The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-05-10
INGALLS, AND VOORHEES,.
The Two Senators Lose Their Telnpers and
Use Strong Words.

anu QuOllllS several uOcullleIltS anu lel-
ters intended to establish the truth of
his charges that Generals Mcclellan,
Hancock and FitZ John Porter, and
the bulk of the Northern Democrats
sympathized with the South and with
slavery during the war, assailed the
loyalty Of Voorhees, himself, dwelling
with special bitterness on an alleged
speech of Voorhees, in 1864 in which he
denounced Lincoln as a dog and adj
vised his hearers to put on their dogs
iron collars marked "a. Lincoln"
VOORHEES, replied, denouncing the
charges against Mcclellan, Hancock
and himself as exploded falsehoods,
accusing ingalls, of trying to crawl out
Of his accusations Of treason against
the dead Generals and taunting him
with holding bomb proof during all
the actual fighting.
ingalls, responded to the speech of
Voorhees,, and said that no one was
more conscious than he of the duty
which he owed to his country, and Of
his unpaid obligations Of gratitude to
those who had done what he under
other circumstances might have done.
AS the Senator from Indiana had seen
fit to invite comparison between their
records and their relations to the great
questions of the past twenty-five years,
ne felt it his duty to put on record, from
information in his possession, what the
Senator's record and history was. He
should refer only to public matters in
the public records and should venture
the affirmation that whatever might
have been his own ingalls, relations to
the great struggle between the North
and South, the Senator from Indiana
had been from the outset determined,
outspoken, positive, aggressive and
malignant enemy of the Union cause.
II pronounce that" said Mr.. Voor-
hees, rising with anger in his eyes, "to
be deliberately false accusation. l
voted for every dollar that paid the
soldier, for every pension bill that re-
warded his services"
Mr.. ingalls, referred again to quota
tions he had made from Voorhees,
speeches.
Mr.. Voorhees, asserted that not one
word or syllable read by the Senator
was true, or believed to be true in In
diana. The accusation had been
trampled under foot. The Senator's
insinuation that he Voorhees, had ever
been a member of the political secret
society-the Knights Of the Golden
Circle-was 80 base and UNANIMOUSLY
false that he did not know how to
choose language to denounce it as such.
This caused a sensation in the gal
leries, and manifestations of approba-
ton and approval and the Sergeant-at-
Arms was directed to place under ar
rest any person thereafter violating the
rules of the Senate.
Mr.. Ingalls, referred to the speech
made by Mr.. Voorhees, in Virginia just
before the war, in which, he said, Mr..
VOORHEES, advocated both slavery and
secession.
Mr.. Voorhees, stated that he had not
said he Vas Vas in favor of the destruction
II slavery, but he haa said he was glad
it had taken PLACE and he was.
Mr.. Ingalls-"The Senator from In
diana, at the time when he delivered
that speech, had two editions prepared,
one for circulation in the North and
one for circulation in the South"
CLaughter.]
Mr.. Voorhees-'That is not true
Mr.. Ingalls-"They are accessible to-
day-just as much us the statutes Of
the United States"
Mr.. Bring them in. l
sav it is not true have heard that i'll
campaigns before"
Mr.. ingalls, reiterated his charge that
Mr.. VOORHEES, had been a member of
the knights of the Golden Circle, and
charged that a Captain Shute had been
given an appointment as Brigadier
General in the armies Of the Confed-
.racv upon 2 letter of Recommendation
from Mr.. Voorhees,, and asked: did
not the soldiers Of Indiana threaten to
hang the Senator with a bell-rope on
the train, after he made that Lincoln
dog speech: :'
Mr.. Voorhees-''The Senator Is Il
great liar when he i~timates such a
thing-a great liar and a dirty dog. 1t
never occur.ed-never in the world.
That is all the answer 1 have, and l
,,,ss - oack to the scoundrel behind the
Senator, who is instigating these
lies"
This relnaak was made in reference
to Representative Johnston, Of Indian
Ia. who was seated at 4 desk directly
in rear of Mr.. Ingalls,.
Mr.. Ingalls, referred to the certificate
he had read signed by citizens of Sulli-
van County, Indiana, asserting that
they had heard the speech from which
he Ungalls> had quoted, and said
::There is very reputable gentleman
in the chamber, :; citizen Of Indiana,
who informs me that the signers of
that certificate are entirely reputable in=
habitantS Of Indiana, and that he
knows fifty people who heard the SEN
ator."
Mr.. Eoorhees-''Tell him | say he is
an infamous Scoundrel and q liar. Tell
him say So