The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1845-08-21

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did so upon Thursday evening, the l4th inst. c..
M. Clay was present part Of the time; but, upon
an intimaon that the meeting intended TO be pri-
yate, withdrew. He attempted to explain away
the meaning attached to his article; which explana-
ton you will better see from the accompanying
documents. The meeting appointed committee TO
wait upon MIR. Clay, to request the dlscontinuance
of his paper, which he nsuliingy refused II send
you the whole printed proceedings up to this date,
together with Mr.. Cay's address to the public.
II is thought that there will be from 900 TO 5000
people present at the meeting appointed for Mon
day What will be the result, God only knows,
II is said that the Office Of the "True American" is
fortified, and that its editor is determined not to
yield, but TO die in its defence. Should the people
determine to suppress it by force, IT IL thought that
he viii have some few who will aid him; but the
idea Of successful resistance TO the majestic will OF
the people, il not dreamed of by even MIR. Clay
himself.
BY my next, you may hear Of violence and blood
shed--a tale of terrible retrlbutive justice which
should stare from their horrd purposes those wick
ed fanatics and traitors who reckessly trespass
upon the constitutional rights of the South, anu en-
danger the lives and property of their white breth-
rem in their mad crusade for negro emancipation.
Yet sincerely do pray God to avert the calamity,
and save from boodshed
Yours, &C.,
We have received no later accounts than the above
letter gives u.s. To show the character of this trans
action, we lay before our readers the article from
'.the True American which produced so much ex-
element in Lexington:
slavery the most unmigated the lowest hasest that
the world has seen be substituted forever for
better glorious hoer aspirations. The constitution
torn and ,ramped under foot justice good faith
nation are derided brute force substituted place
high moral tone; all the great principles OF national liberty
which inherited from British ancestry yielded
nm nd W without God hone the world
When the greatheared of land weep and the OF
reflection maddens in the contemplation OF national
apostacy there pursuing gain and pleasure, who
smile with contempt and indifference at their appeals But
remember ye who dwell in marble palaces that there
strong and fiery hearts and iron pixies IA the streets and
panss Of glass only bece them and the silrer plate The
board aud The smooth skinned The ohonaan When
have mocked at virtue denied the agency of God in the
affairs of men, and made rapne your honeyed faith, remble
for the day Of retrbution is at hand and the wR BE-
arenged."
This extraordinary article called forth severe
criticism on the part of "a Kentuckian." In the
mean time a meeting was held Of sundry citizens
of Lexington, on Thursday last, who appointed a
committee, consisting of Messrs. B. W.. Dudley,
Thomas Fl. Waters, and John w. Hunt, who ad-
dressed note, in the name Of the meeting, to Cas-
sus M. Clay, requesting him to discontinue the
publication of the paper called the True American,
as its further continuance, in judgment, is dam
safety of our homes and families"
Mr.. Clay rejected this request in strong and in
sultng terms, telling them that TRAITORS to the laws
and constitution cannot be deemed respectable by
any but assassins, pirates, and highway robbers.
Your meeting is one unknown to the laws and con
stitution of my country. II was secret in its pre-
ceedings, its purposes, its spirit, and its action;
which, like its mode of existence, are wholly UNI
known to, and in direct violation of, every known
principle of honor, religion, or government held
sacred by the civilized world. l treat them with the
burning contempt of brave heart and loyal ciii-
zen. deny their power, and defy their action.'
He concludes with telling them that ''your advice
with regard to my personal safety is worthy Of the
source whence it emanated, and meets with the
same contempt from me which the purposes Of your
mission excite. Go tell your secret conclave Of
cowardly assassins that c. M Clay knows his
rights, and how to defend them"
The original meeting received copy Of the cor
respondence on re-assembing after temporary adj
journment, when address and resolutions were
adopted, on motion of Mr.. Waters, which wind up
as follows:
We assume not 10 decide for society who have with
common interest; but portion Of that community
recommend general meeting oil the people of the city OF
Lexington and county OF Fayee, he held on Monday
next August 18th concert measures suppression
Of the farther publication of the abolition paper" called the
Reoired, That notice be published for general
ing Of the people Of this city and county 70 be held Mon
the most eecua steps interests from the
forts Of abolition fanatics and incendiaries
Mr. Henry Johnson offered the resolution to print which
Resolred That thousand copies Gin handful form of
the journal Of proceedings Of this meeting along with their
address, be published for circulation, and that committee
Of three be appointed to superinend the publication
Mr. II. Johnson then moved an adjournment; which
carried unanimously, and the meeting adjourned.
BEVERLY A. HICKS, Chairman
On Monday (last) this mass meeting Of the city
of Lexington and county of Fayette to be held,
and when the final action was to be taken. We
trust the storm has been averted But we have seen
other letters, specializing upon the consequences.
One account says, "The people are much excited,
and the next news you may expect to hear, will be
the demolition of c. M. Clay's Office. He will
doubtless fight it out to the last" The whole scheme
Of Mr.. c. M. Clay partakes of abolitionism. 1t
seizes upon an object which no one can expect to
accomplish by his sole agency, such as he has adopt
ed and which only calculated to do mischief, and
not good. He will find he has mistaken his means
II only tends to produce excitement and reaction
new version, TO do away the porentous article
which he circulated; and in handful which he
published on the 18th, he says
twill be perceived by the reader Of that article that
the whole piece audes national policy and the loss of
high Of Justice in the administration Of national
affairs resulting from the influences OF negro slavery upon
the national action the babitual violation Of the
constitutions and further meant to the dea in my
ellptcal manner that in acountry like ours where suf
frnge is universal and standing armies impossibehat
who substance and from the
and Of slavery Mt the expense of the
interests OF the great Of the legal voters Of tins
Union who and have been sacrificed at the shrine
OF slavery these the white Millions (having
ausion whatever to the blacks Of the south) would II
the OF time when that poverty pressed upon them
which slavery had been most instrumental in causing fol-
low the example Of their pnnderes and turn plumber
them Such .he in France when the oppressed
the oppresser and spared neither property life
SEX"
A writer in Lexington, under the signature Of
"a Kentuckian, critcises this version and exposes
it as an afierthougbt of c. M. Clay. We shall