The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1849-09-22

able ofhsrmins any one This no one has or can

pable ofharmins any one. This no one has or can
deny. n
In Clsy's lasl letter he says, al am lasLed for
"an hour and half in speech Of most vlfulenI
character, with the most false and dishonoIable
"imputations. ! am refused 10 be told wheiheS OF
mot shall have an opportunity 10 reply
How disingenuous. Mr. Clay never expressed
desire 10 speak; on the eOnlIilfy he says in his
hrst letter, that he had determines not TO speak
on that day. Not an alusion was made 10 hna in
my speech, except in reply TO his Interruptions,
and 10 them the replies were courteous.
aver that in the speech made at Foxtown
said nota word thai was personal 10 Mr. Clay or 10
any other Emancipations@t; on the contrary, was
particular 10 cay did not belieSe that here was
an EmanciPationist in Madison County who CEN
cured In The acts OF those who were writing cir
cuiaTs 10 the NoItnern AbOlitionsts urging them
10 contribute money TO aid the cause OF Emanei-
patton in kentucky, and that cid not believe they
eoneuued IN the sentiments contained in Carl
sons resolutions. stated further, that believe
hlf. Burnarn the Emancipation candidate wa a.
honorable a man as lived.
Mr. Clay complains OF the reI,y I made 10 Lin
when he stated that he had been mistaken la Tia,
length Of my speech. ID is lme that did say a.
him in lesting manner that from his impaiien ace
! supposed be thought had spoken for hours-
MIR. Clay was no Candidate and il was not his
place TO interrupt me. II Mr.. Human wanted 10
speak, why could be not have mined il before The
speaking commenced? Why was nothing said 10
other candidates on this subject? What treaI
PToyocstion there in this reps OF miae o. Claw
had been interrupted and mlsiIeaied in various
ways by hun during my speech 3f an hour and an
half and after the close OF the speech; and in two
publications thisrepy all that % specified which
Clay thought personally excePti0lable.
IL is fact that AlT. Clay never was interrupted
or mistTeated in any speech he made in Mao sOn
IN iavor OF Emancipation, nor was he or any other
EmaneiPationist mis:Teated while speaking ia ans
part OF the State, so fer as / ever heard.
But Mr. Clay seems 10 think 4. necessary 10 re-
eoncile the Northern AoOliiOnisis 10 his use of
arms and The shedding Of blood In his last letter
he discusses thus
I" Now as TO the propriety OF carrying weapons
II | had not carried weapons, would long since
have been beyond the reach OF praise or blame.
How then can you ssk me to 90 un-
AIMED and yet manfully vindicaIe those doctrines
which every where here have beef denounced with
death; what good would II do 10 the cause which
l advocate TO add myself TO the long list of tune
victims who have been murdered in the South for
exercising The liberty Of speech
alt is true that so as looked The silly prac-
tice OF duelling in the face, t'3mplsd il under
seli-defence and the barbarous, criminal, and pue-
Tile code of honorl
"There is not one Of these men who has the
remotest idea o. becoming a martyr TO slavery
10 such men bowie knife in the hands Of de-
teTmined man, in good cause, is more terrible !
masnlnimily OF The people! Well did. Did they
who claim 10 be TIE people shew any? No sir. |
When tie regular prO-saVeTy
party begin 10 be ma gnanimOts 20 ne, shall thea
suspect myself of beginning TO desert those prin-
ciples, 10 which have often soleInniy pledged
myself
What base slander on his native State the birth
place and the hon. of himself, his chIidr-n
and relations Who ever lost his life, or
had il endangered in Kentucky for avOwing him
self in favor Of emancipation! IS il not known
that several OF the highest Judicial stations in the
State are held by emancIpalionsts, as well as a |
number Of other officess
What can be expected Of a native son OF Ken /
lucky, who 10 ingratiate himself with the Aboi- !
tionists of the North, will assert that the bowie
knife is TO be preferred in Kentucky {, the msjes-
" o. the law! and assert, that 20 HvOw opinion
in fsyor OF emancip lion ''eveIyWheTe is 6enoun 1
ed with deathl'' and who stigmsiises the people \
OF Kentucky as not being Trustworthy, and that /
they are wanting in maguanimityl people PTo-
verbal for these high traits of character. Are /
such man'sstatemeuts entitled 10 any confidence
in other respects!
Mr.. Clay says he has tramPled the silly practice !
OF duelling under foot
This IL not, however, from any distaste 70 the 4
shedding of blood, because in the next sentence |
he argues in favor of the use of the bowie knife.
In aUelliag both parties are plsced ON equal !
footing. The bowie knife can bs concealed and /
suddenly used TO sssassinste an unnamed man,
who you have eXcitei ~ repeated Insult , aud !
this is TO be preferred TO the boosted ma esiy of
the laws Of Kentucky, where the people have no
and who Mr. Clay saws he has tIied,
and they are not 10 be trusted.
The friends Of Cyrus Turner have said they be-
lieved that Clsywas cut in the affay with his own
knife and he has repeatedly said the same thing.
Such believe the fact.
SQUIRE TURNER.
RIcHNoND, ky., Sept. 8, 1919.