The Arkansas banner., 1848-08-15
Capiain Banlsr's RsvIy.

To tAe Edisov q ths AFksRsas State Drnaeve,
 StRs--In sise Louisville Courier of July sth. s.e g PabsISation by CAssIes M- CHAT, which Se,aanss ilotcs from me---n that intend onstreii,nv sv
 bandying abusive epithets with him, bnl narslS ,o introducs proof and reference. by which c.t, s..
 tahlish the truth of every statement made by ma am aware of the pFohtiessasss ef eontrovNrx, with Cassias N. Clay. l am aware tha. he Wonld 1 swear thst white was black and black was white
 nat he is branded with the lie in characters ns nal Pable and burning the sun in the Heavens. ana
 then turn to hs abolition friends in the North, and say, "bohoid how 1 am prosecuted bv these men
 from ale aoaih, on account Of my being aa aboii-
 iioRist This is bscsass said thas the ladies of the
 South were only protected from the violence of the
 negroes, by 'irail glass Traly am martyr'' But 10 my work:
 l To prove that was correct ia denying the state
 msHt of Clay that Mag. Borland and his men were robeiag the Hacienda Encarmtfoa when Clay first
 met him, have said that there was O robbery and that the houses not broken open until nearly
 twenty-four hours after Malor Gaines had been in
 eonmand; and that then they were broken for the purpose of searching fot arms For the correctness
 of that statement refer 10 Majors Gaines and Bor land and Lieut.. Davidson, who, am ecriain, will
 sustain me in saying that, save arms, forage. and provisions. to which we by tbe laws of war
 entitled. not only was there Fobbing done, but
 that there was nothing in the Hacienda worth rob ping.
 With regard to his speech, claiming to be whig,
 relation of Henry Clay, &e I refer to Lt David.
 son, who, from his position beside me, at the head of the columns and nearer 10 Clay than any other of the prisoners, had better opportunity to hear what he did say than any other of the prisoners could have hud. Clay speaks of the absardity of
 his repeating his speech in English and Spanish
 butthere is nothing more natural, It. Sedna ' Eruzat, Zamboniui's interpreter, ID to the time Henrie made hts escape, had been playing the spy
 upon us, Hearis before that time being our inter prcter,) and no one knew he could speak English until the Mexicans commenced searching us for arms; and Clay, believing that no could speak English, begged his ilks in his best Spanish, nn t he found out that Sedana ' CFIfzaf spoke English and then reported his specch in English Nothing is natural will state farther that the next
 day after this occurred. Lieut.. Davidson and myself in speaking of what Clay said when he begged his life from the Mcxicans agreed entirely ia our ac count, with the exception of word, and that was that Davidson understood Clay to say that he
 was the son, whilst understood him to say tha, he was the reiatioR, of Henry Clay. Ca the day. January 25th, iSIT, I repeated to Msor Borland,
 Cay's speech; and after we had arrived in the city of Mexico, also repeated IL 10 Maor Gaines. Clay
 says that the speech attributed him by me could only be male by idiot As 10 .the reason ahlencss of his speech l have nothing 10 say it is his speech mol mine. That he made it IS
 most certain, for heard him, and 30 did It. David
 son Clay lays some stress The circumstance 1 of the publication of my stat ment in the Arkan- s3S DauAer not Delhg pfectSefy tBe same Words as that made in tho Democrat. hat can be ac- counted for by informing hum that the Editor of
 the Banner copied the statement made by him from the same paper which 1 caused to be published in the Democrat, and, in making the copy, merely committed clerical error. omission. The original ana only paper which have written. can
 be seen by application at the Democrat Office. The testimony introduced by Clay only goes to show
 that his witnesses at8 uot hear what It. Day idson
 and myself loccupying better rosi,ionl d4d hear. NothIag more. Aud whilst oa the subject, l iur-
 iher ak of Maor Gaines and R Bsrand, If Clay did not, on joining them iae night of the 2fth of
 January, s47 after Cnpt. Henrie had made hls es-
 cape, eAhibtt marks ot extreme nd ah}ect fear' If ] he aid not when he spoke of it. for it after
 some time say that he sayed lives, by bsggigg,
 or tIst fdttBg! l he did not say that he imagined
 that he heard the points of the Mexican .ances grate together as they met in kis body
 As to the inc trHth of my statement, that Clay i pointed out Lt. Davidson and myself to the Mexi- cans, as haYiag voted for fight ut Encarnation,
 refer 10 Lt Davidson. for the information given in his hearing as well as mine He did in sation with Lieut. Scdana CruZat, as a kind of a
 ioke saying that Lieut.. Davidson aud myself were yonng, and knew better than to fight seventy men against three thousand, and accompanied his
 Joke with smile which woHd have done credit To
 Judas Clay says that the Nexicaus treated him ss
 gentleman gave him a horse, Be Now 1 do net intend to say iltat he was employed by the Next cans 10 play the spy upon the balance af th prison
 CTS and tttt he ail that dirty ob for q hor for
 presume he did no such thiug: but there is some
 utug very strange, bu not al a suspicious in his account of feceying nothing but good treatment at
 the hands of the MsAicsnS; whilst the accounts of
 ali the other prisoners agree, that the whole course
 ot tbe Mexicans towards but a silgFant
 breach ot all good faith, and the usages Of cyiised
 n&ti0ns towards prisoners of war
 As Clay has introduced testimony to show that
 1 visited the prisoners whilst they were confined fl
 San FSIsy ftgpr
 meat, l introduce below the testimony of Messrs.
 Stephen ani Joseph Jester, Ia show the RGtrtsr ot
 that visit Thst testimony shows that passed the guard at the door with a bun4le of clothes in my
 hand, rnhoat pernl,sSoH from the officer on duty, and that l was discovered amongst the
 prisoners, by the otfeerof the guard, was ordered
 out and compelled to leave; and that vi tied ihe.n but once, and tha. once Was aBder the efcumstan- l ceS above stated, ahd after they had been three
 months confined in Santiago.
 1 Clay enters into considerable argument 10 prove ! that Majors Gaines aud Boriaud, and myself, vio- ! lated our parole. How he can reconcile that with
 the good character he gives Major Gaines. might Co stranger seem unaecoHn:abIe. Bat l, who have
 seen hm eower before tho gallant old Major and
 beg pteously for his forgiveness ess " account i for u. now, as before, say that we did not vio-
 late our parole, nor could the most stret construc- | ton Of the law and the facts east the sh adow of | such an imputation upon us And for proof re- | fer Co Majors Gaines and Borland. Lts Barbour sad 1 Davidson and all the other officers who were pre-
 present oR that occasion, and also to MT. Heave ns , the English gehtleman resident iu Mexico, who kindly went with Maior Gaines witness, to
 guard, not against the tresehery of Clay, bat the Mexicans. also refer to Ctay's published admis-
 sion, which says that Majors BoTland and Gaiaes,
 and Capt. DanIeg, Hst oaiq refused 10 70 par Ole
 but ssyft'afefed thetr parole sbsadg gtDeR."
 j Whilst Clays is so indignant at the behaviour of
 BOriand and myself, the subject of our parole.
 it may not be smSs 10 examine what he has written
 Us applicable to his own ease. whilst he pa
 Teie in Teiuca. He says,s But when at last we
 were about 10 be of to Aeapslco, after the cap had come ;e FIGHT, s:s sy she diseases of the Sonth, or the assasin's sword--when Cspts. Heady
 and Smith came ap from San Francisco to our ho- ! tel, to make concentrated staDd-When arms
 were ready, and in order ts insure prompiness of