Show VETERAN vindicated after twenty ceass of obloquy general fitz john porter obtains justice being reinstated ia in the army by the hour houi a of by A vote vats of teu to 78 lj nals 24 members paired by atra aud VM to U the Ut 11 I 1 in tile house wolford spoke in support of tha the fitz joha john porter relief bill criticize critic criticizing izi 12 horns speech he eaid said the beut gentlemen 11 from michigan assumed that ex confederates wera were interested in this case and bad had argued argue J that self respect should prevent them thein arora taking part in the debato debate the gent gentleman lewan would had ha dmore more respect for ex essron con federates fedo rateB if like himself ha lie had been in antho the front he ile had thought ex confederates were hero as iner members abers of the american congress with tho the right and duty to vote on ebery question lu estiOn he hoped no man who had and served the confederate army had got so mad over the fight that after 20 years he be could not do an act of justice to a man who fought arinsb him he hoped no man would get up tip and eay ray 1 I cant vote on this bill I 1 am interested 1 I 1 am still mad milliken inquired whether ha he was to understand tho tile gentleman asked the members to vote for the relief of porter as 9 an act of conciliation of his confederate fr ionUs if naked asked on that ground r au 1 iw crould vote for the re fi cef e f wolferd rd replied he asked it on the tile highest grounds ever presented he ile demanded it as an act of justice to a tone lonz injured man applause on the democratic eide side wolford passed on in review of the ca case caje je and was fres applauded by the tile mem member bera collected around him bini in the center of ithe aisle but bis his remarks at times were so low as to be inaudible calkins began the argument in opposition of tho the bill by the statement that he knew there vaa was no doubt about its passage A book was to bo be opened where the page was turned down 2 20 0 years asso azo but bill those who opposed that action would not adopt the means which they believed gen gait porter used on the and oi of august and refuse to fire shot at the enemy but on the contrary would adopt the more gallant conduct of the bravo brave soldiers lol diers and sailors Bai lors and marines a on board the cumberland when she waa was swept fore and aft and was sinking they fired their guns at he the enemy manned the yard arms armi and gave three cheers for their country applause on the republican aw bide tins measure might be called lindic he denied atmore thau til that voters country would deny it Sira sneaking klag of the grant letter he lie eald said ho he know I 1 new grant well had ro his early military experience under tinder that leader he lie honored and loved grant as a brave soldier but bill when that soldier came out in favor of this bill he could only say nono none of his officers eyer dared to disobey a like order of hia his applause on the republican ide side the members asked by this bileto bay say in the language of tho the gentleman from new york slocum tint that A braham lincoln edwin 31 stanton and general halleck conspired together and organized a court to convict Fitz john Jolin porter and the tile gentleman undertook to attach ahe namo of juliani T I 1 Jil billerman lerman to help him out if these scenes wore to be re enacted hereth tre might inight cume come a time when the bugle blast of the grand army of the republic by the me side of their camp tires would aik ask general sherman to come out of the retirement and lead them again spin to victory as be he did before applause on an the tb ile republican publican sid side e the houie house was asked te to write where james A garfield 22 years yeat a ago wrote guilty tile words not guilty to march to the th sac ed dust of abraham lincoln and where he be wrote approved write tho the word reversed 11 tho the house might write these words if it it desired but the people would bevoise its writing and spit upon it and spurn it i applause on the republican sida side phelps spoke in favor of the bill and in regard to general gardelis Garf Gard lelda elds connection with the matter read a 10 joint int resolution introduced by him for r the tile appointment ofa of a board of review Y ew and stated be had private letters from mat gentleman which he could twist into an approval of this 12 bill billo as the other bad ball twisted private letters into a disapproval porter Parte bad rhad his faults but ho he was not guilty of treason it the members forgot that wound in alex co let lot them not forget the soth cf of au gust 1662 heu be bat order that was sent in time fline when the fifth army corps went into bittle battle with portor porter at the head when whenn they marched into the tho jaws of the aatos of hell that waa dicent ace nt and that also wm was var ir applause on all th the a tide side for the Fifth arm aminy corps that was vote fort for that list corps wit which ell left 2200 men antho on the held for that magnificent corps corpe which was waa and is and always aou would d be the steadfast unfaltering iba frield of give him back to them thein the leader odthe of the Con federa cv ev down the steps odthe of he capitol t reat ening to newrn and anti destroy it lie ile failed antho in theal attempt tempt and yet he lie walked in freedom men ien who penned union soldiers in anderson gilleand vil leand libby stul still lived of officers trained lu fu ewt point whose creagon needed no investigation were sitting in this chamber was porter to bo be the only victim lie be the he 9 gallon nation he ile for porter when he asked for the last lime time lor for justice at the bar of his bouw arys Con Cong atess teM lut that congress congre s look at hia his proofs and do him just justice e ho lie had no authority from porter to t 0 g lal herbut p king for fr lilma elf he would say him justice let ua tie give liim jini money and taking him from the tide side of judas J and arnold pace him by the tile aid side of or those who foucht with hira who loved and lir lic nored him bv bt the side of sykes and getty and ind terry and schofield and grant applause on democratic alde boutelle Bou lelle maid W a duty to hia his stata and lie the members of the fifth army corps who resided in that state sta h to enter a protest against th the passage odthe of the bill ho lie denied that it was the unanimous desire ot of tile men who fought under porter that he should be restored to the army and asserted as a refutation of that claim that ha he had this morning received ce ived a letter from a gallant pliant ca cavalryman who carried porters flag as bis his or orderly stating the sentiment among the old corps was almost universal amona a astonishment and indignation atlon at the 1 inaction n a c if on of their general on the of august A num berlof short were mado made all but two in opposition to tha the bill steele moved to strike out lie the namo of 0 pits john porter and insert that of ward B U Burnett rejected calkins offered a substitute pr pie viding for convening a nw now court martial to review thease th tho case ease lost converse Con verae offered an amendment for making fiti fitz john porters retirement compulsory this was a agreed reed to I 1 in n committee but subsequently beveree refereed reve reed d by the house boyne an ing out the words appointment under it and I 1 n the passage of this act agreed ag to the committee rose the bill dered engrossed and rea a third time the bill was then pasted passed the yeas nays 78 as follows Yeas Adams N Y alexander ander arnot begley ballani A B barbour I 1 boyne beach belmont bennett bianchard blanchard bland blo blount t boyle breckenridge go broadhead buchanan uc banan buckner burleigh Burle Burl igli elgh cabell caldwell candler carlton cowdy clardy clay clements element cobb collins con nolly cool cox N NY Y cox N C crisp culberson culbertson tex tax curtin dargan davidson bavis dals mo deuster dibrell dockery Dock cry shelmer Dowd 1 drIdge evins S C ferrell fiedler find lay finnerty follett boran forney fyan gibson glascock GIasco cL grayes green greenleaf Grcen leaf halsell Ual sell hatch mos mo haynes II aynes Hemp hemphill kill II unley herbert hewitt flowitt NY hewitt ala hill holman hopkins Ilo houseman hunt hurd hutch ins james jones onet wis jones ark jones ala jordan kean lea kink kleiner laird amb iamb I L Lan nl liam in lefever lewis long lore lover Ii vering ing lowry lyman mcadoo matson slav bury miller texas mitchell mitchill mor morgan all morae morse moulton Rull muldroe rov row 31 ler lei becce Nl thol 0 ates tea Olla oneill mo patton Il erce peel aik ark poland post potter pryor pitsey posey in banney ranney itay aitay N V it 11 reagan reese lugg rigi RI gi hob rail ertson ky robinson y X T fiock rockwell is ell ark rogers NY X Y scales seney seymour Sey moui shaw singleton skinner N 0 smith snyder Sp rIggi stevem 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cit truble J L 1 raylor taylor ohio E I 1 il fayla tay fay I 1 lc 0 r odilo Ol ilo thonia wadsworth wak wako field weaker weaver white glnn Ml nn whittley 78 when poland ast ich vote in the there c aia a round of nf ap fill plaue aliu o ou oil the ide itie the following numbers tn ember were en aifong aman rc ahou pall palica el blackburn while white ky liy brou brown pa emma lr inen trout hoey alitt ea elon I 1 on wnm ceorge Ci arge talbott ra I 1 lcy Rau dalY miller pa ketcham I 1 1 aner ohio boim RICO covington liolion ll olion hardy anti gitlia adjourned anul |