Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1844-07-13

hapbEt8F inc IUiI1Wlng GalEgflHI GUtuliiaIilsfy
on The attempts pow making TO defeatthe wkg
party through the Rf0saest attacks Oh Ola tai.
yate character Of Mr. Clay We do mt copy
this RESPONSE Of HE hHtghbors and friends 4ot
the sake Of defending tie Nations Champion
that iB needless bat We appeal rdth6|to
The generosity and right feeling Of al nieu b
moderate politics To art as fhfy would lg9e
others act tfiteY were thus hunted BY lie biQld
hounds If personal malignity We afa srre
hat Mr.. Clay ought % gain many votes II
trust he will gain fhetn-oB account vfdhese
slandofs. lear ife Observer
Mr. CLAY AND Ills ~HEyttEHsa
There is no example IN tho records Of DO
traction and talunhy, Of such pefaotafiie,
fancdrols and malignant attacks III tba8o
Which have been constantly directed towards
Mr.. Clay, during the last twenty yearb, sI'Hey
arose out Of the fact that no did hot daefa il
his duty, netting either Upon bis own Judgment,
or In conformity with The wishes Of bis tohSii
tIentH Sh6ni he represented In the House Of
Representatives., 10 cast 4 vote for Con. jack
con as President Of the United Stalea. fIi8
apsailauis, incjudiugt the General himself. seem
resolved To- persist IN these attacks, during The
Generals life. Nor are they confined to his
public character and conduct but, With n
fiendlHh spirit, WatGhfng and pursuing bin
wherever he goes, IN retirement ard N fri.
yats and social intercourse, his 1nadatded ;xs
pfcssi01s, his habits, and all his movements
arc seized for purposes Of misrepresentation
aid inalev6lenl abuse. 1t ia not npw o1Tibs
t]ention to deal with tho revived %eal01BF Of
bargain, &c. 80 often denied, dispr0ged and jri.
umpIiahtly refutVd, We would as soon baUiie
d putrid carcass. Outing The canvass ii Itany
%1sBsee, last year, MI. Polk, on several oe6a.
Bi0hs, attempted 10 Use that stale charge but
IL was met and repealed with such Indignant
spirit by hie able, eloquent and intrepid CEN.
petitor Governor JgH6H) that he was e~atiEaly
s%iletcod, and ws hardly imagine will e9er
again attempt TO propagate such 4 calUihbgs III
the gallant and g~atfi0lie State Of TBfihassfa.
But our present object relates 20 M Gigs
private conduct and character, 10 ihaaeejtly.
attempted BY bis %enehiigg TO be exposed to 1hs
gaze Of the wDlld n, Being bis neiGhbof, bly.
ing known him all our llYoB, and having 10.
e6igod from those who are older than wo are,
full Information about him, prior 10 tba com.
moncement Of our dBh knowledge Of hin, We
can speak Of him, rs witnesses who know, and
belieye tho truth Of that to which hey testify
Forty ono Years ago, Mr.. Clay, Without bis
wv ltTdEbF " hH blbAH III w WAIT ny HIN tEIEdlIh /
and elected to the General Assembly OF KEN
lucky. From that day to This, there IL no If
fee Of trust or honor, within tho gift 0iffe
Lexington Of Tayette County, that they wG0ld
not have readily bestowed on him, If be. deair.
cd IL And altar he became known, be ho did
to tho Wh6ls Stale by his professional fame,
and bis eeryiceB IN tbe Legislature, there is
no Office, at The disposal Of either tbs people,
or The Legislature Of Kentucky, which he
might have sought, that would not have bsen
conferred on him lie nbyer losta
popular election when he wac a candidate,
The attachment of tho people Of Kentucky 10
Mr.. Clay, has not been one of cold, porsapal
or mere admiration Of his talents
but 1t has boon warm, e0nstant and snthueias.
tic. They have borne towards hin The aifec.
lion Of Il friend and brother add father.
There lie not d more moral and enlightened
community In The world, to The extent Of the
populations than That Of the eityaof Lexington
and Fayette county. j. it possible to belhge
that Mr. Clay, Il he we're tho immoral, diaso.
lutte, and dBbduehed character which bis bafer
and malignant enemies represent hits cG1ld
have lived In the midst Of such a community.
for pear fifty years, aud enjoyed Throughout
whole time, IN an u%nexanpied degree, its
constant friendship and cobtideme1 This son.
has been Displayed IN q variety Of forms.
No man has ever been more attentive and
in bis private engagements than Mr..
Clay. lie has suffered, sofnetimes, az others
have suffered by responsibilities for biz friends
He is not rich, his public service has ~prcqen
led his becoming wealthy but no man c9utd
ever reproach him for violation Of any pacu-
obligation Of promise. Accordingly his
has always stood, as ii yet stands, al
he highest point Of elevation, And, by The
way, we may remark, that millions Of dollars
through bis hands, as Speakcr Of the
House Of Representatives, and Secretary Of
and the tongue If malice has never dar-
I'd to charge bin with tho misapplication of a
dollar. On one occasion, after settling
Biz account, as Speaker, at the Treasury,
which no invariably did upon tho termination
If every Session, it appeared that there stood
o his credit IN the Blnk, where be ~lrarBac-
ed hi3 business, a gumof fifty thousand dol.
ars. lie stated t0the Secretary ofthe Teas.
Try that there must be some mistake, but he
vas confidently assured that there was rome.
lie said that he was equally confident that he
rad no such amount Of money, and requested
farther and more careful Examination, uDon
which the fact was discovered that the Teas
Try had neglected to charge him with a war.
If fifty thousand dollars. How admirably
loes this honorable and upright course con.
rast with the speculation, frauds, and 6slin.
luency which have characterized the coiduct
II 30 many public seFyants during the latt fiji
cen years Perhaps, no man eyer liYedswho
las been so often appointed an Executor VI
persons as Mr.. Clay has bBers and
hat by persons in various conditions Of life
md such has been the confidence repossd in
Iis judgement, honor, probiiy aud capacity for
business, that the t~estators who appointed him.,
IImost always dispensed with The surety which
such dispensation, the law oxacss.
lie has been charged with being addicted
0 gambling, and foul and opprobious eptthets
ave been applied to him. Mr.. Clay, at no
period Of his life, ever so far forgotthe respect
Iue TO himself as 10 associate with profession
i gamblers or attend their public tables For
Upward Of thirty years he has played at no
,ame of hazard whatever. When fatigued
md oppressed by care and business, X lie has
ought any recreation, il has been at chess, or
Whist, which, of late wears, he more rarely than
'ver INDUCES in. He has resided a period Of
upward of thirty-fYe years at Ashland, and
We have it from the most %undoubted sources,
hat a game of cards was never played, and
Jack Of cards was never in his house, wish his
knowledge.
He has the highest respect and greatest de-
for religion, and its Ministers /; and We
,elieve that there is not a CIergyrnaN who
,nows him, that does not cherish towards him
:ordial esteem and regard. On the menora-
lie occasion last fall, of the great discussion
the Rev. Messrs. Campbell and Rice,
dr. Clay, by common consent, was selected
0 preside at the public meeting. He has con-
ributed with as much libsraIiiy as he could,
o the building, we believe, of every Church,
.. hnrnn Of Dirinn nrnrrhin til hnn ham