The sIanderers OF aIr. Clay rebuked.
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The slandererS OF pr. Clay rebuked.


We have neglected 10 poblish such reiutatloDs
OF particular calumnies on Mr. Clay as the ceItl
ticatcs OF the hotelkeepsrs and the gentlemen visit
ing the Blue Lcks Springs, III company with
Mr.. Clay last summer, reiuting the hesssay SIAN
ders OF John NJ. McCalla about Mr.. Clay's gam
bling there, playing on Sunday, &c. We never
vet saw man put down by this sort of stuff, and
we do not believe we shall. So We lei such sto
ries pass uncontradicted, 10 60 what good or
harm they may But the following letter from the
widely known and esteemed pastor of the Pres
byteran Church in Lexington, who Is Mr. Clay s
next neighbor we publish because II ls the iesu-
mony Of man who knows Mr.. Clay well. and
whose word will have weight with those who
give any credence to the reckless ISLANDERS oil Mr..
Clay's enemies Where ne is known, nothing
like this can be needed.


LExISaroS. Aug. 9Th. 1874.


DEAR SiR:-Iour very polite aud respectful
favor OF the 18th instant is now before me- and
without unnecessary DELAY, | reply 10 your IN
curry YOU state that " 1! is in the opinion OF
almost every political speaker, opposed to the
election OF Hon. Henry Clay, and is herdloeu
forth from every Democratic and Abolition press,
that M1. Clay is man of desperate bad moral
character, and that such is his standing IN Lex.
ington and throughout his neighborhood. You
desire me to state what's MIR. Clay's standing at
home and among his neighbors, IS.


have been the pasto. oftne First Presbyterian
Church, Lexington, nearly % years. My first
residence when | came to this place, was joining
Mr.. Clays farm, and ever since have lived in
the ncighborhood, and have known this honora.
Bile gentleman, and it gives NE pleasure to say,
that have never oifRTsSed an act, or heard an
expression from Mr.. Clay, that was not IN con-
tornrity with the Stretest morality his character
among the great mass of his neighbors, is that OF
a high minded, honorable, kind and benevolent
gentleman. In a word sir believe that Nh
Clay's moral character Is as good, and far better
than most OF the political men with whom l have
been acquainted, and consider HIM more pre-
eminentiy qualified in erery respect for the fte-
sidency Of the United States at the pr sent crsis
than any man in them. And the honest and nn.
obtruslye desire of my hear, is that in tie good
providence of God he may be elected to that hlgh
and responsible Office.


Yours, most respectfully. ~ II. HALL