Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1844-10-15
NEW sERIEs.-voL. v. No.12.

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thereby an attempt, iS made 10 deluJt
q the people with the idea that he hal
I occupied that station for a consider
D able length Of time. Such is not lhl
I fact. lie has been a resident Of Lexing
D ton scarce tVO wears, out of'lhe 20 rear,
and more through all Of (which this sin.
) innate and confidential intercourse ha,
: be en- maintained in all its purity, unin
terrupted and unbrOken, dislsnce auC
separation - tho contrary nolwiihptahd-
ing. And has not the Rev. DIS faitI
IN MIR. CLAY as the imbodiment Of all
virtue been shaken at any time during
the lapse Of this 30 years aud more,' OF
are his ideas Of morality isolated, and pe'
culiar only 10 himself! Does he nol
know that scarce three months ago Ger
eTal McCalla, Of Lexington, an elder Oi
the Presbyterian Church OF that City, q
man without spot or blemish- who has
been hunted down by Mr.. Clay himself,
aye, even by all the ours which so thrODg
his kennel there, and for Whati because
he dared to ift the curtain which concead
the deformily, and to publish 10 the world
ono OF those very chlrges which, in The
face OF overwhelming evidence, and not
denied, this Rev. DR., now prOnounces
utterly and basey false'-publishsd in
papsr there, shat this very same Mr. Clay
land neither G. Nj. Clay or G. c. Clay.
OF Alabama this time,) on the 4h day of
July, 1913. at a public barbecue two
miles from Lexington, gambled high, and
won, from the very friend whom he con
veyed TO the ground in his own carriage,
considerable sum OF money and prof..
fered TO prove the charge, if denied, by
the gentlemen who played at the liable,
and by a hest Of his poi icul friends and
neighbors.
Was the charge deniedG Did any of
the tenants of the kennel, or Mr.. Clay's
certificate makers Of the recent occur
renee at tho Blue Lick Springs, (who BY
Ih&bye were both present as we are in
formed at least when his game al the
barbecue was played, when the friends
pockets were relieved of their small
change then, unsolicited and unasked,
step forward and certify that Mr.. Clay dtd
no gambling then ard there?
Silence, profound silence, was the
watchword passed from the Ghetto his
satellites, and silence it WAS. They were
afraid 10 deny the charge which Gen.
McCalIa made and could provo by fifty
unwilling witnesses Of his own par
ty.
Aud has the Rev. gentleman slept over
all this? He 'knOws' the charge was
mads, that proof was offered, but none
was challenged; and yet he knows that
Mr.. Clay does not gamble and pro-
claims tho charge to the world as 'baselv
and Ilrerly false under the sacred sanc-
tion of the written word Of minister of
the gospel.
Once more, let the Rev. gentleman gO
to Ashland and ask the man whom he SO
boldly OnG recklsssly endorses, whether
the beautiful picture of the the 'Welsh
woman which decOra!es the wall of its
dining hall, was not won at the gaming
table! Let him descend from his throne |
Of TraAsylvania, and ask this 'embodi.
menl' Of all the attributes of virtue and |
whether the still more beauti
ful picture Of the Bouquet Of Flowers
which meets the eye as you enter the
drawing room Of that stately manson, was
not slaked against with money asl won
at the same place OF vice and depravi-
ry!
Lei him not leave that manson until
he make the still more portentOus inqui-
~ of this sage Of Ashland's shady groves,
who once backed him sgainst Satan,
and whsm he now backs the purost and
the bsst.) whether he did not propose lat |
the same place OF iniquity) to put up
high stake against the picture Of the Viz
GIN MARY, and TO play at cards for the |
picture OF THE MOTHER OF OUR SAvIoUR!
Ask him again, most reverend Dr., wheth'
er the proposition was not made to the
Hon. A. G., of New YOik-aDd what was
the reply? Whether it was not, that 'lbe
picture Of she MOTHER OF OUR REDEEM
Err was not ebtAiDed by gambling, and
that he would not gamble it Off
Let these questions be asked aud an
swered IN honesty and in truth, and if de
MED lei the proof be called for, and
then, sir, you may be placed in stuat
tion to know whether this charge of
gambling is utterly and basely false, or
whether il stands written in imrerisha.
Bile characters against the man whom you
attempt to sustain and endorse, 'lhs pub.
lie and private, intimate and cohfden.
tiaI intercourse of20 years and mOre,'
with additional proof of your certificate
10 the contrary Notwithstanding. Was
this intimate and confidential Intercourse
still kept up by you, Doctor, when Clay
ls Il his home TO travel to Louisville 10
the racesf Aye, even on the race field
itself. and 10 the locked rooms of the Ho
tel where these'moral, sports were fDish.
ed for the day, and do you know that
Mr.. Clay did not bet high on The race