Speech of the Hon. Wm; Walter Phelps, of New Jersey
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Excerpt from Speech of the Hon. Wm; Walter Phelps, of New Jersey: February 1, 1884; House of Representatives Mr. Phelps said: Mr. Chairman: Speaking for the one most interested, I express his deep regret for the unkind allusions to the living and the dead which have been made in the heat of this discussion. In his long search for justice he has carefully avoided any reflection upon those who have impeded him in the pursuit, and he refuses to accept any responsibility for these allusions, whether made by those who arc friendly or those who arc unfriendly to the bill. And may I not assume that if those who had made them had the floor they, too, would express their regret: the gentleman from New York [Mr. Slocum) who has charge of the bill, that he reflected upon the great war minister, whose great faults history will pardon for his greater achievements; the gentleman from Indiana [Mr. Steele], that, in his surprise at finding that a general on the board of examination viewed the evidence different from him, he intimated that he looked at the evidence with an eye upon the Presidency; the gentleman from Michigan [Mr. Cutcheon], that be checked the course of his strong argument to intimate that there was another general who wished to he reinstated; my colleague from New Jersey [Mr. McAdoo], a young Rupert in debate, that he suggested that a conviction of the military incompetency of still another general was a universal condition of sanity; my peaceful friend from Michigan [Mr. Hour], that he confessed that he could think just as General Grant did in everything, except in military matters; and my neighbor here from Ohio [Mr. Taylor] - but. I can not give the time to recall all the illustrious names that have been unnecessarily dragged into this debate. Could they all be eliminated it were better; and this case could stand or full on its own merits. It is my duty to speak to-day for Fitz John Porter because he is my constituent. It is the same time a pleasure and an honor because he is my friend, and I believe him to be an honest man and a loyal soldier. "The mills of the gods grind slowly" in his case. It was twenty years last week (Monday) since the last signature was put to the verdict of a military jury which drove him out of the Army and made him a leper which his Government should never touch with an office of trust or profit. This verdict awarded him such infamy that for a while Iscariot and Arnold were his only competitors. A blundering Department furnished to an anxious President, a baffled Army, and an indignant people this sacrifice; and fifteen millions straining unto death to save their country in an hour of supreme despondency and gloom found a momentary relief in cursing the name of Porter. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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