Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1860-04-12


the part Of peace maker when Tony was
attacked in the first raid at Berea, ash was
tbld I then explained 10 q. w. Manpin,
in the presence of ST. Newland and Whit
Moody, my whole position, as he had not
Tread my Frankfort speech. l told, hipa
that he was ono Of "a Revolutionary com
mittee; that should not interfere with
their action. if they confined themselves to
the expulsion Of the Radicals ;'gbut chat
If the Committee attacked us. the Repubfi-
cans, on account of our principles, that ave
wogld defend ourselves to the last; and
| that in such defense. we'd shoot him, Reub-
en- Munday, Terrill or any other one Of
the committee WHO aided and ,abettcd the
assassination of any one of.my party; that
was for peace; that had told our friends
! at Berea, that whoever stood in defense of
Hanson, would do 50 at his own risk, and
we woull not stand by him; but that, il
they cleared themselves of Hanson, and
were attacked in their own right, that we
would make common cause-that we
would take to the woods. and defend our
selves to the death. slsa .asss e-e.sso.7ls
This, men of Madison, is my whole con-
nection with the Radicals of Berea. All
| the time against their doctrine all the
time for the peace and safety Of the 9com-
munity. % noil s7faats ~. -aaal iid.'e eat r
/ On MONDAY night, | staid with my sis
ter, Smith. On Tuesday. hearing that the
excitement was mostly against me, aud
that | was though to have dictated the let
ter of Hanson to Judge Field, with view
to bring on the war, made my remarks
at the court house to clear the popular
mind of all apprehensions. The falsehood
of the whole allegation is apparent, when
you will see by the letter to Judge Field
that it is dated on the 18th inst, two weeks
ago, when had neither seen or know n
Hanson, no been at Berea since my North
ern tour, and, therefore could not possibly
have had any intercourse with him.
Now. it turns ont just as | had expected,
from what was said by Mr.. Newton, in
Richmond, on Wednesday morning last,
in the presence of c. w. Maupin and 9th
crs-that the Republicans had nothing to
do with Hanson, were for peace, and fought
in their own defense.
The Republicans say( which was admit
ted to me by one Of their party their houses
were rudely searched; and 1 give you here
copy of a letter written BY Mcssrs. Bland
and Haley. stating the whole cause of the
difficulty; which original letter, signed by
Haley and Bland, by j. II. Rawlings, can
be seen by calling on me:
| Bcrci, in the Evening March 30, 1860.
] "MY FRIEND @. NJ CLAY:-I drop you
a-line stating the facts concerning the fight
In the first place, it was not brought about
over Hanson, but over the treatment to
George West. The committee went to his
house on the hunt Of Hanson. West is in
the last stage of consumption, and told his
daughter TO shut the door; and they broke
the door down, and then cuffed and abused
West and his daughter; and we went to
see West, with no view of seeing any Of
them. We met them, and / begged for
peace. and did all could to obtain it.
| intended to take your good advice.
FRANK BLAND and GREEN HALEY"
Here, men of Madison, are some of the
facts--but not all of the facts-the lam
guage to the daughter of West is too gross
for the public eye; and therefore suppress
it. Nor were these the only outrages.-
A imilar offense to the children of the poor
! brought on revo ution in that kingdom
from which we draw our blood and love of
liberty The story, will sink deep into the
hearts Of thirty millions of Americans
! The battle of the 26th day of March will
never he forgotten in the annals of this
nation! y OH may drive these men into the
mountains; you may burn their houses;
You may hunt them down like wild beasts,
till the last one falls by superior force; but
their cause, is the cause of American liber-
ty, and the hottest instincts of human ma
ture. Their martyrdom will light up the
fires of civil war, which will pervade the
Union, and be extiuguished only by the
downfall of one or the other of the great
powers which shall have caused them to
desolate the landl
Men of Madison, stand by those men
IL stand by the Constitution and laws OF
my native State-I stand by the Republi-
can party everywhere-I stand by the lib
critics which L inherited from our fathers,
and which my own blood has from the
+ beginning Of the Revolution of ZIG to
. this hour, in every battle field, been pres
ent stand, in word, on my Frankfort
speech of january 10, 1860, which de-
sire TO place before tie world as the ground
, of my faith and action.
IshaH IN no rag 'ohateUer recognise on
submit 10 any Revolutionary Committee
, At my country's call i have freely riskcd
my life in her defense. Two years in e xi.e
from my home and family; nine months in
prison; ready at all times to sacrifice my
money, health. or even life itself, l have
brought back an unsullied name TO Sle
place of my birth, and which you were
not the last to welcome as part of the com.
, mon glory Of the State. 4 You may b'
strong enough to overpower me; you can.
not drive nae from the duty which owe e
, myself, to my friends and to my country
IfIfall, | truetit will not be in vain; and j
, will be enough for NV long cherished aspi
, rations, if perchance my blood shall atom
, for the wrongs ofmy race. and these State
shall at last be free. eisel.,...,o
,fs7 ,,,i 3 + .,,-es no al c. M. Clay
? White Hall, KY, March 81, 1860. ~
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