Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1845-03-20
ISAIAH RYNnERS.
Presideni Of the Empire Club.
TIE N Y "ENlplRE CLUBu

The association which bears this name, having recent
" acquired good deal Of noer,ey have copied The
following hrel sketch Of solne of It's spirits. from
speech delivered IN the House OF Representatives thu
9th of January last, by Mr., Clngman of North Carol,
ia. The reader can readily lnnene irm This delinea
ton Of the character Of It's ,cers. of what IT ma
teral the Club itself Is compsed-and he eau Judge
whether such these officers I'll associates tot
the dipnaries OF the land. aud whether the Presiden,
Of the uniled States very highly hoaoed In giving
"a cordial reception to such band. who we are told
by Isa,sh Ryndcs tho Presiden, Of tho Club marched
into the reception room, with music playing and flags
flying,
After cnumeratiog some OF the frauds perpe'm,ed
during the late Presidential election, Mr.. Clingmnn
sad:
"Bu the principal frauds were prnclised by what is
called double voting The city Of New York was the
great theatre where this was consummslrd. As The
Empire Club bore such prominent part In these Trans
actions. mus, desoe remark or two To II. II was
organized in July last, aud II consisted Of gamblers.
pckrck's, choppers, burners. ,hmbe riggers and HE
like and its association seems 10 have been then mauly
for the purpose Of carrying successfully these aud
liar trades. Most of its membrs had been repeatedly
indicted for crimes. It's general character. howevet.
may be sufficiently inferred frnm that Of Of lis ot
GERS lie president was Isaiah Ryndefs often arrested
for ihimble rigging. and SIMILAR offences lie and 10
seph jewell being indicted for murder fed lnm New
York 10 New Or'enns. BY the by, may here mcntipn
that This Jewell, who has indictments for murder In
different cases hanging up against him. was the stand
ard bearer Of the Club and figured as the bearer If the
Texas banner IN llr processun. These worthless had
moi been long in New Orleans befre they found !, Gun
venlen, In leave, being charged with stealing Treasury
mules. They caiUe 10 this city. aud were arrested and
hack IN Trans by order Of Capt. Tyler nrn,,on
this circumstance 10 show the motions of The times or
since The election This man Rynders, having brcolne a
grea, man among the Democracy, has moi only diped
with Benjamin +. Butler, hen The electoral su,e was
given 10 Mr. Polk al Albany not only has he received
complimentary ball nm the chairman oi the Democrat
ic COMMITTEE of the city of New York but having come
On with his friend Jewell 10 this place for Office, am
TODD lfhe papers 10 be relied IN he has been cord
ally received a, the " hite House. Whether President
Tyler. or Presidcn, Rynders then remembered the
ironing. is not however chroniced Dol am dig resslnu
John J. Austin, Vice President uf the Club, has like
wise pending against him Indictment for murder. and
was likewise implicated IN The charge Of slenlng Trea-
sury notes. Woodbridge. its Secretary, but recently
came Of The Peniieniiary. William Ford. one oi
It's directors, in The short interval III time which elapsed
between the publication OF notice Of is professions aud
HE arrival of the dsy OF parade Indicted by The
Grand jury IN seven eases. rape and perjury being
mong the Offences. Being put in tbs Tu,nbs he unfor
iunaely l0s the opportunity Of figuring the occasion
Soon after tried and viced 81 lhe first namd crime,
he was sent 10 the Penienary. bu his services bens
valuable 10 the party, he immediately pnrdnned and
turned out by his Democratic ExcelI.ncy Gsvernor
Bnuck. may remark. too. that This "fclal digniiaN
short time before the eIec,on, restored 10 their pulu
cal rights all the criminals il the State and par
doned great number who were confined in the Peni
Tertiary.
Tue Empire Club. constituted as | have related,
for time devoted lis energies 10 the prosecution u,
the audabe Objects for which II had been orgsniZrd. -
Several weeks, ho~ever. he'll re The election The Den'>
cratic leaders thought II could be effectively employed in
The political canvass, and they herenIun took lis
beers into pay. These gentry being furnished with
ney thus Ivy other means. abandoned Tor the tune their
peculiar avocatioDs, and some Of the neslra papers 81
the city made the subject OF remark the Disappearance
Of these peculiar classes Of crme Their numbers rap
idly increased from or two hundred, tn .ss than
eight hundred IN TACT they boasied Thai they had three
thousand men enrolled. This club with other members
OF the Democratic parry, perfected The most extensive
system o fraudulent voting ever known Sir. in what
have been stating what am about STATE speak Mt
om Inlorna ion derived from public sources but main
from private ones; sources. however. on which fully
rely. have taken pains get accurate inlrmaion.-
II there be error IN any Of my statements, which ain
not prepared 10 admit, desire 10 be corrected. One III
my objects IL to provoke investigation into the maer
Il any thing which can say or do here. should induce
This House To order an investigation into this whole
Transaction, | shall think ! have done The coun.
try much service. Let gentlemen meet me this /
ground. 10 The city Of New York there than
seventy places al which ,otes taken in. under |
stand sir, that pr0minen. feature Of This plan
that each Ut the seventeen wutds into which tie city
picked men, each OF whom To leave his own ward
and 20 where he was least known. IN the evening he
fore the election. Staying night there enabled hin,
make oath that he resided in thai ward. and he
permitted Ia there. lie then returned 10 his own
ward aud voted there without being questioned Bot
the TWO thousand and fniy persuns, however. furmed
but part U those no voted than once. From
The information that have received | think that IN
vesiigaun will show that there were companies Of
who VOTED in some instances mnch sixteen
times each. IL the direction Of the managers 10
give fourteen thousand illegal voes in the city, aud
they admit thai they got in eleven thousand. por-
ton Of these voies WAS excluded nj sumo II" The boxes,
by the Wings requiring hem 10 state oath il they
had M, already voed. This being an unusual qnrs.
tim, offended many Of hem and they retired with dig
nfed disdan. The Workingman's Advocate, Dem-
ocrac paper Of the city, has Admitted that the party
agreed 10 give five duars for every after the first
one which any individual could get in. Many of the
gamblers predicted what occurred afterwards with wan
derfnl accuracy. One If them who happened 10 be a
Whig informed prominen, individual IN the city,
from whom received the statement, long before the
lection. Of The piaa, and likewise notified him that
future day bplnre the election, however. this matter
would be- Published in Democratic paper, The PIe,ean
ihiuk, aud charged upon the Wings their plan
10 divert suspicion, and in The of discovery b,
The W hig press, To anticipate such charge. and thus
break ls force. When the day IN, as predicted
the publication appeared il the P!stsian."