Washington telegraph., 1848-05-17
CAssIus# NJ. oLAYs LETTER.

addressed by tassius VI Gay, thiough tue uoIuinhs
of the New York Courier and Enquirer to the
Hon. Henry Clay 1t is generally looked upon
as a hearlless and malicious attack to crafty
personal hatred Indeed il Is in effect SO ac-
knowledged by the writer Of the atroeeus episte
himself, when he avowa that, afron The necessity
Of his nature" he is his personal enemy. and
declares that he has been SO ever since August,
lSi5, u, which time (Mr, Clay being absent at
the Virginia springs) The Abolition press estab'
lished by cassus at Lexington was foFeibiy taken
possession Of by the citizens, whom he deslgnatrs
as the family aud friends Of Mr., Clay, and sent
out of tho State. 1t appears then, by the ac'
acknowledgements of eassus Clay, that be became
the personal enemy Of Mt Clay because he (Mr'
Clay refused to lend hii influence to sustain him
in HI. attempt to establish an ineendiafy Abolition
press at Lexington. This Is the head aud front
Of his oiltnding--ME Clay is not sufficiently wed.
ed 10 the suicidal and obnoxious doctrines Of Abo'
lition to suit the peculiar views Of Cassus. The
averment tha, he is the personal enemy Of Mr.
Clay. and the evident cause Of such enmity, sheald
be sufficient to dIsefedt any statement eass'as NJ
Clay might make. but little further examination
Of his aIroaious epis,lc will satisfy every unpfe'
judiesa MUD that he has made assertions which
are not only false aud unlvundsd bu, malicious
In the extreme,
lie charges MI Clay with having written en-
eoufagng lrllcn dusng the last canvass 10 the
Native Americans. which he says they were kind
enough to suppress To tefute this assertion, we
have the authority OF Peter Sksn Smith, editor VI
the Philadelphia True sun, the principal organ
Of tho Native Americans ia the United States,
who says--"Mf clay wrolo no encouraging let
tiers during the last canvass which the Native
Americans were kind enough 10 suppress. Cfssiu'
N Clay u 1roag ia eosteiafiag. M Clay
rr,tt no letters 10 hatire AmuieaHt 10 publish,
Jor eject, aai 10 tuth publication nas made T"
Here We have the testimony oi the head aud front
Of the Native American party, and il brands the
stigma Of ialsehsOd upon the forehead 0f this INA.
liciOus deiamsr Of Henry Clay,
Another statement made by cassius. equally
uniounded, ef a, leas, requiring ether testimony
than his mere assertion 10 stamp upon 1t the IN.
pres Of truth. . bis launuag remark in bis spisle
10 Nj Clay--",rs paid gsur dsbts" II 1--WE !,
intended to include Cassias n. Clay. aud il is
evidently Va intended. We ask where are the .si.
dsnees Of the amoaui be invested ia that wa,'
So far from ca,sias NJ, Clay having contributed a
single dollar towards iiqaidaling The Peeauiaty
obligations Of Henry Clay, the Louisville Journal,
oa the most rliahe Information, states that the
contributors to Ihai object, instead Of even beng
many in numbers. were oaiy ihfse--al gentlemen
Of vast wealth, aud all living a distant States
These gsutlsmeu eomniissionsd an individual, y ha
visited Lsning,oa. aud without even ssring M
Clay, aseef.ainrd the sum Of hls Indebtedness ID
bank, paid the amoun, and departed. DO oae ia
Lexington knowing who he was, whence hv cam,
or whittier he went BuI suppose cafsia- NJ
Clay had III 1874 contributed 10 the payment o
Mr. Clays peeuaiary obligations. would it b,
gcnilsmAnly 10 tauniingy remind him Of !, now
The contributions were voluntary, and Mr.. Cla,
knew nothing Of the matter until after Il wa
contaminated. nor was ho evsn thea Informed
Of the nalae Of either Of the contributors undcl
such circumstances, would any high minded
honorable man have mentioned the subjroi, al
though be might, "irom the necessity Of bic nature,
have .inoe became bis personal enemy.
Another evidence Of The base ingfaliIude anS
maIigniy of III. writer Of the ,p,ilr may b,
found In the following statement q Lieut. David
son, which We copy ilom Tue Louisville Journal
as having been freely spoken Of ia Kentucky
ever since Cassius N. Clay's re,um irom MeKlro
Lieut. Davidson, who va, captured with {. n
Clay Aud otheFs BY the Asxcans a, Eneamacion,
stated, that, upon their being made prsen.fe
Capt Z. NJ. Clay protested earnestly n Nginiai
10 Ihs Mexican commander that he was lhp foa
Of the Hon, Henry Clay who was al The head d
the peace patty IA tho United states, and that,
u he were TO be killed, hs iusinOus Isihu aud
the whoic peace party would ,um agaiiat Nryico
and execute teTnbl1 vengeance upou hcf. Now Il
almosi seems us u there must BE- fsme mistake
about this thing, Tor NC should hardy suppose that
Cassius VI. Clay, lof the sake oi hs hiualh, the
] F@iNl hiHaINHAl VI AlNinhpurilt ayr ilat rnus il
aud oai At hs nose, would pea himself oil uron
an unsuaprJ,iug lofeg gnrr ~ The rua ol a man 10
whom be ayoNs himself Az enemy. We can
imagine but one explanation Of the occurrence Il
4 b. true. Cassns says he Is Mf Clay's enemy
''ifom the nrccsa.ly Of Bis nature" aud pr,haps
he played of hs ehivaifc nratasym upon the
heNean oihorT 'Hum The necessity Vi bic aalarr
The same paper in oofOborliioa Of l.eui,niH,
Da'idson's statement, Team. that MAJOR B1fand
Of this State, also one Of the Encaruaean prs.
onsn, while in Louisville, on bic way to Wash.
ingion city, stated that "Cspi. c. NJ Clay, Whsn
the prisoners were threatened with death, brrrsd
pirouaiy for bis own he, resting bic petition upon
the alleged fac, Of bic close relationship 10 the
llon. Henry Clay, the friend Of peace. Major
Borland does not distinctly rteoleci whether the
petitioner represented himself 10 tie Moscans a,
the con OF merely the roy near re'afirs Of the
lion Henry Clay. Lieut. Davidson aslsfl. posi-.
lively that he called himself the soH, and a, doub,
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