The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-05-02

voorhees, alluded In q sarcastic and amusin9
manner 20 Mr.. Ineallss war record, and SAL
that be would stand with the Senator osfore
the soldiers Of Indiana or Kansas. and Quit ~
Senate 10 was not approved by them over Nh
Ingalls,.
Me. Ingalls, replied that as the Senator from
Indiana had seen &c 10 invite comparison be-
tween their records and their relations TO the
great questions OF the past twenty-five years ne
felt 1t his duty 20 put on record. from informa-
ton In his possession. what the Senator'S record
and history was He should refer only to public
matters in public records. and should venture
the affirmation that, whatever might have been
his own Mr.. lngalls's] relations to the great
struggle between the North and South, the Sem
ator from Indiana had been. from the outset.
the determined. outspoken. positive. aggressive
and malignant enemy OF the Union cause.
Il pronounce that, said Mr.. voorhees,, rising
with anger In his eyes. 10 DO Q deliberately
false accusation voted for every dollar that
paid the soldier. for every stitch Ct clothes b.
wore and Tor every pension bill that rewarded
his Serviess'
Mr.. Ingalls, said that the Senator came in here
to-day and thanked God that he had never been
followed here by committee to question his
right 90 his seat and with much diffuseness OF
illustration endsavored cast sspsrsions upon
him him Mr.. Ingslsl, and belittls him. and
humiliats him in the eyes OF the American peo-
pie. wAen he Mr.. lngallsl bad only referred r.
the Senator'S public utterances, his speeches.
which he had never denied.
Mr.. Voorhees, declared that he did deny IL
Mr.. ingalls, declared that the Senator could
not deny the publication he had read IL wasa
verbatim report, and certified to.
Mr.. Voorhees, asserted that not one word 90
syllable read By the Senator was true. or be-
isved TO be true, in Indiana. The aecusatioB
had bssn trampled under foot The Senator'S
insiuuation that he Mr.. Voorheesl bad ever
been a member OF a political secret society, the
Knights of the Golden Circle, Was 90 base and
UNANIMOUSLY false that he did not know how TO
choose language to denoupce IL a. such.
Mr.. Ingalls,, continuing, said the Senator from
Indiana had written q letter for MIR. +. A
Shups. which that gentleman took South with
him and filed in the confederate War Depart
ment IN support of his application for appoint
ment a. brigadier-general in the Confederate
army The letter was dated Dec. IL. lS60, and
said:
sentiments are entirely with the South, and OF
his objects Is a probable home In that section.
take this occasion to say that his and mine
The Senator said that the charge that he lad
dogs" and said that they ought to go to q black
smith-shop and have iron collar around their
necks. with the inscription, my Dog Abraham
Linco was campaign slandar and scapd.,
that had been spit upon. That avermeht could
be substantiated by as credible witness a.
there wac in the city.
Mr. Voorhees-And even IL the Senator said
it. it would 30 absolutely false and pslpabls
lie.
Mr. Ingalls-Ths Senator is disordsrly
Continuing. Mr.. Ingalls, read from paper
signed by citizens OF Sullivan county. who
stated that they were present at q meeting on
April 6. 1862 when Mr. Voorhees, said that Un-
ion soldiers should co to the nearest blacksmith
shop and have an iron collar put around their
necks with the inscription, MY Dog-Abraham
Lincoln" This paper was signed by respectn-
BILE citizens of Indiana, who were NOT ashamed
of their names and residences. which were at
tsched. 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 conspirng against the
Union. They had entered into combinar
ton according to General Holt. for
the purpose OF sidipe soldiers 70
desert, discouraging eni.sttnsnrs, circulating
reasonable publications, giving intelligence To
the enemy, and assassnahon and murder, and
1t Was susceptible OF proof that they did con-
spire to murder Governor Mo.tol This organ
ization. which the Senator said no never be-
longed to, had q ritual q. Thtcn liz copies
found in the Senator's ofice n ne time when
Hancock was AZ tho bloody G,cle In that
same Office was found OH cygr al cndenee con-
| corning the objects snd aispsses OF that organ
| ization. The corresr ondenss Of {. T. Vallan.
digham was In the Office. The SsrA,or, In his
address to his constituents IN 1867; had declared
that he would never vote n single dollar. nor
single man for the prosecution OF
the war;, ana he baf never done
He had consistently and persistently votes
against every measure for upholdine the Union
cause and reinforcing It's army. Yet" con.
tinued Mr.. logalls. the Senator. who think
deserves charity moro than any man i know OF
on this floor, and who has received IL at tho
hands OF his associates. and who can less Afford
than any man OF my acquaintance to invite the
scrutiny Of his war record. rises here and with
plaJfulness and hilArousness. refers TO the fact
that served during the war as judge advocate
| with rank OF Major. and subsequently, OF lieu-
teuant-colonsl However obscure or inefficient
my services may have been. they were always
on the side OF my country-not as bis have
been, always against 10
Mr.. Voorhees, said that IL the gentleman from
Kansas would find one single vote that he bad
cast against the payment OF soldiers. for their
supplies. for their bonnties. against the appro-
prAtions for their pensions, he would resign his
seat in the Senate. Every word the Senator bad
stated on that subject was absolutely false by
| the record-Absolutely false. He measured his
| wordA The Senator said that he Mr.. Voorheesl
was an object of his charity. The senator was
ator said that be mr.. Voorhees, had
| issued proclamation in 1861 that he would not
| vote for money or men. That was false. BE
never did anything Of the kind never IN the
| world. He had fought for free speech and Q
free press. but the soldiers Of Indiana knew
| that he had voted for every dollar that had ever
| fed them or clothed them. and the man wh<
said otherwise was a falsiher and . slsnderer.
| and he branded him as SUCH. Inc senator
| from Kansas said that he Mr.. Voorhess had
announced that he had quit practicinR law
| That was not true. There was not a word c,
| truth in IL. He had gone from one ONCE TO an
other. Some papers were left in one Office, aud
others. to put up job on him.
and published as having been found there
| he hoped his Maker would take cognizanca
| Of him at this moment, and never let him leave
| this chamber II he had ever been . member Of Q
| secret political society In his life. When he was
| abused by man who said that Hancock fought
| two years to MAKE the war failure and Was an
| ally Of the Confedsracy. and that Mcclellan be-
longed to the degraded element Of the North, he
| felt that abuse WAS an actual compliment, and
| he thanked the Senator for his aspersions. and
| responded TO him accordingly. So far - the old
| stuff about his denouncine the soldiers vs. con-
cernsd. the soldiers would take care OF that
| Only a miserable set of people, NOS soidisrA
| but suffers or suffers clerks. or buufmers
ever alluded TO ANYTHING Of that kind
| He did not want 70 say anything offensive. buf
| he did not care much whether he did or not Hs
could only say. 80 he said 70 the people Who's
| names were on the paper from Sullivan county
that they lied. and did not tell the truth, nor did
| the Senator, whom he repeated What they said
| He had not the slightest concern. not the slieht
est feeling not the slightest irritation In rsgar
| 10 this matter. IL had been passed upon tint
| andl,ime again. The letter with regard % Gag
| tain Sbupe he had written. IL was In Deesmba
| before the war broke out, and he had symps
thised with tho feeling that there ought 20 be /,
compromise. As to charity. he responded
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