Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1844-06-18

multitude of voices speaking their deep
r." ofthe Democratic nominations they met
.,,nl 10 and ratity. The number of persons IN
w. !snce is variously estimated at from two to
|'housand With no disposition to exasgerate
iat say. that half dozen such cabins as The
~ II Buffalo are wont to hold their large
'-h,,o,s in, would scarcely have suihced 10
a>>a,molatc the dense throng of Democrats VINO
n,scn, las, night 10 give an earnest OF their
W.. .I;5, support to the distinguished individuals
have been selected TO lead our forces IN the
". ,,;ns canvass A. II. Tracy presided and at
9. he meeting was organized MeSsls II. ~
So;,h State delegate TO The National C1nven-
sh'''E MA Nedary OF Ohio addressed them
'y, o resolutions appropriate TO the occasion
E'',, r,nored. read and adopted by the meeting,
.H beers and acclamations, without dissen-
",,'' nice after which, with repeated and enlhu-
'H'" rbeers for Young Hickory. Dallas and
-,,ry' the meeting anJouined
n.y., =, 1.-THE Register of the 10th, gives The
a,.;;nas of large and enthusiastic meeting
IN The Sth at the Corinthian-Col. w. K.
,,,l,slt in the Chair. Among other resolutions,
,s.y adopted the following:
-, p.s,lred. That in James Il. Polk, the second
raj statesman whom Tennessee mas gwen ~
nR
,y; ronsi,teni and unGinchng Democrat, brought
The closest political affinity 10 Gen. Jackson,
".n,, imbacd with his spirit and sharing the ne
denomination of his character-a man OF
,n.,, abilities. sound Judgment much experience,
- ,rspolted purity of private character.
"' ..p">o'r.d That we will unite with one heart
.,: ,ne voice in the support of Polk and Dallas.
a; ,,rye 10 give them 10000 majority in the un-
"''rcuerahe state OF Alabama
Tne meeting adjourned with three cheers Tor
parx AND Texas. 20
The Ohio Statesman registers another Chanse
:. H.. n.rson of one Of the most influential Far
IL Wv II GAINESVILLE: with Mr.. Sherwood we
49,. b.en acquainted from our earliest childhood
nn; boye ever known him as one OF the most Ia
i.n,sd citizens OF Muskingum county. In loio,
h. snnnorred Gen Harrison, and previous TO that
,me had always supported Whigsery. His son.
lanes Sherwood Jr., young mechanic OF Lanes-
vile. and one of the most eloquent stump speak
cr> in that county, was also supporter OIL Geh-
Harrison. Both now go with the Democracy,
ana the services OF such men are an acquisition
10 any cause.
In a word every thing goes trumphantly on
and if We do eur duty, we must save our country
n November next from the hands Of the Dictator
and his desperate Clique.
THE SADDLE ON THE RIGHT HORSE
In the Richmond Wing OF the 18th inst, the
,eader will find the two following paragraphs:
COLONEL THOMAS JEFFERSON RANDOLPH
The Charlottesville Advocate represents this gem
,eman as having charged Mr. Clay, in speech
delivered at Albemarlc Court, (3d lune,) with
having cursed Col. Polk.
Colonel Randolph ought 10 know, il he does
not, that the alleged language was used by G.
e. CLAY of ALaBAM. a Loco Foco memocr oil
Congress, and not by Henry Clay OF hEN-
TUcKY.' :.
teal friend of Polk Therefore, he would he The
last man 10 utter such words OF profanity in re-
lo,ion 10 Polk: $50 home God damn poH, lrhcTe
q,ou jeiory.' But Mr. c. c. Clay OF Alabama, has
himself come forward TO nail the charge 10 the
counter in the following letter:
"HrNTsvnIE Nav eth, ISL
s;DrAR SlR:-YourS Of the Goth ult., calling my
attention 10 an article published in the Alabama
Journal of the 2lth ult from the Rochester De-
mocrat has been duly received; and appreciate
the friendly motives which prompted Your COM
munication.
This is a second attempt 10 transfer 10 me the
protane expressions reci,ed in the article alluded
10 which were originally charged 10 Henry Clay
o. Kentucky, as having been used BY him, al the
haroflhe House of Representatives. when Mr..
Speaker Polk gave the casting vote on The MlSSi>-
Sippi contested election, between MeS>rS. Prentice
and Word. and MessrS Claiborne and GhoSon,
during the session OF lS31-3S. | think in the
month Of February. The charge was made
against Henry Clay, in some oithe newspapers
of Washington city, Immediately after thai con
tested election was decided.-hut. so Tar As !
know. neither then nor al any other time did
any newspaper or individual of that city pre-
TEND 10 charge me with the language referred
TO- But; seven months afterwards, perhaps in
April or Nav, 1889, nv attention was called 10
The article, which seemed 10 be editorial, in the
\ York Commercial Advertiser and which as
>umed authority for generating Henry Clay
AMI fixing this charge on me- pretty much al
Ter The manner OF the article Ia which You refer.
Immediately addressed letter 10 the editor OF
,ha, paper, in substance pronouncing the charge
ua me false and sanderouS, and demanding the
name of his author informant He published
my leuer withdrew the charge, and, think. SAID
h., had made il on the authority OF newspaper
published in one of the interior towns OF New
York which do not now distinctly recollect, but,
rarhanS. this same Rochester Democrat My lei
IT. was published in many OF the newspapers al
the time, and seemed TO put the matter at resi-
was content, and gave myself no further tfou-
bic on the subject
The Editor Of The Rochester Democrat cx-
eop,s Mr.. CLAY of Kentucky, on the ground that
III. was a member cf the Senate, and had no.
thing 10 do with the business OF the House. III
h. had been we'll informed, he might have excul-
pa,ed me on the same ground for |, too. was
member of the Senate, and no; OF the House, as
his article intimates And may add, that was
not in the House of Representatives al The time
or on the OCCASION when the proiane language
was said to have been used; nor was in Wash
ington. but in Philadelphia, having been called
thither BY the i'll health OF member OF my ia
milv
Il regret that have no, been able TO lay my
hands on any paper containing my letter to the
Elilor Of the Commercial Advertiser, and his
remarks thereupon, or should have enclosed ii,
as a sufficient refuta,on of the calumny.
hope some Editor, friendly to truth, will repub-
li>h it.
You are at liberty to make such use Of this let
Ter as YOU may think proper.
"With great respect,
"Your friend and ob't serv't,
&C. c. CLAY.
Seen c. NJ. JACKSON, Montgomery, Ala"
Nor was it Mr. 'Cassius NJ. Clay OF Kentucky,
who used this polite ejaculation But tina, ''same
ola COON" H. Clay Of Kentucky, as appears by
the following card from Mr. Gholson, member
of the House of Representatives from MiSSS-