New-York daily tribune., 1858-04-23
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ssnal explAsatiop which Mr.. ChIsman OF North
Carolina vclunte cred 90 Friday, that 't may 10 OF
ssne interest and use 10 give fuller stsernes' OF
The affair. Mr.. Letter Of Ohio, Republican, who
vAs formerly Democrs', made rs'pins speech
An nn,sdsv In which he handled the Democracy
vU;thau. ,loyes: and the name and fame OF Isaiah
pv,d.,. and the Empire Club Of Ner-York, having
80, ;,,ohed IN the controversy, Mr.. Letter made a
ss,..a e,t,aet from speech OF MIR. Chngnlan's,
vh;cb the Empire Club was described az con-
.;stipr "of gamblers, pickpockets, drOppers, burn
sys thimble-rggers and the like, ard the sssOcla
ron seems 10 have been mainly for the purpose Of
"earying on these and similar trades. Most of its
members had been repeatedly indicted for crimes.
Its Presiaen: was Isaiah Rynders often arrested
"for tbimble-riggDg and similar ofeDses. He and
Joseph Jewell, being indicted for murder, fed
" from NewYOrk 10 New-OrleaDs This Jewell,
who las indictments for murder 10 two different
"cases hanging up against him, was the standard
"besrer of the Club, and figured as the standard
bearer OF .he Texas banner in the professions.
"These wOrthies bad not been long in New Orleans
"befcre they found it convenient TO leave, being
charged with stealing Treasury notes. They
came 10 this city, and were arrested and sent
back in irons by Capt. Tyler. Since the election,
." this man Rynders, having become gentleman
81 among the Den ocracy, has not only dined with
" Benjamin r Butler, when the electoral vote was
" gwen 10 mT. lOk dt AlOdny-nOt Ofly nds De re-
"ceived complimentary ball from the Chairman
"of the Democratic General Committee of the
"City Of New York-but, having come on with his
" friend Jewell TO this place for an Office if the
"papers are TO be relied on he has been cordially
received at the White House. Whether Presl-
dent Tyler or President Rynders then remembered
" the ironing, is not however, chrOncled'
This, yOu will see, must have been pretty hard
dose for Mr.. Clngman TO swallow. Politicians
often have 10 eat their own words when they JON
Themselves 10 new associates but the mess is sell
dom no bitter ~ this. just before the adjournment
on Friday, Mr.. Clingman asked leave of the House
to make an explanation. The House granted 1t,
laughing at the time, for it anticipated amusement
fro M Mr. CIngman's attempt to get himself out Of
tbe scrape. Standing somewhere else than IN hs
own place where, in fact he is rarely seen the dis
tinguished gentleman from North Carolina began
his explanation, in that extremely nasal twang which
marks bis voice above all the nasal voices of tie
House, by saying that the speech from which Mr..
Letter had quoted was delivered in le4I in his first
term Of service in Congress. He had then no
knowledge of Captain Rynders and the other gentle
men referred 10 except what he got from TIE Y Y.
TRIBUNE aud other papers that are now supporting
the Republican party. He took it for granted that
their statements were true, and therefore he made
those allegations. But subsequent acquaintance
of several years with Capt Rynders had satisfied
him that that gentleman Is highly honorable man.
Mr.. Clingman said this in so droll manner, with
such an effort 10 be serious in spite Of his evident
perception of the udicTOus position IN which he
stood that the whole House burst into roar OF
laughter Clingman himself could not help laugh
ing but, with effort at gravity that brought down
the House in another gIfiaw, he cried out
eff gentlemen laugh and thus occupy part Of
"my tine, shall ask another minute" He had
promised at the beginning of his explanation to Oc-
eupy but three minutes with what he had to say.
Resuming, be continued, Il will say this, Ne,
Speaker, that Capt. Rynders and ] have spoken
" from the same stand and have every reason 10
ito be proud of him as political associate"
The House again exploded with laughter. Some
one called out, "What stand"
Mr.. ChDgman, with conica display of hesita
ton, replied, "Tammany Hail."
The House roared again, but Mr.. Chngman,
laughing himself proceeded:
"Well, / found out that this gentleman had been
badly slandered by the newspapers and one reason
why left the party that was acting with in 1874
was, that there were some very bad newspaper or
gans leading it astray by their lalsehOods and mis-
representations.
He was interrupted by shouts of laughter and
cries Of "Oh, that was tne reason, WAS it ~ Re
covering biz gravity with some difficulty, LIE wen
on:
1.-THE Democratic party undoubtedly had bad ee
ments in it, which would have spread like cancer
in sickly and feeble constitution and destroyed it;
but having vigorous constitution instead OF sue
sumbing under them il sloughed them of, and about
tho time that the gentleman from Ono and some
other Free Sollers and AbotOnists left it, ] went
INTO it,
The gravity of the House was again oyerthrown.
and in the midst of the tImnlt Mr.. Campbell OF
Ohio contryed 10 ask the gentleman from North
Carolina if he had not attended the Whig Ccnven-
ton at Philadelphia in leis'
Mr. Clingman replied that he did, but having
foupd out in that wear that the old Wing party
had become AbOtiOnlZed, he had left them and
Joined the Democratic party, which threw out its
Abolition elements and became purified party.
Here the House again broke into such uproarlOus
laughter that Mr.. Campbell could not make him
self heard. He was gong on to ASK Mr. Clingman
II he remembered that at the Philadelphia Conyen-
ton be stood side by side with Horace Greeley in
opposition TO the nomination of Gen. Taylor If
he remembered that at that Convention he ex-
pressed himself strongly to the extension Of
Slavery Apprehepding these and other questions
of an uncomfortable character, Mr.. CEngmsn
raised his shrill tones above the laughter of the
House and rapidly over euOgium upon the
Democratic party which be declared was the best
party We have had since the beginning OF the Gov
ernment.
At this the merriment redoubled. Mr.. Letter
called out that he very cheeriully accepted the ex
PLANTATION OF the gentleman from North Carolina.
Mr.. Gddings, remarking that this was q contest
between old friends, said he recollected very we'll
when the gentleman from North Carolina was work
ing side by side with hmself.
''Yes," said Mr.. Clngman, with mock serious
ness, but quilted the Wing party because was
rot willing 10 work n the harness with the gentle
man from Ohio"
Mr. Giddings reoined that the gentleman left
them for the very best reasons. He left them for
their own good.