Nebraska advertiser., 1862-05-22

recting an error about to be perpetrateC
upon that Territory"
We have seldom read a debate in Con.
gress in which there was so much person.
81 abuse i%nduigs9 a BY Blertona
friends towards Daily. Back and Daly's
witnesses. We quote a portion q DaIly's
reply: ~ - y
"There have been a great many things
said ia regard 10 this man Dundy, a friend
Of mine, with whom | am intimately ac-
quainted, for the purpose Of injuring his
cbaFacgeFIa= th1s-II6aBe more high
minded, more intelligent, more reliable,
and more honorable man, does not live
than this man Dundy. But be did not,
/ believe, knuekle to the Buchanan AID
mmIsfratign. and there Is the sin.@ he
had praised Buchanan and Breckenridge
at the proper time, and the Buchanansnd
Breckenridge men, such as the maFsbalOf
The Territory and Desconde, the brother
+in-law Of Bearregard, and all the leaders
they appointed, he would have beehtreat-
ed differently. When those men / have
mentioned went off south TO join the
southern army, my friend Morton, who
acted with them up 10 that time, struck
Of and came TO Congress to contest a seat,
thinking he could make more money by
coming here than by going there /; and
DOW he pitches into the former Governor
of the Territory, who is now at the head
Of bis regiment ia McClellan's army.
Mr. RCHARDSON,-Do 1 under
stand the gentleman from Nebraska as
casting the slightest suspicion, By. impuia-
ton even, upon the loyalty and devotion
TO his country Of the contestant here2
MI. DAILY.-I have only this to say.
! do not like to make any charges, and I
never would have made a charge In this
whole case. but would have gone through
IT, like a gentleman, if they had treated
me so. But having no merits intheir case,
theylwere forced, iRDrder iomake a fight
against me at ali, to travel outside of the
case, ard cast imputations upon me. And
n0w / will say that I will make nocharge
upon the, contestant here, but / viii do
ibis, mayH please the gentleman from
Illinois, l will put him in. the hands of
his present Democratic friends now re-
maining ia the Territory. and / believe
the Democrats upon this floor can vouch
for his Democracy. / believe the gem
lleman from Ohio who is now looking at
me can Youch for the Democracy Of Mr..
BlaekmRn. formerly of Ohio, and now of
Nebraska City .bs4nsIr I5ru babsdt
MF. CoXrrDoes the gentleman refer
Mr. DAIIY,Ldo s-alaszs e a3o.
Mr.. COX-He left my district some
four years ago, and l do not know what
his politIcat status is. If he is a friend
ofathe gentleman, / am a little afraid of
hing daughter. 9, bne sDo gn
Mr. DAILY.+That is begging the
question. He is not a pOliucalfriend of
the gentleman but be was a member Of
the convention that nominated my friend
Morton as a candidate for Delegate to this
House. and he has written me a letter
which he says / am at liberty to use, in
which be declares that Morton's sympa-
thy with the southern traitors is known
and read Of all inca, chat be would moi
trust him in any piece or at any time, and
THAI be is sorry to say thathe voted for
him as Delegate. Mr.. Blaekman is now
a-cap.ain IN ihe Union Army z He has
taken the other shoot. Laughter g
Mr.. MORTON Mr., Speaker, if the
sitting member will permit me TO make a
remark here, this is a very serious charge,
Mr.. DAILY-I do not make any
charge. I leave the gentleman in the
hands Of his own political friends,
Mr.. MORTON.-Itis one whichI did
not expect 10 hear either upon this floor
or anywhere else have simply this 10
say. that towardsthe close of the Thirty
Sixth Congress. when The nation itself
seemed in the commissions of dissolution.
when amid the roar and din of assemb-
ling armies, / heard The voice of the ven
cradle gentleman from Kentucky Mr.,
C~ritenden sounding calmly and grand
" over and above all the terrible tumult,
saying INTO the waves of sectional strife,
Peace, peace, be STILL" | caught the
words and echoed them even uponoth
far-of i6raiFies Of Nebraska If that
may have been d~isIoyalty, then / am dis
loyal; If shat may have been treason, !
am proud iovbe called a lraitor-a Crit
lenden traitor. teo eor 6jfu 5sggs-
Mr. DAILY@Will the gentleman
close with prayer18 Laughter. / will
send up the letter to be read, that il may
be seen that i do not make the charge,
and 4 will say that / have got other leti
tiers, all from reliable Democrats, and
men who were members of the conyen-
tioh which nominated The contestant.
To Mr.. paily's proposal for the Clerk
to bread the letter. objection was made by
Messrs3R r ehardsOn. Vallandinghamhnd
others bThe Speaker decided ahaE Mr..
Daily had a rie6ptoiread the letter but
as objection was made he declined reading
.n6 -lo 1oulW .dlca 8 io-eucM 811 a1l
yelled Ll1haaZ1 aroiss.
h9ihW asd Cleveland. sd1 sT9u
j 9hj ni m5di 80 u -. 3t7eeae sr9,7
IN another column will be found an &C.
count Of The death of Cleveland, His
earlRhiss0gy is shrouded in profound nays.