New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-10-22
,d ,bc CuI.y Duel.

III. Worutng Neps is edited By two OF the
most thorough Free Trade Loco-Focos IN The
country. They are deadly opponents OF MI
Clay because he is the great champion OF oil"
Protective Tariff and the chief obstacle TO the
success Of the Texas conspiracy. And yet that
manor skulks from any open and plain aycwa! OF
is thoroughly anti-Frotcctiye principles meaniy
sra h;dc.and. seek in such sIde-wise aasassia-
like stalls on the Tariff as shall 10; too plainly
unrnash the swndlnr game which IT'S Fannsyl-
yar;a allies a, payirg for the vote OF iha; S!a!e
NJ proclaiming Polk all advocate Of Protection,
and busb .nds: all lis force and is venom for Z
| cohin.handbiC, warfare on the personal character
of Mr.. Clay. In It's last number i, repeats the
ftv times refutcd and utterly demolished slandcr
tbst Mr.. Clay instgated the Cii!ey Duel VIC
hare published testimony enough on this point 10
oyerwhelm1 any but the rnost reckless caluma-
,or In the Louisville Journal which reached Us
Yesterday VIC find an Address TO The People OF
Kentucky by Vim. J. Caves, in refutation Of the
SANDERS of Gen. !McCalla, which thus speaks o!
that DUEL
"McCalla has also charged in his public address
es that Mr. CLAW cd provoked and insugated me 10
cali TO The misnam, d field OF honor MY unfortunate
adversary in 600 I'd that ne was fespoaeiDie oi
| The blood Of the dect ased.
In renly 10 and reiutation OF this SANDER on Mr.
CLAY I now repeat what have heretofore, IN Z
more formal and deliberate man aer, testified, that
| MIR. CLAW rever did encourage or insugetc me 10
challenge my adversary In my first call upon blm
nm the subject he advised 10 an amicebe dust
oent of the difficulty and expire ssed the opinion that
the difficulty ought TO be and would be adjusted
am;cahlv. In efforts 10 acc impllsh what he had
advised, found obstacles whic h ne had not appre-
hendcd, and which compelled me 10 send chal-
| lenye When came 10 this conviction, felt Il my
duty 10 apprise Mr. Clay of my determination. |
did SO, and exhibited TO him the challenge had
| written He read it, and remarked that ought To
have couched ii in language that would not SO COM
| nIetely close the door 10 an adjustment, which be
yet believed should and would take place. then
Suggested that he shou Id point GU; the proposed
Modification, which he did, by writing i; with his
own hand will add that Mr.. Clay, 50 icr as |
know or believe, did e.r ect The matter would be sd-
justed, and did not KNOB either when or where the
meeting was 10 take pla ,e till after was over. Dir.
Clay vas the first friend, my return from the field,
whom met: and shall never forget how deeply
he y az wrought On by the sympathy he felt Tor me,
and his regret al the transaction. Such was the
deep emotion eynced by him that ii was with the
greatest difficulty he could give uttefahce 10 SIN
gle word.
-. II NAV not be out OF place here TO state that /
now disappro,c, as l always have disapproved, of
the practice of dneng, and that most deeply de-
plore the necessity of ever having been connected
| with H. will add, moreover, with the most unai-
fected sincerity. thai, in community where public
sentiment sanctions this practice, ii requires much
higher order OF courage to refuse 10 fight than TO
fight: and if have one ardent wish which is greater
than any other on this subject, il is thai, il shall
ever be so situated again, may find myself possess
| ed Of that higher order CT courage
In reference TO the bitter denunciaons which
the old friends and Importers Of Gen. Jackson are
hurting against MIR. Clsy Tor having acknowledged
subject vii! remark tn al, whilst do not profess 10
be familiar with the etiquette or history of the So
STYLED laws OF honor, l. imag inc risk but little in
stating that there has never occurred among gentle
men another instance, either before or after hc death
of Dickinson, when, after party had fred his
pisloD and stood motioness, unarmed, and defence
less. his adversary cooly cooked his pistol, took DC
lbcratc AIM and slew hint