Washington telegraph., 1848-06-14
LETTER FROM c. NJ. CLAY.
IRON the LOUISVILLE COURIER
10 ihs Editors qt tis Lgt Joasmi.
MnlsoN County kfo /
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me an not 50 fallen IA selisGespral US Ia
enter iutua war vi words with ior. You
hutr nryer done ne, u any honorable
man, Jusder. Your course therefore to.
wards me was such as anticipated. II
all lhe luiou knew yoa, as we'll as the
peopIeoi Kentucky should not take the
icasi notice OF your determined ealWnnies.
| do not. however uiloet indifference 10
public opinion as nude by the pfess of
our country Eygy nun usefulness
may be impaired u destroyed, even 10y
such editor, as yourselves, aud whilst |
shall always alhnt struggle "a be riglH
that rightly represented, | shall not lose
auy proper OCCASION 10 K.udieata NY CHAR.
aclHfaud my pubIic acts. Aua serm 10
llIInk an humble maa lIar myself al hl,la
importance N the Wutl IA oue >Huse
it's true les, You may add, lhal II l.
tud even II. Clay were bl1lgcd uuf ul "a.
isleuce. the world would move uu uueOn.
scious oil is loss, But, however mimpor.
mHl | am To ihcWufld, ]. isimporlantthm
Justice should be DONE me. Il is mpoi.
laal that the hullblest ciii9eu ia tie H.
publis -hould be sustained 10 Il ifcr and
manly uyuwal oi llI= Views. however ipe.
bic. ui mrn and measures. | haye uul
YET, aud | trust this people have not yet
subscribed 10 tie Eulh, that the world
wa made Tor CWsar, We are all lfre-
men; equal III the eye el the Constitution
all the Iaws. We call no man master
4 "a mcmbet ul a republic, whilst many
ilaEe displayed mon ahiltig- than have
/ deHy thai any ole has been more ready
yIan | aalu 10 make ssll-saCuhce for the
eamiTy aaa-e. II yeIialns, lhen. 10
mkr NY opinions u men and measlQcs,
however yaH may regard ne, do not
dHem myself uu intruder upon the public.
Whatever may say expect 10 he ell.
matted accordingly 10 Us truth aud iia
power. Ii luuer nothing worthy OF be
iHg heard, or the contrary II i suIe a. lasE
Ia be rcekunedaccofdmg i8iis worth In
selecting somc other nun than Ii. Clay
iaf ny candidate i0r the Presidency. /
jau-t have uot proven ialse 10 tie Ahls
party. Tar less to tie country. The sen.
timcut that II is "bellcrlo be defeated with
II. Clay, than toWiu with any other man.
i- worth. uay ol the followers ol tU-ar
and "a Cromwell / am confident that II
meets no response 90 the good, or the
good feeling, oi all tue republicans. Il,
then. u.au may hc homes. and PATRIOTS
and yc, not blind follower OF Ii. Clay l
trust It Is hot treason to give reasons Tor
such course.
The drnunelati1ns Ota portion OF Tie
press MIS- to have been expected. |
Anew tall well thai OF PARASITES, H.
Clay had a guodly portion. Oi these Tho
plnadclphla North American and Louis.
vile journal are no. the least lu hi,lones,
OF words. llmnOr be true, the y. Amer.
lean was the est S piic OF II. Clay N ~
raDvg to the Lexington speech. The y.
American has ever been the consistent adj
yucuie q. dcspullsn, which ever Its mcu
Tor the ba,csi personal sycophancy OF pow.
er. Iouand they have ycntTcd to cali
my letter "lniamoas aud alrocious.' hu
be- infamous, It is so in IT, rACr>, not la
IT, WORDS. ii. Clay /, responsible for the
FACTS, ! only Tor the words. Tho iacis
nc.lAefyou nor they have veuuued to de-
uy. The aiicctutIon Tia, ny letter Was
too bad Tor republication Is the shallow
prctcuce ol kuayt,. Outside calumuy
was all that was left You. IL this you
WAS decidedly "a, Aolnr The American
wa smart enough TO deal ~ gtacuaiS,
you were willy enough to SpctyB Your
4uEEE allegations stand branded with tho
LIZ The allegation based upon the tcs-
limony OF BorIand and Davidson, were
dlspEovod not only by distant aud mITan'
mgi.rd witnesses, hut by the lNross.Gil.l-
~ OF CIECuMsTANrIAL EVIDENCE. In
our allegation, with regard to ii, Clay =
debts, you axe equally unfortunate. The
public viii see that IN the word 1--WE, ]
meant the Wing party. Whilst in fact
the live dollars gave To II. j. Bodily for
ii. Clay, benefit, "lo raise monuments and
pay dcDts, gets You again on the hip.
Aou'iirst gave Maj. cortland as author.
ity Tor my saying that | was the son OF
Ii. Clay. But when / had come out in
the Courier and Enquirer, aud PROVEN
that cortland could not have POSSIBLY
known anything about it, your sncaklng
cuIunlniator tells us that he heard Danley
and Davidson say SO. How can the pub
lie know but what this is as base Il lie as
the other! When Messrs Danley and
Davidson come forward with their calum-
nies, ii ever they do ! am ready to meet
them.
There is something eXquls itlvely ridicu-
lous in the idea OF MAJ. Borland endors.
ing for the HONOR Of others
When | first met this Arkansas man
Borlaud he was going about in the haci-
enda OF Encarnacion with his "HoNoHA-
BILE men RoBBlNG the house by BREAKING
DOORS AND CHESTS. lie had been three
days and nights in the hacienda, and Ma
or Games was courteous ci,0agh u dS-
L0w him to take me and my command the