The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1851-04-02

The following arlic e, upnn hearing rha
Rhet', % Sou h Caioli"a, was preparing
great speech" IN Which NJ. Clay was /,
be ann'hiaied, could not hay. been x,itier
by any other man. than Prnirce uf the l. uis
vile Joufni: = Pete~Ab"rg IrtMaeacer.
RHEfT AND CLAY.
II has been stated 90 ~hai srtlnS 10 ~ W.
! ~ good authority ,ha, Nr. Rhett II Souf
Carolina, the Senator VITO tcuouurt. II,
Uninn in one breath aud ihfn snlr,nul, swear,
tosurppr, II nthe nts', rsprepa'mg g'ear
.peech, N which he inirrds 10 drHulish Nr.
Clay. The "ieeto,al" f" marurf 10 " whrch
Rheit dssI ~ tueNrcu'e h,s Ia l. shows that
he must be very cruel ~ hi- feelings. Puur
hr. Clay, W. p,, h,m f."m the baton of
"uf hearts. He ha. been IN man, au intel.
setus sfffa, IN ~h,ch he f. ST giants W. e
upllfled, aHd We believe has bod, il a. VET
,carl.ss. Bot he nr,ei ,rt Ne Rhet', and
when he does meet that t"l,ah. Why, We
suppose, he may as veil itnilse the conduc'
uf he coon that ,oluu,..ted 10 4, ne d, WI
:" Cap,a,n SEQ u. o, s"". occn-n"> Vi.
Cav has met WIN several tueu.- ~ once,
and hk. Ctuk"t ai III" b,,ll,' "i hr Aano,
the las ilmr lhs p".n C"i"u" ~. rnllrd on
To hgh;, he pltd up he bcdle. 81 lhn>r sa,n
by his own sallaa,t arm around him. aud
now to link he has iI,,d through many
hard. .tnugh fields 10 ial a. last hy the hand
of Rhett, y tun bad.
Csn't Rh-Ir be- boughI 'F or begged m
II the slaughter he intend, sI.ltug uu Mr.
Clay Can hr aye,tcd l., m"rey oi hy prt tsna.
sion, u cPrtainl\ sh"uid b. 80 X muck.
cannot spare her great aud chryaliic sun Yet
awhlle aud IT Rn-,l'. bo~eD. uf con passion
are not ae dlm,ru',>e and to'd ss a liug's
he viii pern,l the sage of A,hl,Ld 10 d,r
natural death in k"nfuckN, rather than i'm
moaie him on The fl or If the Senate.
ehayr no doubt hat, # any bod, : speech
can Kill Mr. Clay, It VII he a long mud care
fnHs prepared one from the mou h Of Rhel.
THAT prodlglous Sou'h Caroi,na orator pos.
s-sses great skill II kuhng IF his hearers
We understand that q chap ~ South Caro.
Ina made a ber TIA, he could listen 10 two
speeches from Rhel out AID ont The
wager was hu dfed dulnis. Ol course The
reckless ad,enurer who tn ught his ears
prn"i against any aud all concairnA;inns uf
sound Who though: that M am uot If
Linked sweetness long drawn out"
could overcome his ,rr,rsl powers of suffer.
lng-wss the loser H. br, ke away III the
midst Of Rhel's second speech aud paid the
huudred dnliats.
II such an o,ator--cf such forty ass pow.
er uf dulluess-cannut quite demoI,sh, aud
'ednce to the mr,esI .pock ot grease, ali The
bones, hlood, muscle. aud nerves IN VI. avs
body, We shall begm To- conclude that keH,
tut kv's great Statesman y auger pruoi, aud
thai If you were to bore hi,n ~ forty plr ces
al The same momen, he would come out OF
the operation with The skin unbroken.
Mr.. Cay can, We suppose avord Rheu's
s'upeudons oral,on by rsirearrng brt"re the
FIRE. e shall not be mach surprised # he
pursue that crafty course. tie wishes 10
do the State some more service before he
" ceases To he morrall" aud viii probably
dodge X eit's hrmhs foriS.lwo Founders.
swlvel. mu-kels, ril =. and other missiles
of death and d.slruc,,uu. He !. too old aud
far too skllil1l Fl i.h,er, not tn know that,
where death Is inevitable, he is the true hero
who backs out of the nti,lr; for
IIc who fights and runs away
May live 10 fight another day:
vhie, profound and dl-ma truth
He who is in battle slain
May never live to fgrt again.