Nebraska advertiser., 1866-10-25

r~A 0aotuct ~ uirtt Auu uu0lc1e uclu.
] complied bu, owing 10 the fact that
tie papers Of some Of the companies
we're not ready, only a portion Of The
regiment was then mustered out. On
he occasion q which / refer. / addressed
tie soldiers, and was never more kindly
.Tsceived or lreaIedby that noble Regi-
ment. The Olhsr companies were mus
tered OUT and paid off part Of them on
Sunday, and the others while I was nee
e~ssarily absent otherwise / would gladly
have met them also. and most certainly
would have done SO. / visited these gal
liant men and brave soldiers when they
were in Tennessee-again when they
were in Missouri, and again while they
were al Fort Kearney and Cottonwood
Spring, and their lreatmen, lowsrds me
was uniformly respectful and of the most
friendly eharacter--such only as they
would extend TO a man whom they knew
70 be their friend and a friend 10 their
country. / never have been guilty of
cOnsOunding the Onion soldiers with the
copperheads, and the DR.. knows il.
Bui all these Misrepresentation might
have passed unnoticed believing asI DO
hat The time is not distant when the sol
diers Of Nebraska will all understand
who are their friends now that they are
a. home, where the facts may all be
learned But the editor of the Herald
IN bis paper Of the Sd inst. makes Ger.
tain charges against me, affecting my
private character, when. should they
e. the eye Of a stranger both to the
editor and 10 myself, might iujure my
reputation as a citizen. These l propose
20 sci right. and 10 characterize as they
deserve, The Herald says "In 1861
the Nebraska FIRST was organized. Gov.
Saunders has but recently been sent
among as. His patriotism, then oozing
into his pockets, induced him to give to
one George Spencer the most lucrative
position in II. George said al the time,
and i was well understood, that in the
eEuberance Of that patriotism which is
DOW so much bOasIed by the Governor,
be did not hesitate 10 furnish Mr.. Spen-
Ger with money, on an agreement, to d..
vide the proceeds of the business" Now,
IL there are any persons in this commu-
nifty SO far deceived as to believe thai
there is the least honesty or principle of
the gentlemen about the editor of the
Herald, they will be astonished when |
tell them. (and / al and will if requi.
red. prove the truth of every word1 say)
teere is not The semblance Of truth
in any portion Of the above statement
that il is a wicked and malicious false
hood from The beginning to the end.
Sc Ear from importing" Mr.. Spencer
10 Nebraska, ! met him for The first lime
for several years. on the steamboat com.
from 81. Joseph to Omaha, and was
pot sware. until I Glanced 10 meet him.
TAT be a ihiaa thousand miles Of
ne.
] never gave him any Office, except to
make him my private Secretary until l
could become acquainted with the gen..
who had applied for the place.
and 70 whom ! was a stranger, (for | had
determined 10 give it to a resident here.) |
This position MI. Spencer held but six
and for the service rendered
paid him less than one hundred dollars.
This IS all the money be ever received
me. / had nothing whatever TO do
Eih bis connection with the sut.lership,
10 which Office | presume the Doctor al.
He was elected by the C1ueCil of
Administration TO that Office. The office
purely a military one, and was not
my gift or control.
/ never gave, or loaned, or advanced a
10 him in connection with the suit
leFship. Ian Office which the DR.. says is
he most lucrative IN the regimenL) No {
me, ] presume, can better tell than the I
Doctor what the profits Of a suttlership
Ire-f0r he succeeded in making a large {
in that position al Fort Kearney
though his creditors say thai ,heyfl
cant see H." for when they demanded $
heir dnes, father and wife seemed TO f
Iwn ell. never had any interest what
'vsr with Mr.. SpenCer-now General y
spencer, Of Philadelphia-m the suuler
usiAsss. I never agreed upon any e
division Of profits" with him, and never Il
eceived any. The Doctor has got this |
mixed up with his recollections of a
h engagement 10 "divide' with the gen. f
who furnished him the funds TO u
pen the suttlership at Kearney. on bis "
rival from 81. JOes a penniless mendi- Il
ant, fresh from The editorial sanctum of rs
fsb,l newspaper, which the loyal men fl
7 Missouri had suppressed on account Of Al
. braze1 advocacy of sreasOn. b
Another assertion, equally ~unfOunded IA
smand attention, and then / have done II
ilh Ibis falsiher. He does not ia his Ii