The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1844-10-10

desecraied the Sabbath, proanely swore OF gambled'
in that timel Was he at Mr. Clay's elbow all the
timel When he was preaching in The Halls Of Con-
gress, does he know that Mr. Clay was not desecrang
the holy day elsewhereq Was he by the side Of Mr..
Clay day and night SO 10 otc hat he neither swore
or gamboled. Almen would suppose that minister
oftbe gospel would be the las, man invited to such an
entertainment TO witness the gaming on which MI.
Clay saked lis thousands aye, even duriug the Doc
tors brief tenure Of public station. yet the Doc.
Tor knOics that Mr. Clay did no, gamble, or swear or
break the Sabbath. ~ He. .s >-'
Butthe scene is shifted The intimate and con6deL-
al public intercourse Of twenty yeats and more clio
ses in ten months but the private one is still maintain
ed with much fidelity that the reverend Doctor is en-
abled TO know, and does positively and unequvocally
know that MIR Clay swore or gambled, or broke
the Sabbath, from the beginning of the twenty yeaTs
and more up to the 2oh day OF July 1874, the date ol
his certificate Now unless the country is willing TO
admit lhatlhe reverend gentleman is endowed with u
lniqui,y, and by some supernatural agency, enabled 10
know what Mr.. Clay is doing in Washington City al
all hours Of the day and night on the days of the
week, and on the Sabbath, when the ever end gentle
man is some hundreds of miles distant, they ceaiy do
not forfeit their claims TO common charity, when they
question very much whether the Dcctordoes know with
as much certainly as he prosses to affirm in his cerf-
cate or endorsement, and justfi cation of Mr. Clays
claims 10 that morality with which he is SO ready in
vest him. But TO proceed with the Doctors own his
tory alter the close Of his public life and Intercourse
His tenure OF Office abruptly ceases and he becomes an
inerant preacher, travelling through the length and
| hraoJ J,h nd nd If
preaching to Mr. Clay or touching at any point where
he passed his time more than once in several years.
til he settled down; and became connected with the col
lege at Augusta town distant about 600 miles from
Washington City, where Mr.. Clay spent The greater
portion Of his time and about 100 miles from Lexng
ton the place Of MIR. Ciays residence.
Under this state OF facts, we respectfully PROFOUND
the question 10 the Dr. how he could keep up an inter
coarse SO intimate and CONFIDENTIAL at these respective
distances as to know aud to assert to the world that
he does know that these charges are basey and utterly
lalse IN whole and IN parr and consequently, 10 ioi
low out the Dr's most decorous and Chrslian Voeab-
ulary that ne VINO assers the contrary ies most iouy
in his throat We tell Inc Dr. were ne 10 STATE person
ally to Mr. Clays associates IN wa shingtion City or
in Lexington the contents OF his certificate, and appear
in sober seouess hey would either regard as
peasantJoke oil his OF an attempt impose on Their
creduily. The Rev. Dr. has about an equal chance
knowing whether these charges are true or false, as
the Pope oi Rome has of personally knowing The NOR
aily OF the Russian Car But TO render certain the
Rev. DIS means OF knowing that Mr. Clay is a I'M
shed specimen or morality-hat virtue claims him as
her favorlle and especial advocate an! pattern he is
hearalded orlh at The renowned President oI Iransy
Vania University, ndlbeFeby an attempt is made TO de
ude The people with the icea that he has occupied ha
station fcr considerable length oil time Such is no
the iact He has been resident ol Lexington scarce
two years, out oil Hhe ~ years and more through al
OF which this intimate and confidential intercourse has
been maintained in all purify uninterrupted ana un
oroken distance ana 70 inc contrary no@nn
standing. AND mas mol lne rev Drs ialn IN MT Clay
emoodimen' o. an virtue oeeh shaKeh al any un
during the lapse oil this 2oyears and more, or are hi
ideas oi morally Isolated and peculiar only 10 himset
does he moi KNOW NAV scarce lnlee ihopS ago "en
eral McCaar OF Lexington, an elder OF The Presbyte
rian Churchof thai ciy' a man wilhou' sPol OF oem
ish- who has been hun'eo down oy MI Gay nimSe"
Iaye even BY alithe ours which so lhrong MS kenne
nere, ana iof Wnats Oecause nc ua'eu 10 M he eu'ai'
which concealed the deiorm'y aud 10 publish 10 'h'
world one Of those very charges which IN the lace
overwhelming evidence, and not Denied 'his Kew. Dr
now pronounces utterly and baseiy taisepublished il
paper there, this very same Mr. Clay, (and neithe
Q. M, Clay OF G. O. Clay Of Alabama this tine9 Oh
the 9TH day Of july ls4s at Pulic barbecue two mile
from Lexington, gambled high, and won, from The yer,