The record-union., 1891-11-14

"Well, got the knife and I fiourished
1t around my head with my bloody hand.
The crowd disappeared as 1 cried out,
Get out of the way and l rushed for
Turner. l cut him in the abdomen, but
as drew the knife from him l almost
saying / died for the liberties of my
country. At this time my boy ran in
with my revolvers, but it was too late
and I could not use them. The crowd
thought that was dead, and this saved
my life. They carried me home and L
lay between life and death for some days.
| did not think | was going to die, and [
would not let the doctor touch me. l
would not let them change my clothes,
and 1 lay for days drenched in blood.
After sometime, however, | began to
mend, my wounds healed and | got well
again. AS for Turner, he died. This
affray caused much discussion among the
abolitionists of the North, and not few
of them criticised me not little severely
for fighting. They thought | ought to
have submitted and let them Kill me, and
DIR. Bailey, an editor of a paper in Wash
ington, said | would have done a great
deal of good to the cause if l had died,
and remarked, That the blood of the
faithful is the seed of the Church." AS
he said this, rather humorous but vim
dictive smile spread over General Clay's
England aboltionists in language that
was both emphatic and graphic. He re-
ferred also to the ingratitude of the
negroes for the kindness which were
done to them by the whites, and l asked
him as to the killing Of Perry White.
KILLED IN SELF DEFENSE.
General Clay has, perhaps, done more
for the negro than any other man in the
South. He freed his slaves and fought
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man dared to speak or act for them.
After the war was over he came back to
Kentucky and lived quietly at White
Hall, devoting his chief time to study.
He had with him his adopted son, Lau
ney Clay, a little boy of t, whom he had
brought with him from Russia, and he
lived alone with Launey and his servants
at w hlte Hall. His servants robbed him
right and LETT. They stole his silver and
his furniture, and Systematically plum
dered his plantation. They poisoned his
son and attempted to poison him, and
when he discharged them one Of them
threatened to murder him. Clay warned
him to keep off of the place. White left,
but sent letters saying he intended to kill
Clay. One morning while out riding
General Clay saw him on mis- plantation
concealed in the woods. General Clay
jumped from his horse, and, believing
that the negro intended to kill him, drew
his revolver, got the drop on him and told
him to throw up his hands. He then be-
gan to give him a lecture, and to ask him
why he had threatened his life, when
Perry White put down his hands and
jerked out his pistol. General Clay then
fired and struck the negro III the neck.
He fired second time and shot him
through the heart. He was tried for the
shooting, but was acquitted on the ground
of self-defenSe. l walked with General
4 Nlrvv
occurred. 1t was within a stones throw
Of the house, and the General said that
he had no doubt that he would have been
dead man if he had not killed White.
HOW JULIAN HAWTHORNE ESCAPED a
DUEL.
General Clay is now nearly 50 years OF
age. But ne is still a dangerous man to
| fool with. Quiet in his mien and gentle
in his conversation, he would resent an
insult as quickly to-day as when he was
in his prime, and, in seIf-defense. [ am
sure, would be equal to the average men
of half his years. It is now only d few
! years ago since he came very near having
a duel with Julian Hawthorne, the nov
! elist. Hawthorne had reviewed copy
Of General Clay's memoirs, and in his re-
! view had criticised Clay severely, and
had discussed the subject of the chastity
of his wife. Said General Clay:
! Il was very angry. l did not believe
| that l could make anything out of the
man by suing him, and l determined tC
make him apologize or fight. 1 wrote tC
| Colonel w. q. Terrill OF Washington
asking him to act as my second, and
also wrote TO Whitelaw Reid, inclosing q
| letter to Hawthorne, which / asked him
to publish If his relations toward Haw-
thorne were such that he could do sc
! without affecting them. In this letter !
! told MIR. Hawthorne that the article
which he had published concerning me-
in which he had used the name Of my
wife was false, and that he had attributed
| language in that article to me which ]
had never uttered, and that l demanded
an unequivOcal retraction of everything
| he had said about her in the article, and
! that this retractiOn should be so pub
! Ilshed that it would have as wide a circu-
lation as his article had had. I told him
that / would give him an opportunity o1
Withdrawing his allegations, and my let.
! ter was so written that between the lines
! you could see that | meant he would have
! TO fight if he did not withdraw them.
| Well, l sent this letter to Mr.. Reid. He
replied that he was friend to HaW-
| thorne, and that he could not publish
| the letter, but that he would refer the
matter to Hawthorne. Hawthorne got
| the letter and appreciated the situation
/ He wrote a retraction that was perfectly
satisfactory and published il. This ended
the matter. Had he not done so / would
have challenged him, and if he had re-
| fused to accept the challenge I would
have shot him in the streets. AS to what
| this article said about me did not care
1t was bitter and unjust, but l am ac-
customed to such attacks. / did object
| however, to what he said about my fam
| lily, and l made him retract his remarks
| concerning my wife,
By this time the fire had burned low in
| the great open fireplace. The hands OF
the clock on the mantel pointed to the
hour of Il, and the General arose and
gave me a light, telling me that he
thought it was time for us to retire. Be
fore leaving asked him what he thought
of the code duello. He replied
Il am opposed to it on principle, and /
think it is savage way of settling diff
Guilty, but there are some cases for which
it seems to be the only remedy, and ]
don't know whether it is good thing OF
not. In all my life I have never courted
| a quarrel, and in the case of Tom Mar
shall he began the feud by attacking me
at Lexington. l believe it is a mans
duty to defend himself when attacked.
and such rencounters as [ have had have
been brought about by my enemies"
CATARRH