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10 which we propose, hereafter to refe
From tie KenLnckqali.


We this day furnish to the people of Ken
tucky, An additional evidence of the INGENIOUS
manly character OF their iliuslrous citizen HEN
RY CLAY. No man who has done so much
for his Gountry, has been more violently assail
ed, by the ruthless tongue OF caiumny. Fac
ton has poured fourth the walls OF her wrath
upon his head. Yenal, and unprincipled edi.
tor. Of proHgate newspapers, have drained
buse to the very oregs, in quest of reproachfui
and degraded epithets. MS. Clay, self conferred
and conscious Of The purity Of his motives, and
the honour OF his actions, feeling no influence,
but the animating impulses OF patriotism, mar
cLes onward in the steady course Of duty and of
usefulness, with SINGLE view to his couatr5's
good, and to his coun,ry's glory.
The people OF Kentucky viii read with inter
est, the letter of Mr.. Clay, which will be io2Gd
below. The cahdour which eharscterizes all
his conduct, Is hg1'y contrasted with the low,
insidious cunning OF the false and pertidlous A
mos Kendall, whose three letters are also commu.
nicsted Kendall, as late as October the llth,
1926, says, s'whateyer course may feel con-
strained to take, in relation to the Admlnstra-
'stion generally, trust shall not be the means
cor the occasion OF casting any mputaiion upon
s'your IN rEGRiTY or HONOR" Yet Kendall
has strained every nerve to goad MIR. Clay into
j private coutest--iie appeared q 1a1tGng 7atleSs
! GSaiust iiiu Ia Vie iuFeS''Sdioh oSioAS ''S 'Sh
ate-He detailed pretended conversations had
with Mr.. Clay--He insulated that MIR. Clay had
attempted to bribe him. with the offer OF a
clerkship at Washington--He charged that he
was appraised, before The election, that there was
an arrangement by which Mr.. Clay Was 10 be
! made Secretary--He cancelled at once all the
obligations under which the kindness OF Mr..
Clay's family had placed him, by their unwea-
ried attention, during long and dangerous Ill.
hess, aud has breathed continual Islander against
his henefactor. When thus assaled, MIR. Clay,
to preserve his own reputation from this re'ters-
ted SANDER and to shew that Kendall wiifnlly
and falsely testified nc ainst him before the Sc
nate. has published three letters, received from
Kendall, (aot Upon private business, nor OF q
confidential char screr) and COW lets the viper OF
ingrattude, witul prevarication, and tslse and
hollow professions of friendship, And now,
this viper, Kissing from the bosom of the jack
son Committee, where be lies snugly coled. al
tempts TO reproach this act of Mr.. Clay Fur
ther comment is unnecessary--With high spi'
rited yirtuous people, in whose bosoms the tbrob
Of honor beats quick, Kendall never can cast an
imputation upon the INTEGRITY Of HONOR
Of Mr. Clay. Mr.. Clay may well feel, -rHAI
HIS MALIGNANT SHAFTS ARE HARMLESS AND
ImPoTENT."
FRASKroRT, June 1o, 1923.
Ssa-You will confer favor by giving place
in the next number OF the kentuckian, TO the
accompanying correspondence.
Respectfully yours.
JOHN HARVlE. Chairman Of the
Administrator Central Com. for Ke'aucky.
To the Editor Of the kentuckian.