The Incidents of the Lecompton Struggle in Congress And the Campaign of 1858 in
The Incidents of the Lecompton Struggle in Congress And the Campaign of 1858 in
William Kellogg
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I am obliged to my other colleague for his most luminous exposition of the law, [Laughter. ] Mr. Chair- man, it is true, and many of those who hear me know that it is a part of the history of those times, that these consultations were spoken of publicly in the streets ; that Senators did hold these consultations. I do not know, I have not stopped to inquire, who they were. If gen- tlemen want to find out who these Republican Senators were, let them inquire, and they will find that there was mor...e complicity in this coalition than they now dream of. I now propose to read a letter from a gentle- man in Illinois, in relation to these meetings at the Senator's house, and I think it will be admitted as pretty good evidence : "Peoria, III. , Jan. 6, 1860. " Sir : Your favor of January 2d is received, ' and contents noted. In reply, I would say, * that while in Washington last week, I was in- ' formed, by a prominent and responsible Pem- * ocrat, who had the means of knowing, that * Senator Wilson, and other prominent Repub- ' licans in and out of Congress, during and after * the discussion of the Lecompton Constitution * in Congress, were frequently in private politi- ' cal consultation at the house of Judge Dodg- ' LAS ; and I do know, that afterwards the New * York Tribune did favor the election of Judge * Douglas to the United States t^enate ; and ' that extracts from that journal, so favoring ' him, were copied in several of the Democratic ' papers in the State of Illinois during the cam- * paign of 1858.
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