Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-05-26
SENATOR VOORHEES,.
ais Defense of Generals Mcclellan ana
Hancock.

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Passing TO the charges that the Demo
Gratis Ia Congress had been hoS'le W
Union soldiers In the matter OF pensions,
he cnntrasted the action OF hOlh parties
in the matter and claimed thar the he'
pnblicans made mean and parslmoninus
record G impaired with the Democrats,
Referring TO the attacks male "a lhs
senate upon the memory OF Mcclellan ana
Hancock, he said the presiding oiheer
of the Senate. holding the highest olheiai
positinn now held by q Republican, had
descended 20 the floor and attacked the
memory of those American heroes VINO
were sleeping where flowers aud tears
annually commingled ON memorial Day
resting from their glorious lives In the
Quiet biyuuac of the dead, The pious
task of making response had been APP
propriately performed by one whose own
CONSPICUOUS daring in arms had gwen
him a generous right nf chiyalry to speak
In their praise. ID was true that not even
the eloquent tongue could reach Mcclellan
or Hancock with assurances OF their
cnuntrys devotion and love, voorhees,
proceeded to draw vivid picture OF the
events during the war; beginning with
the scenes in Washington on the night
OF the first battle OF Bull Run. In that
hour OF national extremity Mcclellan had
been called by the despairing official an-
thority 10 perform u task greater Tar than
was ever performed by Alexander. Hanni'
bal. Cesar or Nap leon in the same
length of time Then he recalled (after
the second disastrous battle Of Manassas)
a NJ ~. T.
ing troops, and being greeted with cheers
more thrilling and pathetic than those
which greeted Napoleon on his return
from Elba Then came the battle OF
Entietam. victory unparalleled IN the
war. nsidering all the conditions. The
immediate peril being gone and sense
of security being felt Mcclellan was
then again stricken by partisan malice and
hal to close his military career forever.
And TO this day clamorOus kites and
crows and other ignoble Scayenger birds
sought to tear and muiilate McClellan's
august fall. Yes. Mcclellan he said. was
a Democrat. and when removed from
command on the 9TH OF November. 1862.
he could with uplifted hand have sworn
he had saved the Republic as did Cicero
in the forum Al Rome Among the high
est, most fortunate and most distinguished
characters pr3ddced by the war. where,
he asked. could q name be found clearer.
purer, freer from self seeking. or more
devoted H. sublime sense OF duty, than
that If Mcclellan? Voorhees, then chang.
ed the scene to Getty ,burg. where he
SAID. the last hope OF the Suulhern Con,
federacy disappeared for ever What
inyi,abe spirit Ut the air. be asked Ia.
tent upon evil to the Senator from Kansas.
could have been in attendance upon him
when he stood uD and opened his mouth
in the Senate chamber on the 9Th Of
March? Mcclellan aud Hanc ,ck were
the heroes of the two most consequential
battles of the war--Aulietam and Gettys,
burg-the loss IT either II which would
have brought Eur pean recognition %
the Southern CDnfeleraCy. and darkness
and dismay, il not final DISSOLUTION They
had commanded in the only battles
fought north 81 the Potomac. and each
time had met the enemy as an anyading
force, strong confident and flushed with
recent victories. Antietam and Gettys
burg had involved the pos ,essipn Of the
capital and the perpeguty OF the govern.
ment. and 10 Mcclellan and Hancock.
eracy. had been committed the measure
less and awful rust IL defending and
preserving them both Ifa,kcd hereafter
where were the greate.t Democratic
leaders during the war where the Dem.
ocralic candidate pf 1864 for the Presi.
dency and the Democratic candidate for
President Of 1880. the unduIaling sleeps
of Antietam aud the crested heights nf
Gettysburg would be pointed to. lie
knew them both and he bowed to their
mighty shades. They were Of lofIler
mould than Greek or Roman history sup.
piled and yet he said. such were the great
soldiers who were Knocked. sCnfFeG and
denounced ~ belonging 10 the suhaeryieut
elements OF the north and who were &C
cursed Of treason by those who were Of
the breed OF jobs war horse and who.
like him, 'snuifed the battle afar III -
Leaving that subject VOORHEES, passed To
what he called campaign Of political
anim sity, declared against the people ~
the South their rights. their security and
their good name When future historians
come to inquire why aud how the Re.
publican party had Lost It's tremendous
hold on the PROSTATE South and had
skunk away 10 return no more forever he
would be puzzled to find nm answer and
would finally write that its administration
thr ugh all that region had become 80
vast and intOlerable scandal. filling the
civilized world with rs foul odory. that
an intelligent and omnipolent public
opinion had demanded its downfall and
the restoration Of home rule and decent
government And yet il was that party
whose leaders nnw filled and threatened
Southern people and States because they
did not welcome Il back again into mower
with all its unhalluwed memories and lis
prcdaciOus instincts and habits As well
might frontier settlement be expected to
welcome with joy the second invasion OF
and scaIping knives. He
concluded By saying that the verdict Of
the American people in November would
be that there had been an honest capable
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