Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1843-11-14
From The Richmond EnquirsT

Let there be Lighf-INFoRNATTON De
MANDED.
sTRe Lordin Republic an, Of tie Stats
of Ohio, contains an article under the
head of 'Stupendous scheme Of political
villainy! A peep at Abolition dupllclly
.-and Federdl kaGpery-Ptan tor the
eompGign of'44 depelOPed IN PGrt--
which & calcu lated to excite deep inter-
s,l in the minds of the people. Il refers
TO a speech, made Just before the cleo
tiop. at the celebrated abolition village
Of Oberlin, BY the notorious abelitionist
]. R. Giddings, candidate for re-elec-
tion to Congress. After the most tres
mendous fulminatiOns against the slave
holders and slave interest of the South, he
(the aforesaid Giddings) is reported to,
have said: Gas
But, suppose that he should vote for
Mr.. Clay. What theni Many slave hOl.
ders adyocste the same sentiments that l
do. Hundreds OfpaPers containing the
series of articles signed 'Pacifcus' were
purchased by Southern members and for
warded to their constituents. ThR subs
iect is not new to them; many are not a-
fraid 10 promuIgate the very sentiments !
now hold, aud Mr.. Clay is one Of the
number. In fact, he has 50 put forth his
sentiments. Ehave now in my possess
sion, aud will read to this assembly, let.
ter from Henry Clay upon this subject,
before I conclude. lfa man OF his high
moral character and distinguished abilities
can thus embrace The doctrines Of aboli'
iion, how idle il is for any portion Of the
party 10 refuse 10 receive them; and yet,
that they are hiI sentiments, admits OF no
Doubt
TMr. Giddings here read u letter from
Henry Clay Of Kentucky, 10 himself,
condolng him upon the rancorous opPo'
sition of the Southern metnbers,and hear
lilly concurring in all the sentiments put
forth in the article signed 'Pacificus. :
HE also expressed a lively interest in the
abolition movement Of Mr.. g., and ex
pressed firm adherence TO his prlnci
pies.
sThese are the principles of Mr.
Clay-and they are my sentiments. lap
prove Of lhem-and do you noia 1t i
true, that he has formerly advocated
different doclrins--but mems minds ma!
change. The car is in motion. II viii
sweep every thing before it--and the lib
eny.party are far behind. They mus
hasten, or they will fail of being in at the
great triumph which is near at hand
This man, Giddings, may have misreP
resented H. Clay, He may have lied q
bout the matIer--but as the case nov
stands, we demand in the name Of uutt
the publication Of the alleged letter. o.
this subject, the letter must speak 70
itself Il will tell what has passed be-
ltween such miscreant as Mr.. Giddings
and Mr. Clay.-if he (Giddings) has un
dertaken publicly, and on his own respon
sibility, to make such representation a
bout Nh. Clay, and read letter PurPort
inp to come from that gentleman, h
(Giddings) is bound to publish that docu
ment. If he refuses, then The friends
Mr.. Clay fare bound TO call for cop
from him, (Mr. Clay,) and he Is bound
a Justice to the truth, to publish It for hin
self There Can be no mistake upon th
2 matter-aBd we shall take care that
/. copy of this from the 'Lorain RepubI
/. can shall meetthe eye Of Mr. Clay