The Whig standard. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1843-1844, 1844-03-12


In the mean time, believe me be, very sincerely,
your friend and obedent servant,
MARTIN VAN BUREN,"
THE WARFARE IN CONNECTICUT.
The election soon to take place in the State OF
Connecticut-old "Steady Habits''--s looked to
by both parties with an intense feeling, as it is
one of mucn Importance. On the result depends
the election of one United States Senator, if not
two; and besides this, it will show how the politi-
cal current is setting at the North. On this &C
count, and as an index of the falrelections, every
one which now takes place is important. The oppo-
nents Of Mr.. Clay, feeling the contest in Connec
ticut to be of immense consequence to them in
the moral effect the result is to have are laborng
with extraordinary zeal and assiduty to secure
continuance of their sway. To this purpose they
have inundated the State with pamphlets, one Of
which is entitled Mr.. Clay's duels,'' in which
are duly set forth all the circumstances attending
one or two affairs oil this kind in which he has
been engaged, during long life spent in com
nuni,y i'll which custom and Pubic opinion for
nerly required every personal difference to bt
settled in this manner.
And who, gentle reader, think you, is the au
hor Of this piouS, this sancilnonous al al t.
he people against one whom he styles " a duel
st" No other, we assure you, than Amos Ken
lall! Yes, picus Amos! lie who supper ed
with such zeal, and now Processes So much affec.
ton and regard for one who deliberately shot his
antagonist in duel, after he had fred and missed
him! We have nothing to say against General
Jackson on account of his duels, in which, unlike
Mr.. Clay, he took the life of his fcllow-ma we
only desire to bring the fact forward as proof
of the sincerity and piety of Amos, and all who
assist in distributing this pamphlet 1t shows
how extremely conscientious they have suddenly
become, and what sincere horror they have Of
duellist Did Mr.. Clay ever get into tavern
fight with pistols and dirks, shoot down one man,
and receive the ball of another! Did he ever,
after his antagonist had fred and stood at his
mercy, take deliberate and cool aim, and lodge
his ball in his body? If SO, we never heard of it.
Did pious Amos ever support one who did this for
the Presidency!
But we have no fear of the effects of such at.
tacks; their object is too palpable the malevo-
lence and inconsistency of those who make them
too apparent. They invariably recoil upon the
heads of the party and the individuals who make
them. The people are too sagacious to become
the dupes of such weak but vindctve men,
They know very well that charges brought for
ward against public men years after the incidents
and circumstances complained Of happened, origi-
nate in sheer nalevolence. They very naturally
inquire why these things are raked from the
ashes of time where they had long teen buried
Why is it that men obnoxious to charges affect
ing their moral or political character should have
tenance and the highest possible evidences Of the
confidence and attachment of their neighbours
those who know them best! Are the facts now
set forth, with all the sanctimony of an inbred
hypocrite, by the pious Amos, new! Were they
never before brought to light! never before
known Yes, long ago; and who cared or cares
for them! But who is he that thus attempts to
stab Mr.. Clay! Who is the individual that shows
his gums, and would bite if he could! It is the
migrate whom Mr. Clay found sick and in need
almost Of bread-and took into his family,
nursed into health, and then gave employ
ment to as tutor of his children. 1t is the
viper that was warmed into life, if not in Mr..
CIays bosom, at least in the bosom Of his family
" The most damnable vice, and moste AGAINST
justice, In myn opinion, is ingratitude," saith
the ancient writer, Sir T. Elyot alt is one
blot upon all morality; it is all in word; it