Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-05-05
MCCLELLAN IND nANcocK.
Their Memory Revissd sD ne Senator fro
Indiana.


Indiana.
In the senate upon the 2Jth Mr.. |
Voorhees, spoke upon the subject Of the
presidents message. He said, in the
course of his remarks, that the position |
oil the republican party upon the tariff
question might be described thus:
Taxation is not TO he limited by the ex-
penses of the government, with view
to the protection of manufacturing mo-
nopolists; all protection given and all
its profit TO enure to the further enrich
ment Of the capitalists, but not dollar
Of it to the laboring man and woman;
that il any reduction was TO take place
it must be in alcoholic liquor or tobac-
co, and not on the necessaries of life
Passing to the charges that the demo-
Gratis in congress have been hostile to
the union soldiers in the matter of pen
sions, he contrasted the action OF both
parties in that matter, and claimed that
the republicans made a mean and parsi-
monious record compared with the deln-
ocrats.
Referring to the attacks made in the
| senate upon the memory of Mcclellan
E
Ger of the senate, holding the highest
official position now held by q republic
can, had descended to the floor and at
tackled the memory of American heroes
who were sleeping where flowers and
tears annually commingled on memorial
day, resting from their glorious lives in
the quiet biyouac of the dead. The
pious task of making response had
been performed by one whose own con-
spicuous daring in arms had given him
the generous right of chiyalry to speak
in their praise. it was true that not
even the eloquent language of Black
burn could reach Mcclellan or Han
cock with the assurances of their coun-
try's devotion and love.
Voorhees, proceeded to draw n vivid
picture OF the events during the war,
beginning with the scenes III Washing
ton on the night of the first battle of
Bull Run. In that hour of national ex-
tremity Mcclellan had been called by
, despairing official authority to perform
task greater far than ever performed
. by Alexander, Hannibal, Caser, or
Napoleon in the same length of
time. Then he recalled latter the sec
! ond disastrous battle of Manassas) Nc
Clellan riding ont to meet the retreating
J troops, and being greeted with cheers
more pathetic than those which greeted
Napoleon on his return from Elba.
Then came the battle of Antietam a
I victory unparalleled in the war, con-
} sidering all the conditions. Immediate
> peril being gone, and a sense of security
being felt, Mcclellan began again to be
stricken by partisans, and had closed
his lofty military career forever. And
9 to this day the clamorous kites and
: crows and other ignoble scayenger birds
! thought to tear and mntilate McClellan's
s august fate. Yes, Mcclellan, he said,
was democrat, and when he was re-
e moved from command ON the 9TH of No
I vember, 1862. he could, with upheld
e hand. have sworn that lie had saved the
I republic, as did Cicero in the forum at
s Rome. Among the highest most for
, tunate and most distinguished characters
e produced by the war, where, he asked,
! could name be found cleaner, purer,
freer from self-seeking, or more devoted
to the sublime sense of duty than that OF
: Mcclellan?
4 Voorhees, then changed the scene to
: Gettysburg, where, he said, the last
e hope of the southern confederacy dis
: appeared forever. What invisible spirit
of air, he asked, intent upon evil To the
+ senator from Kansas could have been In
y attendance on him when he stood up
s and opened his mouth in the senate
q chamber on the 9th of March. Nc
IS Clellan and Hancock were the heroes OF
a the two most consequential battles OF
J, the war-Antietam and Gettysburg
q the loss of either of which would have
L brought European reco gnition to the
J, confederacy; the republic to darkness
: and dismay, if not final dissolution.
J. They had commanded the only battles
$ fought north Of the Potomac, and eacl
Y time had met the enemy as an invading
. force-strong, confident and flushed
with recent victories. Antietam ant
Gettysburg had involved possession o
J. the capital and the perpetuity of tbs
o government and to Mcclellan and Han
3 cock, now stigmatized as allies of the
|, confederacy, had been committed tn,
n measureless and awful trust of defend
l. ing and preserving them both lfasket
le hereafter where were the greatest lead
Ie ers of the democratic party during thu
A. war (where the democratic candidate o
d 1864 for the presidency, and the demo
" cratic candidate of 1880 for the presi
v dency), the undnlating slopes of Ante
IF tam and the crested heights of Gettys
n burg would be pointed to. He knew
t. them both, and he bowed to thei
+ mighty shades They were of a loftie
o. mould than Greek or Roman hlstorl
d supplied. And yet, he said, such wer
l. the great soldiers, who were Knocked
" scoffed and denounced as belonging t.
d the subservient elements of the nortl
A. and who were accused of treason b,
those who were of the breed of job
t. war horse and who, like him, 'snife'
j. the battle from affair of. "
d. Leaving that subject. Voorhees, passel
ut TO what he declared the campaign of PC
v, litical luminosity, declared against tn
in people of the south, their rights, thei
v. security, and their good name. Whei
e. future historians came to inquire ho'
ia the republican party had lost its tire
to mendous hold ON the PROSTATE soutl
and had skunk away to return no NOR
forever, he would he puzzled to find a
answer, and would finally write that it
administration through all that regiol
3 had become so vast and intolerahle
lie scandal, filling the civilized air with it
Of foul odors, that an intelligent and ON
A. nipotent public opinion had demande
! its downfall, and the restoration c