Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1858-04-28
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
FRIpAY. April l6, 1853.
PERSONAL ExpLANArroN.

PERSONAL EXPLANATION.
Mr.. CL1NGxAN. ain not in the habit. Ar. Speak.
err of seeking the Indulgence Of the House; but IA
the gentleman from Ohio Mr. LErrEK] made .
speech yesterday alludng to speech Of mine on
another occasion, hope the House will, give me
three minutes to answer him.
CCries of Agreed" "Five minutes!'1
Mr.. CLISGxAN. The gentleman has alluded to an
old speech Of mine. delivered in 1874, in my first
congressional term here : | had no knowledge then
Of Captain Rynders and those other gentlemen re.
ferred to. except what got from the New York
Tribune, the New York Courier, and other papers
that are now supporting the party Of the gentleman
from Ohio; and took it for granted that their
statements true and therefore made those alle-
CATIONS But an acquaintance of several years With
that gentleman has satisfied me that Captain Ryn-
ders is highly honorable man. Loud laughter ]
II gentlemen laugh, and thus occupy part of my
time, / shall ask another minute Laughter. /
will say this, Mr. Speaker: that he and | have spo.
ken from the same stand. and have every reason
to be proud of him as political associate. Laugh.
| teri
A MEMBER What stand?
Mr.. CLINGMAN. At Tammany Hail. and other pla.
ces. Well found out that this gentleman had been
badly slandered by the newspapers; and one reason
why left the party that acting with in 1914
was. that there were some very bad newspaper
gans leading it astray by their falsehoods and mis-
representations. The Democratic party undoubted
lv had bad elements in it. which woud have spread
like a in sickly and feeble constitution, and
destroyed it but having vigorous constitution in.
stead of succumbing under them, it sloughed them
/ of. and about the time that the gentleman from
Ohio and some other Free.Solers and Abolitionists
| left it, | went into it. [Laughter
| Mr. CAMPBELL. Allow me to ask the gentleman
whether, in lS4s, he not in Phildelphias
| Mr.. CLINGMAN. Yes, sir. in lS4s. in the contest
between Gen. Taylor and Gen. Cass. I found that
! the old Wing party in the North had become aboli
tionized and took gronnd against them that very
winter, about the time Of the developments by
Colts resolution to abolish slavery and the slave
.rade in this District, for which they all voted.
left the Whig party and Joined the Democrats The
latter threw out their abolition elements, and they
have gone over to the other side and now stand
in purified party. laughter and rejoice in ITS
soun6ness and devotion to true principles. There
are some very good men yet out Of the party but I
hope they will come into it. have tried il for sever
al years, and find it just the best party we have
had since the foundation Of the Government laugh
| ter. or at any rate, in nur times.
Mr.. LETTER. ] just desire to say that very cheer.
fully accept the explanation made by the gentleman
from North-Carolna. Laughter
Mr. GIDDINGs. One word on this subject This
is contest between my old friends recolect very
well when the gentleman from Nar,h Carolina was
working side by side with u.s. Laughter
Mr.. CLINGMaN. And quilted the party because
was not willing to work in the harness with the gen
tlemen from Ohio.
Mr.. GIDDINGs. He left US for the very best o
reasons. He left Us for onr good. [Lang.Iter.l
Mr. CLINGMAN. Ever since left your party, vol
have been beaten. [Laughter.1
Mr.. GIDDINGs. And we took in onr friend from
Ohio over there Mr.. LETTER and several Others O
like character. We were glad TO supply the plac,
of my friend from North Carolina, and were glad b.
left us.
Mr.. CLrNeMAN. The gentleman from Ohio. nea
me, says | ought to have another minute bu. sup
pose il is not necessary. But will say his part,
have been beaten since left it, 1t is good 70
them, doubt to he soundly beaten as I hav
helped TO do. and hope il will be reformed by tn
corrections and castgations given them, and tha
they will reform and purify them in time. Thei
vote for the Crtenden amendment is The first frui
Of their conviction and repentance and the hest ev
dence Of their reformation. Renewed laughter.
We support the C,ilienden Montgomery amerd
ment because we feel sure that its success will res
cue Kansas fom mis-government and oppression
and bring her speedily into the Union a free State
N Y Tribune
We commend this paragraph to Messrs. Crtten
den and Marshall and their southern confrderaies il
Congress. II will doubtless prove entirely agreca
ble to their feelings learn that the scheme whic
they have set foo: for abolitionzing Kansas is al
together acceptable to Greeley and his party Thei
Even the know nothing portion Of them. thorough
as they may hate the democracy, and bliEdy a
they have heretofore followed their leaders are In
from being willing TO join Seward d Co. in thei
| crusade against the constitution and the South
! They will lind that the compliments which they r,
ceived from their negro shriekng allies for their
rices in the cause Of "freedorn' will be hut pon
compensation for the indignation that will be heape
upon them at home. il is for friends and votes this
they striving. but they will soon find that sue
compliments will not make them either among th
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