Independent Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1842-1844, 1843-10-07
From the Nashville Union.

| 4" Hi0 HPlluS vi 1893, we na0 Tue plea
sure OF being fellow. passenger with Mr..
Clay from New Orleans to Louisville
Alter general acquaintance had been
; established among the cabin passengers,
to pass away the time more agreeabIy it
was proposed to have game of cards, in
which mo of tho number proposed to ia
vite Mr. Clay to join. When the invita-
ton given he enquired what game was
proposed: The reply was, "Brogg."-
The sudden compression of the lips, and
the change from easy poIiteness to the dig
nlhed department of one enabled TO give
advice, evinced, at once, a determination
not to engage in the game. "Excuse
me, gentIemen,' said he, 81 have not
played game of any kind of hazard for
the last twelve years; and take occasion
to warn you TO avoid practice destruc-
tive of good name, and drawing after it
evil consequences of incalculable magni-
tude. In earlier days it was my misfor-
tune, owing to lively and ardent tempe
rament, 10 fall into this vice, and to Goa.
siderable extent, and no one can lament
more sincerely the evils and the conse-
quences oft than | do. These have fol-
lowed me into all the walks of life, and
Though | have long since abandoned the
PernIcIous practice which led to them, ia
seems that they will never abandon me-"
LMalory'S Life Of Henry Clay.
Ifsuch stories as these could make Mr..
Clay moral man or elect him to the
Presidency, there is no doubt that vol
umes of them could and would be immedi-
ately manufactured. The advice here
said TO haze been given by Clay is excel.
lent, and The sentiments are worthy of all
But if Mr. Mallory speaks
the truth, what must one think ofMr.
Clay tor abandoning his good resolutions
and returning to his old vice. That he
has done so will be seen from Wing evil
dence. 1t will lie remembered that in the
spring of 1912, John Quincy Adams gave
a large party at Washington city which
was thus noticed in the correspondence
Of the N. Y. Express, an out and GU, Wing
paper,
"Thc venerable Elk President, J. O.
Adams gave large and interesting party
IT his residence last evening. Many of
he most distinguished public men in the
'lty were present, and among them Lord
4Sh6Mton, the Ambassadors of the sever.
Il foreign Governments, represented in
he city, Mr.. Clay several distinguished
members of the two Houses of Congress.
A large party OF ladies' were also present,
Ind the evening passed off pleasantly with
music, dancing, and SOCIAL GAME OF
ARDS. At one OF the CARD TABLES
we're Lord Ashburton, Mr.. Clay, Mr.. Bo.
iscoe, the Russian Minister, and Mr..
;rittenden--four very distinguished men,
willing away their time very pleasantly
ut not very probably, perhaps some will
ay. 1t was, however, but q SOCIAL
iAME OF CARDS, with nothing worth
aiming a, stake!'
This wing letter writer herhaps deem.
d 1t prudent not to name the amount the
entemen were gambling for, but he lets
: know, however, that there was, some
ing at stake; il was "game of hazard;"
nd we can learn from the circumstance
lat Mr.. Clay's preaching and practice
re very different things.
The Ohio Statesman notices another
asc exactly in point, as follows:
"The leopard changes not his spott.
either can the Ethiopian the color of his
kin, any more than can Mr.. Clay rid
imsef Of the fascination of his game of
ards, or the rolling of the dice. Since
ute young man, he has been a gam
Ter, and we fear a gambler he will die.
lie my, nay, indeed, he has, for political
fleet, denied it; and on late occasion,
then visited by a Methodist Preacher,
e clothed himself in the robe of sanctity.
nd with the Bible before him, declared
imself firm believer in the christian
eligion," and in few days thereafter
'as at the Louisville races betting largely
n his favorite horses"
We might refer also 10 a speech deliv-
red few years ago in the Senate, in
'hlch he so'emnly declared almost with
Nth tears in his eyes, that he had been in
lis closet humbly praying for Divine aid
ad counsel as to what course he should
pursue, &C.; and contrast his assumed ri.
,ty on the occasion with his natural vein,
lot long after in the House Of Representa-
ives, when he said to a member, $50
home, G. d. YOU"
Mr.. CLAWS friends are on the wrong
al in bringing his ''pie,y and m9rality''
nio The newspapers. Their cant and ny
oocrisy are sure to be exposed, and the
ruth viii out.