Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1888-05-03

been for that 4chatof Ioerraign himi He On
real 30 tho senate the Old stale, put
rid. ptteh slanaers lokyeafs gone by on which
ne Vps11ees) Nd tnmr1ed in forty campaigns.
1T had seemedto hfn, Ike the voices Of spa
vined, broken S4ded Jhackneyed political cam
paisn 7isfs of3M last tf<ysears. That he ever
uttered one word against onion soldiers or
talked Of their having collars around their
necks was 30 base fzlsehood. so infamous that
the black walls OF perdition could not redupli-
cate !. And he said to the Senator from Kan
sastwithout meaning perhaps, the full extent
of what his words conveyed) that it was not in
bis power TO Ash up fron the sewers1pi
fnfaniy the Old campaign Hes and made
them respectable in the Senate Of the United
States; but it-Has- posSihla for him, hy Q ahozt
step, 70 put himself On An equality with them.
Mr.. voorhees, alluded, In - Sarcastic cand
amusing manner 70 MI. fngalls' vat record, and
said he would stand with the Senator before the
soldiers Of Indiana or Kansas and quit the
Senate if he was not approved By thsm over
Mr.. Ingalls,. ..-..--..l.. 49,, - ill.,,
, Mr. Ingalls, replied that as the Senator nom
Indiana had seen ut 70 invite . comparison
between their records and their relations 70
great questions Of the past twenty five years,
he felt It his duty 10 put On record, from infori
nation in bis possession, what the Senator's
record and history was. He should refer only
to public matters IN public records, and should
venture the affirmation that whatever might
have been his own Qngalls) relations to the
great struggle between the North and South,
the Senator from Indiana had been from the
outset the determined, outspoken, positive
aggressive and malignant enemy OF the Union
cause. gr... zt.f.S-,c. ....- fr ,s.!i..t zi1u
II pronounce that" said Mr.. Voorhees, rising
with anger In his eyes, ITO be . deliberately
false accusation. l. voted for every dollar that
paid the soldier, for every stitch Of clothes he
wore, and for every pension bill that rewarded
his services" III ina Er. -5,7i il1l- ,,i
Mr.. Ingalls, answered that the Senator had
come in here to-day and thanked God that he
had never been followed here BY o COMMITTEES
to question his right TO his seat, and with much
difuseness Of illustration had endeavored TO
cast sspersions upon him Qngalls. and beiittle
and humiliate him in the eyes Of the American
people, when he QngarIs) had only referred TO
the Senator's public utterances, his speeches
which he had never denied
Mr.. voorhees, declared that he did deny il. =
Mr.. Ingalls, replied that the Senator could not
deny the publication he had read. It was
verbatim report, and was so certified to- 80
Mr.. Voorhees, asserted that not one word or
syllable read by the Senator was true or be-
lieved to be true in Indiana. The accusation
had been trampled under foot. The Senator's
insinustion that he (Voorhees) had ever been a
member of q political secret society-the
knights Of the Golden Circle-was SO base and
UNANIMOUSLY false that he did not known how 10
choose language to denounce IT as such. - 90
Mr.. Ingalls,, continuing, said the Senator from
Indiana had written a letter for Mr.. F. A. Shute,
which that gentleman took South with him and
filed in the Confederate War Department in
support Of his application for appointment as
Brigadier.G in the Confederate army.
The letter was dated December l2, 1860, and
said: ION the disturbing question Of the day
his (Shute's) sentiments are entirely with the
South and one Of his objects is probable. home
in that section. / take this occasion to
say that his sentiments and mine are
In close harmony, The Senator said that
the charge that he had called Union SOL
diers 'shireiings and Lincoln dogs" and said
that they ought TO 60 to q blacksmith, shop and
have an iron collar around their necks with the
inscription MY dog. Abraham Lincoln" was
a campaign Islander and scandal that had
been spit upon. That ayerment could be SUBJ
stantiated by as credftabic witness as there
was in the city. si.-f,n Tu Trs,sf,C2 ar{t =
Mr.. voorhees, broke in: '.And even if the SEN
ator said it, 1t would be absolutely false and a
palpable lic." ESQ .--'is. Ell ttrr.
Mr.. Ingalls, reioined: THE Senator is, disor-
derly," and, continuing, read from a paper
signed by citizens OF Sullivan County who
stated that they were present at q meeting on
April 6, 1862, when Mr.. Voorhees, said that
Union soldiers should go 70 the nearest black
smith shop and have an iron collar around
their necks with the inscription: my dog
Abraham Lincoln" This paper was signed
by respectable citizens OF Indiana, who were
not ashamed OF their names and residences
which were = attached. Everybody knew
what business the Democratic party OF Indiana,
had been engaged In during the war. Seventy
OF them had been members of the
knights of the Golden Circle, and had been con-
spring against the Urion. They had entered
into q combination according to General Holt)
for the purpose Of aiding soldiers TO desert dis
enlistment, circulating REASONABLE
publications., giving intelligence to the enemy
and assassination and murder and il was sus-
ceptible OF proof that they did conspire to muir
der Governor Morton This organization, which
the Senator said he never belonged to, had
ritual OF which 1l2 copies were
found in the , Senator's T. once at tue
time when Hancock was r., at the
unbloody angle. In that same office was found
other correspondence concerning the objects!
aad purposes Of that organization The cores
pondencs OF C. Observation-Disclosures In the ONCE.
The Senator In his address TO his consistently
in 1861 had declared that he would never vote :
single dollar nor single man for the prosecu-
ton OF the war and he had never done so, so
ong as he was in Congress. He had consistently
Tor upholding the Union cause ind reinforcing
is army. .s....af ,!g p. ..p..ts,,; 81. "a.
Yet" continued Mr.. ingalls,, ''the Senator
who. think, deserves charity more than any I
man I know Of on this floor. and who has re-
,eived il at the hands OF his associates and can
ess afford than any man Of my acquaintance to
invite the scrutiny OF his war record, rises here
md with playfulness and hilariousness, refers
70 the fact that I served during the war as
r-,eh -
OF a Lieutenant Colonel How
,ver obscure or inefficient my services have
been, they we're always on the side Of my
as his have been, always against
Mr.. Voorhees, said that IL the gentleman from
Kansas would find one single vote that he had
asst against the payment or soldiers for their
supplies, for their bounties, against the -appro-.
'riations for their pensions, he would resign his
eat in the Senate. Every word the Senator
lad stated on that subject was absolutely false,
" the record, absolutely false. He measured
lis words. The Senator said that he 'Cyoor-
lees) was an object OF his charity. The Sena-
or was an object OF his contempt The Senator
aid that he (Voorhees) had issued q proclama.
ion in 1851 that he would not, vote
or money or men. That was false. He never
lid any thing OF the kind, never in the world.
lie had fought for free speech and free press,
tut the soldiers OF Indiana knew that he had.
oted for every dollar that had ever fed them
z clothed them. and the man who said other
wise was falsifer and slanderer, and he
branded him as such. The Senator from
Kansas said that he (Voorhees) had an
bounced that he had quit practicing law
That WIS not true. There was NOT word
Il truth in it. He had gone from one ONCE
o another. Some papers were left in one Of |
Ice and others, to put up q Job on him, |
we're pnt there and found there and published
. having been found there. a He hoped his
Maker would take cognizance Of him at this
moment and never let him leave this chamber /
he had ever been member Of a secret polit.
cal society In his life. When he was abused |
~ man who said that Hancock fought TIVE