The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1845-09-04
Lynch Law In Kentucky.

The Lexington Observer received yes
terday, contains the official account oil
the Infamous proceedings of the Mob
which took forcible possession of the
press and other materials of the Tue
American printing office land in violation
OF the Laws, sent them without the con.
sent ofthe owner TO another State. From
this and other sources we proceed to give
a narrative Of such facts as have not al.
ready been published in our columns.
The first meeting, it will be recollect-
ed, was held on Thursday the 18th inst
The correspondence which took place be
tween Mr. Clay and the Committee ap.
pointed at this meeting we have already
laid before our readers, as also the &C
count of the meeting heldon the follow
ing day, which resulted in a call for a
general meeting of the citizens of the
County of Fayette on Monday the ! 9th.
On Saturday MIR Clay issued an Address
explanatory Of his object, which was in
serted in the Tribune of yesterday
On Sunday Mr. 9. issued still another
Address, which we have not seen, but
in which. according to the Louisville
Journal, he stated that he had the ty>
phoid fever for thirty three days; that his
BRAIN during that time had been almost
necessarily affected; apd that he was then
unable either to hold a pen or pull trig-
ger In that document he reiterated
most strongly his previous protestations
that the language of his newspaper had
been grossly misrepreseated. The Jour
nal says:
Con Sunday evening, Mr. Clay, who it
was understood, was too i'll to sit up in
his bed, and, in fact, so i'll, that even his
ultimate recovery was considered doubt
full, had large number ofloaded musk cts
and other deadly weapons, with which
he had intended to defend his office, re-
moved from that building. On Sunday
night the alarm throughout Lexington
was very considerable on account of the
fact that the knowledge of what was
transpiring was said to have reached a
portion Of the population that should have
been kept in ignorance fit. Many fan
cied that they saw symptoms of insubor-
dnation;& patrols were kept up through
out the city during the night
On Monday morning, G. M. Clay put
out fourth handful addressed to the
mass meeting which was to assemble at
l / o'clock. We subjoin that document
which, it will be seen, was of the mos:
conciliatory character.
LEXINGTON, Aug. 18th, l845.
| FELLOW CITIZENS OF LEXINGTON, AND
COUNTY OF FAYETTE: Being unable
from the state Of my health, to be pres
ent at your meeting, and even unable
to hold pen, having been sick thirty
five days with the typhoid fever, die
tate to an amanuensis, a few lines for
your just consideration. Having been
the unwilling cause, in part, of the pres.
ent excitement in my county, and feel,
ing, as ! do, respect for the safety and
happiness of others as wellas my own, /
voluntarily come forward and do all
conscientiously can do for your quiet
and satisfaction. treated the commu-
nication from the private caucus with
burning contempt, arising not only from
their assuming over me power which
would make me slave, but from sense
of the deep personal indignity with
which their unheard of assumptions