Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1844-05-10

tho letter of Mr.. Clay, and had scarcely announ-
ced myself, before Mr.. Pattison rked, with
quite a glow Of righteousness upon his counten-
ance, that, if any of the Wings would satisfy
him. of the correctness and genuineness of the
letter, professcd, by the Palladium. to have been
written by Mr.. Clay, by the production of ANY
Wing paper of respectable standing with the
party, he would feel bound las act of justice
to Mr.. Clay to publish the letter in the Jeferso-
man recant his former expressions Of opinion !;
and TO correct the error whenever an opportunity
was presented to him in any of the public mee-
tings of his friends.
/ This frank and candid avowal, at once disar-
med me Of every unfuvorablc impression, and
melted my feelings into renewed and heightened
admiration of what had formerly conceived TO
be the political integrity OF the man.
! He then showed me several papers conta aiming
the sentiment copied into the Jeffersonian stated
that he mover the letter and took pains
to inform me Of the precautionary measures he
had adopted, before publishing tho extract, by
writing to friond, an attorney at law, at Cincin
natl. | remarked, with that spirit of hberality
which his fairness engendered, that could not
believe him capable of committing or countenan-
cling forgery. He then wished to know from
what paper the Palladium had extracted it. gave
It as my impression, that it was the Wabash Ex-
press or some distant Western paper; it subse-
qucntly proved to be tho Nashville Wing. He
said he was unwilling to assume it true, and
came from crcditable In this concur
red with him, and then suggested the National In
tellgencor q standa I'd to which he assented.
saying if he could find it in that paper Of
similar standing; or in Virginia paper Ct do not
remember whether he said ''OLD, and it is imma-
teria, for his remarks were applied, of course,
to the time of its first publication) he would re-
tract suggested to Mr.. Pattison, the propriety
Of calling upon Mr.. Davis and procuring tho pa
per which contained the letter to which he OBJ
jected, alleging the delicacy Of doing. | then
rendered my services to effect the object, which
he accepted with expressions of thanks, after
which left the office.
have been thus tedious in detailing this con-
versaton, in order to satisfy Mr.. Pattison that it
IS unnecessary TO put his conversation in writing
at THE TIME if he will only do SO CORRECTLY
when he DOES undertake it.
The Jedersonian Of the LIST inst, contains the
following language, which gave rise to the remark
made by myself to the junior editor of the Pal
ladium, relative to the very DISTORTED expressions
that passed between Mr.. Pattison and myself:
--'we sent word to the Palladium Office. tina, il
they would convince showing that old Virginia
paper or the National lntelligencer had published Mr.
Cla,'s letter. &c.
Immediately after reading the above authori-
Zcd the junior editor of the Palladium to pro-
nounce it a fasehood; because l know that no
such word had ever been ''sont to the Palladium
Office" The object Of tho mission to the s.Pala-
paper containing Mr.. Clay's letter; and nothing
9Ef. 6rridl Of the article in the Jeffersonian.
Whether Mr.. Pattison made this statement with
the design Of deceivng, am both unable and un.
willing to say. At all events, SO much reliance
would DO placed upon Mr.. Pattison's denial of
such an imputation, that it would not be armed
with any additional importance, in this commune |
ty, by tortlfying himself behind the -Egis of
l5 Hiram Hoovcr.C1
| also objected to the now garb of this CONVEX
satlon, because Mr.. Pattison would have his rea-
ders believe that his proposition to receive autho
rity. extended to ''any OLD Virginia paper or the
National lnteligencer' alone; whereas, he said
he would receive ANY paper Of respectable stan
ling.
This. Mr.. Editor, is the sum total of the matter
md assure you, sir, that none other than sense
II duty to yourself. to sustain you in the publ
'ation made of the fact in your last paper, could
ave prevailed upon mo to notice this puerie
bubble. w. A. B.