, 1888-04-26
The Tall Sycamore Speaks For
the Democracy, and Is As
WOrdy As Ever.
Tho Tariff Debate Occupies the
Attention OF the House
.Speeches On Both
Sides.
CON GRE SSIONAL.

WARRINGTON, hprll 70 -MV. MuCnell
offered resolution which WAS adopted,
calling ON the secretar. oi the treasury for
copies OF the reports of the special sgents
Beecher and Tirsle, as to the alleged SNUG
Cling OF opium from British Columbia.
When the con sidpratlon of the presidents
message came up, Mr.. Voorhees, said the
position OF the republican party ON the
tariff question might Ue described thus:
l-1axatiOn not to be limited by the ex-
penses OF tho government with a view to
the protection of manufacturing monopo-
lists.
2-All protection and all it's profit to
inure TO the future enrichment oil capital
lists, put not dollar Ut IL to the laboriug
men and women.
3-rbat IT any reduction OF taxes was tn
take place, II must be on alcoholic liquors
and tObaccos, and not ON the prime heces.
earies Of lite.
Passing to the charges that tho demo-
Gratis in congress are hostile to Union sol
diers In the matter of pensions, he contrast
ed the action VI both parties in that mat
ter, and claimed that the republ icans had
made mean record c0ulared with the
democrats. Referring to the attack made
In the ST nate upon the menoryo of
MCCLELLAN AND HANCOCK.
he said that the presiding officer of the SEN
ate, holding the highest official position
now held by republican, had descended To
the hoor and attacked the memory o,
American heroes, VINO were sleeping where
flowers and tears annually 'cuniinipgled on
memorial day, resting from their giori ,us
lives in the bivouac OF the dead, The pious
task OF making u response had been appro-
priAtely performed by one whose own con-
spicuous daring in arms had given him the
generous right of fc' valry to speak in their
praise. 1t WIS n ti,at noteven the eo-
Quent tongue OF luckburn could reach
Mcclellan or Hanc ok with the assurances
OF their conntry's devotion and love.
VOORHEES, proceeded to draw vivid pictures
of events during the war, beginning with
the scenes In Washington on the nipht q
the first battle Of Bull Run. In that hour
Of national extremity Mcclellan had been
call-d by the despairing official authority
Ito perform task greater lar than was ever
performed by Alexander, Hannibal. Caesar
or Napoleon, la the same length OF time.
He recalled, alter the second disastrous
battle of Manassas, Mcclellan riding out to
meet the retreaLiDg troops and being greet
ed with cheers
MORE THRILLINc AND PATHETIC
than those which greeted Napoleon on his
return from Elbs. Then CAME the battle Of
Antietani. q victory unparalleled in the
war. considering all conditions. In'medi-
ate peril being gone, and asense of security
being felt, Mcclellan had been again
stricken by partisan malice and had closed
his Lofty military career forever, and TO this
day clauorous kites and crows and other
and nutilste McClellan's fame. Yes, Nc
Clellan, he said, was u den, ocrat, and when
removed from command on the 7th of No
eeniber, 1852, he could with uplifted hand
have sworn that he had
SAVED THE RKPUBLIc,
- did Cicero in the Forum at Rome.
Amongst the highest, most fortunate and
most distinguished characters produced by
the war, where, he asked. could name ue
fpnn nd r. mar t,..,r rn fran ealf
seeking or more devoted to u sublime sense
OF duty than that of McClellan2
VOORHEES, then changel the scene TO Get
tysburg. where, he said, the last hope oi the
southern coniederacy disappeared forever.
What invisible spirit of air, he asked, in
tent upon evil to- the senator from Kansas,
could have been In attendance OH him
when he stood up and opened his mouth
In the senate chamber on the 9th Of March"
Mcclellan and Hancock were heroes of the
two most consequential battles OF the war
ANrIErAM AND GETTYSBURG.
The loss of either OF which would have
brought certain recognition to the confed-
eracy, and darkness aud disn.By, If not final
dissolution. They had commanded at the
only battles fought north of the Potomac
ana each time had met The enemy as AN 'n-
vading force, strong, confident and flushed
with recent victories. Antietam and Gettys-
burg had involved the possession of capital
Pttthy VI tbC uuu W
Mcclellan and Hancock, now stigmatized
as
ALLIES OF THE coNFEDERAcY,
had been committed the measureless and
awful trust of defending and preserving
them both. If asked hereafter who were
the greatest leaders of the democratic par
ty during the war who was the democratic
candidate OF 1854 for the presidency and
the democratic candidate of 1880 Tor
the presidency, the undniating slopes of
Antietan,. and the crested heights Of
Gettysburg would be pointed to. He
knew them both and bowed to their
mighty shades. They were of loitier
mould than Greek or Roman history sup
piled. and yet, he said. such great soldiers
were Knocked, scotfed at. and denounced as
belonging to the su bservant elements OF the
north, and were accused OF treason by
those who were Of the breed OF
JoBs WAR HoRsE
and who like him, "snufIed the battle afar
off," Leaving that subject. VOORHEES,
passed tu what be called the campaign OF
political animOsity declared against the
people Of the south. their rights, their sc.
ourity, and their good names. When III,
ture historians came to inquire why and
how the republican p,rty had lost its ire.
mendous hold on the PROSTATE south and
had shrunk away to return no more Tor
ever, he would ne puzzled to find an an
swer, and would hnally write that its ad,
m'"i'tration through al that region mad
become 80 vast and intolerable y scandal,
hi,,ng the civil zed world with Its ioul
fi,dors, that an Intelligent and omnipotent
> public opinion had
DEMANDED ITS DOWNFALL
and the restoration OF home rule and de.
cent government. And yet 1t was that
party whose leaders now iumed and
threatenet the southern people and states