New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-06-13
Absences In CoDgress-Letter from Hon. c.
X. Clarke.
WAsHNGTGN, Monday, June I

WAsnEGTGN, Monday June TO-
To The Editor Of The Tribuas.
SIR In The Tribune of the 9Th inst over the
signature II. G. your correspondent whom I'm.
derstand to be yourself-speaks OF the great mum.
Der of Notwithstanding them at los, giving
their names, and the States and parties they re.
present, and guessing that some had paired Off and
that those who paired off and those who were ab.
sent without cause or apology, would no doubt
draw their S. per day, and adding variety of
comments the drift Of which was to bring con-
tempt upon this House collectively and indyidu.
ally. l am named as one Of the Absentees-this
will be abundant cause for an unscrupuious aad
hostile press to say" Here is your representative
absent from his post receiving IS for doing nothing
when you, the toiing million his constituents. are
happy TO get one dollar for day hard labor -
II is needless 10 ring the changes.-Now, in do
mestic circle-a. school or in after life, when
the boys were older, if not wiser / never aues
TONED the abstract right OF any boy, old or
young, to become tale bearer ! admit that it is
not only an inherent right bat in some instances an
instinct-an irresistible propensity to tell tales
from the brave boy who hides behind his mama's
apron, up to the big printer who talks TO 90 900 al
breath-in both instances, they illustrate their
propersites, vindicate their innate rights, AMI
show how much better they are than those against
whom they tell taes.-ln the latter instance the
printer in effect says, "Oh, that were Congress.
mani would always be at my post would
settle all the difficulties Of the Nation in trice
! would curb the ysrbeariEg insolence OF the
south, the ianatcal Intolerance and concet Of the
North, and would unite and spur on the moderate
men OF al parties to come to the rescue Of their
beloved bat neglected country. Stand th1u thers
am better than thou art"
il IS not my province generally, nor my design
IN this instance 10 question the right OF TIE
Tribune or any other paper 70 become the censor
OF the manners and morals Of the 3lst Congres,
or the utility or amisbleness Of the emDloynssnt-
oil the high order OF talent that it REQUIRED N tai
who was absent and what the WAGES of the a.
sentees might be- On the contrary tbars il
high authority Tor mans laboring In his "vo,a.
ton. tave only 10 say that probably the grso.
number OF absentees which provok ed the aver.
watohiul and vlrtaous Indignation Of The Tribuns
was owing to the fact that on Thursday nrareJine,
II was iound necessary TO remove the rarnet. =,
the House OF Representatives, to law down n,st.
ting, and IN fact TO give general lustraton - tba
Habitat this process usually takes ana IN tbiS
instance was expected to take, about one yxesE :
that II has been customary, and not before Dean.
ed unreasonable, Tor the Members Of the Hons,
avail themselves OF this interval TO visit the;r u.
miles, &c, so that the meeting of the Honss g.
the purpose Of business on Monday was une~osc,.
ed and that probably, in the course Of the Jsv
there was large majority Of tho HOuse in ~
tendance. - ~
In my own instance, was in the city, have
mol INDUCED IA absence from it a day since the
Session begun, and have never failed In a sing,e
instance t. be 70 attendance IN the Hoase, when