The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1857-06-24
DUEL OF RANDOLPH AND CLAY.

that MIR. Randolph had charged him with
having forged or manufactured paper
connected with the Panama mission also
that he had applied TO him tie cpithct
Jioch tcgS. General Jesup considered i,
necessary that Mr.. Randolph should de-
clare that lie had no intention of charr.
mg Mr.. Cay, either in his public or phi
waite capacity, with forging or fasifying
ANY paper, or misreprcsenting any fact
AMI also that the term black tcg., il used,
Was not intended to apply to hrm,
Col. Iattmali made the communication
10 Mr.. Randolph. His reply cut oil all
hope Of any satisfactory adjustment of
the difficulty 81 have gone, says hr, as
far as could i'll waving my pEyiIege to
accept prccmtory challenge from min.
lister Ct the Executive Government, under
any Circumstances, and especially under
such circumstances. The words used by
me were, that thought it would De 10
my power to show evidence, sufficiently
p'eSumptivc, to satisfy n Charlotte Jury.
/ that this invitation was manufactured"
here-the Salagui's letter struck me AS
beng strong likeness in poiut of style,
DC, to the other papers.
did not undertake 10 prove this, ,hm ex.
pressed my suspicion that the fact was
so. applied to the administration the
rp''h"t. "puritanIr, diplomatic, black.
'egg'd Administrations
nave no explanations TO give-l will
VIII nor give any am called to the
"r'"-' nave agreed to go and am ready
10 GO.
lne night bes"re he due" says Gen
cI"' James i'Hml.t"n, OF South Carolina,
Az h"hHo'ph sent Tor me. lionnd him
c"'n' ""' III sln@uIaI'y Kind and conf.
4'"S mood ne to.d me that he had
S'"'e'''''% on MS ,nind to tell me. lie
'"y" Ir''"'NC"' il"n''''on' have deter
.:l''ed n' 10 receive without returning, CiaS's
n'o t' "'S''"S S"%l' induce meio harm a
"Hr' ;t o" n'S "e"" VIII not make hIs
! ' MIC "'uo"' or ms children ofphaus.-
I'm, WHOM a., ~ So ~. o;e' ~" 2.''''
my ho.om ,L.,o :, W., i,'',' '.'s' I''
ono nrIiy;lmal - ra, ,I'; l.; '''s .I. ''' ""''o
minc III, nrns fi, ''""'V "po"
head uron his L,nJ wa ,m ra,no;,,"I ,s S.''', "'S
mom.,is sirr,, rn,I;aJ IL. r.;''I .,o'''I
(lor ours was sort 81 roS,l,nmmn, ,r;nrI >;
Shin. Lcmpco,LcL lac npr r,n,I,n,s doa,,
~ rccrrt rhat Won baye mrr,i,n.L III.
suhirc, to M" for Won call uror ma T.,
90 to the field and see Won Shot down or
to assume the rosrou,ijiI;,v. IN ,rr,rd ,n
vour own life. in susIninirG voyr d.,nr.
riuation to throw !, away, Bnt ON this
subject. n mans own conscience and his
own bosom are his bcs, monitors will
not advise, 1ut under the enormous and
unprovoked personal iusult Won have of.
Grred Mr.. CLAY, cannot ,lis,uadc. feel
hound however. to communicate to Col,
+. TaunaIl your dcc;sion.' II, beooel me
not to do so, and SAIL. he was vcry much
afraid that Tat;nall would lake the studs
and refuse to 60 ont with him. |, how.
ever sought Col. Ta,uaIl, and we re
paired about midnight to Mr.. Rando!pl',
lodgings, whom we found reading Nil
tons great poem. For some moments he
lid not permit Us to say one word in re
Ia,ion to the approaching due, and hc
at once commenced onc "i those delight.
iuI criticisms on passage Of this poet,
+ in u l,i,h L.. ,,... Il : ~