Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1888-03-22

ieueracy, OF 1921 men IN arms. Yet
! the Senator from Missouri, in his
eagerness, his avidity TO belittle. IN.
dignifY, and humiliase the North, aud
to extol and praise and exaggerate the
achievements and the numbers of the
South, diminishes that number OF
1911 to less than 5000. His ma
thsmatics are certainly giddy.
There is but one parallel to the sx-
traordinary inaccuracy OF this state
uent, and that is the other allegation
IL his speech that out of the $500 900
Union soldiers more than one. half had
'app5ied i5r pensions, stssement that
would have been refuted by the SIM
plest inspection Of the latest return of
the Commissioner of Pensions.
As said, Mr.. President, l do not
attempt, nor do intend to cast the
slightest personal aspersion, the slight.
est imputation by the remotest infer
ence upon the honor and patriotism Of
either the Senator from Kentucky or
the Senator from Missouri who does
not honor US with his presence. ]
mention these things for the purpose
of saying that I have no doubt they
fully and thoroughly represent the
convictions, the feelings, the purposes,
and the intentions of their constitu-
encies. They know what sentiments
will awaken an answering response in
the South. They know what it is
popular to say at home.
When the Senator from Missouri
alludes to the efforts which are being
made by the Republicans in this body
to afford pensions to the dependent,
INDECENT, and suffering survivors of
the Union armies now enrolled in the
Grand Army of the Republic as an
attempt by candidates for the Presi-
dency to bid for the soldier vote, the
Senator from Kentucky will pardon
me when / say that | have no doubt
speeches like those which he made,
and which the Senator from Missouri
repeated, were intended TO bid for the
Confederate vote; and they will get it
every time. 1t is center shot. APP
pea!s ike that strike the bull's-eye
rand ring the bell. Laughter and
applause in the galleries.
The PRESIDING OFFICR. The Sem
a,yr from Kansas will SUSPEND one
moment. The rules of the Senate
require that order shall be preserved
in The galleries, and ;he Chair will see
that those rules are enforced.
Mr.. INGALLS,. Ihaye never heard,
Mr.. President, during the fifteen years
that have been in this BODY, any
reFudiatio on of sentiments like those
avowed by the Senator from Missouri
and the Senator from Kentucky from
any quarter III the Democratic party.
Time and time again have l heard
those same sentiments reiterated and
repeated here. If they were obnox-
lous 10 any sentiment of the Southern
States, why should We not have heard
some disavowal OF them? Why are
they repeated here iterum ncrumgue,
od HauSeani, until the heart OF the
patriotic North rises in indignation,
and never word of protest spoken
by any Democratic Senator North or
South. No, Mr.. President, they know
the sentiments, they know the con-
victions, they know the emotions of
the people behind them, and that is
the reason for their utterances.
Why was it that when the last ap-
pointed associated justice Of the Su-
preme Court of the United States, who
by one OF the strange caprices of his
tory new sits in judgment upon those
great constitutional amendments that
We're adopted and agreed to against
his protest and his efforts, rose i. this
Chamber and said that he would re-
sent as a personal affront any imputa-
tion upon the honor, the integrity, or
the patriotism Of Jefferson Davis as a
personal insult to himself-why was
it that when he said he had no doubt
Jefferson Davis would occupy a niche
IL history b. the side OF John Hamp.
den and George Washington, no Dem
ocrat!c Senator, North or South. rose
10 repudIate and disavow it? Yet the
moment that any.Republican Senator
Or any editor OF any Northern news
paper or any organ of the Grand
Army Of the Republic talks abont the
Union Army, the grandeur OF its
achievements, the obligations and
du:ies of the nation toward its MEM
b-Fs, We are charged with waving the
ensaneuined undergsrment, rsking up
the ashes OF sectional strife, and ap-
pealing 10 partisan hatred anA wrong
and malice. 1t is time that the
txeuty-four Confederates who consti.
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