, 1869-03-02

cured tts subsereess 10 ths ssus; that thess
ofiee of The eseret.rJ Of tho Itta,ior; tnst aoo:
ass 1,5 a = a.sfs as.ss to u s e
,hnes. g sa ,ooo Of sasd oek. ma Zoo. A. Y:
Hubbard ha, none, to mS fntW!ed9e, snd 1h,t
ary morc tna. ~. ssnenu 1a!s tesn rexolarJ
essb, md actually car Cd into she eons:ructoa Of
over: hAt II { whole sa6.atbsd capital Of said
eonpany 4mnunts to r, 100 900, and Ina: n. ltnsr
q e. hays e
stated, md | DO further s'sts on my SOL
emu ossu thst ,Ie!tcer Of snd parties namea
h.. e,,a stnp.e ~, pfessst iaurs
pstfse, mas" ate. or rrnote. d,sect or ino
ret certain or contingent. other than thst above
recet7ed from satd eonoaLy any N monry. pfoper-
~, promise. rsst. psesent o. fuute. Or any other
ihi9 of value. aor arc they en,i.l.d 10 receive
othtr tbipg o. value cf s15 Kind Whatsoever. e.
eept thai represented By ihe,r Respective .hsres
si.te On oath that have discussed cve.y dollar
Of mun~y ttst has bSen paid out on account OF
tie e1nsrne ion Of fsld road, and inst every
portion Of the fnnds = essed upo, tne stockaold-
efs LES b en- expended IN esid CONSTRUCTION; 1hai
70 pat Of tAto fuids or auY Gtha: fu' d. OF sud
company n reen or viii se p.d to elshsE o: sad
Them Of elsotr Of them. be,oed that repre-.
! tennd b. 'h-tt tetar1 snstez Of a'oex ~ here,
IT. s6 10 o. Ir,ihs: stass 1ha. tss
waf Ct t!relJ tte !, suls Of the &C Ion and recon
| mtI oaston ct the erR'revss Of r4,d rompacy,
arc mort p,sctieaols soute for sald roau, Is re.
| qufea ~ ls.. snd ef which sA.o p1rttes above
nsntd had ro knowledge o or participation In :;
accepted ~ The government W,tto1t Tbs Inferpo-
st.en OF fnfut Of tic said parties cx aithcs OF
Il sd ps.s hss s.esavaa ID o. fnaf Il Sp
&ny mAnrtf TO r ceFe nom 9tt1 01p2hy or from
snJ one attlR Ese Il *11o.too. or an7 oiher sum
susp,ions 10 lae ttcek tneteof ~ ne,s1aoetass
s'a %, - y Gurstiy nlsa and VOID Of s1y truthful
spMcsioed and won to bte,se ms, to,s IN. asa
[L.s] da1 Of fehtuaEy 1s6a' - wt1aas ny hand
jA1Ks d McKxxxrr. Notr, Public.
Washlrpton auty, u.sttic. of Eolu ab.a
Mr. WILSON. Mr.. Speaker, With this |
statement Of the Gaze I leave It with my fel.
iow-mc 1bcrs, and send u to the country,
but not without that keen ping which ever
rity. / great wrong haa bocn dons me. /
give you the truth, but II does not heal tho
Eouud which has been inflicted On nc. stitl
lctt ~ The keeping Of NJ 1elov,mcmbsts Of
this uonsc.
NJ. ALLISON. .ak the gentleman tlou
Ohio 10 yle1d TO mo for moment, for 4 per-
Nj. AsnLxr, Of Ohio. I Yield To the ern.
licmaa for that purpose. II The Houss does
There ru no objection, and it ws ordered
MI. Allison. Mr.. Speaker, 1t will b Oh.
se1cd rom the reading ol thAt correspond.
cnce At tho Clerks dcak that the Charges
made apply 10 the Representatives. for tho
Third and Sixth Congressional Datfic.s Of
Iowa. - wcll - TO my colleague IRON tho
First District. 1t Is my fortune 10 represent
the Third Congregational District Of that
etase; and, slr. WIS annoyed 70 ind Ia the
columns ef Journal Of 20 much character
charge Of this kind agalust ne. As soon As Il
cane 10 my knowledge caused desratch 10
be SEQ, to tho editor Of that journal request
inR 10 be lnformtd Of The name Of the au.
thor Of this malicious SANDER. bold In my
band the answer to tho telegram, which DIS.
Lewis A. Thomas, Of thc city Of Dubuque,
Iowa. II Is 4 familiar name to nc. Hs ap-
pcaIcd IN INF district during the last canvaa
a. eellconsittuttd candidate and opponent
OF mine ior CouErcss, and, Of nearly lhirty-
hve thousand votes cAat Ia all. he euly rc.
ccivcd one hundred snd fortT.piae.
will repeat now what have repe2tcd
ofcn before, that 30 IA Is this charge a1acA
me Il u N Infamous calnmny, having lts ori-
Gin in the b AIN Of this knaYish man, whose
him aud my other.accuters who hAsr been In
leaVuc with him, for there arc a low such
maltgnant enemies In my district but, sir,
MP to thi4 hour they have not produced
sc1nulta Of proof Ia support of their personal
charges xkAiI It nc.
Dut, Mn Speaker, deeply regret that 4
paper 50 fa,orably known and Of such good
reputation - the Cincinnati G1uHe should b
Imposed upon to the extent of puhlishin4 this
atroc!ous article. It Is matter of consola-
tinu TO me. however. that no ionrusl, Rcpub-
iican or Democratic, within 1--WE hundred
miles Of my oWu home has ever before NJ.
lowed this Infamous slanderer to appear In
lis columns with this caluuny; and never
anywhere untll this article was pahltshed In
the Cipc'nnRtt Gaz<tts. have filth that the
editor Of that journal and the Members OF
this House will 90 Justice to those who have
seen me 20 unjnstlv assatled and illuminated.
AZ my colleague has stated, there are but
nine days OF the ses sion LEFT, aud OF course
any iuvesigatfon would be impossible IN that
tinnr but, Sir, now give notice to this House
ttcable amer the organization Of the next
nou4c Of Representatives, recur again to
/ these proceedings, 30 far as theg refer to me,
aud if any respectable man will reitcrate these
charges shall ask the House to invcstlg ltc
the matter fully and fairly before an Impartial!
| committee.
In coucluslon, let me tay that every word
Of this correspondence affecting my personal
integrity Ia false, and the man who wrote It
k1ew It to be false. 1t Was written for some
| malicious ind malignant purpose, which has
been frustrated by this exposure mado by my
| colleague {Mr- Wllson), who has Just taken
bis seat. And only regret that an CON-
PEELED to give the author the Infamous noto-
riety abroad that he has been 50 long pos.
I sc.std OF where be Is we'll known. shank
the House for Its courtesy