The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-12-23
An Explicit Denial.


LoGG, a Black Republican member of Con-
gress from Illinois, made some statements
in the course of debate seriously affecting
Judge DOUGLAS. The statements were
made in reply to, and as sort of defence
against, certain structures which GREELEY
had made upon his action during the first
day of the session. He attempted to show
that GREELEY held false position to the
Black Republican party, and had been guil.
ty of planning in certain case to secure the
overthrow of Black Republicanism and the
triumph of Democracy. His remarks have
already been published. "When the strug-
gle in Illinois commenced" said be, "Mr.
GREELEY and Others met in the parl or of
Senator DOUGLAS, plotting and planning to
sell Illinois, and Missouri too. He knew it
aud could prove it. He never loved a
traitor. The idea was to make Mr..
DOUGLAS Senator-to re-elect him-and it
was done. Mr.. DOUGLAS in the mean.
time was declaring that he was Demo-
GRAFT"
This coming to the notice of GREELEY,
he sat down the very same day and penned
an answer, in which be explicitly denies the
whole story from beginning to end, saying
that there is not a word of truth in it
This reply is published in the New York
Tribune, over GREELEY's signature, and in
the concluding paragraph the Philosopher
takes occasion to satirize the Black Re-
publican members of Congress who recon-
mended HELPERS incendiary work, and are
now shaking in tie knees because it has
been made public. Here is the denial of
kELLOGG's statement:
see by the telegraphic dispatches of to-
days proceedings, that you have been COM
menting on my dispatch and on me, in terms
which seem, so far as can make out what
you were at, to require no comment on my
part, except in so far as they affect politi-
cal adversary. Senator Douglas and have
been acquaintance for ten years or more,
during which time each has given and taken
hard blows, but l trust no foul ones. l am
willing to call the account balanced, if he is.
Once only in our lives did we agree on
political question-that of resisting the
attempt to force an abhorred Constitution
on the People Of Kansas. During the
struggle on that point, l was called to
Washington, and went to his house, where
we had two conversations on pending DO.
litical topics. There was at least one wit
ness in each instance. and that witness is
now Republican Member of the House.
Never before nor since have MIR. d. and I
conversed on politics, save as opponents
and on that occasion, l am glad to have
witness to confirm my own clear recollection
that MIR. Douglass re election to the Senate,
or his future election to any post whatever,
was not even mentioned. And never did
any letter, message, or word, pass between
US implying desire on his part that I
should, or promise on mine that would,
support him, at any time, for any Office
whatever. And whoever has at any time
reported to you aught inconsistent with this
must have drawn on his imagination for his
facts, or be laboring under the grossest mis-
apprehension.
Mr.. Kellogg, there is just one remaining
tie of sympathy between Senator Douglas
and myself, now that the old relations of
political antagonism between US are COM
pletely re established detest his doctrines,
but l like his PLUCK. Had he signed, ever
so heedlessly, circular recommending Tom
Paine's Age of Reason, you would never
have found him prevaricating, nor apologize
ing, nor deprecating he would have simply
and coolly told his adversaries to make the
most of it. 0 that some Republicans could
be not merely almost, but altogether such
as he is in this respect, however unlike in
every other Respectfully,
HORACE GREELEY.