Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1844-04-19
No. 27.-WHOLE No. A95


Mr. Cav, after he had expressed HE
opiuion that the sh'dr would bs smcs-
by adjusted, knee nothing further n Il
unlil the noon Of The day on which ihs
duel was fooghl-snd when ln'ormsl
hat /, wasio lake place, he advised hs
calling out OF lhe police upon Sl The
route. which the parties would he llks'y
10 lske, and Mr. Cav himself, ~rh
Ne CfIlrenden. Gen. Thompson, Of s.
c.. spd the Marshal of the district, ell
started 10 pursuit. TO STOP sn affair which
every one pronounced absurd. The
duelists el uded pursuit, end ai the
FOURTH FIRE CiIley Tell corpse. Yes,
lthls same Henry A. Wise, the di'sp-
pointei politician, with Mr.. Ciiey's Lo
eofoco second, permitted these men TO
siand snd shoot at each other lOut times.
Even profesed duelis,s cay this @sS
bsrbsrous, al things considered hut
This henry A. Wise, now ins'Duaies
thar Henry Clay was an inst'gaior of
the doe!
# wasno, until Wise had b9ep defeat.
ed as the Wing candidate for speaker
ship oflhe House, that he dared 10 in
siuuate any thing sgalDG Mr.. Clsy; nor
would he then probably, il he had not
been wrilhiug in sgouy under the lash
which John @ Adams laid upon him for
his cold bIooded conduct 10 that duel.-
| Then he broke forth as follows:
with regard to the prsIiminsriss OF
that duel, it was not my advice, but 'hsT
Of higher, better. and more dls,ln-
gushed man that was relied on"
From this little beginning has origi'
mated all the vile slsndsr that has heen
heaped upon Mr. Gay in regard TO 'bst
duel. Wise. Benton, Bynum, and the
whole crew Of Locofoco murdererS, have
endpavored 10 make Mr.. Clay the SeaPs
goat for their aims,
Bu, what effect does this abuse OF Mr.
Clay have upon the venerable Adams,
tho hsler OF dueliS,s He said, whilst
on his lave visit 10 Ohio, as follows:
II have ever found him Mr. Clay NOT
only one Of The RbIeSt men whom ever
co operated with, but one Of the most
dminb'e and ,0orthy
We close The sketch Of this duel with
an extract from the letter OF Mr.. Graves
tho unfortunate man whose days ere full
Of bitterness for having caused The dealh
Of Clley by tho rife in his hand. Mr.
Caves on learning The dsSsrdIy course
ui Wise, addressed 10 Mr. Clay calm
statement OF the affair, and Mr. Cey'S
agency in it. We extiae, as follows:
From The commsncsmsni Of the dif'
fculty, between Mr. Ci!ey and mysslfs
np TO the time | sent him the challenge.
do not recolect that mentioned it to
you or any other colleague or friend.
excep, Mr.. Manefss and Mr. Wise. [
know It wssm purpose 10 communicate
On The subject with such persons only
as had determined TO select as my
friends, should the matter not terminate
amcabIy. Hence my friend and col-
> lesgde, Mr. Soulhgate, Who sat BY my
Q side al the same table when | wrote the
. correspondence, knew not word ot The
affair from me until it was over. hop
= ed from the first that il would be amca-
BILE adjusted, and felt a strong sollcitudO
that il should be known TO as few peE'
sons as possible.
II DO no, recolecl naming the subject
10 you ro'll the morning before the
meeting, when ! called at your room, L
think in company with Mr. Wise. aud
exhibited 10 you the correspondence
and perhaps detailed to you the clr-
cumstances OF the affair. | remember
that you suggested 10 me some modlica'
ton in the phTaseology OF the challenge
which had written but had not senEy
by which mlder language was employ
e ed, and The door was not 90 completely
g closed against adjustment. recOllsct
= well, al the time you suggested The mo-
! DIFF cation which balevs was written by
Yourself on another piece OF paper, you
b slated that you IhoughI the matter ought
= TO bo and would be smicably adjusted;
and in his remember Mr. Wise concur.
red with you n opinion, recOlIecI thlS
he better. from a conviction resting on
} nv mind at the time that there were
r influences, which thought sa~ more
: fully than any OF my friends, that mill
$ lated against this view of the Gubjsct;
some Of which think mentioned to
you in reply 10 your suggestion that the
t matter would bs adjusted without hos
: tile meeting adopted your form, with
: but liuIe, if any modification. and | sup
: pose destroyed that drawn BY myself.
u "It is utterly untrue that you ever exc
h hibited to me sny wish Ihst the meeting
= should take place believe ! had no
8 friend in Washington who more regret
= ted it. rscolsct after The affair. when
9 we met at our boarding house. you seem
: ed to sympalhizs most deeply with mo
II in nv mIafoTtuces: BOu tDept AID tDefG