to be ready. Troops were ready. The occupant of the White House proposed to see that his fairly elected successor was inaugurated He carried out his purpose. The unarmed Kentuckians did not come and MT. Hayes wds inaugurated.
 Although the present occupant of the White House appears to have title deed to his seat, it was obtained by robbery as compared to the election of President Hayes. The election had been deal It had been the outcome of the deal and false pretense.-i It was deal between Dick Turpin and Uriah Heep, Peck sniff and Cartouche. The only satisfaction now is that the sneaks and traitors, apostates and hypocrites, had not secured their share of the swag.
 Senator Payne here interrupted to say that the electoral commission had originated with Republicans.
 The Confederate leaders are returning to power. They are securing control of the sup reme court. Why was Lucius Quintus Cur titus Lamar appointede Nobody ever sus- pected him of being. 8 lawyer; his bitterest enemy never accused him of that He had not tried a case for forty years It was an open secret that the president had once per emptorily refused to appoint him. He had a record-his career was known. Why, of all the men in the south, was it necessary to force upon reluctant president and reluct- ant people, this man who has never been a lawyer, who was the traducer of Lincoln, whose career was odious. He had been forced upon the president and upon the people be- cause it was necessary to place upon the sup reme bench the strongest and ablest represent ative of the Confederacy; the most intimate and trusted associate of Jefferson Davis The purpose had been frankly declared by Demo crats in public life to erase from the statute books every vestige of the legislation of re- construction, every trace of the results of the war. The supreme court and the court of last appeal was being turned over to men ing the age of retirement, and the result is easily foreseen.
 MT. Ingalls, said the effects of Democratic ascendency were manifest, and the country was entering upon the campaign which must decide the destinies of the nation for the next quarter of a century.
 In his former speech MT. Ingalls, said he had referred to some memorial addresses de- ivered on the dedication of southern monu- ments. He had now before him another sim liar speech. It was by Gen. Jackson, formerly k<A . Iz1:- in Mason, Ga., in the presence of Jefferson Davis. In this speech he declared Jefferson Davis to be the true victor, and Abraham Lincoln the vanquished leader in the late war.
 A campaign was pending in Ohio at that time, and this speech proved singularly dis astrous to the Democratic party of that state. Other parties had not been disturbed by that speech, but it had thrown the Democracy into confusion. It had been recognized as a Democratic utterance, and Democratic leaders had rushed forward to disclaim it.
 MT. Ingalls, then took up the subject of political outrages in the south. If the out rages committed on southern Republicans were committed by foreign nations on American citizens there would be a declara- tion of war within sixty days, even with the present secretary of state in power. The re- suit in Louisiana, MT. Ingalls, said, was an indication of what was to be expected next November.
 This statement provoked a general laugh on the Democratic side of the chamber, but Mir. Ingalls, hastened to show that he re- ferred to the frauds and outrages only.
 The election returns, he said, showed greater Democratic majorities in some in- stances than the entire voting populations. The Democratic organization had shown consummate skill in the management of elec- tions, it showed majorities of greater num- bers than there were voters
 Mr. Ingalls, reviewed the circumstances of the Louisiana election, and reviewed the evil dence of the suppression of the colored vote. The Louisiana election showed clearly enough the means by which it was proposed to keep the south solid. The senator from Indiana and others set forth the means by which it was hoped that the north might be divided. The senator from Indiana had defended the record of President Cleveland in reference to pensions to Union veterans. MT. Ingalls, pro- ceeded to review the presidents pension
 vetoes and his approval O. the Mexican pen sion bill, under which many Confederate veterans and their widows were among the | beneiciaries.
 kr. Ingalls, said that, in conclusion, he wished to say that the plea of the Republican