Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1860-10-03
WHOLE NO. 942.


Read the Evidence old He my Cfffy
--tA lT WDfss.I.U nae u
1t will be recolIected by the readers .
the Express. that some weeks ago We pub
lishsd that Stephen. a Douglas had calleA
Henry Clay a. Black hearted traitor ane
corrup, enough to- hr bribed by B5iti.h
gold.r The Terte Hsnts journal, of course
pronounced the siatsmsu, false and ss''
the Little Giant never said any such thing
Since then the evidence has % tep aeeumu-
latihg which f4stens this ipiameuS decla-
ration on Mr.. Douglas beyond ang qde--
ton. Judge Woodson of Green County,
Illinois, who ran agains. Douglas for Con-
gress in 1871, and to- whom he was reply
ing when he gave Gtterance TO the infa
nous slapder upon Clay. was addressed
on the subject. wko slthOugh he cocld not
testify to .Ihe language used on the oeca
sion referred to, stated that Douglas ras in
the habit during that canvass of sehouncing
Mr. Clay, and that he (Woodsop) had heard
him use Substantially the language sttrib-
uted TO him. single passage in Judge
woodson's letter having been seized upon
by the Douglas journals to break The force
of his testimony, a number Of the frat citi-
rens Of Greene county have come for ward
with the following statement, which must
set all doubts, If any existed, entirely at
rest
CARRoLLroS. ILL.,, Sept 30, 1860.
The undersigned hereby certify that we
were present at joint discussion between
Stephen. A Douglas and ID. NJ. Woodson.
opposing candida ates for Congress, a: Car
roIlton, in 1874, and that Mr. Douglas. re-
ferring to Henry Clay's action aud position
upon the Oregon Boundary question, was
unsparing in bis abuse and denunciaticn
of Clay. using substantially the following
language: /: II densuneed him in the Congress
Of the Uaited STATES as Traitor, and noD
dsaounce him as an old BLACK HEARTED rRAI
TOR He also assailed him as being cor
ruYt enough TO be tyfted s1ith British Gull.
Although the above statements have
bees the subject of. frequent conversation |
among the old citizens of Carrollton, we
have heretofore refrained from coming be-
fore the public, (though frequently sol'ci-
ted y ard only do so now because truth
seems TO demand 1t, as the statement has
been branded az a falsehood by some OF
the public prints.
David Piersou,
Isaac Lands,
VIM. VIM,
Jas. F. Pinkerton.
Isaac s. Brown,
Adam Lee.
In regard to these witnesses, the Carroll
ton. Illinois. Press says. they will be rec
ognized as amongthe most respectable aud |
reliable citizens Of Greene county. The
name Of David Pierson is synonym of in |
tegrisy and scrupulous regard for truth
Isaac LaDdis is venerable minister of the 4
gospel, and statement from his lips or pen I
willmever be called in question by those /
who know him. The other three gentle |
men stand deservedly high among their !
fellow citizens as upright men whose /
words need no endorsement The testimo (
ny Of any sne of those men would be suf I
dcient to convict Stephen A. Douglas be-
fore jury, of his most gross assault upon /
the lamented Sage of Ashland, bat when !
there is such an array of proof. who can I
doubt 3?
What do the old Wings of this county =
some of whom are honey tongued with !
Douglasites-thinko of this Do they feel
disposed after this evidence to give the
Little Rebel their support? Will they as
sist in promoting this most shameless VIII
lifer of the Great Commoner, to office'2-- |
The very ghost of the great Clay ought to 4
rise up aud rebuk them. The very ashes
of the immortal Sage of Ashland will stir
in its winding sheets, when his friends as
sist the ambitious aspirations of his most
bitter villifer.
Wings do you think "old HaP' was
"blsck- hearted traitor" 7 Douglas thought
so and said so.