The Woodstock age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1844-1845, 1844-06-27

plc will not make President of pro-
fame bullcy, they attempt to palm off
ono of his prolane speeches SEQ home
Cd d-m you!" upon Mr. c, c.
Clay of Alabama, The following article
sets that matter at rest;
sEPWe copy what follows from the
New York Courier and Enquirer.
The DiBrnce,-Tho Boston Post
publishes the following paragraph
"Some of Mr. Clay's foolish friends say
that for the last thirty years that person
age has "not played at game Of cards,
eUm for Sport" 1t might be said with
more truth, that no week of the last thirty
year has passed in which he has not play
ed at cards,
The denial of Mr. Clay friends is made
on his authority. For the assertion made
in contradiction, the Post has no eyiden-
&C or authority whatever. 1t is wiful
fabrication, falsehood willully coined
and wliully uttered by M G.. G. Greene,
pretcnds to be a gentleman.
The following paragraph is from the
Plcbeian:
"Thc coarse and blasphcmous language
of Henry Clay, when he addressed Col,
Polk, and told him to go home!'was char
acteristic of man, and is disposed alike by
Col, Polk and the American people,"
The editor Of the Plebcian knew when
he wrote this that the language referred
to was never uttered by Henry Clay,
but by a Loco Foco member Of the
House, G. c. Clay, of Alabama. This
assertion, therefore, made by Mr. Sl0mm,
the Plebcian Editor,i is also willul false
hood,-but Mr. Slamm does not even
pretend to be a gentleman: and here lies
the difference between the two cases.
1.-THE acting editor ofthc Courier and
Enquirer, in the absence Of Col. Webb,
has not lost all regard for truth and fair
dealing, he will cause the following cX-
PLANTATION, taken from the Montgomery,
Alabama, Advertiser, to be published in
the paper under his control,
THE HON. c. c. CLAY.
The attention ofsomc ofour democrat
ic friends in this quarter has been drawn
to an article in the Alabama Journal OF
the oath ult., as follow
"Anothr Ioco toiSchO0d n0jhrd!-ThC
following stupid SANDER has been pub
lshcd time and again
"'Go homc, G-dd-n yau, ~hcrc uou
Mlong!" This is the language addressed
to Mr. Speaker Polk, by Henry Clay, in
the House of Representatives. This is
the picty of the Wing candidate for the
Prcsidcncy,-This is the respect he pay
to the presiding officer Of the peoples
representatives. Is such man worthy
of the highest Office in the gift of free
people" '-LOrQloco papers.
"Ihe above disgusting piece of pro-
family, which is an old lalsehood eXplod,
ed several years ago, has lately been re.
vivcd by the Troy Budget, and is going
the rounds Of the Locoloco papers. Nh
Clay is charged with uttcring the scntcn'
&C to speaker Polk in the House Of Rep
rcsentatves, when every person but the
ignorant asses who sometimes cater iol
Locoioco appcttcs, knows that Mr. Clay
was a member of the Senate when Polk
was Speaker of the House, and had ne
more to do with the business ofthc house
than Daniel O'Conncll.
"Thc occurrence took place in '3G OF
'3G, on the decision ola contested cleo
ton; and the beautiful speech mos ritter
cd By acjOlcm Locotoco from Alabama
named G. G, Clay. The charge that i
was uttered by Henry Clay, was com
plctcly exploded at the time. But a dcs
pcratc cause needs desperate lies t.
sustain it. Hence its revival by the Lo
coioco press. "-Rochcstr D0morro
This is the revival of an old slandc
against Mr. Clay of this State, which wa
long since contradctod in the most posi-
tive terms By him. 1t is now again
brought forward, of course, for the pur
pose of placing upon him charge Q
profanity, which was first made aguins
Clay of Kentucky, whether justly or no
we do not pretend to say. The lcttc
which we publish below, we hope will b.
sufficient to put Il stop to the iurthc
propagation of this gross SANDER agains
our late Scnator-lhat is unless tn
Wing press OF the Union wishes to la
tscIfliablc to the charge of total disrc
gard of the truth and dcccncy. w
hope these papers that pnblisc the abov
will do the Hon c. c, Clay the justic
of publishing this letter also:
HUNTSVILLE, May 18th, 1914.
Dear iSr:-Yours of the 29rh ult.
calling my attention to an article publshc
in the Alabama Journal Of the 9th ult.
from the Rochester Democrat, has bee
duly received and appreciate the friend
ly motives which prompted your commu
nication.
This is a second attempt TO transfer t
me the proianc expressions reclteG in tn
/, article alluded to, which were original
charged to Henry Clay Of Kentucky, a
having been used by him, at the bar q
the House Of Representatives, when NJ
Speaker Polk gave the casting vote on thu
Mississippi contested election bctwec
Mcssrs Prentice and Word, and Messr
II. L..