The advocate., 1892-02-24

ordinary; that he had been wounded, and
that his deportment during the war was
such as TO meet the appreciation Of any
gentleman who would inquire into the sub
jeCt.
I desire now to yield for a short time to
the gentleman from Virginia, (Mr. Mere
dith), who is familiar with the facts, and
who has interested himself in procuring the
position for this soldier.
On this Mr.. Meredith made the fol-
lowing explanation:
introduced that resolution few days
ago as a tribute from the confederate SOL
der TO a wounded union veteran, to gen.
tlemsn whom my people met, many Of
them, upon the field of battle, and who
learned to respect and love him because Of
the magnamimous treatment they received
when prisoners in his charge; and desire
to say to this House that appeal to my
friends from the south to stand by me upon
this resolution and to help this man who, in
this city, saved from mob violence gentle
man as high as ever walked this earth, when
q prisoner in the hands of Mai. Halleck.
/ repeat, sir, that l represent a people
who were opposed to Maj. Halleck during
the war, but who met him as men and
found him a soldier true and tried. They
learned to appreciate him because he was
one Of those gentlemen who fought US
when the war was going on and who stopped
az soon as it was over. He came down
among my people, and there they leaned to
love and respect him; and, as tribute, I
say, for the confederate soldier, we offer
this resolution and appeal to the union
veterans upon the other side to stand by us
in our effort to pay a tribute to this most
worthy man, a chivalrous gentleman, and
one who has served his country, entering
the army at Is years of age, who was badly
wounded, and lost an eye in the service of
his country, His record, say, is as good as
the record of any soldier of the union army.
He deserves his place, and though he ia
upon the retired list, make the statement,
Mr.. Speaker, that he has drawn less pay
than he would if he were upon the pension
rolls Of the county. ask you, gentlemen,
to sustain me in this resolution.
Representative Butler, of Iowa, in
stirring talk upon this "place-hunting"
uttered these remarks:
We are to determine to-day whether our
action in this House shall be based upon
our judgment as men or upon our sentiment
as people who do know the difference be-
tween wind and patriotism. It seems to
me that we have to determine one thing,
and one thing only, namely, whether or
not we need more assistance in the messen-
ger service Of this House. That necessity,
if it existed, would be determined by the
doorkeeper, and he would naturally come
to this House and ask for additional help;
but instead of that this resolution is pre-
sented here, and the friends of the person
who is to be benefited by the resolution 90
to the doorkeeper and secure from him con-
sent to the statement that this additional
help is needed.
/ repeat, if it we're needed we would have
demand for it from the doorkeerer HIM
self. but in the discussion which has been
had here to-day it is apparent to every man
in the House that this is simply an effort to
benefit some individual. From what have
heard, know that the individual in this
case is worthy, but I care not for that.
There are millions of worthy men in the
United States to day, but we have not
places for them all. The only question for
US to decide now, is; Do we need additional
messengsrs2 And that question we should
decide without reference to sentiment or to
our feelings toward any particular person