Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-06-05
Hon. Henry N. Fuller.

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This gentleman having on the lot
inst, in I'm elaborated speech denict
! the authenticity of a letter writer
by him in 1S49. in which he avowet
himself a free-soiler, the Hon. G. w
JoNEs said in reply:
| Mr.. JONES, of Tennessee. In Apri
last, ] addressed a letter to nv con
Istituents, which was published, and
sent copy of it to each member o
this House. In that letter, sir,
gave what purported to be lettel
from the gentleman from Pennsylva
MIA, who has addressed the House thi:
morning, addressed to B. F. Saxton
which letter the gentleman this morn.
ing repudiates as forgery. That let.
ter, sir, and also what purported to be
his Allegheny speech, was published
in the papers of Pennsylvania and Of
other States during the last winter.
In the month Of February, another
member of this House-a gentleman
from Missouri, Mr.. Caruthers] ]-ad.
dressed letter to his constituents.
and he gave both those extracts in
his letter, and it was circulated through
the country by the members of this
House. Some five or six weeks
after the publication of that letter.
/ took those extracts, and gave them
a place in the letter / addressed to
my constituents. During all that time
/ had seen no contradiction, and no
suspicion or question as to their au-
thenticity, and had | not believed
that they were not authentic | would
not have given them circulation in
that or any other form.
But / understood the gentleman to
say that there was letter written to
a Mr.. Saxton on that subject, and that
this one is forgery, manufactured
perhaps from the one which he ad-
dressed to Mr.. Saxton, and which was
stolen and altered, as ] understand
him. Now, sir, shall be glad to see
the genuine one. | do not under
stand the gentleman to repudiate the
sentiments in that letter as being en-
tertained by him in 1S49 Nor do
| understand him as repudiating the
sentiments attributed to him in the
report ofhis Allegheny speech, though
he said it was such report as that
he did not recognize it as his speech.
The gentleman can now say whether
he entertained those sentiments.
Mr.. FULLER. ] said / would pub
lish the letter as it was written; and
| said that the report of the speech
at Allegheny was so much stronger
in substance and in language than
which I had uttered, that /
did not recognize it at all; and I de-
MED the utterance Of the sentiments
imputed to me.
Mr.: JONES. Iwould inquire of the
gentleman whether it is correctly
stated that the paper in which that
speech was reported was in his sup
port, or favorable to his election, when
he was a candidate for the office of
Canal Commissioner; and whether he
repudiated that report at the time it
was published, and pending the cam
vass in that State?
Mr.. FULLER. ! stated the fact to
one Of the publishers of the paper in
which the report appeared. | left
the city onthe day. I believe, that
the publication was made. 1t was
just previous to the election, and I
had some four hundred miles OF more
to travel, with Numerous appoint
ments to meet. ] had no time to
revise the newspapers.
Mr.. JONES. Then I do not under
stand that the gentleman ever public
ly repudiated the report, or that the
paper which published it made, any
correction.
Mr.. SNEED. Iuse to question of
order. II
Mr.. JONES. Yes; make your ques-
ton. ~
+ Mr.. SNEED. / shall object to moth
ing that my colleague desires to say
in personal explanation or vintication,
under this leave. of the House; but /
protest against the gentleman getting
up, and. under the plea of personal
explanations, making accusations q.
gainst others.
The SPEAKER. The chair must
make the same decision on the ques-
ton of order raised by the gentleman
from Tennessee as it made on that