The northern galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1844-1848, 1844-05-15

challenge, and the quarrel then become:
Ms-and so both Graves and Cilley un.
Gerstood the matter. During the progress;
of the correspondence between them, Nj
Graves became pretty well satisfied thai
if he gave the challe nge, Cilley would Sc
Iect the weapon the deadly rifle, with
which he (Graves) was totally unacquain'
ted. In this emergency, after the at
tempted explanatory correspondence had
! closed, and of course all further negocia
ton had ceased and Mr. Graves had writ.
fen his challenge, he called with Mr. Wise
upon Mr. Clay practice that individu
ais and committees have always been in
the habit of, when embarrassed $50 says
Col. r NJ johnson and John Quincy Ad
ans, and they say also, that he is ever
found prudent adviser.J Mr. Graves
stated The case TO Mr. Clay, and also init
mated his fears as 10 the result in conse.
quence of his want Of skill with the rifle.
Mr. Clay actuated both By the common
feelings of humanity, and by particular
desire to save his friend, Mr. Graves, from
exposure 10 what appeared almost certain
death told him and Mr. Wise that the aft
air ought TO be amicably adjusted, and he
believed it would be-but he told him he
should alter the challenge-that ne should
use milder language, so that the door Of
reconciliation might stIll be left open
Mr. Clay penned substitute which he
thought would be less offensive, and this is
what the Loco Foco editoIs mean by
charging Mr. Clay with pushing on The du'
ell and rcriting The challenged Was ever
truth and justice more shamefully perver'
ted !
Benton and Bynum were the advisers
Of Mr. Cilley and his seconds, and they
took the opposite grounds of Mr. Clay, and
instead of usir & their efforts 10 prevent
the duel, they did all they could 10 bring
it on, being perfectly confident that Mr.
Graves would fall, for Cilley was consid'
the best rifleman in Maine.
Mr. Clay, after he had expressed his
opinion that the affair would be amicably
adjusted, knew nothing further of it until
the noon of the day on which the duel was
fought and when informed that il was
TO take place, Le advised the calling out Of
the police upon all the routes which the
parties would be likely to take, and MI
Clay himself, with Mr. Crittenden, Gen
Thompson, of S c., and the Marshal oi
the district, all started IN pursuit TO stop
an affair which every one pronounced alb.
surd. The duelist's eluded pursuit, and
at The FOURTH fire Ciiley fell corpse
Yes, this same Henry A Wise, the dis.
appointed politician, with Mr. Cilley's
Loco Foco second, permitted these men
to stand and shoot at each other four times
Even proiessed due!ists say this was bar
barous. all things considered; but this
Henry A Wise, now insinuates that Hen
ry Clay was an instigator of the duel
1t was not until Wise had been defeat.
ed as the Wing candidate for speakership
of the House, that he dared insinuate any
thing against Mr.. Clay; nor would he then
probably, if he had not been writhing in
agony under the lash which John Quincy
Adams laid upon him for his cold blooded
conduct in that duel, Then he broke forth
as follows
"With regard TO the preliminaries OF
that duel, it was not my advice, but that
of higher, better and more distinguish
ed man that was relied on
From this little beginning has origina-
ted all the vie SANDER that has been heap
ed upon Mr. Clay in regard to that duel.
Wise, Benton, Bynum, and the whole
crew fLoco Foco murderers, have en-
deavored to make Mr. Clay the scape goat
for their sins.
But what effect does this abuse of Mr..
Clay have upon the venerable Adams, the
hater of duelists. He said while OIL his
late visit in Ohio, as follows:
81 have ever found him (Mr. Clay not
only one of the ablest men whom ever
co-opcrated with, but one Of the most ami
able and icorthy.'
We close this sketch of this duel with
an extract from the letter of Mr.. Graves,
the unfortunate man whose days are full
of bitterness for having caused the death
of CiIley by the rifle in his hand. MIR
Graves on learning the dastardly course of
Wise, addressed to Mr. Clay calm state
ment of the affair, and of Mr.. Clay's a.
gency in it. We extract as follows:
From the commencement Of the diff
Guilty between Mr. Cilley and myself, up
to the time sent him the challenge, do
not recolIect that mentioned it to you
or any other colleague or friend, except
Mr. Menifee and Mr. Wise.
It's utterly untrue that you ever exhibit
ted to NE any wish that the meeting should
take place. / believe had no friend IN
Washington who more regretted 1t. re-
collect after the affair, when we met at
our boarding house, you seemed to sym
pathize most deeply with me IN my mis-
fortune: you wept and were unable to ut
ter 4 word"
~ Mr. Clay 'WEPT,' says Mr. Graves
and 'toas unable to utter 'cord." This
is the man that the loco focos, who once
him against Gen. Jackson who
murdered man in cold blood, now dare
to stigmatize as duelist and promoter of
duels l....
TYLER IN THE FIELD,