New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-12-19
FROM WASHINGT TON.
HOW DUNN Is DONE.
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1Jlarei Cor ssyo> 'dsnce or Iss ". T. Trlburs.
WAsm. VGTos, Monday, Dec. IL, 1866.
The Hon. George G. Du1n of Indiana diversified
the proceedirss of TIE House this morning BY
speeoh Of about an ho1r, whereof TIE TRIBUNE
and its criticisms on bis refusal to vote for the
AIti.NebIsska candidate for Speaker formed the
text. l was not in the Capitol when he CON-
meneed, but have since asked at least twenty
Members whether be made out any color OF self
Justification, and the universal reply is that no did
nothing of the kind. | cannot learn that BE- even
pretended to deny the truth of my statements
with regard 10 his course; but be said that ouIv
told half the truth That was 80. let hin, OF
very easy, because some Of bis colleagues hspel
that be might yet come to himself and fulfill tho
high trust which he urgently solicited and las 70
shsmefully betrayed will now proceed to state
the rhOe truth with regard to his course, accord
ing to tie best lights have been able to obtain.
Ii is az follows:
At the Election in his District last year, John
A. Hendricks, an AntiNebraska Democrat wm
regularly nominated as the Republican or Anti
Nebraska candidate for Speaker. Mr.. Dunn was
dissatisfied with this nomination, bolted. and
came out stump candidate against il. He had
once before represented the District, had many
friends in it, is good stunper, and it soon be-
came evident that should be and Mr.. Hendricks
both persist in running, the Nebraska candidate
would beat them both Mr.. Hendricks, Tiers.
fore, after listening to an anti-Nebrasks
speech from Mr.. Dunn, took occasion to ssy that.
Mr. Dunns views appearing to be identical with
his own, there was no reason why both should
run, and he (Hendricks) withdrew frsm the can
yass in favor of Mr.. Dunn. And thus was Mr.
Dunn elected, expressly, unequivocally, as the
Ant-Nebr sska or Republican candidate.
So chosen, Mr. Dunn came here and professed
to act, and cordially sympathze with his Anti
Nebraska colleagues. With them he voted steadily
for Mr.. Ca npbell until Mr.. Campbell withdrew
from the contest, and then he roted repeatedly for
Mr. Banks Next morning he fell away, aud has
since voted as stragglinely as possble-every time
for some one who stood no possible chance Of
being chosen. Why he has acted in this way do
not know but l beliere he is one of the XIX or
thereabouts who wanted Banks dropped after 9
little, then Pennington taken up aud served the
same way, ard so on, until all the old Members Of
any prominence should have been tried 10 success
sion. The ball, you see, thus batted about, must
ultimately rest Somewhere; and why not with the
Hon. George G.. Dunn l give this as my
hypothesis only if you find one more plausible in
Mr.. Dunn's speech, just substitute that for this,
and if you add that he is an a" of OK" generally.
you may be near the truth.
MI Dunn at first pretended that be was i'm
PEELED to his course by indignation at the treat
ment of Mr. l.. d. Campbell, who votes steadily
for Banks Then he complained cater be had
voted repeatedly for Baoks) that Dir. b was not
the unbiased choice of the Anti. Nebraska men:
let there be ting caucus and candidate
f.irly selected and he would support that candi-
date At length, more 10 humor him than for any
other purpose, a caucus ,oas duly called and held.
and Mr.. Dunn attended and made speech. Hsv-
ing finished, he took his hat and bolted without
waiting to hear what others might suggest, or to
vote at the ballot for Speaker. hcb resulted in
the nomination of Mr. BaDks not only by FIVE
si1ths Of those present, bit bya clear majority Of
all the acoped Anti.hsJraska men in the House.
Yet though thus concluded by his own volun-
teered pledge, Mr.. Dunn coOlly repudiates it, and
persists in voting steadily to keep the House dis
organized and in chaos, and let the border
ruffans work their will upon the Free-State men
of Kansas. And now this unhappy suicide seems
to think that have dispatched him, when it Is
nobody but himself! If Judas IscariOt has been
made exemplary and Benedict Arnold rendered by
patriot, the credit or blame belongs
in no part to me, but solely to the Honorable
George G. Dunn.
Utterly unable to defend himself the unhappy
victim turned upon me, and seemed to think that
he could whitewash his own reputation by black
enipg nine And bowi BY reviving tbst poor
old exploded SANDER about the Congressional
Books. BY piecing together two wholly unrelated
fscts-1 That when the House was 10 Committee
on the Deficiency bill, C54e,) Twas said to have
voted once (by rising in my seat under missppre-
henson Of the question: for the item to pay tor
supplying new Members with certain )oks orderea
at the preceding session; and 2. That in CONVEX
sstion With Mr. Hudson, on of the House, fully
admitted the propriety Of distributing the Revised
Treaties, and sther such documents OF the United
States to the several Congress Districts--on which
DR.. Edwards of Ohio attempted to make out
case against me on the floor six years ago.
cannot zee what ground there is for further
in the premises. The books hsd
been ordered at the former session of that Con-
gress, when was not Member Of course, they
were to be paid for-there was no escape from
that But had just been made target OF gen
eral assault for my exposure of the Mileage S~in-
die, 80 did not choose TO place myself In posi-
ton where cayers would say, Yes, you cen Do
yirtuous on Mileage, because little oft comeS
10 YOU any how but when it comes to Books,