The Whig standard. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1843-1844, 1844-07-12
4 THE Bloody MANI

AuG UuVODI MAN.
Locotoco editor out in Ohio, who Is quoted
by the Globe, arraigns Mr. Clay before the peo-
pie as the Man of Blood" He charges Mr.. Clay
in the first place, with having been born in l777,
bloody epoch in the history of the country !;
next, he charges that Mr.. Clay challenged a gen.
tleman in 1905; next, he was challenged in 1908;
and next, ne challenged Mr.. Randolph in 1925
but no injury except scratch resulted from the
three duels. Next, Mr.. Clay is charged with
having been consulted by one of the parties to
the Cilley duel, which resulted in the death of
that gentleman; and lastly, he is charged with
having been challenged by Mr.. King, of Alaba-
ma, the present Minister to France, but no fight
ensued; so that the Ohio editor, backed by his
worthy and pious compeer of the Globe, have only
succeeded, after all their efforts, in proving that
friend of Mr., Clay has killed man in duel
Now, let us try Mr.. Polk. 1t was about the
bloody period of Mr.. Clay's birth, l777, that Mr..
Folks grandfather, Tory, saved his bacon'' by
joining the British But for that act of /" discre-
| ton" which he thought the better part of va
lor," the Locofocos in this campaign of 1874
| would have been minus candidate for the Pres-
dent-that is to say, such would be their predica-
ment unless Mr.. Polk could have found his way
into the world without the aid Of grandfather.
1t was about the year Of our Lord 1912 or ID,
that Mr. James X. Polk escaped out of Ruther-
ford into Maury, in order to avoid the service of
draft for soldiers to fight the British-the friends
and protectors of his grandfather. Mr.. Polk and
his grandfather have improved upon the advice Of
Hudbras. That facetous author has said in his
quaint way, that
4s He who fights and runs away
Will live to fight another day..
Mr. p, as well as his ancestor, read the couplet
thus
He who runs and gets away,
Will live to RUN another day.
In the third place, Mr.. Polk displayed his he
redtary dislike of "ve guns" when Mr.. Wise
called him ga id petty tyrant," and grossly in
suited him in the House. 1t is true Mr.. Folks
brother has skilled his man" in a most brutal
fight, which he provoked by striking gentle
man of weakly frame with cowhde and it is
likewise true that Old Hickory has killed two
men in duels and that in reference to one of
them, he wrote to friend that he had "lef the
id rascal aoeltering III his Nood;;" and since
Young Hickory" has been thrust into the shoes
of Old Hickory, he must vicarously answer for
these bloody deeds at the bar Of public opinion
But Young Hickory, in his proper person, never
did and never will fight. As the representative
of General Jackson, nevertheless, he must be
held to strict account for the blood shed by the
old hero. EF
Some persons may wonder where, upon what
field in what " Imminent deadly breech," Mr.
Polk won for himself the appella,ion Of Colonel.
We can inform all such, that Mr.. Polk was some
years since, at time of profound peace, the COM
mander of regiment of Tennessee militia, and
that, like his friend Crary, of Michigan, whose
prowess has been celebrated by Gov. Corwin he
has won his laurels by charging, sword in hand,
upon patch of watermelons; while his reputa-
ton as tactican has been acquired by retreat
ing out of shower of rain into neighborng
barn.