Daily national Democrat., 1859-10-02
Reply to the Express.
MAnrsrr1Lr. Oct. 1st. 1859.

MARYsvILLE, Oct. 1st, 1859.
EDITOR DEMocRAr-Dear Sir The Express Of
this morning contains som etaing in reply to my
card, but as usual with everything that appears
in that sheet relative to myself it also contains
.falsehoOd, to-wit in speaking about the charge
which it has made against me, 1t says; "IheFe
is another remarkable thing about it-he never
denied it until yesterday morning, nor did his or
gan" Now sir, in an editorial in the DEMOCRAT
of the 5th of September last, 6gore the election,
occurs this language: i" As to those other unscru-
pulous charges against Mr.. De Long, that gentle
man has informed us that he is pledged to no par
tcular man in the world for U. S. Senator, and
nobody ever heard him say for whom he would
vote for that office. He has declared repeatedly
that be never would vote for any man for U. S.
Senator ,Cho ,0as not pledged to the doctrine Of
Popular Sovereignty; or who had ever sustained
the Lecompton fraud in any shape or manner"
And vet with knowledge of this denial, he, the
Express editor, not only fails either to produce
his authority or make his amende honorable; but,
after the election is past, and | am defeated 6y
The CT, culation Of this coNTEMPT1BLE LIE, and
when l am no longer before the public, that sheet
reiterates the falsehood that had denied, and
when rebuked for so doing, in this mornings
number, says that nor my party paper had de-
MED it previously, and that che is personally res
ponsible." Well, now, for what is be response
BILE? If for his author, again say that his in
formant is LIAR; if for the truth of his reply
in the Express of to-day, sly that that paper, in
saying "that neither the DEMOCRAT nor myself
had previously denied this charge" stated that
which IS FALSE, according to the record. l could
point out to the editor of that paper very many
things that it said about me during the canvass
which were untrue, and for which l am confident
no reliable informant could be produced; IN fact,
l was followed by that sheet from the commence
ment to the close of the campaign with most un-
renting and bitter personal abuse and denun-
citation, whilst in the columns of the DEMOCRAT
not one single word derogatory to the personal
character or standing of either my opponents or
any of his colleagues, ever appeared. This rule
of courtesy and honor adhered to by the Demo-
GRAFT was never in single instance departed
from by myself in my canvass of The county,
although at the time | was smarting with the
thousand wrongs imposed upon me by that pa
per.
With the close of the canvass, which ended in
my defeat by small majority in favor of Mr..
Watkins, certainly expected that then the race
of persecution (at least for the time being) which
had been run against me by the Express would
end ; and was stung into bitter reply by find
ing my name in Thursdays issue in connection
with charge which was uufounded, and which
had denied. III then wrote the card l did, not so
much (as that paper would have lt) to deny hav-
ing ever said that would vote for Republican,
as to deny what was false, no matter what that
might be.
Respectfully, &C..
O. e De LONG