New-York daily tribune., 1858-07-09
AE EXPLhNAIIOR.

IL rcply TO statement which s,ely appeared in Tie
81. Lous RtpaJi'con, Senator Wilson OF Massscou-
set. publishes the following account Of the recent diff
Gully between himself ard DIR. yin Of California:
"Tbe Difficulty between Mr. Ggin and myself oc-
curreo about 10 O'Clock TbursosY evening, June TO-
Hls chslerge wes received by me few moments past
10 O'Clock Friday morirg. AT / o'clock l zen, lin
my arsser, declining to accooe to biz request About
3oclOck Mr.. Seward came TO my sest and said that
Re had, On bis oSp responsibi' ,o.,rl,,a n, q ,ln
with view to Inuin~i .; ,be dificul,ias
Dvtseen us; that fe should net tell me Thsi W.
Gwn lad sad, nor should be repeat my words - o. %
bat lie could sure ne that Mr.. Gwin desired ,5e
soi( adjustment Of The ,ffsir, and he wished TO
lDow II vopld permit hin tS consult WITH that gen
tlemsD, iih view 10 mutual eJpanatops. told
Mr.. SeTad TeI ly to biz sUggestons, hst had no
UlWill toa6Td Mr.. Gwip, although he had offered me
al unproyo oked insult, which had repelled in man
rer to put the grievance upon him; that hs had hls
remedy, although | rad refused TO accept bis chal
lenge; but was willing to 80 jus. the e1ir, rcoud
he hororsby brought about; but l would rot consent
TO be placed IN false position, to help Mr.. GIin out
of the position ! mad placed him IN.
NJ Seward ssw Mr.. GWin, and then brought me
letter hs had drafted, opernga correspondence With
that gentleman with view to an adjustment l al
orce declined to sgn 1t, or ary other paper which
should mske concessions in advance. Mr. Seward
then Mr. Gw.n AID brought me paper OF Inutua.
explanstors shch declined to assent 10. Several
papers we're then dIsWr up by Mr.. Seward and by
other senators, who were aIxioJs TO have the matter
setteo lEt would not ssseDt to any CT them. When
the Senate adjourned late that evening nothing had
been accomplished.
~" On SATURDAY morning, when The Seua.e met, the
sutect was aesin taken up, aud several papers were
drawn up but / world 10. cOnsent TO sign sny paper
which made any preliminary concessions, or explana-
tiCrs, or apologies. Several Serstors, Mr. GFir's
friends and my friends, pressed upor rne TIE sette
nent Of tie difficulty. They deemed the affair an ur
fortunate enc. TLey shid that Mr. GHin felt himself
hat ho had ohr n a
which / had declined and that lie would make no
propostion, bu. that could do So Mr.. Toombs, Mr..
Wade, Gen. Houston ard Mr Bep amin, wAom con-
suited, each and all told me could make to Mr. q gin
the simple proposition to refer the subject to confer
ence committee. These gentlemen assured ne that
could make this proposition TO him With the greatest
propriety. l avowed my readiness during the whole
day to send to MIN that proposition, but would not
make any explanations in advance, and IN this was
sustained by my fIienGs.
Late in the day. Mr. Seward sen. for me to meet
lin end Mr.. Davis in the SecretnTys room. did 80,
and stated to them tGat, while did cot acknogl-
edge the code Of the duelist and would not resort to
the CODE of the bully, would permit man to insult
me that, while would repel sny assault as promptly
as | would if | accepted the code of the duelist |
would not shield mJ self cm the full responsibilities
Of my words and acts by rejecting tie code.
eypres ed my willingness TO refer the whole mat
ter between Mr.. Win a. mJ self to reference Com
mit,ee-to Mr.. Davis Mr.. Seward, Mr.. Wa5e, or Mr.
Crittepden, or Mr. TOOmbs-and to abide their decis-
ion. AS M. Gwin could make no proposition, ex-
pressed my wilir gness to send proposition to him TO
tie effect that he had sent challenge TO ms for
words spoken in debate that rad decoed to aocede
to that mode for the settlement of personsl official.
ties although held to the doctrine Of sehdefense;
that responsible for my words, and would refer
the matter to a Conference Committee Mr.. Cfltten-
0en was sunmoned in, and / related my proposition
AID retired. Ia q few moments MIR. Seward brought
me a paper, prepared by Messrs. Davis, Seward and
Crttenden, proposing to Mr. Gwn to refer the whole
matter TO them. iigIed this paper making this prop
osition, and in doing had the entire approval Of
Senators who were consulted. 1t simple propo.
sition TO refer our difficulty to Committee of Refer
erce, and to abide the result. MIR. Crittenden Mr.
Seward ard Mr.. Davis agreed upon Ian OF Acjust,
u ent, and ths document signed by MI Gwln ana
nyself between and 10 O'Clock on Saturday evening,
after negotiation OF thIty houis, which began oe-
fore o'clock on Friday sfterL0on.
at will be seen by mis- statement, which every one
who knew aught of the matter knows to be true that
if MIR. Gwn 'consened TO give, "a the writer STATES
'ten hours 10 receive apology, he very graelously
consented TO extend the time fro IN o'clock Friday
afternoon to O'Clock on Saturday afterpoon-thity
hours-aId to refer the matter without any apology
at all. No time was fixed upon no word or message
OF any kind was received by me from MIR. GWin DUNG
the negotiation running through these thirty hours
No proposition was made to NE by Mr.. Davis to fix
come hour to meet Mr.. Gwin on the banks OF the
Caps; did any such conversation as this article
describes take place between Mr. DAVIS and myself
No word no hint Of that hind ma de by hr. Davis
or by any one 10 If Mr.. Gwin's intentions were
known to any one, they were never communicated to
me. This writer state meniS are sheer, nakeu ieise
hoods
"When declined Mr.. wine challenge, did sup
pose he would assault me at sight and was not un-
prepared to meet it. did lot deem physical courage
go rare thing exalted quality IS TO lead me to
inpute any want OF it to him, but did not suppose
he was foohardy enough to attempt upon me what
this letter writer desigpstes 'srother Gaming affair.
Since helped TO wash the blood from the head OF my
colleague. in May, 1885, have had an ide. that 1t
would not be quite safe for any one TO try upon me
a Gaming affair l shall continue, l think, TO in-
du'ge that idea some time longer. ,,-,rsov,