Arkansas intelligencer., 1848-08-26
From the Arkansas Democrat.
Capt DaRley'S Realization.

mandS notice from me-not that | intend
quarreIllngo or bandying abusive epithets with him,
but merely to introduce proof and reference, by
which can establish the truth of every statement
made by
| am aware of the proGtIessness Of contro-
versy with Cassius M. Clay. am aware that he
would swear that white was black and black was
white, until he is branded with the lie in charac-
terS as PaIpable and burqing the sun in the
Heavens, and then turn 10 his abolition friends in
the North, and say, d" behold how am persecu-
ted by these men from the South, on account of
my being an abolitonist. This is because | said
that the ladies' of the South were only protected
from the violence of the negroes by fra glass ;
Truly | am matyr." But to my work:
10 prove that | was c0rrecI in DENYING the
statemeht OF Gay, that Majer Bor4and and his
men were robbng the Hacienda Encarnacion
when Clay first met him, have said that there
was no robbery, and that the houses were not bro
ken open until nearly twenty-tour hours after Ma.
Jor Gaines had been in command; and that then
they were broken for the purpose ofsearchng for
arms. For the correctness of that statement re-
fer to Majors Gaines and Borand, and 1t. David
son, who, | am certain, will sustain me in saying
that. save arms, forage, and provisions, which
we were by the laws of war entitled, not only was
there no rObbing done, but that there was moth
ing In the Hacienda worth robbing.
With regard 10 his speech, claiming to be
whig, relation of Henry Clay, &c, | refer to H..
Davidson who from his position beside me, at the
head ofthe column, and nearer to Clay than any
other OF the prisoners, had better opportunity
10 hear what he did say than any other of the
prisoners could have had. Clay speaks ofthe ab-
surtity of his repeating MS speech in English and
Spanish, but there is nothing more natural, as LII
Sedn ma CruZat ZtmbonIni'S Interpreter, up to
the time lenrIG made his escape had been pIa ying
the spy upon Us, Ienre before that time being
our Interpreter, and no one knew he could speak
English until the MeXicaus commenced sea rching
US for arms; and Clay, beIleveing that no one
could speak English, begged his life in his best
Spanish, until he found out that Sedana Cruzat
spoke English, and then repeated his speech in
English. Nothing Is more natural. will state
farther, that the next day after this occurred, Lit.
Davidson and myself, in speaking of what Clay
said when he begged his life from the Mexicans.
agreed entirely in our account, with the exception
of one word, and that was that Davidson under
stood Clay to say that he was the son. whilst un-
derstOod him 10 say that he was the relation, of
Henry Clay. On the same day. January 25th,
lS47, repeated to Major BorIand, Cays speech
and, after we had arrived in the city of Mexico,
also repeated it to Major Gaines. Clay says that
the speech attributed 10 him by me could only be
made by an idiot. As TO the reasonablenes of
his speech have nothing to say-it is his speech
not mine. That he made it is most certain, for
heard him, and 50 did Lit. Davidson. Clay lays
some stress on the circumstance of the publication
of my statement in the Arkansas Banner, no. be-
ing precisely in the same words as that made in
the Democrat. That can be accounted for, by in
forming him that the Editor of the Banner copied
.he statement made by him from the same paper
which | caused to be published in the Democrat
and, in making the copy, merely committed a cler-
caI error or omission. The original and only
paper which have written, can be seen by APP
picutiOn at the Democrat Office. The testimony
introduced by Clay only goes to snow that his wit
nesses did not hear, what 1t. Davidson and my.
self, occupying better position dit hear
Nothing more. And whilst on the subject, | fur
her ask 81 Major Gaines and Borand, if Clay
lid not on joining them on the night Of the 24lh
Of January, IS41, after Henrie had made his es-
cape, exhibit marks ofextreme and abject fear
If he did not when he spoke first Of it, for il was
after some time say that he saved our lives, by |
jegging, or fast TALKING? If he did not say that
ne imagined that he heard the points of the MeXi-
can ances CRATE together as they met together in
MS body?
As TO the truth of my statement. that Clay,
pointed out 1t. Davidson and myself to the Mex
cans, as having voted for 4 fight at Encarnacion,
refer to 1t. Davidson, for the information was
given in his hearing as we'll as mine. He did it |
N conversation with 1t. Sedana Cruzat, as a |
KIND of u Joke, saying That 1t. Davidson and my
self were young, and knew no better than to fight
seventy men against three thousand, AMI accom-
panied his Joke with smile which would have done
credit to Judas. Clay says that the Mexicans
treated him os gentleman, gave him horse, &c.
Now do not intend TO say that he was employed
oy the MexicanS to play the spy upon the balance
Of the prisoners, and that he did the dirty Job for
l horse. for presume he dld such thing; but
there is something very strange, bot not at all sus-
picious. in his account of receiving nothing but
good treatment at the hands of the MeXicans;
whilst the accounts Of all the other prisoners agree,
hat the whole course of the MeXicans towards US
was but fragrant breach of all good faith, and
and the usages of civilized nations towards priso-
ners of war.
As Clay has introduced testimony to show that
visited the prisoners whilst they were confined
in Santiago, thereby attempting to dscredlt my
/ introduce below the testimony of
Messrs. Stephen and Joseph Jester, to show the
manner Of that visit. That testimony shows that
passed the guard at the door with bundle of
clothes in my hand, aoittout permission from the
officer on duty, and that soon as | was discov
cred amongst the prisoners by the officer of the
guard, | was ordered out and compelled to leave
and that visited them but once, and that was
under the circumstances above stated, and after
they had been three months confined in Santiago.
Clay enters into q considerable argument to