Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1844-10-15

Government, and consequently wa pl'
ced in a situation 10 know that stbes
charges were utterly and basely fals'
But the public will be as naturally vsT
much surprised 10 learn that the rsVersn
Gentleman's public lie is comprised nc
'in twenty long years and more,' but j
the enormous short space of ten shoI
months! in the capacity of ChsPlai
to the lower House Of Congress.
OF the reverend Doctor, Mr.. Clay ha
ever been quasi patron, and was hi
supporter 10 that Office, and if the repor
Of that day be true, backed his claims 4
that Office with the somewhat novel bu
singular recommendation, 'that he coult
produce apreacher who could preacI
them all TO h-ll and back again. TIA
Argument was irresistible to members
The reverend Doctor was backed againS
Satan-Mr. Clay endorsed for him then
the Doctor was eIected-and he, not for,
getful of past iavors, and cherishing a
very commeDdable gratitude. now backs
Mr.. Clay, and endorses for him TO the
full extent. and 'leetle oVer.' The
Doctor preached, and preached we'll; but
whether he quite came up 10 the letter
or filled the measure ofthe recommends.
tlon, we regret to say history does not
now afford to US the slightest record
Wnhen the Doctor counts again, he will
doubtless, discover that ten months are
not twenty years and more
Take the Doctors statsment as true
to the Ietter-grant that he was 'in inli>
mate and confidential public intercourse
with Mr.. Clay for twenty years and
more and then ask him how he knows
that Mg. Clay neither 'desecraicd the
Sabbath, profanely swore, or gambed' in
that time? Was he al Mr.. Clay's elbow
all the time? When he was preaching
in the Halls OF Congress, does he know
that Mr.. Clay was not desecraling the no
ly day elsswhere2 WAS he by the side
of Mr.. Clay day and night, so as to know
that he neither swore or gambled. All
men would suppose that minister of the
gosple would be The last man invited to
such entertainment 10 witness the ga
ming on which MIR. Clay staksd his thou.
sands, ave, evon during tho Doctors
brief tenure of public station And YET
the Doctor knows that Mr.. Clay did not
gamble, or swear. or break the Sabbath.
But the scene is shifted. The intimate
and confidential public intercourse of
twenty years and more,' closes in ten
months; but the private Cne' is still main.
lained with go much fidelity that the rev>
erned Dociof is enabled TO know and |
does know, and affirm that he does pOsi>
lively and unequivOcally know that Mr..
Clay never swOre or gambIed, OF broke
Ihe Sabbath, from the beginning OF the
twenty years and MORE up TO the 2Olh
day Of July, 1874, the date Of his certii
cate. Now, unless thu country is will
ling to admit that the reverend gentleman
is endowed with ubiquily, that by some
agency, is enabled to 'know'
what Mr.. Clay is doing IN Washington Gle
" at all hours of the day and night, on the
lays of the week, and on the Sabbath
when the reverened gentleman in some
of miles distant, they certainly
10 not forfeit their claims 10 common char.
ty, when they question very much wheth.
sr the Doctor does know with as much
certainly as he processes 10 affirm in his
certificate or endorsement, and iustifca
ion Of Mr.. CIay's claims to that morality
With which he is SO ready TO invest him.
But TO proceed with the Doctors own
history after the close Of his public life
md intercourse. His tenure Of office
lbruptly ceases, ana he becomes an itin>
rant preacher, travelling through the
ength and breadth Of the land, and never
laving an opportunity OfPrSaching 10 Mr..
Clay, or touching at any point whore he
passed his time more than once in several
Vsars, uRti he settled down, and became
with the college at Augusta,
own distant about 600 miles from Wash
ngton city, where Mr.. Clay spsnt the
greater portion Of his time, and about 100
niles from Lexington, the place Of Mr..
Clay's residence.
Under this state of facts, we respectful.
y rrOpoLnd the question TO the Dr.. how
10 COulu ho0p w uu lh'OiSOuISO 30 itill' |
nate and confidential, al these respective
distances, as TO 'know,' and 10 assert to
lhe world that he does know that these
charges are 'baSely and utterly false Sin
Whols and in part, and consequently,
10 follow out the Dr.'s most decoreus
and Christian vocabulary, that he who
asserts the contrary 'lies most foulIy in
his throat We tell the Dr., were he 10
state personally, to Mr.. Clay's associates
in Washington City or in Lexington the
contents Of bis certificate, and appear TO
do il in sober seriousness, they would
either regard il as a plea joke Of his
or an attempt to impose OIL their creduIi
ty. The Rev. DR.. has about an equal
chance Ofknowing 'whsther these charges
are true or Nse, as the Pope Of Rome
has personally of knowing the morality Of
the Russian Car. But to render certain