The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-26
The Tall Sycamore of the Wabash,
Nobly Defends the South, Her Prin.
ciples and Her Manhood.
The Heroes of Antietam and Get
tysburg Get Their Deserts.
Torpid Liver Ingalls, Cots a Blow
He VIII Not Soon Forget.
The Most superbly Eloquent Address
Delivered in the Senate This
session-The Tariff Debate in
the House Continues.


the House Continues.
WASHINGTON, April %. [Senatc The
| House bill giving TO the city OF Grand
Forks, d. T., the right TO build two free
bridges across the Red River of the North
was passed, with an amendment
Mr.. Mitchell offered a resolution, which
was adopted, calling on the Secretary OF
the Treasury for copies Of the reports Of
Special Agents Beochcr and Jingle rs 10
the alleged smuggling Of opium from Brit
ish Columbia.
| Tho motion TO refer the Presidents mes
sage was taken up, ana Mr.. Voorhees, pro.
cccded TO address the Senate thereon liz
said that an extensive discussion OF tn,
tariff in the Senate aud House left nc
doubt ~ 10 the attitude Of the Republican
party on the question, and II had at last
been forced to throw away masks aud falls,
faces and 10 admit that taxation was no,
TO stop at the revenue line OF the govern.
mcnt, but was 10 he turned loose without
limit aud without shame, ON the labor OF
the people, for the sole purpose Of enrich
! ing favored fcw-a syndicate ol dcyOur
ing insatialc monopolisls The Rcpub
lean party leaders, driven 10y madness &c
| suicide and hari kari, were going before
the American people, opposing every ne.
ductlon of taxes except those paid 10y to.
bacco and alcoholic spirits lie did
not intend that that issue should bo
lodged In the coming political campaign
at least, in Indiana. Tho position
Of the Republican party might bo
described thus a. Taxation not TO be-
limited by the expenses ol the government
with q view to the protection Of manuiac.
turing monopolists; l2l all the protection
given aud all ~ profits 10 cnurc 10 the
further enrichment OF capitalists, but not
q dollar oi II to the lahOrng man aud
woman; 90 that ifuny reduction of taxes
was Ia take place, IL must be- ON alcoholic
Liquors aud tobacco, and not on the prime
uoccssarirs ui life. pm.ing to the charges
| that the Democrats Ia Congress have bscn
| hostile 90 the Union soldiers VA the mutlct
+ | ut pensions, lac cnuttusted tlio action oi
A both parties iu that matter, aud claimed
thnt the Republicans had made q mean
plrsimouioGs Vcuid toward the soldiers
! and that rank and bitter injustice had
been done hy provisions Of law under Re.
publican sway, Wliilc The Democrats IL
Congress AMI iu the executive Offices had
hUcu liberal IN the EXTREMIST sense. Refer
ring Ia the attack made IN thc Senate upor
thc memory ~ Mcclellan aud Hancock, h,
said the prCsiding officer ui thr senate
holding lhc highest official position nov
held by o Republican. had descended &c
the floor aud attacked thc memory o
American heroes who were sleeping where
llOwcumd teams wcWannullly cnmminglcd
on memorial day resting from their go
rious lives Ia the quiet hiyounc IT hcdcad
Tho plous task OF making response had
been appropriately performed by ono
whose own conspicuous daring la arms had
gwen him generous right 81 chiyalry "a
speak In their praise. II was true that not
even the eloquent tongue oi blackburn
could reach Met lcllun or Hancock with
ASSURANCES Of their ruuntu's devotion aud
love. Can honurs voice provoke the
silent dust or tlal'cry s01ihU the dull. cold
ear u dcathg' No, but the voice ui the
Senate on that occasion bad been nn honor
tn American manhood aud a. American
spldiory. Them WcW suggestions. how.
ever, inspired by the Waniun and a-iunnd.
ing assault Ut the senator from Kansas
which would not speedily pass irum the
public mind. That senator, a recognized
leader Of his party, hal Stool In his place
in The Senate and denounced two great
Union generals ~ ifailurs 10 their country,
a. allies of the conlrlcmcy. aud no word
of dissent ~ rchukc bad bocn uttered by
q single associate in either HOUSE. Dom.
ocra's had waited and some hnl wondered,
but the silent ncquirFpnru in the horrible
charges remained unlwkcn.
Me- Voorhees, proceeded Ia draw n vivid
picture Of events during the war, begin.
ming with the SCENES In Washington on tho
night Of the first battle Of Bull Run whom
the wclrcd gillop 0i the courier could be-
hcnr ns ho came over the long bridge and
reached the war department with die.
patches " disaster from the front.
In that hour Of national extremity
Mcclellan had been called by dcspnring
official authority 10 perform a task create
inr than was ever performed hy Alexander,
Hannibal, Caesar or Napoleon in tlic same
length Of time. Then be- recalled laitcr
the second disastrous battle oi Manassas
Mcclellan riding 10 meet the rctrcaiing
iroops and be greeted with chccr moro
thrilling and pathetic than those which
greeted Napoleon on his return from Elha
Then came the battle Of AntiCiam, vic.
tory unparalleled In war, considering all
the conditions. The immediate peril being
gonoandascnso Of security being felt, Me-
Clcllan had been again stricken by partisan
malice and had closed his lofty military
carver forever An eagle towering In his
pride Of place, was by mousing owl
haWkcd nj and killed. And 10 this day
clamorous kites and crows and other ".
noble aaycngpr birds sought to tear aud
mulale McClollan's august fame. Yes,
Mcclellan, lac said, was Democrat, and
removed from command ON the ith Of No.
. yombcr, 1862, he could with upliitcd hand
have sworn that he had saved the republic,
"a did Cicero In the forum 10 Rome.
I Among the highest, the most fortunate
and most distinguished characters pro.
ducod by the war, whore, he asked, could
a name 10 found cleaner, purcr' ircer from
selisecking or more devoted 10 a sublime
sense Of duty than that Of Mcclellan
eater lic's a,iul iosef he sleeps WELL"
Not disturbed by the partisan dcglamal ions
Of Judge advocates provost marshah Or
pccysh politicians.
Mr. Voorhees, then changed the scene TO
Gettysburg where, he said, the last hope
OF the Southern Conicdcracy disappeared
forever. What invisible spirit Of the ar,