, 1860-09-10
Rlrc4al al&;GiributtE

ik&oSDhf,~ ~SfpfffdbER kd:bE 10, 1860.

4 CHARGE PROVED.
!: Our readers harsnct failed to notico in tho
Press AND Tn1nrsE frequent a]lpsions to the
language orcc held by Mr. Douglas in relation
: to that eminent statesman, Hsnry Clay. W
have not repro ;uccd his old chr 1rges against
Nr. Cay, lhat, ."As vas black hearted 4rai4vr
Tie Jrst Aneican slaserman .o].d e,er att.rap!-
ID II sell lis country for British Gols," because
- astseh any zteeal inpart9aos to the opin-
ions Of nr. Douglas on any subject Whatever,
but to exposs tho meanness and dup1icily q
whish hs is NOW guilty whenever Ihe, rs is his
sustota, lands That great patriot who framed
ths compsonise which. the Illinois Senator de.
stroyed. Our own knowledge Of Mr. Doug
las' former speeches and Of his old.t:me fere-
slty against tue Wing party, did not permit
NJ to doubt that the words attributed to him
WERE part Of the common slang with which
hin speech . from 1874 down to 186o, were in
terlarded. But we were not surprised to hear
them disavowed BY his friends, hor to dnd
ourselves charged with fa1sehood in giving
them currency. Butiortuuately the proof that
h made common use Of them Is still in e1iE-
tence. In 1874, Douglas ran for Congress
against Hor. D. H. Woodson, now rs then Of
Carrollton, Green county, and during that cau-
vass, his assaults upon Mr. Clay of:whom Mr.
Woodson WIS warm friend and supporter,
were Of the most outrageous charac cter. Tho
leading topic Of discussion was tho Oregon
question, then unsettled Nj. Clay, when Sec
rstary Of Stats under Mr.. Adams, following
the example Of Ar. Monroe, had proposed to
fix the boundary on the parallel Of 4s degrees
tho aame that was afterward accepted by all
ths advocates Of "54 deg. 40 min or fight"
policy. Fo. this, which proved Mr. Clay's
wisdom, Douglas assaulted him daily. The
little nlinoisan, then chock full Of IRE and fury,
-and then As nov, the advocate Of any Irish
policy TINT would embrol this country with
Great Dritain,-was rampant. Then as now
he claimed to hare .engrossed al the patriot
ian Of the land, and to be the p;ssessor Of
patent fur tue solution Of ali national difficult
ties from whatever cause arising: Iii: Clay
had the temerity to differ with him in opinion,
and for that ofencn-one that Douglas never
knew how to forgive-ho became liable to the
billingegate which has always been the weao-
o. in the use OF which the small giant has
proved himself most skilled II denounced
him in the Congress Of the United States, aud
now denouuee him as a TRMron-4S OLD
B1AcK.uEAnTED rRA1ruR-the first, American
statesman who ever attempted to sell his eoun-
ny for British Gold," was in those days the
mildcst form Of expression, when Mr. Clay was
theme.
Following Democratic denial that these
words were ever used by Mr. Douglns,-ade de-
NAL made with unusual hluster and vocifera-
tion by the journals in Mr.. Douglas service
four gentlemen Of Carrollton addressed Wood
aon note whereby lhey hoped to elicit tie
truth in relation to the matter. Mr. Woodsop,
having retired from politics, is now Judge Of
the Circuit Court Of his district He III gen.
tlenan Of unimpeachable reputation and integ-
rity, and is, we believe, unfriend]y to the Re-
publican PARTY. We have his reply before ue.
He confirms Ill that has b,cn charged; nay,
more, what might eeem to be exceptional with
Mr. Douglas, he says was common. 1T
"WAS HIS HABIT TO DENOUNCz MR.
"CLAY for tho part thathe took as Secretary
"of State, under Mr.. Adams, in the effort
"made during that Administration to settle the
disputed boundary between the United
Estates and Great Britain" must in candor
"say tia. DO REC0LLECT THAT JUDGE
DOUGLAS Used on Aat or some ether oc-
"casion during the canvass, SUB
"STAyTIALLY THE LANGUAGE At
"TRIBUTED TO HIN in the first part Of the
paragraph first referred to-HE DE-
"N0UNCED Mr. CLAY AS 4 TRAITOR
"TO HIS COUNTRY, and a The only Ameri-
"can statesman that had sper been soIlinQ to
"yield up any Of our territory on 1te Poetic, to
"tehsea he tnsisted soe had q perfect right 10
"Great Britain. In my feeble manner lat.
"tempted to oiadieate tie Wig parry, and upset
The aspersions hen 50 freely used ~ their op-
"ponents against item, and particularly their
81 great ehief and leader, III. C1ap-"1WAS
"DEEPLY IMPRESSED AT THE TIME
"W1TH THE BITTERNESS OF THE AS
"BAULT UFoNM Mr. CLAY" is Judge Wood
SONS testimony. We presume it will DO eatia-
factory to oil who hare heretofore doubted;
and that hereafter e1t narti ies 1uhan noup1ou