Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1844-07-11

place. when each gentleman stood at his station, waiting
ior the word MI. Nsrshal fired first. and gave Mr.
Clay a flesh wound on the thigh ~ Clay fred without
elect. Mr.. T.. insisted on another fire rery ardendy, but
his situation, resulting from the wound, placing HIM on
unequal ground, has imPortaaate request was not comPli-
JOHN b. CAMPBELL,
JAMES T.. MOORE.
Thursday, Jan. 0, 1o09.'
In this affair Mr.. Clay committed the following
atrocities VIZ.
n tioaied the iur of God.
lie rioqfed te 0wS Of man.
IL rioqted The constitution Of his state.
H. rioat.d his Qiciai oath.
j such a man a proper candidate for "a hr-iottHS
and dv-abidtns yarig -
The Constitutions # the United States contains the
following provision VIZ.
NO person shall be a Senator, who shall no, have at
tanned the age of thirty years and been nne yeys IA CHI
Zen OF the | nited States, and who shall not when elect
ed, be an inhahItant of the State for which lac shall be
chosen"
George d. Prentice, Mr.. Clay's Biographer, in the
first page Of his work. saws Henry Clay was born
N Hanover county, Virginia, on the 18th April, IN.
Page - he says Mr.. Clay's appointment to the L.
=. Senate took place. a has already been stated, in
the latter part Of l>06. THIS appointment was not
for a regular Senatorial term of four years. but mere
~ for a single session, the residue of the term Of Gen.
Adair, who hal resigned his seat. The new Senator
proceeded to Washington IN December, l-06.'' When
Mr.. Clay appeared in the Senate, he took the follow
IL RttiF w. " - III ihNA law WI 1NNth w
Congress IN pursuance Of the Sixth Article of the
Constitution viz.
Il, HENRY CLAY. do soiemnly smear that 1 lciH sup
port the Constitution Of Tho United states"
so lei NE GOD.
Mr.. Clay'> service in the Senate terminated with
the Sd of March, l>01 and he was not thirty years
old until the Eth of the succeeding April. He swore
sta support tie Constitution, and the next act he did,
was To take his scat aS a Senator m direct rotation 81
that Constitution He continued to violate ii by
,Fer rate he frrr and .p.-y .gg-I h. qyffgrgJ rs -
member. dung the whole session. He was a. much
an u>urper a. was Julius Cusar or Cromwe He
he'd no mere night 10 act or vote Is a Senator, than Il
he never had been elected.
Thus. he VIOLATED TIE CONSTITUTION.
He VIOLATED HIS OATII OF OFFICE.
ia man, who on his first appearance in the gOy-
crnment, violated the Constitution every day during
a whole session of the Senate. fit 10 be the candidate
Of a ''trr|orinS aRd hW-abidiRg pGrtyt'
At the December session of Congress. 1-2l-'J. it
was runorcd that Henry Clay. then Speaker Of the
House of Representatives. who held IN his hand the
decision of the contest for the Presidency bctW cen
Andrew Jackson, John q. Adams and VIM. IL. Craw-
ford, was about TO give the Presidency to Mr.. Adams
and receive the office Of Secretary of State in return.
\ letter making such a charge appeared in a Philadel-
phia paper, "hcrcupon Mr.. Clay issued the following
VIZ.
"A CARD.
al have seen without any other emotion tl1n that Of
incifablc contempt, the abuse that has been poured out
upon me by a scurrlous paper issued 10 tins city, aud by
other kindred prints aud persons, IN regard 10 the Pre>i-
dental election. The editor of one OF those prints. ush-
cred forth M PInladc lphia. called the Columbian Oh>erv-
er, for which do not subscribe and which have not or
dered, has had the %mpudence to transmit to me his vile
paper OF the 18th inst la that number is inserted a let
ter purPoriing To have been written from TINS city on the
2Jth INST by a member ct the House of Repre- seniativcs.
belonging to the PENNSYLVANIA delegation. | believe II To
be a forgery but II genuine, pronounce the mem
Der, whoever he may be. a base aud Infamous
calumniaior, a daStard and q Har: aud If lac Gare unVeil
himself and avow hi~ name, WILL noID INV ErsroS-
s'nIf, as hoe admit mgset 10 he: TO MI. TIE
LAWS WHICH GOVERN y REGULATE MEN
OF HONOR
s.Jan. 3lst, leo5."
Though IL fight cn~ued. Henry Clay declared him
self ready. If lie could find an adversary. to commit
saurar
Is such a man fit to be the candidate of "a ar-or.
ipe and rfr-ebjfipg Jarfg ?"
Mr.. Clay DID elect Nr. Adams. however. and MIR
Adams did afpoiut Mr.. CIV Secretary of State. Or
entering upon the duties Of tLat otIoe. Mr.. Clay tool
the f1ll,Wiae oath VIZ.
II HENRY CL-ly. ito soiomnly s,cear that rR sap
Poft Tic Constitution .. tic tn'ted SUITS
- HELP NE GOD
The cou~t tuition provide. Art. |. Section q. ..tha'
FIR amy speech or debate IN either House. they tn,
Senators and Representatives, shall not be q~ucstono,
in any other place"
In a debate in tie Senate in lS1G. John Randolph
'hcn a senator from Vrr mia. designated tie union e
MIR. Adams with Nr. tlav. a a coalition between
"ttt EaSiern Parjt1p aai ust.rR BAck e."
Nr. Clay Immediately challenged Nir. Randolph. t.
mortal combat. and tie following l. an extract from
tie official accuua; f their meeting VIZ.
MI. Randolph was attended hy Col Tatuall. OF Geo
. ga. and MAJOR Hamilton of South Carolina Mr. Cla'
. by Gen Jcssup OF the Army, and Mr.. johnson OF LOUIS
lana
The parties met IN the grouud-cxchanged saiutaiion
and took their stations.
The pistol Of Mr.. Randolph. which was suspcnde,
bv his side. went OH 1t was perceived to be an acci
dent. and - pronounced by Mr. Clay lmmed'aicI
: however. upon the report Of the pistol. Mr. X turned 4
Col. L and sad II told YOU 80. Col L. then turnin
= 10 Gen. J observed, >ir. the fault J. mIne-Nr X pro
tested against the tie OF the har tu-ser-it was at IN
:. express instance the hair Was sprung Another pistu
was handed 10 Mr. X. The parties resumed their sia
tons aud eNclans'd shots without effect.
- "lmncdiaici, after the report of the pistols. while Co
/. and Gen J were r,leadln:, Col. Benton of No. rod
!. up. and united with Mr. Johnson and Col. Hamilton. i
al effort Il stop The stilir which proved Intellectual I'll
:, parties again took their stations, aud the word ben
= gwen. Nr Clay raised L> pistol and tred. and the bal
PASSED through Mr. Rs clothes. Mr. X reserved Ia
FIRE ut YOU Nh Clay, aud discharged ms pistol IN til
AIR"
The conduct Of lr. Clay IN this affair i to /
viewed in the f flowing ASPECTS w.
II was \ VIOLATION OF THE LAWS OF
:, His COUNTRY.
1t was 4 VIOLATION OF THE LAWS @
: COP.
" TON.
d 1t was a VIOLATION OF lis oFFIcIA
This accumulation Of moral crimes vas agrravate
1, by the consideration, that he wasa Pyiue M7;s.c'