Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-04-23
Prom tho New York World. April q.
Civmer and Kelly.

The Itres-L sltlting and uncertain organ OF
the powers that bs--describes the clever and in
cisve speech OF MIR. Clymer, of Pennsyl yania, the
other day, i'll the House Of Representatives, as a
poor defence OF a dead theme-Prcsdent Buchan-
ans Administration We do not 80 read it. That
what Mr.. buchanan did or failed to do, having
passed into the domain oi history, Ia " dead we
| conccde just rs 'dead" as Mr.. Liucoln's or An
drew Johnson's doings and misdoings, or General
'trants promises about specie payments. But
| Wa unDe:stand Mr. Cymer TO be dealing with a
living subject, and that the utter and absolute de-
morail2 alton executive legi isative and political
OF the dismal "present," the actual day of Radi-
| calism, and III order 10 point the moral he chose
to contrast 1t with the "b.st abused" Administra-
tion and the legislation OF its day which the eoun-
tiy has ever had. Dir. Ciymor is Pennsylvania
OF hiRh historical lineage, of education and ac-
l complishcd intelligence, and who, though rola
| lively young man. has been trusted and honored
| in the community to which he belongs as lawyer,
4 Stale Senator, and Oucc candidate for Goverh-
or. Tins h lis iifst term, believe, i'll Congress
and even in This Congress he commands respect
by his ability and his reserve and by special CON
trast with the theatrical babbier, Kelley, WHO in
the recent debate put himself forward rs his an
Itagonist. lie Is not at all al the Phladelphla
'IONelll-Myers Harmon stripe, but able and states
! manlikG. Such WAS his recent speech 1t was
u terrible urraigunent OF all that IS and there
was not one word IN 1t that his blatant colieag ue
, could contradict. Naturally enough, MIR. Clymer
: | thought OF the recent past and OF the mass oi
Il
has been heaped upon the grave OF his neighbor
and friend Ior Bsrks aud Lancaster are closely
4 contermlnous. Ho knew-no one better-anI
4 why should he not say tp-that the Democratic
Administration OF lSj6 was uustained rs far ai
personal corruption Is concerned. That until thu
crisis OF the rebellion drew nigh, not suspicion
of official nLdelity was breaihed. That the mora
o atmosphere OF the capital WAS relatively aud III
IS deed positively pure. That the only social scan
dial (and 1t was Very dark oue) which dishlsure,
IWusulnptpu inV ha la
murder and condonatlon, and this. in view q
iexlsting facts, Mr. Clymer Incredibly omitted t
10 allude to.
That no charge of personal corruption o
70 nepotism, of degraded association, or degrad
u ed habits were ever attached 10 the Presiden
j, OF that day. That Mr.. Buchanan would N
~ more have gone about the country junketin
40 to receive $25, ,0OO check than he would hay
l. -lpicked pocket or over drawn his accOur
here in New York at the only bank whic
never suspended specie payments. No Casey
or COrbns hung about the White House theI
MIR. buchanan may haye failed to do whI
should have been done to check the intimal
d. rebellion but none of these personal stigmi
stain his character or.career, lie was pain
ou taking laboriOas chief magistrate without
On seaside cottage and the associations of n su
ut urban rolllcklng watering place. For SUE
ak he had no taste. few weeks in summer
INheatand where the poor were glad to gre
III him Cor rs MIR. Clymer knows his alms-gylI
W was llDeral) or NJ tlt oOlulerS home, gong
la regularly to his offices rs any Orange or 10
Il. kerS drudge goes to his. This was all the i
oy dalgence his sense of duty admitted. A
ic, this Mr.. Clymer as We have said, naturall
na what was the replYand who was put forwa
Oh thought of and thinking spoke 1t out; al
ne to make il? A recreant Democrat and Gre
'lt it M0bilier confederate; gentleman vi
rD ol with all his obstrusye pretentions, his oy
io m Radical friends dare not trust in case of a '
e., ea cancy with the charmanship of the comm
~ tee OF which he is n member, a persistent II
=, atrical shouter-for babbler Is too mild
DO phrase to describe tLe tedious Kelley roi
"a And was the reply" No single word of CO
,as Itradiction. He confessed and tried mt
,e5 impotently to ''avoid." We have not spa
to recapitulate Mr.. Clymel's specifice ncull
IN. lton. but we reaffrm, Kelley did not contrad
s's one OF them. He ''roared,, about "bleedi
cid Kansas" and "LecomptOn" and Floyds GU
lis iaudIoucey's dispersed navy and "Jako Tho
ON. son." knowing perfectly we'll that these h
,ut were exploded scandals, and when he finish
ug the honest parlisans in the House must ha
be- felt, as Wa are told the jurors in Dr. Webste
OF case in Boston, did when the dread eydeI
for was all in and The prisoner made his eXplal
we tions, lis this all that eau be said?