Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1844-09-05

lion viii hi. affair and yet Of the editors of that
PAPER loaned lis r. be used in the pcIfetation oil
lbs murder" as he Is now pleased u call II!
such are the base means resorted 10 by the leading
champions # party, which, By lis public policy nahk'
fupd tie government aud almost beggar,d the conhiry
Inducing fnm condltioa of prosperity aud happi-
noss and tranquility, 10 state Of poverty wrechednsss
and slfilesuch the base means. repeat TO which
They resort divert the public mind from the great o>
cal issues pending before the people, and from the dis
eassion Of which they fall when they can, lgho-
niuously skulk They hope, by stenalic coufse
VI personal defamation and slander not only Ia throw Their
own commltia and double dealing policy in The
shade, but weaken the confidence OF the people IN the
personal integrity Of the nominee Ut the Wing party i3I
the Presidency the only Of preventing the ri
nnph Of the principles aud identified with his
name. But they cannot succeed. The people uot
sl enough TO be mised and deceived by msrepresenia
tinus garng the offspring of motives desplcabie-
The whom the people Of his adopted State have de-
lighted 10 honor for nearly half crnrury-who has
by The might VI his grea, genius, and the ardor
Of his PATRIOTISM and the nobeness Of his sau from the
vale Of Indulgence and obscuriy 10 the loest summit OF
human glory-whOse reputation belongs to his country
with wldse fame his own is incorporated every page
Of It's history being umned by his brilliant services
cannot be put down in this aye Of intelligence and light
even by continuous Gnd concerted system Of lalsehood
and SANDER
Truth is omnipoten', and Public Justice certain,
Such was his own exclamation. when, with pron,
Consciousness Of his integrity, he spurned he ours
ct faction that were barking al his heels and the blood
hounds Of party that aiming his throat"-And
the day is at hand Which will demonstrate that he has
not relied too sangnlney the power Of the one or on
the certainty OF the other.
Or Since the foregoing article prepared we have
met with the following letter from Mr. Clay to Dr. J
u Goble of Newark, New Jersey,) who had enclosed
To ba MI o,ay paragraph charging upon him
ASHLAND, 10th August 1874
My Dear Sir--l received your friendly letter. with
the enclosed slip, cut from newspaper, and apprec
ate and am thankful Tor the motives which prompted
you 10 address wish you could obtain and ,er,lse
the correspondence which passed between Mpssrs Wise
brayes. and me. respecting the ameniable affair be-
years ago have not copy oft; but you can obtain
II in New York.
II establishes LIST, That the draft which | suggested
ol the challenge was made expressly with the view of
leading 10 an adjustment of the dispute amlcably and
not as alleged III the slip you forwarded, close the
door.
I'd, That | never believed that the con,roversy
would occasion hostile meeting, but c1nnually
thought that II ought 10 be, and would be- amcably
settled
3rd, That was ignorant that the parties were to
meet IN combat and here, an1 what hour they were
TO meet.
Aud 9TH, That when | accidentally heard that they
had cone oul to fight, although did not know the hour
nor the place advised the police be called out and
they were called out but they missed the pa,ies in
consequence OF their having taken unex pecled
route
vas not on the ground, aud had nothing whatever
10 do with the conduct Of the combat My agency As
far as had any in the whoe transactions was direct
ed to the object OF an amicable settlement of the dca
~.
| am respectfully your friend and ob't serv't.
IL. CLAY.