The daily Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1841-1845, 1842-05-30

as Two or three weeks ago, the editor Of the
Madisonan, speaking of an article in the Philadelphia
United States Gazette, asserted that it from the
pen of Mr. Clay. The editor of the Gazette in his
reply, did not think il worth while to contradict the
assertion. This embodened 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 beere the article TO be Mr. Clays but that
he kne 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
yado he did not hesitate He asserted, calmly but
emphatcally, that the article was his own, wholly
his own, and that Mr.. Clay knew more of its au-
thorship than MIR. Tyler or anybody else. And now
what falling off there was in the tone of Mr.. John
Jones. ave were told" said john ''that Mr., Clay
was the author of the article but the editor Of the
Gazette denies it hare right to question his word"
"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 matter
which you knew and were ready to prove and now,
if you choose to back out from all this with saying
that told you so, we have right to demand
and do demand oho told you sou The fellow Of the
Madisonlan, however, has not said another word
upon the subject He stands branded as 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.
it refers, charging Mr.. Clay with the authorship
of the article in the Gazette.
TIE UNITED STATES GAZETTE.
The editor Of the United States Gazette, in his
paper of Tuesday, has very awkward article on the
authorship of what called Mr.. Clay's General
Orders, appearing in that paper days before
Without denying assertion respecting that author
ship, Mr. Chandler talks of the great the too great
compliment, which such asciption OF his editorials
does to his humble overs. This is childish, very
childish. Mr., Chandler knows that Mr.. Clay wrote
or dictated every word of the vrcle upon which this
paper commented He will not deny it. We know
he will not. He will not say his veracity, that
he Mr.. Chandler, himself the bona fde author
of that article in his paper which we have called Mr.
CLAWS General Orders Knowing, ourselves, that
he production Mr.. Clays, and every word of it
written dictated by him, we have declared and
we repeat and re affirm and we say again Mr.
Chandler will not declare, on his veracy, that he is
himself the author.
n. Who looks like a s.liar ~
Where did we say that we so knew the arti-
Gle to be Mr. Clay's as to be prepared to prove
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! We did believe the article to be Mr.. Claws,
we were told 50, and our belief amounted to
conviction, arising not only from information,
but from the character Of the article itself Mr..
Chandler, however, denies in toto that Mr..
Clay had any thing to do with it, We feel
bound to believe him.
As we are in the habit Of telling nothing
but truth ourselves, we can with difficulty,
and not without clear proof Of the fact, believe
any one, Of any standing, capable of an un-
truth.
The editor of the Journal is under very diff
ierent influences.
We should be in the extreme mortified and
indignant at a charge Of any moral error or vice
from any respectable paper OF individual but