The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1888-05-04
HANCOCK, "THE SUPERB"

But after the wal closed he, like Nc
Clellan, had become tainted with the fatal
virus Of ambition for the presidential
nomination, but Notwithstanding k:s
magnificent and unapproachable career
the American people recognized his hos
tility to the reconstruction measures and
in the presidential election Of 1880 he car
ried but three northern states.
He spoke of the affected indignation of
the senators from Indiana and Kentucky
as discredible TO their intelligence or
their candor. If they did moi know that
he Mr.. Ingalls) had spoken of these
union generals, not as soldiers but as poll
ticians and as democratic candidates for
the presidency, they were dull, stupid and
ignorant indeed. If they did know 1t and
persisted in their assertions they were
disingenious and he suspected if such a
thing We're possible that they were both.
(Laughter.)
The country had still against it the
southern confederacy, 1t was confront
ed with 1853 votes Of the solid south as il
had been at every election since the cleo
ton OF Mr.. Hayes. The solid south was
the c~onfederacy and the success of the
democratic party mean abe success of
the confederacy, which was today as
much an organized, active and aggressive
force In politics, as In 1861 and in pre-
yi0us times. Slavery was dead and Sc
cession was dead, but all ideas, all inn.
pulses, all purposes and intentions Of &C..
cession remained. He
HoNoRED AND ADMIRED
but regretted and deplored the consistency
of the south 10 that idea Of loyalty aud
fidelity 70 the leaders under whom Il
fought and its discrimination 10 reunite
and reconstruct the history 81 rs country
and ulat n would Be able 10 say ~ the
genefafio1s which are % come that while
y wal U~geFshfoNn " overwhelming mum
bers On The fsldy yet within twenty-five
Fea6s after The war e3eBed ~ ieadsrs had
been Esst0Ted 70 DabI5e power. III this
CONGESTION - skaA Who MAS Lucius
9alntas Cgxias LasHars He never was
sd o. BEING d lawyer. (Laughterl.
Bk bsIeFssf eneiey never accused him Of
= closing Dr. fBgalls said: ID the cen.
are n come he saw the vision
u > aEAted, prosperous and happy Amer
"a a FaSt homogeneous train Of free
&eay rulers " tpesontinent from the po-
IN zone % the guilt, from the atlantic 10
sc PaciAG enjoying the franchise Of
liberty aid peFpetuatiuK the arts OF
peace. The people should remember he
said, On each recurring day when they re-
member those who had died, that this
country held Ia its fruitful and tender
breast no more priceless treasure than
the congecrated dust Of those who had
died Ii order that this should be q gov
l~ernInenf Of laws and not Of men, and that
Liberty aud constitutional government
might not perish forever from the face Of
the earfG.
MR. VOORHEES, REPLIRa
Mr.. Voorhees, rose and In slow, meas
tured, rescnant tones remarked that the
speech which The senate had Just listened
I recalled 10 his mind the fable Of the
mountain ia labor. Two hours had pass
ed away after the blaze of trumpets had
brodght q large audience 70 the senate
and what had they heard ana Whist had
they seen2 a poor, small mouse creep
ing Oft His allnslon to the senator from
Kansas had been merely Incidental. Why
should he assall that SENATOR Men mis-.
took themselves and the senator from
Kansas did 50 more than anyone he
knew. That sepAtor had moi been alive
politically slnee[thc 9Th Of March iasf
when the senator from kentucky BLACK
burnl had disposed Of him. daughter.
ana q yel Of approval from the galleries
NE HAD BKEN wkIK1go
The streets and passing before Abe world
'iltesnu old friend ~ hf22fnHt43aNotto n~F