Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1845-08-27

Ca,sius NJ. CIay..Grcat Excitement at Lexington
We publish first page, a the .True
An,er1caa' office, containing a letter from a committee
appointed by private meeting of the personal pot
ical enemies of Mr.. Clay, requesting him o discontinue
the publication of his paper together with his reply
The last Cincinnati Atlas contains the following addi-
tional information: The committee reported this reply
to an dourned meeting which took immediate action
but called mass meeting of the people of Lexington
and Fayette county Monday. Meantime the
intense excitement prevailed understood that
the object of this meeting to demolis the press of
the True American, and suppress its publication.
Mr.. Clay, nothing daunted had made his will, and
though sick, had his bed office where he was
prepared to defend his rights perish the attempt
The most gloomy forebodings felt by all lovers
order and of law. Everybody understood from the
less and determined character of Mr. Clay that he would
have be killed before they could succeed in their OBJ
jcct.
postscript the Louisville Journal, dated Ok,
Monday morning [19t) says that Mr.. Clay has issued
another handful calculated allay II de-
fines his position clearly in regard to emancipation. and
indicates disposition the part of Mr. Clay discuss
the matter in future with due Temperance A COM
promise has doubt been made and very acceptable
o the mobocrats
The of the excitement, editorial article in
the last number of the True American which Mr. Clay
said from the pen of large slave holder, and
of the first ntelects of the age The paper had
editorial article. in which the jewellers marble pal
aces warned, that there but pains glass
only between the eNasperaed masses the streets and
.'the silver plate the board and smooth
the Ottoman This unjustly construed.
Mr. Clay by threat that the
and daughters of the would be violated by
the negroes.
Fuytasr P,oceediaes.The Cincinnati Gazette of the
alst contains the following
The LEXINGTON OuTR ,GE.--We have reports of the
result of the Lexington Meeting of last Monday
CARDS Cassius VI. Clay's paper. So they
1t resolved by the people and there assembled
suppress the True Ane,caR, and a sirfy
appointed TO take of the Press Type
the sacrifice of their others lives
This committee did their duty such their report
After being abse mt from the ting time they
turned, and through their chairman organ informed il
that the duty imposed upon the committee had dis
charged That by force they had, far, muzzed
Press.
Admit all that the committee charge against Mr. Clay,
in their reoinder be Though evident that they
mistake and misunde him) admit him have been
provoking and violent action and language. still this
was IN -handed-a terrible outrage. Viewed any
lghteither declaration that freedom of
shall be tolerated the Slave region or as regards Its
consequences the Free IL nno be too
harshy censured. The blood of freemen will tngIe in
their veins they hear and the
be reused they realize the tyrant SWAY of the
pro-savery power II freeman under the constitution
and laws speak his thoughts what his free
dom worth H'7r speaking CIT he shall = 7rasha+ -