The Woodstock age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1844-1845, 1844-06-20

ing ON the means by which he had &C
CURED power through fear of the pistol
Surely such man cannot be a suitabl
candidate for "a LAw-LovING AND LAW
ABIDING pARTYw
In 1888, Mr. Clay's particular friend
W. }. Graves bore challenge from Jane
Watson Webb to Mr. CilIey, for word
spoken in debate, by which MIR Grave
violated the constitution, the laws and hi
official oath. When Mr. CiIey refused t.
accept the challenge, Mr. Graves went t.
Mr. Clay for advice. Did Mr. Clay advise
him to drop the matter, as the leader o
"a la~-locing and la,r-abiding Pmty'
should! Not at all. Though Mr. CiIey'.
reasons for not receiving Webb's chat
Ienge, were, as Mr. Clay himself said
"PcTcctW satisfactory and sach as to aJ
Solre him Graves from all obligation ID
pursue the aGmr FURTHER" yet he advised
Graves TO insist on having them in writing,
requiring Mr. Clley to state that he consid.
cred Webb a gentleman. That, as con-
sclentlous man, he could not do; and be-
cause he would not coLcede what he bliev-
cd to be false, Graves acting under Mr.
Clays advice, chal'cngcd and HHed him.,
Mr. Clay drew the form Of the challenge,
was advised with upon the terms, aud
when applied to for the purpose of getting
his aid IN procuring the interference of the
police, poSitioey refused. lie has since
said in a letter to Mr. Wise, "being the
fried of MIR Graves, | could not invoke
the authority of the police to prevent the
duel"
In this affair, therefore, Mr. Clay is
Graves accomplish in the murder of Gil
ley, more guilty than his young friend,
who acting under his advice held the dead
ly rife.
In consequence of this outrage, Con-
gress took up the subject and passed an
Act approved February Goth 1889, "to pro-
Slblt the giving or accepting, within the
District of Columbia, of challenge TO
fight duel, and for the punishment there
OF" The first Section Of this Act dooms
to the Penitentiary for term not exceed
ing TEN YEARS any one who shall give
or bear challenge or acceptance to fight
a duel, in case one of the parties be slain
or mortaIly wounded.
The second Section Furnishes the mere
giving, carrying or accepting challenge,
death cnsuc or not, with FIVE
years in the Pcnilen,iary.
The Third Section Furnishes the assault
ng or posting any one for not accepting
challenge, with three years in the peni-
enlIary.
The Fourth Section Furnishes the leaving
'i the District withthc intention to rive or
eceyc Il challenge in case it be actually
5lven and received, in the same manner
is given or received, in the District.
The Fifth and Six Sections prevent
econd trial for the same offence and make
ny OF the parties implicated Witnesses a.
ainst the rest.
1t was the melancholy termination of the
;ilIey duel under Mr. Clay's advice, which
reduced the passage Of this act. Neither
he ordinary law of murder, nor religious
T moral principle, nor constitutions, nor
a'hs, could restrain Henry Clay and his
ssoclaes from this bloody practice, and
congress thought proper TO try the Fcni-
'ntlary upon these "mW Of hoaOr."
Who voted for this law! In the Senate
onrnal of 1880, Page 233 will be found
re Yeas and Nays on its passage as fol,
,ws viz
Ycas.-Mcssrs Allen, Benton, Buchan-
q, CLAY OF KENTUCKY, Davis, Fos-
n, Fulton, Hubbard, Knight, Linn,
umpkin, McKeon, Morris Mou'on Niles, s
lerce, Prentlss, Robbins, Robinson, ,
ugglcs, Smith of Connecticut, Smith of ,
ldiana, Soulh2rd, Swift, TaIImadge. Tip 9
N, White, Williams of Maine, Young
Nays-Messrs Brown, Clay Of Ala ..
lma, King, Nicholas, Preston, Roane, I,
'iIllams of Msslssippi,-7.
HENRY CLAY is among the Yeas
es, this man voted that he deserved to be
the Penlten,iary! lie had once accep-
d challenge and twice been the chal-
Iger. lie voted to send others TO the
'nilentlary for the same acts. If they
served the Penl'entlary for those acts. so l.,
d he. Or does Henry Clay consider ;"
mselI above the laws he makes for othcrsl !,
Who was the first to rush into the vio- y.
ion ofthe law for which Henry Clay h,
ted! IL mas HENRY CLAY iimseiH :"
the called session of the Senate. in =,
arch 1871, this "law-loying and law :"
ldng" Wing proposed to break and did
nnk contract lawfully made Messrs II
air and Ryes for the printing Of the II
nate. In the discussion he made vo- Is
1t attack on the character of Mr. Blair; II
reply to which, Mr. King expressed the a =,
lnlon, that MIR Blair's character would W
mparc iavorably with that of his assai. =,
Is, even with that of Mr. Clay himself "
herenpon MIR Clay pronounced what
klng said "a SidndcrouS, base false and til
rdrdW declaration and the Senator ST
'ws it," That this gross insult was DE- an
crdfc, Mr. Clay afterwards admitted, and to
It It was intended to invoke a challenge. wi
Obvious TO every body and has never CT
IN doubted or denied. 1t was stated ut la
time and never coniradicted, that when as
Clay saw Senator Linn approaching wl
. after comforting with Mr. King, sup biz