Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-05-02

lgisiB fer slavery and secession, VIII
gave aid and comfort to the re
bcllion in every possible way
the "Copperheads, the butternuts, ,
l[laughter] the Knights of the Colder
Circle with all their brutal and de
grading lfss, appearing here as advo
Gates and champions of the Unior
soldier and Of the cause of human
liberty. suppose from the enthu
siasm displayed in favor OF the mill
tary achievements OF Mcclellan and
Hancock, that upon inspection we
should at least find that the leaders
of the Democracy, who have been sc
leulogized, were in sympathy with the
Union cause and in sympathy witt
| the efforts that we were making tc
overthrow the Uonfederacy. Yet
Mr.. President, at the very time and
during the very year when Mcclellan
| was fighting the battle Of Antietam
the Senator from Indiana, without
excepting Mcclellan and not except
| ing Hancock, speaking at Sullivan
| Indiana, on the 9Th Of August, 1852
said in reference to the Union
soldiers, that they should go tc
| the nearest blacksmith shop and
have iron collars made and placed
around their necks, inscribed thereon
in large letters, MY Dog "A. Lin
coln." And at the same time he re.
ferred to the Union soldiers as Lin.
coins dogs and hirelings, without
exce pting Mcclellan and Hancock
| and during the campaign, Mr.. Presi.
dent, that resulted in the election OF
| Abraham Lincoln, the Senator from
Indiana who is now SO vehemently in
favor Of the prosecution of the War oi
the Rebellion for putting down the
South; who so eulogizes the energies
Of the Union armies and the genius
of the Union commanders; who poses
here as the especial friend Ct the
Union soldier and denounces and
asperses criticism upon the political
character and affiliations of those who
were engaged in that war, made a
speech at Greencastle which was re-
ported in the Cincinnati Commercial
August s, 1864.
| luRdllo ICdu cAtidCLb llOul Liz
speech which declared the war fail.
ure, and spoke of Lincoln as mon
ster and an unholy felon. Passing tc
the question of the Electoral Com.
mission OF 1875, Ingalls, said he was
not especially enamored of Mr.. Hayes
(laughter) and yet, inasmuch as
Hayes title was brought into contro
versy by the Democratic party as one
OF the issues of the approaching cam.
paign, he felt bound to say, the title
OF Mr.. Hayes to the Presidency was
the most absolutely irrefragible of any
in the whole list of American Presi-
dents, because it was the only one
which was ever passed upon by the
Constitutional tribunal properly or
ganized for that purpose. The Demo
cratic party should not forget that the
Electoral Commission was one of its
devices. 1t was not the first time
they who had digged a pit and digget
it deep, had fallen into it, Qaugh-
lter).- 1t would be remembered
how Hon. Henry Watterson issued
his celebrated proclamation Oh
100, 900 unarmed Kentuckians, tC
visit the city of Washington on the
anniversary Of the battle Of New Or
leans for the purpose of superintend
| ing the Electoral count daughter.
He (Ingalls) had had conversation
with President Grant, shortly after
the issuing Of that celebrate d procla
nation. and had asked him if he
thought there was going to be any
trouble. General Grant had paused 3
moment, and, with that deliberate
method which characterized his utter
ances, replied: "No, l don't thinl
there is gring to be any trouble, but il
has been one rule Of my life to be
always ready" and, added ingalls,
with solemnity, he was ready. In
obedience to some mysterious i'm
pulse, troops, parks Of artillery, ant
| munitions Of war began to come tt
the Capital, and the agitation
| of the Democratic party be
came extreme, because ii there wa
anything that would turn the averag,
Democrat inside out with Indignation
it was the sight OF Federal soldiers il
blue uniform (laughter). Clevelant
apparently had warranty deed TO
the seat which he occupied, and ye
} compared with the title which Mr.
Hayes had to his seat, he was in pos
session of stolen goods, and the re
ceiyer was as bad as the thief In
: court of Justice and fair conscience, h
: never had been elected at all I'll,
had been counted into office by part
nership between Dick kTurpin and Urial
, Heep, foot-pads and sneak thieves
cartouche and pecksniff-and il was
sonsolation to know that in that part
nership, the apostates and renegade
had lost their share OF the swag.
daughter and applause)
The country had still against it tn
Southern Confederacy, it was counte
! with the 1853 votes of the Solid Soutl
I as it had been at every election up t,
the time of Hayes. The Solid Soutl
8 was the Confederacy and the success
I OF the Democratic party meant th
success of the Confederacy, whic
2 was to-day as much an organized, az
: tive and aggressive force in politics q
: in 1861, and previous times. He hol
2 ored and admired, but regretted an
I deplored, the constancy of the Sout
a to its idea Of loyalty and fidelity
! the leaders under whom it Tough
9 and its determination to reunite an
!. reconstruct the history of its country
SO it would be able to say to the gel
: jerations which are to come, tn,
Z, while it was overthrown by owe
i whelming numbers in the fell
q vet within twenty five yea
If after the war had closed i
o lead ers had been restored to polite
J. power. In this connection, he aske
IS who was Lucius Quintus Curtlr
IS Lamar? He never was suspected
y being lawyer. (Laughter.) H
n bitterest enemy never accused him
q thar. He had never been admits
4 to the bar Of the Supreme Court: ,
l. whose bench he was appointed. I
IS never had tried a reported case in al
y tribunal, State or National,