The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1891-02-12
Ingalls, Defends Himself.

Petersburg mtiax-Apreal.l
In the personal statement which Sena-
| tor Ingalls, made on last Thursday re-
SaIuiiIS MS attitude on rnc election Dir
he condensed in his own admirable stvl4
all the objections which have been
brought 10 bear asAitst FhAt measure by
its opponents IL either house of congress
and in the press. The following para
graph from is remarks tpitomises
everything that has been and can be
urged against it
am, as have always boou In FAVOR or a lust
and impartial election -iw directed alike against
force and fraud nGlr partisan and applicable
equally 20 all parts of the nation The measure
heretofore under consideration, III many of its
details, did not rec Give the sanction OF my judg-
ment 1t appeared to Inc to be cunbrous, com
plicated, and obscure i'll MANY OF its provisions
and difflcult of application. ltsubordinated the
judiciary to political contro and oi;Sine,i the
treasury 70 Indefinite ekl:lldftirts without re-
quisite supervision and IN Violation in my udg-
ment, OF the spirit, il not the letter, OF that pro
vision OF the constitution Which declares that
no money Shall he drawn from the treasury
but IN consequence OF appropriations made by
law
Mr.. Ingalls,, however, did more. He
gave the people All insight into the ma
chinatlOns of those whose hearts were
DIV otoii INV ltt9"dSt vi bllt OH. ne
made it plain that they undertook to in
fiuence him, in his enpagi.y as presiding
officer, to rule against his convictions of
what was right and fair and honest. He
said:
have been opposed, Mr. President, unaltera-
bly, opposed from the beginning, to the adoption
OF the cloture for many reasons sufficient and
satisfactory to me. that need not now and here
be fefltafSHl. 1leEt are those W Ito near who
know That many ruGntls ago, when GG.i,py ;iig
the chair in tile ab@ence uf the vice president /
resisted many urgent opportunities and many
strenuous solicitations to operate iii that
direction by methods that then Believed were
revolutionary and SubverSive of the funiaman-
tai principles OF constitutional government. |
have not since seen any occasion to change or
modify my convictions.
And as Il parting shot he administers
to those ultra Zealots like Hoar, Ed
munds, Blair and others, who were ready
to anathematize each and every republic
can hat Hossl not bow to the DEGREES Of
X ing Caucus, nor heed the crack of the
party lash, It rebuke framed in language
that reminds one Of the Kansas senator's
best moments. This is what he said
We are told, Mr.. President, that the streets of
Jerusalem were kept clean by every man sweep
ing before his own door, and commend to the
selfconsttuted guardians Of the cOnscences of
their associates, outside this chamber, more
frugal. prudent and discreet hllsbandry of
their disapprobation. These leaders who have
conducted the most powerful political OrganiZl-
ton in American history to the most Stupendous
and Overwhelming disaster recorded in its All
mails should be able to forgive those who doubt
the infaIibility of their judgment Ii they are
tolerant of differences Of opinion especially
among those whose devotion to human liberty
cannot be questioned, and whose consistency and
fortitude haYe been exposed 10 tests as severe a
leaat as any they iave ever known.
1t is not at all probable that Mr.. In
galls's remarks will soon fade from the
memory OF the Hoar- Aldrich- Edmunds
syndicate.
A sure remedy for aggravated hiccough
has been discovered and successfully
tested, nitrate Of amyl, q few drops TO
he inhaled from q handkerchief
Democratic journals claim that the
successful negotiation Of the reciprocity
treaty with Brazil is practically an en-
dorsement of the Democratic theory of
free trade. In a certain sense all the
people of this country give their ad-
hesion to that policy, us it has always
obtained between the States of the
Union The treaty with Brazil simply
extends the application of the policy,
under like industrial conditions, prac-
tically,as those which exists between the
States. Protection is merely Il ques-
ton Of wages ihe difference between
the prices paid for labor in the manufac-
turing districts of Europe and those of
this country. There are no manufactures
to mention, in Brazil, to compete with
those Of this country, and the treaty ar
ranges for the exchange of products,
free of duty. of one country which can
not be produced in the other The pro
tectiye principle, in its legitimate i'm
mort. is not applicable to such condi-
tions, and consequently the universal
appIication of the policy, as maintained
Inv Democrats, is an entirely different
thing from the policy projected in the
treaty with Brazil.