Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1844-09-03
From the Madisoniau
liESSRs. WEBSTER AND CLAY.

WTh editor OF the Madsonian intima-
iai " lsys hincs, chat be would dol
4 some hine areadfui if Mr. Webster should
1ntafs q ldvOcalB the election Of Hem
" Clay oa the ground Of bic friendship
~ on the tariff, aud we were (Os course
&. .oxcssdingly sOlicitous to ascertain Wh at
sort Of a thVaderbolt was to fall upon the
head OF M Webster, If be should dare
70 say any thing in favor Of the Wbig
: candidate for the Presidency. But II
=. aeams We mistoOk the meaning Of the
Msdisonian man entirely. He was not
3 tkoiap 10 do anything tOMr. Webster;it is
- n, 3iuy that be iS going 10 blow into the
seven, Siara If Mr.. Webster dares TO open
bis mouth for him. The MadisOuian is
going 10 prove that Mr.. Clay has at one
e4 inns apreposed 10 sbsndOn all protection
an ariieles manufactured in The U.
States"
Suppose we prove il now, and by Mr.
Webster. -s,
About The time, indeed al the time,
4. (iS42) when bitter controversy was 60
ing on between the Hon. Henry Clay and
the Hon. Henry A. Wise,i relation to
The unfortunate Cilley duel, Mr.. Wise
being prevented hOm expressing his
views Oh the Tariff, BY some rule Of The
House, announced his purpose TO imbOdy
them in an Address to his constituents,
which would be published in tho OewsPA
..sPep.
Immedialsly after the announcement
was made. Mt. Webster, being then Sec.
Eeiary Of State under Mr. Tyler, and ia'
~ king a most ec,iVe part in the vindicaiOn
Of tho Administration, and in opposition
to the assaults Of Mr. Clay and his friends
on ii,sent 10 the Madsonian office, where
il was known the Address Of Mr.. Wise
would be published, The following note
desiriug it 10 be inserted in the address
MA separate and distinct paragraph
y which was accordingly done.
- 81 am informed and authorized by one
who saw the manuscript draueht Of tht
act OF lS43 before il was offered, TO state
that "when Mr.. Clay drew the act o
1888, and showed il 10 bis friends in biz
own handwriting, after the clause which
provide hat only such duties shall b'
laid as ere necessary for an economics
sdminisiEStion Nf the Government, afte
The 30tb of June. ls42, tbs followin
woTds, ,of other words precisely equivalen
were added, 70 wit; And such dulie
e'Uhall be laid without reference to the pre-
lection Of any domestic articles Whatever
Il may fairly, therefore be claimed IhI
the great author Of what is called tn
AmericanSystem himself has, In The moi
direct manner, acceded 10 this principl
Ot least, that duties must DO laid primsTi
~ sIoETevenue, and not for protection
alone. This 10 the leading principle Il
(which the faith OF The nation has been
pledged, and one from which il will new
SEbe safe for The great protected inter
sOsis themselves TO depart"
On The margin Of MI. Wobsters not,
there 6as'i p. s. in pencil mark, whcI
'Tan % follows "Ths words quoted be-
,SRiHnin9 at"And" and ending At "what.
,0vet,0 are literal copy from the OTigina
draft in Mr.. ClSy'S handwriting. D
W.
Il may bO remembered that the Hon
o.. J. Ingersol stated last spring, in iht
House, that he had heard that Mr.. Clay
hsd once agreed 10 yield the principle o
PrOtectiOn-snd that Mr.. Clay SccosteC
him, when in Washington, last May, OF
the subject, and pronounced the state
e. meDt "falsehOod. :" and the one who haC
communicated 10 him The infOEma ton
''caIumniSiOr."
Will he pronounce Mr. Webster ca,
,lumnisIori" "a
We have more than once demonstrated
that some hiiy Of Mr.. Glay's nearest ant
deaEest friends opposed, directly or indi.
VSctly. the passage Of the existing taril
acl.and have asserted on tenable grounds
''tharths Clay party in Congress were op
posed 10 ils passage. Mr.. Webster wa
undOubtsdyln favor Of The act, and Will
striving 10 array the manufacturers agAins
MT. Clay, lost no opportunity 10 reconcile
them 10 Mr.. Tyler. Some Of the seed
1 be ssWed hsVs taken root
WAS itnot too much for patient endu
Tsaes, for Mr. Webster, after pFovdin
'GeE his family" and his friends, by his ID
\ boEs In abshalf Of The Administration, 4
tuga Vound and denOucne It and 10 beeom
The advocate ofMr. Clay because Of hi
advocacy Of The Tariff
Bat We have other Witnesses, and anon
then iS Mr. MTShsll, Of Kentucky, viii
whose testimony we will pause for tn
,ptssegkvH 4H
We IakS ths following extract from MI
'MasIhph's letter published 10 the Nation,
al IalslligSnesr:
sI'WiH appeal from lhs press 10 the
PsSplO; From the leaders 10 the troops
! wIN DOT Be casheVsd or dtumsd dis.
GvaeosaIly cutOf camp for having frs
iadiestsd The path 10 victory, lin advoca
ding the taGiG.l while olhsS who wa,ehe