Year: 1860




account OF his return, was told: and tba
l hoped be would leave the State for hi
own safety, as well as to avoid the possible
fight between my friends and the Committe,
because OF his presence. He remarked tha
he found no fault with me; that every ont
must stand on his own convictions, and thai
every dog has his day."


Taking leave of him went TO Kingston
where stayed all night with Whit Moody
Whilst there, Messrs. Broaddus and New.
land came in to see me, when | expressed
the same views. l sent for G. w. Maupin
an old hunting companion, to spend the
night with us, and to have a friendly talk
about the whole matter, as l knew he was
one OF the Committee, and had acted the
part OF peacemaker when Tony was at.
tackled in the first raid at Berea, as | was
told. then explained to G. w. Manpin.
in the presence Of Si. Newland and Whit
Moody, my whole position, as be had not
read my Frankfort speech told him tba t
he was one OF revolutionary committee ,
that should not interfere with their action,
it they confined themselves to the expulsion
of the Radicals} but that if the Commit
tee attacked us, the Republicans, on &C.
count OF our principles, that we would de-
fend ourselves to the last; and that in such
defense, we'd shoot him, Reuben Munday,
Terrill, or any other one of the COMMITTEES
who aided and abetted any assassination OF
any one of my party; that l was for peace;
that had told our friends at Berea, that
whoever stood in defence of Hanson, would
do SO at his own risk, and we would not
stand by him, but that if they cleared
themselves Of Hanson, and were attacked
in their own right, that we would make
common cause--we would take to the woods
and defend ourselves to the death.


This, men Of Madison, is my whole con-
nection with the Radicals of Berea. All
the time against their doctrne-all the
time for the peace and safety of the COM
munity.


On Monday night staid with my sister
Smith; on Tuesday, hearing that the excite
ment was mostly against me, and that l
was thought to have dictated the letter 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 fslsebocd of the
whole allegation is apparent, when you will
see by the letter of Judge Field that it is
dated on the 18th instant, two weeks ago,
when l had neither seen nor known Han
son, nor been at Berea since my Northern
tour, and therefore could not possibly have
had any intercourse with him.


Now it turns out just as l had expected,
! from what was said by Mr.. Newton in
Richmond on Wednesday morning last, in
the presence of G. w. Maupin and others
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 the party their hous-
es were rudely searched; and l give you
here copy of letter written to me by
Messrs. Bland and Haley, stating that the
whole cause of the difficulty; which original
letter, signed by Haley and Bland; by j.
r. Rawlings, can be seen by calling upon
me.


"BEREA, in the Evening,
"March 80, 1860.


"MY FRIEND G. NJ. CLAY l 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 they 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 l begged
to peace, and did all could to obtain it.
l 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 Ian
guage 70 the daughter of West was too
gross for the public eye and l therefore
suppress it. Nor were these the only out
RACES. A similar olfense to th e children of
the poor brought on q revolution in that
kingdom from which We draw our blood
and our love of liberty. The story will
sink deep into the hearts Of thirty millions
of Americans The battle of the Goth
day of March will never be forgotten in the
annals of this nation You 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 super
Tor force; but their cause is the cause of
American liberty, and the hottest instincts
of human nature. Their martyrdom will
light up the fires of civil war which will
pervade the Union, and be extinguished
only by the downfall of one or the other of
the great powers which shall have caused
them to desolate the land


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 liber-
ties which inherited from our fathers, and
my which own blood has from the beginning
of the Revolution of l7T6 to this hour, in
every battle field, been present to defend. l
stand, in word, on my Frankfort speech
of January 10, 1860, which l desire to
place before the world as the ground Of my
faith and my action.


I shall in no s0ay lOhGteUer recognize or
submit TO any Revolutionary Committee
AT my country's call l have freely risked
my life ia her defense. Two years in exile
from my home and family; nine months in
foreign prison; ready at all times to sac