New-York daily tribune., 1859-01-22

For years the foolish, monstrous lie that Gov.
Seward and some of his intimate friends in this
State consPred to defeat Mr.. Clay 10 the election
Of lS44, has been sneskirg about the datk corners
snd iltering through the tack-slums Of Journalism.
One of its latest sppartions was made. a few days
.nce, through the Washington correspondence OF
Tie N. Y. Erpress, when we thought best to put
an indignant teel upon it. As our readers may be
curious to see what sort Of face the detected
libeer can put upon his calumny, We copy bis re-
sponse rrJdtim. II is as follows:
"THE TRIBuSgs denial of Mr. Stewards covert opposition
Every friend Of Mr. Clay NewYOrt rsfute 4 from hi.
recollection e the esmp,isa SO far from ar sewId
MIR Clay 1884, as indu';rouy srdettJ effectively 50 uan
so,e il is we Known that Mr seward. speech. At Bs.vi
Rochester and oller points IN Western newYork inflicted
Mr BirneJ hat he va, virtually denied privilege
crossing people sf the mouth Of August By which tins
mepoed bis h the west In Jups-at moahs SOCCER
IN th.; campaign were ed with rsgiet. tnst NJ Clay
va ssyeho6er-the Of human fesh aud blood &c
tor. TO speak Ia the eastern portions
sbch .ssy be a'ted BY reference 70 the dies
"A'd fuItber: Wien the election over and Mr. Polk
eec'ared the Of John Tyler Mr. Seward,
have been I1med BY Of The Courier
aEd Enqu, did declare In TIE otee OF tia: journal that
ton Mr. Poll BAT Nh Clay Hd' concerned he did
not regysr hh aefedt
Yok whs to.t Mr. Weed of Tas Aeary yo.naL rendered
hm.ef Odious TO the Clay "tis' OF that ey N the Fan OF
1874 be with Of being mobbeo By them aud
upon rail- for bis alleged participation In tbe detest Of
erahP mine host Of the A.,or who tird, ed him
through h. alley in the OF the hotel conuced
Sehici,. Perhaps TsE Tsisrsr vii deny tA's.o
But .ncuga Of these unpleasant remin'eeIce''
What a farraeo i. here What wonder it
should seem "unpeassnt" to the branded lbele,
Why did be wautoLly expose himse If 20 tie plory
There was no nece,sty, excuse, for his so dong,
but bis ignorance aud innate malgtity. He had
asserted it as unque'tioned notoIio As fact, that
Gov. Seward opposed Mr. Cl,ys election in lSi4.
But, when brought to book. lie dare not deny that
Gov. Seward csnya.sed for Mr. Clay, urged ,ll he
could influence to vote for Lin, and did so himself
We ASSERT that he no. Only did go, but tsat erery
man in the State rho at that time political a.d
personol fii,nd # Cor. Serard did hkerise. We
defy the liptlers TO Lame ole Who did otherwise
defy them to name any ore else who worked IN
that canvass for Mr. Clay either eonstahtlg, so
eLdurlDgly or 60 effectively, as tie leading Sew.
"ard meD."
But I" Gov. Stewards speeches in taat canvass
"were filled with regrets that Mr. Clay was
" stakeholder" says the lbeler. Well: 80 were
bis speeches in tue csnssss Of 1S48. These we're
quite as Antl-Savery as those Of lS44. And is
there kpaye who dare assert, or fool who cin
be mede 10 believe, that Coz. Se@ard tried 10
defest Gen. Tsylor Yet the evidence u the oae
case il Just TIE same in the other. As It was IN
either Gaze, Gov. Stewards purpose to convince
Anti-Slavery nen that they ought to vote for the
Wing car didstes, he of course knew better than
TO make Pro-Sl,very speeches. lie used srgu-
ments likely to be effective with those or whom
they were urged. II be was no: asked to speak u
quarters where there were few or 10 Anti Slavery
men to be convinced, it was doubtless better that
he should speak wte e be could co good.
We shall not of course chase up the lbelsr's
anonymous fabrication fnthered upon lone Of tee
then Editors of The Courier ard Enquirer" IL
be bas any thing to say let him stand for:h IN proper
person. Should he ever do so, il viii be f1und ttat
the "three black crows" VIII have shrunk into
{. something rearly ss black as crow" So Of tho
story about somebody havirg good uind to mob
Mr.. Thuriow Weed at the Astor House-of which
We never heard syllable till no@. 1t teens
to US most natural that some Of the donkeys who
ruined Nh. Clsy's prospects 10 that canvass, by
plunepg into Nativism, and thereby frightening all
the Adopted (and some rot yet Adopted Citizens
into voting once or more against him, shoald hs7e
wsnted to mob somebody who hsd kept on. Of this
pit.fall and tried to keep others oct Of it IL
would have been very appropriate wineuP of tho