Bedford inquirer and chronicle. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1854-1857, 1856-07-18

Not for all the worlds wealth would any
man Of the slightest pretcnsions TO honesty
act toward another as Mr. buchanan acted
toward Mr.. Clay knowing himself to be
the original cause Of the atrocious slanders
against Mr. Clay, knowing them TO be SLAM
ders, and knowing that Mr.. Clay, if an op-
portnnity should be presented, could not
only prove them to be SANDERS, but show
NIr. Buchanan to be guilty Of the very
crime with which the latter had caused him
to be charged--knowing, VIC say, all these
things, Mr.. Buchanan pertnaciously voted
to deny to the illustrious kcniuckian the
privilege of an investigation, privilege
that even the humblest might, under the
circumstances, have justly demanded. lie
knew that, upon any full Congressional IN
vestigation, the accusation he had caused to
be made against Mr.. Clay, would of neces-
sity be exploded, and that Mr. Clay if he
should think fit, might fix upon him, before
the eyes of the whole world, the guilt of an
attempt at bargain and corruption And
after all this, after having done all in his
power to deuy to Mr.. Clay the right to es-
tablish his innocence, and after having ly-
ingly expressed in the Washington Tele-
graph, under his own name, bis conviction
of Mr.. Clay's guilt, he had the iDehable
and almost incoaceivable mean-spirltedness,
effrontery, and baseness, TO beg, entrcat,
and humbly implore Mr.. Clay to graciousy
abstain, out of pity to hia', from disProving
;he inputation by the means at his com
mand, inasmuch as the use Of those means
would inculpate hin.
Mr.. Buchanan may be supposed to have
said in substance TO Mr. Clay: Il did come
to YOU in Mr.. Leteher's room and propose
TO you that if you would vote for General
Jackson you should be his Secretary Of
State; l did by my conversation with Gen
! erai jack ksou, cause him TO charge you with
bargain and corruption and name me as Bis
witness. though | personally knew that YOU
were innocent; | did falsely say in my let
! ter to tue Telegraph that | believed YOU
guilty, and have s,ontly resisted all youl
endeavors to obtain an opportunity in tbs
House of frefu,ing the charges that i have
caused to be brought against y"u before
the people of the nation: but | ask you, ol
| | ask gou to remain quiet under the charge
for if YOU we're to be 50 cruel as TO relieve
| yourself by revealing and establishing th'
| fact Of my proposal TO you, | should be ru-
ined with my party and the country forever
| / have 10 claim upon you on the score 0
jjustice---nly whole appeal is to your mercy
iTe do not profess to have given here th'
exact words of 1Ir. Bachanan, bat ii he Oh
his political friends deny that we have given
the substance of his appeal, let him OF then
make call for that letter of his, of whicl
Slr. Clay so often said that lie would nevc
publish 1t unless with Mr.. Buchanan
consent, or ot the call Of the Senate of th'
United States.
And Mr Clay, with ill-jndged elemeney
with nisiirecte,l generosity, spared the ms
cradle and guilty suppiiant, aud bore, tho
not with patience, his deep and dead.
wrongs for nearly quarter of century
and until every hope Of the Presidency hac
died cut in his mighty heasi. And now, !
the people of the Uuited States, with th'
facts laid before them b. the almost dyln>
hand of Henry Clay, were to elevate Mr
Buchanan TO the Office WHICH they 50 Otter
denied to the illustri9us vietia' Q; his ca
lumnies, the shame Of the foul deed woult
rest upon the American name forever.