Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1844-10-03
Mr.. CLAY AMONG HIS CHRISTIAN
NEIgHBORS.

4 DOhos
The Rev. DR.. BAscoM has been bitter
Iy assailed by Locofocoism for his letter
to Or. Goble concerning Mr.. Clay. Not
content with abusing the man himself,
every body is assailed who ventures to
defend him. The officers OF the various
churches in Lexington, of both political
parties, have therefore thought il due to
DIR. b., as well as to themselves, and TO
the claims Of truth and justice, TO vindi-
cate the reputation of DR.. B., against the
foul aspersons of the Locotoco newspa-
pers, by public atiestation to his worth
and Virtues denial of all the iaputa-
,ions and allegations made against him,
and BY bearing themselves the same testi-
mony 10 reference to the moral character
Of Mr.. Clay, as was borne by DR.. B., and
Mr.. Hall, tho Presbyterian Minister.
The following 10 their testimony, as copi.
ed from the Lexington (Ky.) lntelligen-
GER:
"Rrv. II. B. BAscoM. distin-
guished divine, urbsne gentleman, and de.
voted Christian, whose purity oflife. bur-
ming eloquence, high intellectual endow-
menis, fervid zeal in his Masters cause
have spread his name over our broad land,
was recently applied to by DR.. J. G. Co.
Bile, to inform him as TO the moral char.
acter and correct department of our cs
,inguished neighbor, the Hon. Henry
Clay, who, II was believed, had been
falsely and maliciously assailed. For his
response, bearing testimony to the correct
department and good moral character OF
Mr.. Clay, DIR. Bascom has been denoun-
ced as hypocritical liar, perjured bias
phemer, an impious libeler, and other
most degrading and disbonoring accuse.
lions heaped upon him. We, his friends
ard neighbors, of ell religious denomina.
tons, therefore, feel called on by consid-
eratons ofjustce TO slandered and inju.
red gentleman, TO pronounce these char
ges grossly false and cruelty unjust, with.
out a shadow of foundation and do here
by bear the same testimony contained in
his letter, as to the moral character OF Mr..
Clay, so far as we know and believe.
Methodist .Minisivs-S,ephen Chipley
and N. Headington.
Ste,cards Of the Methodist Church-Jo.
seph Mllward. P. Scott. n. Ruckel, Nat.
Shaw, L. P. Young, w. King, VIM. Rice,
Jos. George, ]. Kennard, Hiram Shaw,
B. T. Bealert, r. Hulott, Gustavus Oily,
j. l.. Ebert.
Elders in Christian Church-D. War
ner, VIM. Vanpelt, Levi t. Benton, S.
Fitch.
Minister Of Bap'is, Church-W. F..
Aroaddus.
Baptist Ministers P. Drake, ]. NJ.
Hewitt, R Brent.
Rector of the Protestant Episcopal
Chmch--Ed. F. Berkeley.
p. E. Minister-John Ward.
Vestry of the p. E. Church-D. NJ.
Craig, ]. J. Hunter, II. /. BodIey, Thorn.
as Higgins, Jas. March, H. Fl. Timber.
lake, VIM. lncho, Maslin Smith.
Elders and Deacons of Cd Presbyterian
Church--R. Pindell, James C. Todd, Da-
vid Bell, IT., William A. Leavy, James
C. Butler, John f. Leavy, Geo. w. Nor
ton.
Elders and Deacons of LIST Presby'eri.
an Churchill. l.. Mcdowell, Abm. Van
Meter, John l.. Price, Thomas c. Orear,
l.. Carter, Isaac C. Van Meter.
1t is proper 10 say that the Methodist
Episcopal Conference being in session at
Bowling Green, nearly all the Methodist
divines connected with the Church and
the University are absent, and consequent
ly their names are not attached to the
foregoing paper"