The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-03-07


speeches as those of the senators from
Missouri and Kentucky were intended to
catch the Confederate vote, and they
would catch II. They were center shots
striking the bulls eye every time and
ringing the bell" He wanted the soma
tors on The Democratic side OF the cham
bcy 10 understand that their disguise in
opposing pension bills was so exceedingly
thin that nobody was deceived by II. IL
was not question OF cost. The south did
not love the Union army, neither did the
Democratic party.
Mr.. Morgan reminded Mr.. ingalls, that
the Democratic party had nominated and
sustained an army officer. Gen. Hancock,
for the presidency.
Yes, said Mr.. Ingalls,, II did support
Gen. Hancock, and II also supported
Horace Greeley, attempting 10 fool the
north. II Also nominated and supported
that other ally Of the Confcderacy, Geo. Il.
Mcclellan. Such pretensions are alto
getlier too diaphanous. They require TO
have the drapery removed for inspection.
Why was IL that when an associate justice
Of the supreme court Of the United States,
who by ono OF The strange caprices OF his
tory now tat In judgment upon those great
constitutional amendments that were
adopted against his protest aud efforts;
why was Il that when he arose In the Sen
ate aud said hc would resent US q personal
aiiront any iinputation upon the honor or
the integrity or patriotism OF Jefferson
Davis. when he said he had no doubt that
Jefferson Davis would occupy q niche in
history by the side Of George Washington;
why WA II that no senator on
the Democratic side, north or
south, arose 10 repudiato and
disavow it2 And yet the moment any
honorable senator ON the Republican side,
or any editor OF any northern paper, or
any organ d the Grand Army talked
about the Union armies the grandeur OF
the achievements, the obligations Of the
nation, they were tainted with waving
the enanpuipcd undergarment-raking
up the ashes OF sectional strife, appealing
20 partisan hatred and malice. II was
thought that the twcnty,four Conicderatos
~ the other side Of the chamber wero in.
formed that the northern people were not
ill-adyised about this matter.
In 1886 there was in Atlanta grand
historical occasion. when n statue 10 tho
memory Of an honored senator WIS TO he
unveiled, man whom no tlngallsl hon.
orcd and respected, aud ON that occasion
the ex-prcsident Of tho Confectionery was
invited 10 DC present. Men ilockcd TO that
city rs they 20 10 banquet, ~ waves
come when nayies are stranded. The city
was decorated with Confederate cinblonis
10 make Confederate holiday.
Mr.. ingalls, Quoted from the speech Of
AIR. Grady al the unwilling OF the Hill
statue nj Atlanta, In which Jefferson Da-
Wis was spoken OF as ono whose gray
hhirs were crowned with deathlcS love-"
and as one who though an ouicnst from
the privileges OF this great government,
Is the uncrowncd king Of our people" lie
did not propose to rehcarse the reply OF
Mr.. Davis, except 10 quote one sentence
In which he referred 90 Senator Hill ~
having mashed" the injurious Yankee
tmeanins. he supposed, our friend now In
Florencel. lie spoke of the same orator,
MI Grady, having gone 10 New York and |
New England soon afterward and made /
speeches there, pouring out his cold crcum
and honey and maple syrup NIL over the
north. Whom lhc asked) was that orator
sincere? Whom did he speak the rcnti.
menis, tllr feelings anil The conscience of
the southffn people? Was Il when he de-
livcrd that oraiinn Ia Atlanta on the lat
of May, 1850, ar was II when he spilled
oil and vine over all the American people
Df the n1rlh7
Coming hack 10 the opposition Of south
crn sen0ivFs IN pcnsion bills, ho said ho
I'D not hlapethcm Tor H. lie often won
defed how hc would have acted N the rela.
tons had been reversed, and II the fcdc.
mi government had been ovcrthrown. lie
did not believe he would have felt COM
forted In voting pensions 10 Confederate
all IL. la.Ill Lao 1
boon a cunspirltor against tho Confectionery
10 the end oi hls days. hut he should
have regarded ~ the climax Of eiItontery,
M the very apex and summit Of hardilood
and nudaciiy (hc would not say Of pusilla.
niniiy and dishonor), II, after lao had NC. |
ccplcd u parlon and had his disabilities !
removed, and had taken the oath OF allie |
glance 10 the successful southern Conicd- |
oracy, DC lad denounced day after day the |
efforts WHICH those Confc,loratcs mado 10 |
reward /. own soldiers; and II lac hag-
rlcd aboin TIC price which the conqucring
country should have seen III 60 bcsiow ON
those by whose arms Il had conquered.
lie did not think that the north was nj oil
doludcd by the proicnsion Of senators ON
the 1ther side. II was n little singular
that in all the years which had elapsed
since tie war, thcru never had come from
Que 81 the States that had been In the ne.
beilion leo far ~ he kncwl Union soldier
"a representative In either branch ol
Congrcs, elected BY Democratic votes.
The Democratic purity In thoeo States
never lad Numbered ut sending 10 Con.
grcss on elected AZ Governor a man who
had not served in tho Confederate army
IN some capacity. That had been the al.
prone test When be looked over the
rolls 81 the Senate and OF the House and
reflected bow few Of those who had served
IN the Union army wona found Ia The
councils ol the nation, no was not sur.
prisd at witnessing such demonstrations
Hs wcc witnessed when pension bills werc
up fof action.
Tho south should be thankful that Il
did not have IN foot the entire pension
bill, NJ France did after the Franco. prus.
sian war And yet here, said he, we have
The Iailcrs and murdcrcnof Andcrsonyile,
Bolle Isle and Libby prison sitting under
ule Hay which they attempted 10 pull
down, lcgislaiing ior the country which
uhey cndcavorcd 10 destroy, and trying 30
pinch and bclilllc and n,niSh the amounts
10 bc paid 70 the mulilaicd aud disabled
survivors Of the army Of the Union.
The senator from Missouri had asked,
~ burst OF indignant impaticncc, where
ali uJe was going 10 cni. | will tell
him lsaid hr. lngallsl and every senator
on that side oi the chamber, whether lac
likes II o. mott what We intend 10 do.
will bell The senator irom Missouri, and
the rvst 81 his associates, Just where this
thing u going 20 stop II n going 10 stop
when the arrears VI pensions arc paid: