The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1844-03-28

II 200 msst Sad s6as sshss fTisnd." NJ.
Randolph rsmsfked thsl ~as hss dslsfmi.
nssion. After much roasefsssiou On Ihe
sBhjert. iudsesd Col. Taslnsll 10 sllew
Nc. Rsndssrh 70 ike his ewa eosss, -
has wEtkdrswsl. 90 oas Of hiss friends,
night lead 70 very injBsioes miseonslrue-
lians. Az issl. Mr.. Rsndolphs smiling.
said, " -sll TsnnsIl. promss ZOO oas
hing. IL sss ihs dssii 10 Clay's eye. and
that win malirs Prspense be means %
lake ny life. may change NJ miad." A
remark ! knew be merely made 20 propi-
tists The snxieiiss Of bis Trend.
Mr. Clay and himself net 81 o'elock
The succeeding evening. 90 The banks ol
The Potomse. Bot be "a. = no devil in
Cisy's sye." but . msn fsssIrss. and er-
pressing The mingled sensib.iiiy and 6rn.
ness which belong 10 The eeeaslon.
shall never fo'sst ihs srens. a. long
90 i've. II has been mr. misforiuns 20
witness several dasIs. bui I never sac
ons, - least 10 Il sequel. sodsePly affect
Ing. m
The sun ~ss just setting behind The
blue hills Of Rsndolph's own Virginia.
Here were Two Of The most extraordinary
men our country in 10 prod,gsliiy had
prOdueed, about 10 meet IN mori.lcambai.
Whilst Tsitnsll wss loading R.ndolph's
pistol, approached my friend. l bsliss-
ed for the last Iime; ! took his hand; there
was not In lie touch the quisksning Of one
pulsaiion. lie turned 10 me and SAID.
:" Clay 10 cain, bui no, sindiclive. I
hold my purpose. Hsmiltsn, in any
event, remember ,his." On handing him
HE pistol. Col. TannAli spruns the hair
trigger. Mr.. Randolph SAID" TslinalI.
although an one Of the best shots in
vrsinia. with either pistol or gun. yet
| never fi'e with ibe hair trigger; besides.
| have . thick buckskIn glove on. which
will destroy The delicscy ofmy touch, and
the trigger may fly before kno~ where
I am" Bu,. IRON his great snlic,lude
Cor his friend. Tstinall insisted upon hair.
ing the trigger. On ticking their pcsiuon.
the fact turned out 40 Mr. Randolph on.
ilripst.d; his pistol went of before the
weid, ~ilh the muzzle down.
The momen, this event took place.
Gen. Jesup. Mr.. CIsy's friend. called GU,
tina, he would Instantly les.s The ground.
9Th his friend, if this occurred sgsin.
Mr. Clay ., once exrlaimedi IL vas entire.
" an accident. and begged that the gem
ileman nigh, Be allowed 10 70 on. On
the word being given. Mr.. Clay fred
without effect, Mr.. Randolph dlschsrging
bis pistol in The sir. The moment Nj.
Clay sac Than Mr.. Randolph had ihro~n
away his FIRE, with gush Of sensibility,
he n,antiy approached Mr.. r.. and sa,d,
with sn emotion I never can forge. 81
trust IN Gnd, my dear sir. you are un-
touched; alter What has occurred, would
not have hsrmed you for a thousand
worlds" Deeply affected 9th the scene,
! could not refrain from erssping Mr..
Clay by The hand. and said. NV good
Sir, we have been long separated. but.
after the events of to.dsy. ieel iha, We
mus, be friends forever" He hauebeen
90,
| do not know that I should have re.
ierred 10 this transaction, if | did not be-
lIeve this last incident had no small infiu.
ence on an important public even, in ME-.
Clay's life. | alIude 10 The celebrated
compromise on tbs ac,ion OF The Tariff
Of 1928, by The State of South Caroli-
no.
l need no. recapi,ula,e the eircum.tsn-
css which precipiisied that measure, or
the fearful situation in which The country
ws' placed. when Mr.. Clay and Mr.. CAL
houn, standing as il were over The troubled
waters. approached nearer to each other
to shll the angry food. Arsr. from al
public considerations, which could sds>
qua,sly End their origin 10 bic own pa,rio-
lien, | have sl~ay believed, although
pride and delicacy have hitherto forbid 40
explanation, that The touch Of our handle on
the battle field, on the banks Of the Poto.
mac. vas no. without its infuenes with
Mr.. Clay. when uniting his exertions TO
NHSc W UAts SdiuVuUs W CuulkUeo tutS
seemingly disastrous quarrel. he took an
anxious and friendly estimate OF what he
deemed The difficulty Of my own posi-
iion. But. in the ,cissiiude OF Gil hu-
man things. how strangely The relations
Of party had been changed! Here, on the
one hand. was Gen. Jackson, TO whom
Snu,h Carolina had dedicsted the embodl.
ed spiri, Of all her sons, beleaguer,ng her
with his troops. and Mr. Clay, who had
been the un.psred object of her reprosch.
surviving to aver, confIct!!
| feel. SIR, that the country owes him a
large deb, oil gratitude for hIs sxer,ions q.
this coz ueute. and that The South has
never done hin jus,ics. desire no, To
be misunderstood. There was no day |
in the week. Sundays excepted. on which
The .olunteers which had the honor 10
command. st tina, time, in Charleston,
would not have gone oUt and have gwen
General Jackson's Regulars battle, Il this
was To have decided the issue, notwith-
standing our just appreciation Of the skill
and callsn,ry al the DISTINGUISHED off;cer