The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1842-05-31

as Two or three weeks ago, the editor OF the
Madisonian speaking of an article in the Philadelphia
United States Gazette, asserted that it was from the
pen of Mr.. Clay. The editor of the Gazette, in his
reply did not think it worth while to contradict the
assertion This emboldened the editor Of the Madi-
sonian and he repeated the assertion in stronger
language than he had at first used He reiterated, in
every form Of words he could DEVISE not that he had
reason to believe the article to be Mr. Clays but that
he kneo it to be So and was prepared to establish the
fact if the Gazette should venture to deny it.
When the editor of the Gazette saw all this bra
vado, he did not hesitate. He asserted calmly but
emphaticay that the article was his own, wholly
his own, and that Mr. Clay knew no more of its au-
thorshp than Mr.. Tyler or anybody else. And now
what falling off there was in the tone of Mr.. John
Jones' eve were told" said John, ''that Mr. Clay
was the author of the article; but the editor Of the
Gazette denies 1t haze right to question his ,cod
"Stop" replied the editor of the GaZette you must
not expect to escape You asserted positively that
Mr.. Clay was the author you asserted it as matter
which you knew and were ready to prove; and now,
if YOU choose to back out from all this with saying
that some one told you so, we have right to demand
and do demand acho told you So" The fellow Of the
Madisonlan, however, has not said another word
upon the subject. He stands branded a liar
There is not the least probability that any human
being ever told him that Mr. Clay wrote the article
in the Gazette.
The above is from the Louisville Journal.
We give below the part of our article to which
it refers, charging Mr.. Clay with the authorship
of the article in the Gazette.
THE UNITED STATES GAZETTE.
The editor of the United States Gazette, in his
paper of Tuesday, has very awkward article the
authorship of what we called Mr.. Clay's General
Orders, appearing in that paper some days before
Without denying assertion respecting that author
ship Mr.. Chandler talks Of the great, the too great
compliment which such asciiption of his editorials
does to his humble covers. This is childish, very
| childish. Mr. Chandler knows that Mr. Clay wrote
or dictated every word of the article upon which this
| paper commented He will not deny it, We know
| he will not He will not say on his veracty thai
| he, Mr.. Chandler, was himself the bona fde author
of that article in his paper which have called Mr.
Claws General Orders. Knowing, ourselves, thai
The production was Mr.. Clay's, and every word of i
written or dictated by him, we have declared, ant
| we so repeat and re affirm; and we say again Mr.
Chandler will declare his veracty, that he is
himself the author.
Who looks like ''ar ~
Where did we say that we so knew the arti
Gle to be Mr.. Clays as to be prepared to prove
lit2
i We did believe the article to be Mr.. Clay rs
we were told so, and our belief amounted t
conviction, arising not only from information
but from the character of the article itself. MI
Chandler, however, denies in toto that Nj