The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-05-02


bitter and excited political discussion. Dur
ing the reading OF yesterdays journal the
hum OF conversation pcfyadcd the cham
Der.
AZ the conclusion Of the morning bua.
incss, MIR. Stewart proceeded TO address
the Senate in support Of his silver coinage
resolution. At the conclusion Of bis ad-
dress the resolution was adopted.
A bill appropriating 100000 for n pub
lie building at Emporia, Kan, was passed.
II was now approaching the hour Of 2
o'clock and the buzz In the chamber and
galleries became still morc marked.
Mr. ingalls, took his soat where his desk
WAS decorated with flowers. By this time
a large number Of legislators had been ad.
mit,ed 10 the iloor ol the Senate.
Mr.. Ingalls, commenced his speech by
recalling the fact that on the llth OF July
last Najor-Gcncral Fiiz John Porter now
on the retired list wrote letter in which
lac thanked his friends odd said that his
heart was always with them, although nj
ono .ilo h hand and li,art had worked
the best that thoy knew how against them.
Tho senator from Indiana had complained
last "Wednesday with bitterness that an
attempt had been made io blackon tho
names OF all the great civil ~ well US mill.
lary leaders in the late war who remained
true 10 the Democratic party. fin John
Porter had been one Of those military
leaders who maintained their allegiance tO
the Democratic party. and he, within the
last four months although lac had been
dlshonomby dismissed from the service
and had been restored 10y the action Of the
Democratic party and It's members who
had been members Of thc Conicderacy),
had written that hls "hoAt was always
with them"
Referring to Gen. Mcclellan. Mr.. ingalls,
spoke OF his education at West Point; Of
hs business connection with Bcaungard
and OF his attempt b. extend aud continue
human slavery by thn acquisition oi Cuba.
lie spoke Of him ~ having begun his mil.
itary career by disobcying the orders Of
Gen. scott; as having abandoned Pope at
Ccntcrvillc. M having failed 10 put
M having refused 10 Obcy tlio orders
Of the President aud follow the rebels 10
Winchester; and ~ having fatally CON
trollcd the destiny Of the army until tho
battle OF Fredericksburg. History had
pronounced ils verdict upon him as n spl.
der and the senator from Indiana would
not be- able 10 place him IN tie category
with Napoleon, Hannibal and CgHlr. lie
Ingnlls) dealt with him ~ politician,
aud said that no one could read his letter
10 President Lincoln alter the disastrous
soycn days Eight on the peninsula aud be-
ioro Richmond, without coming 10 the
conclusion that MoClcland was not fully
aud actively in sympathy with the iorccs,
the ideas and tho sentiments which wcc
then controlling the American people.
As 10 Gen. Hancock be- also Mr. In.
gTllls said was one Of the military leaders
who were true 10 the Democracy. Ills
martial career was one Of the impcfishable
horilagcs Of American glory. lie marched
and triumphcd. lie filled the abyss ol
fame with names which would be eternal,
luminous tho Peninsula, Aniiotnm, Get
| tyfburg, ChancclloryIllc, Cold llarbor
and Petersburg. Had b. been a soldier
under Napoleon he would have been a
prince aud marshal oi the empire. lie
had been well called Hancock ''tho su.
/ pcrb." But after the war closed ho (likc
McClcllanl had become tainted with the
fatal virus OF am ainb.ti0n Tor ihc prs
idcntial nomination. lidt, nolwithsland-
/ ing his magnificent aud unlpproachable
career, the American people recognized
| bis hostility 10 the reconstruction meas.
uvs, and, In the presidential election ol
1850, ho carried but three northern sialos
california, Nevada and New jersey
aud the iint two of them badDccn Noicnby
ihc forgery and fraud oi the Mofcy letter
issued by Democratic p0liicilnA lie had
also received the l3s electoral votes oi lhe
solid south, which had been promised him
in bis speech at Cincinnati by iho senator
from South Carolina, (Mr llampionl. lie
spoke Of the affected Indignation OF tue
senator's rom Indiana aud Kentucky, q.
ditcrcdilnble 10 their intelligence OF thcir
candor. II they did not know That he
Mt Ingalls, had spoken ol these unlon
generals, not ~ solliorr, bat wpoliiiclans'
and as Democratic candidates lor the pres
idency, they were dull, stupid aud igno,
rant indeed. II they did know IT, and
persisted ia helf nss tlQns, they disln'
gcnuous, and he suspected u such thing
were possible) that they were Oo'h'
| lLaughicrl =,
Mr.. Ingalls, contInuing, sid Mr. Prcsi'
dent. from the impassioncd eulogy, IRON
the rhapsody Of appreciation uha1 noweu