The hornet., 1843-09-05

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" ". bsawsf. E4a 8g NJ attention
h1f besn directed ~ ln aulfla IN ths afi Nla
sissirpiah, over ihs signature 81 Cases wh.sh
contains among other lhfHs4.a fnsat vie aad
nhioabdsd impulatign gn The ehsaetsf II The
late Auaufiloe y Clayton II Georgia. aad
which ~ pnt ~ neafIg connected to bin ~
myself. cannot N allowed to pats unnotirst.
Tie whole sttiemeht concerning the tfaua4es
lion Of The Hon 4 y. Clayton with the Bank
LOT lhe United States, Is fiIie and hbslous In
the extreme and dsny that hia aeeutefs can
prove any charge they have alleged against
bis character.
" ~, 10 some extent, a matter 6f surprise
That an Editor who s presumed to bo arqaaln.
ted with the political history of the country.
al least few years back, should lend himself
20 unwafily to the peryersion of fact. which
has come within the kn0wIcduo Of even the
youngest politician, aud where detection
would be inevitable
"Casca' charges that the late Judge Clay.
ton obtained a loan Of Fdv.four M0usaad
dOiims, from the United States Bank--and
clearly inlmales that the same was never
paid. simple statement will suffice 10 stamp
this with the grosscst lalsity.
During the winter of 1884 or '35, the sum
OF about four thousand dollars was deposited
IN the care of Judge Clayton, from which
ldnd he was authorized TO purchase machine.
ry Tor the Georgia Factory, in which he was
a considerable sockhoder. On the eve of his
departure for Congress, he sent this fund TO
his Commission Merchant in Augusta Ga,
with instructions to procure exchange for the !
medlateIy at Washington City.
Scarcely had he reached his destination. |
when from some friendly source, information
came TO him, that his Commission Merchant
had suddenly failed for large amount, and |
the factory fund would doubtless be lost
The unweIcome letter found him in the midst
Va
clates (among whom was an eminent Senator
from Alabama0 and IN silent anguish and sur
prise ne handed 1t TO them for perusaI. They |
~h0 knew well the extreme senSibility of his |
nature, and that such a misfortune at that par
tlcuar time would weigh most heavily with
him, stepped forward with one accord, drew
note OF their own for the amount, and had
the same discounted as usual business paper
at the Bank of the United States. do not
know that they even required his signature,
but my impression is that he insisted on sign.
ing the note himself--or probably he may
have given them only an individual obligation.
Soon after his return home, from Congress,
the note was paid from his own sources, and
the whole became his individual loss. This is
a bret but concise statement of the transac-
ton as hasty reflection enables me TO call 10
it is sufficient, trust, to cover his
accusers with the odium of impious and heart
less calumniatorS of the dead, and TO consign l.;
their whole charge to the infamy and contempt
it so abundantly deserves. | would also state
that the foregoing is the only transaction, re-
mote as it was,--whch Judge Clayton ever
lad with the Bank of the United States.
That cause must indeed be weak, when its |
advocates stoOp so low as to heap unmerited 4
abuse on the memory of the dead, because
hey have despaired of finding flaw in the
character of the living. If these willy con-
pirators can find aught in the past life of Geo.
& Clayton, which may serve them in their en-
leavorS TO defeat his election, he dareS them to ]
sSue, and is ready at all times to meet them
'ut let them not, so long as they may contin.
le to bear even the shape of man, prowl hye- n
ia like under the mask of night, among the a
ombs of the venerated dead, and disturb the c
uiet of their repoSe by breathing on their t;
(sacred at least with some) the il
oxious blasts of their vile ISLANDERS, and un-
oily detractions. F
The political career of Augustine S. Clay
on, and his acts whilst member of Congress, n
re spread upon the records of the country,
nd are open to the investigation of ALL fc
hey will attest his character, and to them ! N
roudly refer. If he was ever bribed as in
nuated, to change his opinions on the bank S
ueStion, 1t is yet TO be discovered by his m
lends and family, and is charge too base
nd absurd 10 require contradiction. What N