Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1856-09-24

cannot support the General never Ind the least
hope Of Virgins until now sssssssss
Ipresume Bucks reply supersedes the necessity
Of any reference to the conyersati ton in my room
am glad of IL "a 100
Who do you suppose wrote that letter !? Robert
P. Letcher, the warm personal and political friend
of Mr.. Clay; man who enjoyed his confidence to
an extent equal to any man 10 the Union. When
the facts all fresh before him Mr.. Letcher wrote
that letter, in which he says Mr.. Buchanan has
come out, and is fully acquitted. Now, ask you
l ask any honest man to tell me how you resist
the testimony of two such devoted personal intimate
friends of Mr.. Clay as Mr. Prentice and Mr. Letcher,
given at the time these things were being investi-
gated? Is that not enoug to satisfy the gournandap-
petite of calumny? But do not restit there have
than that. / want to show what Mr.. Clay
says; and if you will not believe him now, you
would not believe him though he should rise from
the dead. What does he, the only man who had
personal interest in the NATTER say? Here is let
ter addressed to Mr.. Francis Brooke:
"WAsnINGroN Aug. IA, 1927.
Ny DEAR SIR: received your obliging favor from
Waynesborough. l should be very glad if l could
ure and benefit Of the springs. My health is, how
ever, not bad.
l hope you are not mistaken in the good effect of
my Lexington speech. Mr.. Buchanan has present.
ed his communication to the public; and, although
he evidently labors throughout the whole of it 20
spare and cover Gen. Jackson he fails in every
sental particular to sustain the General. Indeed,
could not desire stronger statement from Mr. b.
chanan. The tables are completely turned upon
the General. Instead of any intrigues on my part
and that of my friends, they were altogether on the
side Of Gen. jackson and his friends. But l will
leave the statement to your own reflections. l d.
rected copy to be enclosed yesterday to Mr.. South
ard. 1t must confirm any good impression pro-
duced by my speech.
"Tell Mr. Southland that his children are much
BETTER and that he need not entertain any fear about
Them.
With my best wishes that you may both realize
much benefit from the mineral waters"
There Is a letter of MIR. Clay, in which he says he
could not desire fuller response from Mr.. Buchan.
an than he had received. If Mr.. Clay was himself
satsfied-if his friends at the time were satisfied
ask any man to tell me who shall complain now,
when twenty-five or thirty years have passed by !?
Two years after the occurrence, and after MIR. Bu-
chanan had spoken out publicly Mr. Clay proclams
to his friends that it was all that he could desire or
expect from him.
Mr. President, submit whether there can be any
fairness in pursuing Mr.. Buchanan with that charge?
have produced this testimony, not Tor the purpose
of indicating Mr.. Buchanan care nothing about
that-but for the purpose of indicating myself for
the vote which shall give in November next. I'm
less my mind changes between this and that time,
| shall assuredly for him. unless shall believe
that Mr. Fillmore, somebody else, stands better
chance to defeat the black Republican party than he
does mean to give this evidence as vindcatiOn
of my vote.
NV friend from Kentucky said in his speech
do not suppose that he intended it for me partlcu
larly, as there are several of US in the same cat
egory:
"Besdes, let ME tell them that man who is
turned down to the foot hardly gets to the head
again. When the estate comes to be divided under
the statute of distribution, as l understand these
men not being of the household will come in as for
eigners, aliens, or bastards. in the family. They
will be treated as having worked for time for
gcs, and when the estate comes to be distributed,
they will not have dis,ributive share. They will have
to wait for the second table all the time they work.
too. This is bad fix for any man to get into"
know my friend did not mean to insinuate that
those who were going for Mr. Buchanan, or might
do so, were doing it with the hope Of reward and
for the mere sake of the loaves and fishes. Never
sir. | assert now that l expect nothing from him,
and want nothing from him. But is that the sort
of doctrine to proclaim in this country? Are we
set of Swiss soldiers fighting for payp Is there no
patriotism in the land? Has it fed the country?
Mr.. THOMPSON, of Kentucky. I never thought
of the gentleman IN that connexion though had
private belief that the prodiga son went because
his father had a fatted calf Laughter But it
never occurred to my mind to think any thing of
that kind about my friend from Tennessee, for did
not think him capable of being governed by such
motives.
Mr.. JONES, Of Tennessee l have no idea that
he thought particularly of me but wanted to give
my friend an opportunity to put himself right he.
fore the country because the idea here conveyed is
that if we vote for Mr.. Buchanan shall come in
at the second table, and never expect to sit at
the first table. Now my friend from Kentucky is
an old fashioned Wing, and Clay Wing, as he an
nounced to US but know he also declared his de-
termination to vote the American ticket. He does
not belong to them he repudates any connection
with them except to vote for them. Will my friend
trl me what table he expects to sit at?
Mr.. THOMPSON, Of Kentucky. The first table all
the time Whenever Kentucky decides the ques-
ton, there is where will be.
Mr.. JONES, of Tennessee If you never get to any
table until you get to the first one you will starve
to DEATH Laughter; because they tell you in their
creed-at least they say in my part of the State Of
Tennessee in their creed-you shall not eat at all
unless you belong to the family, laughter; you
if 60. Laughter Now, Mr.. President, do not
60 for any such thing. As for the table, l do not
care copper about it. 1 do not ask them to invite
me to their table; and it is questionable with me
whether, if they were to ask me, would accept it,
only on the score of politeness hospitality. am
Independent of the Democratic party as they are
of me; and reterate it again, they owe me moth
ing, and they will owe me nothing after this con-
test is l do not care whether they invite me
to their table or not. Thank God l have table of
my own I have the table of my country, and all
can feed at that table-food enough for every gen.
erous American heart, food enough for me, food
enough for all. AS for your sectional party tables
if you think there is any honor in sitting at thcm
sit at them. choose to sit at the great national
table, and to do my duty to my country, as under
stand, leaving the results to Heaven and the coun-
try.
am reminded of story which my friend from
South Carolina told me this morning, and will tell
it now for the benefit of those who in doubt. 1t
will do for the Senate because this is ministerial
affair have been frequently tainted the last week
by friends saying 81 have heard that Father Cass