Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-07-22

science, it is speak mildly much than could
reconcile To NINE"
| Words could not speak more plainly. But this is
ienent compared to the sentence passed by the New
York Evening Post, old Tory white washed paper.
upon the Jury which tried Mr. Wickliffs in KY, and
whicw find in the Baltimore Republican OF the same
date, republished doubt with most particular Sal
ts'acon. We repubish the article, for the sake of
rcpublishing the spirited ashing inflicted upof, the
Post by Kentuckiuu, through the New York Ane
rican. %
From he NJ e York I.reaiao Post
WWKlmsEs CAsE.--1hc fict tlmt Young WickGe ot Ken
ucky mad been acquitted by tho jury on the indictment for
mentioned IN Onr last 1t should that is impossible 10
execute The law against murderer Clay. state if the risn
happens to have strong political connections wear or Two
re son oil Governor Desa of That butshefed Franco,
BaheT OF New jersey for the sake Of money aud clothes
INC oTis az justice were respected m the nd.ce
efforts of has friends the offender from punishment,
m ne escaped 10 die IN PRISON in foreign county, where he
was aprehended for another MURDER md hcf, he Lad mn
lends to protect him from the just OF the law
We 'n OF robert "ickife took oicnce Article published
o ms "'he but not exceeding readers douhe., will
controversy. Young wokde goe to the ONCE armed and
anus &" the tdoi the of the wuter because he
Ioes 10 give up immediately he shoots him dead while @
deaNonn To escape This was the published at he
u"Si ana We nave not II cuutradccd The assassin
conscious OF gr escapes aud eucs the pursuit of Justice
~ te mea tne the matter is laid before Grand jury in
.Ninston within the sphere of influence OF Eoet
WckHie aud Henry Clay, and 10 the surprise of all they find
him guilty OF granddaughter atone Wien Young WckIfn s
informed that ms he rendered safe 10y turn gycn TO e
ana nature oil The hb ctmen,, he suTrenders him.
seiL a is had and Henry Clay the moving spin, Of the
aie administration and himself Candidate for the Prclencv
neNt election ea'es his eectionecns ab1rs has
course OF dAner speeches. forward undertakes b
hanS washed clean bv the acQuital Of Lexington ,irv
Every man wall make his own reflections these extraori
nary circumstances There be someI&g dsea ed i'm tine
Sae Oh society IN Kentucky, or they could mol happen We
90 not mean TO DENY the possession of nigh generous quail
Ties To The people OF that state, and believe 1
pest citizens are shocked thai human life should be held
cheap among them, and deeply sensible the disgrace of
lowing letter which from the Washington Telegraph
executed with laudabe gor against the poor and
~ without even the shadow of punishment has perhaps
"ed somebody else 10y this time; but the unucky hua,
NV oil justice, and aone ior his offence within the walls of
pentontlary.
From The Mem Yors .l.aericnn
II VIII be seen by the annexed communications
what "keutuckan' thinks of the Evening POSTS
article respecting young Wckliite:-
] almost wish that the duty OF interesting myself
in the politics of my country, which deem iucuinbcn,
on every voter, did not exist. when contcnlulnte
the unprnclped conduct of some oi those who's. duty
Is rs editors of public journals, record the oc
currcnccs which pertain this branch of their pro-
tesson. was particularly s'ru this evening, in
reading the first article IN the Post. paper edited as
am told, 10y scholar, land what scholar should no,
blush to be guilty of how minded and dishonest practi-
ces IN tone (which would have d>graced the former
hnqulrcr.-lhc acquittal of young Wiclilc. bv
Jury OF his country, Is pronounced the letting loose
OF IA murderer by the influence OF Mr.. CLAW. Ken
lucky is spoken of as eAIr. Claws State" in snoer
ing manner; and aninsinuson also made that Isaac
Dcsha, wio murdered Mr.. Baker, solnc years acc.
was let loose upon the community by the same infu-
cncc Mr. Clay, who certainly has the right of every
private citizen to plrsue his professional business
and who was called in a one of the counsel is accu
Sod of 'ieavng his elcctionecring abors and coming
forward aud taking up the defence
Now, beg 10 ask if IL is undue ccnsurc TO
stigmatise such assertions and imsinuulions as are
contained IN the article alluded to, false, base
and unprincpled ] do not believe that hgii-nindcd
men in the State of New York are educated in
deterrent school Of honor from what prevails in INV
part of the conntry and cannot conceive that false
hood, conveyed by way OF inuendo or black insnua-
lions, couchcd an the craven language of Affected
virtue, any the less odous here than elsewhere!
Bat tell me, pray you, after reading the article to
Which alIude, whether such pens and such princi-
pies sway the conduct or the feelings of any portion
of his community?
How untrue is the statement that Wicklifc was
offended by aspeysiors against his worthy father
mot exceeding, To use the words N the Post. 1.-THE
usual or even the decent freedom ~ political contro-
versy' How untrue is it, too, that Wickliic play
cd the part NJ "da dvStSsta,' and because Bcnnlng
refused to give Up, Immediately, the name of the
writer shot him dead while endca yoring 20 cscapc'
There is scarcely the shadow of truth in the whole
of the statement; aud " 1t endea-
vor to make the world believe that he was murdered
through league and coalition with Mr.. Clay" is
shaHeiuly base.
The Editor, too, would have not injured himself
by snpposng that JURY OF honest mon were quite
IS competent, 5h al me testimony before Hem. TO
appreciate the merits Of the case, as himself
Your obcdicnt servant.
KENTUCKIAN.
On this subject, the New York American speaks
in the following indignant strain:
We submit the judgment of rcaders-yye will say
their ndeuauon however might bc us,i6cd-tIc following
article lom last Evenings Post Ii there be any fair and
did and honorable mind that docs from the injustice
aud magniy towards MIR Clay which this article cvuces
shall confess oar dsirus OF human nature Without waiting
for ar, evidence IN entire Of the facts involved IN the
ipung crime to Mi Clay what, upon the principles
which govern lawyers, would have been crime WITHHOLD
the employment Of his talents defence of M accused fellow
cizcnihs writer for the sake of wOundmg Oh
political adversary brands with equally reckless cpl.
thcts onamy aud guilt the the accused, bu acquitted
aud his defender O Ncke of the facts comucc ted
with this case. know nothing beyond what have
published in letters and irresponsible and vndc-
tive newspaper paragraphs which certainly to be less relied
than the verdict Of iuv, after long and ahodous trial
But with tire Post the merits of the nothing, the
the guilt of the party quite umatera 50 hat blow
can he struck Henry Ciny.