The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1880-05-05

And Mr. Springer admitted The truth of
+ Gov. Armfeld's statement as follows:
! Mr.. SPRINGER-"I did not strain it, Mr.
Speaker, Ilaughterl and l am glad l did
i not"
! 1t IS alleged that Mr.. Springer held his
/ private conversation, myself alone excepted,
exclusively with those Democratic members
of the COMMITTEES who dissented from The
proposition to seat D1iinsHy, yet he undertook
TO impress the House with the idea that I
was the only Democratic member of the
/ Committee who did not know that he was
/ opposed to seating Mr.. Donnelly. This he
well knew was false. As had control of
the case so far as the majority of the Dem>
oc-atic members were concerned, upon me
devolved the duty of bringing about harmo-
ny if possible.
My resolution asking FOR Committee Of
the House to investigate the authorship of
the letter in question adopted the
18th inst, and an investigation will soon be
had by proper Committee.
Ia conclusion | would say:
l chorge Mr. Springer with duplicity and
dishonorable conduct in the following par
ticulars;
l. In making utterly false statements to
me as to his position on the Donnelly-W
burn case, and in deceiving me, time and
again, as to the vote he proposed to give on
the resolution TO seat Mr.. Donnelly.
II. In pretending TO me that he was work
ing with Messrs. Phster, Spear and Weaver
to induce them to vote To seat Donnelly,
when he was really working with them to
induce them to vote against seating DDnnel-
ly.
III. In making pair with Mr.. Calkins
which was really bundle of falsehoods and
double dealing.
" In pretending to the reporter of the
Ne10 York Tribune. on April 1st, that he
was too good and pure to permit the cleo
ton Committee to be used as a machine to
manufacture Democrotic President" while
on the same day he assured Mr.. Armtield
that he was ready to have voted at any time
to have seated Donnelly and 50 have helped
make a Democratic President, if only his
vote would have accomplished that result.
V In declaring to Mr.. Calkins that he
was ready to vote in favor of seating Don
nelly wherever his vote would not seat him,
but at no other time while he told Gov.
Armfeld that he was ready to vote for Don
nelly whenever his vote lc0uH seat him, but
at no other time. In other words, whenever
the blow would utterly brain and destroy
Donnelly, then he directed Calkins to strike |
that blow but whenever his vote would |
20 ri tC
he assured Armfield, he was always ready I
up to the last moment to give that vote.
Let me briefly consider how man who
had concluded to prostitute all the honesty |
ofhis nature in the advancement of 50 hid |
den scheme, would probably act in a case
similar to this:
I. He would suddenly find some point in
the case where his conscience would rise up |
and rebuke him and compel him to separate
from his political brethren.
H. He would then secretly labor to bring
other members of the Committee to his own |
way Of thinking, so as to cover his detection
with the justification of associates.
III. He would prevaricate, twist, and
double upon himself pretend to those he |
while at the same time he gave the other
side secretly to understand that he was in
sympathy with them.
". He would instinctively absent him
self from the meetings of the Committee, |
make double-dealing and deceptive pairs
and put off as long as possible the day'of hu
initiation and exposure.
V. When exposure came he would at
tempt to vindicate himself regardless of
truth, and when he could no longer coerce |
silence in regard to the anonymous letter he
would shameessly declare that the offer of
q bride came to him from the party he OPP
posed in the desperate hope of fatally stab |
bling the man he had already wronged and
betrayed.
| submit the foregoing statement of facts
to my constituents and shall abide their
judgement thereon.
Sincerely your friend,
VAN H. MANNING
To f. NJ. WATSON, HOLLY SPRINGS Miss. |