Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-05-24
INGALLS, AND VOORHEES,.
The Rebel sympathizer from indian;
yaDquished by the KanSas Orator.

one OF The blttereSt that have occurred
in Congress since the famous attack o
Blaine upon Hill. of Georgia. in 1875
but differs from it in ore notable re
spect. Mir. Blaine made his charges o
rebel barbarism in treatment of Unioi
prisoners. and pressed them home will
all of his well-known vigor. but MIR
Hill denied his assertions and chal
lenged him to produce his facts in theil
support which MIR. Blaine had no
ready at the moment. A day or tive
later, however. Mr.. Garfield produced
the authorities and official proofs, and
piling them on Hills devoted head
closed the controversy. 1t was the
heavy Infantry coming up after the
dashing cavalry that won the com bat,
Mr.. ingalls,, on the other hand, ma 4
his charges and produced his support
ing proofs. He fortified his statement:
with the documents and had them OIL
his desk. ready ut hand.
L he contest between the two men
was like a fight between clumsy
man with stick and 4 1.-THE, adroit
fancer with rapier. The rapier ward
ed off the blows and left the adversary
illustrated with steel cuts.
Much of the skill of the fencer was
due to his coolnesS The man with the
club lost his temper and resorted to
to rutfianly black kguardism and vile
epithets. In the heat of his passion
he denied too much. He forgot too
much also. He evidently didn't re-
member his copperhead, fire-n-the-
rear record, which even his friends
didn't deny at the time, but boasted
OF Ii his friends now are satisfied
with his defense certainly his op-
ponents have no reason to complain.
The man with the rapier. on the other
hand, kept his temper as he perfor-
ated his hulking adversary. He never
went beyond the limits of parliament
ary etiquct or propriety. 1t was dis
play of cool, adroit. scientific skill.
unmarried by single ruffle of anger
While his antagonist was piling epithet
upon cpithet, after the manner of the
bar-room or the prize-ring. he simply
piled proof upon proof of the truth of
his charges. There was no occasion
70 call Mr.. ingalls, to order. There
was every occasion officially to CEN
sure Mr.. Voorhees, for unparliament-
airy and brutal language.
Mr.. Voorhees, made his original
attack upon Mr.. Ingalls, during his alb
sence, either purposely or inadvertent-
ly, by misinterpreting his former re-
marks about General Hancock and
General Mcclellan. This time there
can be no mistake as to Ingall' opinion
of the former. for he has paid him Il
handsome and eloquent tribute, while
he has left Mcclellan where he was.
As to the latter. Ingalls, might have
said more and to the point. He might
have urged with truth that of all Gen
erals, ancient or modern, he was the
worst ingalls, need not have gone
further than the battle of Gaines Mill
TO prove it 1t has never yet been ex-
planned why Mcclellan allowed the
rebel army 10 march around his flank
and rear, 10000 strong, to separate
themselves from Richmond and their
line and hurl themselves upon his right
wing and crush it. 1t has never vet
been explained why. with so. 900 men.
Mcclellan sent only part of brigade
to the relief of the 80. 900 who had been
attacked by force nearly three times
their number. It has never yet been
explained why, with force of only
10, 900 rebels in front of him and Rich
mond only seven or eight miles away,
he did not smash through them
and enter the city, or at least cut
off Lee from it. then miles away from
his base, while the squad he left behind
was entertaining and amusing itself
with Mcclellan. 1t has never yet been
explained why, when his right wing.
smashed and broken because it did not
have sufficient help. fell back, he
should have retreated through the
mud and swamps of the Chickahom-
ing to the cover of the gunboats, and
did not fall back 20 the strong in
trenchments between the York and
James rivers which the rebels had
thrown up and the Union troops had
successfully occupied as the former
were forced back.
The war record of Mr.. Voorhees,,
however, was the objective point of
Mr.. ingalls, attack rather than that of
McClellan's, and no one who has fol-
lowed it carefully and who is not a
partisan friend OF Voorhees, will feel
dissatisfied with it. The spectacle of
Dan Voorhees, at this late day standing
up and pretending to be friend OF
Union soldiers, at the same time grov-
cling round the feet of the Southern
was enough to rouse the
gall of Il man like ingalls,. The oc-
casion was not lacking for Il display of
his talent in sarcasm and invective,
and he improved it we'll and thorough
l.. Even the Southern members them
selves were captivated by it. They
always prefer Il fighter to 4 grove!er
Mr.. VOORHEES, will be careful in the
future how he poses as the friend OF
Union soldiers. or provokes the man
with the rapier. Chicago Tribune.
THE CHIEF JUSTiCESHIP.
A Thought Which Ha. Probably Suggest