MR. MCDOUGALL. Ah! ha!
MR. SUMNER. And for a very good reason,--that I could not
read the signature without exposing the writer to violence,
if not to death.
MR. DAVIS [of Kentucky]. Mr. President, I rise to a
question of order. I ask if the reading of the letter by
the Senator from Massachusetts is in order.
THE PRESIDENT _pro tempore_. In the opinion of the Chair, a
Senator, in making a speech to the Senate, has a right to
read from a letter in his possession, if he deems proper.
MR. DAVIS. I ask whether it is in order for the Senator
from Massachusetts to make a speech at this time.
THE PRESIDENT _pro tempore_. The Chair sees nothing
disorderly in it.