Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1842-03-29

ihdelibly impressed upon my memory,
and you informed others Of the fact as we'll
as myself, and there is other evidunce Of
the fact. All your friends cOncurrsd that
Mr.. Cilly's reasons were satisfactory; but
Mr. Clay and myself were divided in
opinion ,., st
. lst. As to whether you should require
Mr. Cilley 20 reduce his verbal reply to
you, assigning his reasons for decli-
ming to receive Mr.. Webb's note, to wri-
ting.
2dly. We in your presence, differed as
10 the form of the challenge, and as
10 the true issue Of your controversy,
Sdly. We differed, consulting iOgeth-
er at his room, whether the universal
and Objectionable terms, shouldbe accept.
ed"
One of these points was at the very be-
ginning of the correspondence-the other
two were at and immedi ately after the
challenge.
Again, you say, 81 do not recollect ma.
ming the subject to you" (Mr. Clay,) sun
I'll the morning before the meeting" (Fr-
day morning the 3d. "when called at
your room, think in company with Mr..
Wise, and exhibited 10 you the correspon,
dence, and perhaps detailed to you the
circumstances OF the affair"
| was IN company with you. You had
expressly taken me 10 Mr.. Clay's room
to hear his opinions and views for my.
self, which he had before expressed TO you
when l was not with you. Thus taken
BY you to note his advice and counsel, |
did note il, and never can forget it,
You exhibited TO him mean on Friday
morning, the 23d Of Feb, 1888, the day
before the duel) none Of the correspon-
dence, except the challenge you had
drawn 1t was obvious that he had seen
and known all the preceding correspon,
dence before hand. You did not detail
the circumstances of the affair; for there
was no ne cessity Tor that either. He al
ready knew all, and entered directly and
Familiarity into conversation upon the main
points, as fully kuo Vn to him from the
beginning. What is his recollection on
that point7 Does he not recollect that he
was informed before that morning2 His
recollection might, possibly, aid yours and
mine both very much.
When you saw Mr.. Clay again, "about
nine O'Clock Of the night preceding the
meeting" and, as you say had, "s mo-
menl's conversation with him." Sin which
you made known to him your want Of
skill in the use Of the weapon selected by
your adversary" did he not then fully
know, and was he not shown, the written
terms prescribed by General Jones, the
second Of Mr.. Cilley? Did he not advise
the adoption as state in the relation Of
facts hereto appended? .
In the second place AS far as you know
or believe, is there the least foundation
for the Courier and Enquirer, either that
or my associates deceived MIR. Clay as
to the time and place of your meeting2
or, that the place Of meeting was chan
ged at all, at my suggestion, or that Of any
body else! or that the time of meeting
was changed to deceive Mr.. Clay or any
body else? or, that changed the time of
meeting for any other reason than to pre-
pare your rife and get ready for the
meeting after we returned from the arse
nal. about half past eleven o'clock, A, M,
on Saturday the 24thf Was there ever
any appointment but one as to the place
Of meeting2 Did not the written terms
in their first sentence, prescribe that the
place was 10 be agreed upon between
General Jones and myself the next day
at l2 O'clock9 Did they not, in their last
line, prescribe that time was to be given
you to procure ri6ef Was the time de-
layed longer than was necessary for that
purpose, TO procure your rife, and get it
ready for the field? Did not Mr.. Clay
board in the same house with youG Had
he not every means ofknOwing your move-
ments, and those Of your associates, on
the day of the meetingi
Id the third place desire you TO read
The subloined statement carefully and at
tehliveiy, and 10 confirm tiff correct;
oftO correct it,sifinaccurate in a single
material particular,
cIt is painful 10 me, in,the extreme, thus
to be compelled to call upon you, after
the lapse Of SO long time, as a witness
in my behalf. But time cannot material
ly impair the facts in the case. The
committee on the duel, fortunately for all
concerned, has in It's FepOri,preserVed all
the landmarks ofrecollection, and many
of the details Of q minute statement Of
the affair, There is other evidence,
written aEd oral, Sh the subject; and it
will be hard for any Of US 10 err now, ex-
cept by negligence 10 not referring to the
sources Of refreshing recollection,
have been a sufferer, in reputation. BY the
char 3 Of being the instigator Of your du;
| el with Mr.. Cilley, long enodgh. Il is
a charge as detogatOFy, % you astOme.
Yon krovV the pFoes Injustice which has