The Woodstock age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1844-1845, 1844-10-24
HENRY CLAY-SlIAMEFUL CONDUCT
BASE HfPOCRACi-,DE DISSERTATION OF
THE SABBATH.

BASE IlfPOCRACY- DISSERTATION OF
TIE SABBATH.
The Kentucky leoman, the democratic Stat,
paper of Kentucky, relates the following as,onnd
lng story of Mr. Clay, Who can support snch ,
man for any office:
"Or his observance or breach of the Sabbath
We will not assert whether he respects or disre
CARDS it, whether he keeps it holy or prof,nes it
We will relate an incident which has Just trans
PRED, and as we do it on the most rcSpeciaIi
vhtg authority, ace challenge its contradiction.
"a few days since, Mr. G. WMaupn, the whia
member elect to the Legislature of Kentucky FROM
the county of Madison, being called to Lexington
on business, aad detained there until the Sabbath
propose TO some friends in the city TO acconlpan,
Inn to Ashland and honor him with nm nruduc.
ton to that pulssant embodiment of whig principle.
Tor whom he had been voting some thirty years
without ever enjoying tho pleasure of personal
acquaintance The friend or friends to whom his
request was preferred, being prevented by some
cause from accompanying him, he proceeded alone
and on foot To the residence of Mr. Clay. Arrived
at the dwelling, he enquired of the servant for his
maslernnd was informed that Mr. Clay was unwel
and could not he.seen. Reluctant TO return whou,
accomplishing the object of hls visit he insisted IN.
on The servant agaln announcing his desire TO his
master. On the second summons Mr. Clay follow
cd the seIvan, 10 the door. Here the plain old FAR
mer explained the motive of his importantly n edu-
ing the very distant intervals of time at which he
visited Lexington, and his arden, curiosity TO see
the man whom his father before hin supported,
and whose constituent he had himself been for
more than thirty years, as an apology for his niru-
sion. Mr. Clay, after hearing him through, re-
piled, with an AR and tone Of outraged pe,y, she
HerGr received risiis on the S0bbaih. 1.-THE abnshed
and humbled applicant for few moments audi.
encc with his political idol slaInmered out some
lncoherent senences-such as-"was sorry to
have nirudoj-coud no, iorego the opportunity
of being able 10 tell his.nelghbors and friends Mr.
Clay was well. &c. when hlI ears were again
stunned with the stern affirmation, Sir / repeat /
do mol recctre company on the Sabbath dav.".-
With burning cheek and indignant heart the old
man turned from the surly portals, and rs he pass
ed beneath the opon windows Of the banquet hall, ,
10! the secret OF his isnominlous repulse stood re-
vedIed. A throng of aristOcrair guests were
ranged round the sliliering board of the Lord of
Ashland, where redolent Of wnnlon mlr,h and
wine, with jos; and gbe and cour,ly gee, they
were remembering The SabbaM dan 10 keep Il
hoiy," They were celebrating the weekly festival
of our SayOur's resurrection
("Whst in the parlance of HE churches, This
may not have been the christian mode of keeping
This sacred day. the priesty Bascom would besow
it amongst the "OrdiHuyy Gccrsiiici' practices
Of Mr. CMy's moral life.")
"Upon his return to Lexington. The mortified
and rejected visitor at Ashland gave free vent to
his honest Indignation. against his unacceptable and
hypocriiica host scornfuv rencuncing all allegi.
ance to him, and departed for home. On Monday
last, all Lexington rang with the story. and the
mail 10 MADISON went loaded with apologies to
MAuPIN, offering every atonement IN return for
his silence or modification of the statement How
lar they may succeed in soothing MIN and obtain
ing recanaton of his story, our acquaintance
with the gentleman will not justify coniecure,-
But we learn their ingenuity has provided against
his contumacy, and cer,iers enough have been
found, to attest To his having been drunk on his mr.
rival at Mr. Clay's, ard in such condition received
his repulse."
We heye also a letter from one Of the most re-
Specialize and worthy men Of Kentucky. detailin.
an affair Of CIay's that came oIrat tho Blue Licks
with pidyrciress. Mr. Claws conduct with her
was 50 open and outrageous that the proprietor Of
the house had to send her of, on Sunday MORN
ing. to prevent the ladies' a, the Springs leaving.
fit character this, for the idoatry Of "al the
IN erals and decency." Bah!
Ohio Statesman.