Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-06-09

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lector Of customs for the district and city
| Of New York.
! Mr.. Kelley, OF Pennsylvania, called up
a. privileged question the motion submit.
| ted by him yesterday 10 expunge from the
| Record the speech OF Mr.. Wheeler, OF Ala
hama, upon Edwin NJ. Stanton. He based
his question Of privilege upon the con-
! scious, deliberate, persistent abuse OF tue
| order Of the Housc by the Representative
| from The Eighth district Of Alabama. In
| lieu Of the motion made yesterday he sub
mttcd resolution rec.iing that Mr.
| Wheeler has been guilty OF abuse OF the
| order OF the House, inasmuch as his speech
had not been made upon any pension bill,
end declaring that as the delivery OF the
speech was without the sanction OF the
House and in contravention OF the special
| order, the said speech be expunged from
| The Record and prohibiting the Public
Printer from publishing It In pamphlet
or Other form.
MIR. Reagan, Of Texas, raised the point
~ order against the resolution that the
speech b5d been made by unanimous con.
sent Of the House, and therefore could not
he AN offence against the House.
The Speaker replied that 1t was not In
the province Of the Char TO decide whe-
| 10 be on abuse bv the gentleman from Penn
| sylyania, and the question was TO be de-
c.dcd by the House.
Mr.. Kelley then proceeded 30 speak At
length, and his remarks were listened 10
with great attention by the House. He was
unwilling, be said, that future readers OF
the record OF the proceedings OF this Con-
gIcss should by any possibility be able 20
suspect hin Of having sat by through
what must have involved three hours listen.
ing 10 SANDERS which had been refuied for
twenty-five years, and many OF which were
now absolutely putrescent, on one OF the
most unSclfish patriots the country ever
produced, and one Of the most beloved
| friends be had ever known In his long
life. He was unwilling that he should
| lie suspected OF listening TO pr.
per which feebly regretted that in
y moment Of heat its author had denounced
Abraham Lincoln and Edwin VI. Stanton
rs conSpIrators, and Stanton as an arch
cOnspiratOr against the character OF parlicu-
lar American citizens, and n combining b.
thWart the success Of the Union army. He
was unwilling that posteriiy should be told
through the COn5TesSiOR1l record that
The Republican party had sat quietly IN the
hours OF midnight TO hear these ISLANDERS
hour, and that no man. either Republican
or democrat. who had perillcd his life
under the Administration OF war power
by Lincoln and stanton for the
support Of the Union should have
| failed to SAY, "Tbe>e SANDERS are now
offensive to the olfactories Of all honest
loyal Union men, having festercd in heaps,
breathing DOXIOlls CdOrs, or been cOnsign.
ed scores OF wears ago 20 the CcsspOOls OF
gossip The country owed something 10
the illustrOus dead, and he did not believe
that such scnndalOus matter a. was en-
bodied IN the twenty-five columns OF this
paper should be sent to po,terity with the
sanction OF the American Congress, which,
If IL Vndicated its own order, must declare
that there was no warrant for uttcrlng the
sIeeCh and none for declaring through tie
Congressional record that II had been made
with unanimous consent OF the House.
Mr.. Kelley said that Stanton knew rs early
as MAY, 1862. that he was assailcd, and
knew that, whether Lis life should be
longer OF shorter. be would be survived by
jackal., byenas, aud ghOuls, who. seeking
objects Of SANDER in the grave. would re-
hash -Candal0us stories that must bring
pain TO his family and his friends. Mr..
Kelley then read slowly and with emphasis
i lbHE lttt'I, uuttll My -, iob-s llbli
stanton 10 Rev. Hammond Dyer, q per-
soua friend of long standing. In the
opening stanton says:
81 have been very well aware Of the
calumnics husily circulated against me in
New York and elsewhere RESPECTING my
relations 10 General Mcclellan, but | an
compelled from public considerations 10
withhold the proofs that would stamp the
falsehoOd Of tie accusations and the base
motives Of the acCuSels. who belong 10 two
claS,es-frSt, plundercrS, who have been
driven from the Department, where they
were gorging millions; second, scheming
politicians, whose designs are endangered
by an earnest, resOluic, and uncOmprOmis-
ing persecution OF this war As u war against
rebels and traitors"
He then makes statement Of facts on
the official record concerning McClcian'>
campaigns, in the course Of which he say,
Mcclellan never made n request OF cX-
pressed wish that was not promptly com.
piled with II in the power OF the Govern
ment.
lie concludes bis letter with the follow
ing summary: 90 The official records will,
ut the proper time, fully provost, that
] have employed the whole power Of the
Government unSplringly 10 support Nc
Clcllan's operations; %, that have not
inlcrfeTcd with OF thwaried them in any
particular; Sd, that the force retained
from his expedition was not needed and
could not have been employed by
him-that it was retained by eX-
press orders Of the President upon military
investigation aud upon the best military
advice in the cOuntry-that It's retention
was required TO save the Capitol from the
danger TO which il was exposed by disre-
gard e the Presidents positive orders Of
the 9Th Of March, fourth. that between
the President and myself there never has
been the slightest shadow 0i difference
uUOu any point save the detachment OF
Frankln'S forces, and that was point OF
no significance, but in which ] was Su>-
tanned by Generals Hitchcock, Mcig~,
Thomas. and Ripley, while the President
yielded only 10 an anxious desire to
svoid complaint, declaring at the same
time ms belief that the force was not
needed by General Mcclellan. Iou Will, OF
course, regard this explanation Is being In
The stGictcSt confidence, designed only for
your information upon matters where you
have expressed concern for me. The con-
fdoncc oi yourself and men like you = q
full equivalent for all the railing that IA.
been or can be- expended against me, ana
In the magnitude Of the cause al merely in.
dividual questions are swallowed up"
The conclusion OF the letter was received
with loud applause on the Republican side
MI Kelley then read short extract from
= letter Of General Grant To show the nigh
oTiuiOn which Grant held Of Stanton
character, and he expressed his surprise
that TIE ra'lling Of the bones OF Grant had
not disturbed The conspirliOrs who had
claimed to have the power to give uuan.-