The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1890-05-15
INGALLS, ACQUIRED OF PLAGIARISM
The Substance or the Charge that he IL
Guilty Of CrIhhInE from Mnn.iIIon.


The Kansas City Times of May II contained
an article by Charles Carroll Carlton in which
INC charge Is made that Senator John James
Ba Ea pSsszSd from s9rmOp Of
Eress from Missouri, who died in February OF
ton as a masterpiece OF thought and diction.
IN the course of his attack upon Senator
Angads. Mr. Carlton says;
49,. This speech was wonderfully like sermon
99IEJean BaptiSte MasslIon, an eminent French
u iaS ana his sermon was delivered over 80
siiiion were wide asunder, both as to time and
r ieIi! YET tho Congressional Record shows a
tween tho two. The following. as taken from
the Congressional Record Feb %, 1889, consti-
s suses about ohc-half OF Mr.. lnGalls's great
As l looked for the last time upon that
se GO from which for the first time in
the impenetrable and insouble mystery OF
iBurnes terminated upon this bank and shonl Of
!ine u no morning is to dawn upon the night
Ia a,i which lie sleeps. then sorrow has no conso
ialloh' anu this Impressive and solemn cero-
mIony which We observe to-day has no more
signlflcqnce than the painted pageant of the
!f9uDieq dream, his death oblivion. what availS
~ that the Senate should pause to recount his
Virtues and that his associates should assom-
bic in solemn sorrow around his voicelcss
sepuchre Neither generation nor reverence
Is que 70 the dead II they are but dust; no
terity the memory Of their achieysnents If
those who came ate them are 10 lie only their
A., Unless we survive. the ties of birth. afrec-
ton. and friendship arc a deIusive mockery;
society is based. detected imposturc tho
o9ues OF moI"ity and Justice, the sentiments
without force or conservation il in this world
only we have hope and consciousness. why
should mHst b their iineuicati%ns be Needed Duty
pleasures should be the guides of conduct, and
virtue IL indeed superstition if ifo ends with
This is tho conclusion which the philoso-
tp ny o. ;neGation must accent ut last. Such is
make the epitaph the end. Ii these teachers
arc right If the life OF Burnes is like an arrow
mat Is snent; then we, are, atoms in a moral
chaos; obedience to law is indefensble servi-
tude; rulers and magistrates are despots toll
Grated only by popular mbecillty; Justice Is y
rharsodies; murder and perjury are derisiye
tests. and their harsh definitions are frivolous
phrases invented by tyrants to impose on the
tlmldlty OF towards and the creduity Of slaves.
' If the life of Burnes is as a taper that is
burned out. then we treasure his memory and
his example In vain, and the latest prayer OF
his departing spirit has no more sanctity to US.
who soon or late must follow him, than the
protesting forest, or the murmur of waves that
break upon the comp planning Shore
=, Nov; 1t Is very clear that certain natural
sitiye minds the same idea. aud have awak-
ened the same feelings; even, as the hollow
nHIuuT OF lne sea smell nelQ 10 the ear lar
away from the oceans shore thrills one with
feeling of indescribable melancholy
. Now. perhaps something has murmured in
Mr.. lngalls's ear and doubtle Massilon
caught his inspiration from the same mysteri-
Gus source. But wonderful to relate. this
mysterious agency actually inspired these two
wide asunder minds 10 use Of the same
language At times and at other times it used
ingenuity and intelligence that was almost
human as if it wished to deceive the public.
After considerable labor | have reset some
OF these sentences SO that the two productions
placed side by side in the deadly parallel col
umn will all the better show up a wonderful
similarity: