A Word from Mr.. Clay.
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We have declined since The Election to pub
lisa any thing calculated to bring Mr.. Clay
ncedIessiy heiore the public-hsrdly more from
respect to has feelings than to our own. Wehave
nevcrrsgarded bal with contempt toe silly gossip
OF those who talked Of 'pityng Mr. Clay He
stands above any mans pity. We pity the de-
c,,ved thousands who have cast their votes
against him nnder the influence OF ISLANDERS as
foul as eyer commended the hemlock TO Socrates
or drove Aristides into exile, But we feel that
7.fr Clay thas now q right TO exemption from
pubic gossip. We have private letter, however,
from an eminent friend in Kentucky, stating some
facts which Mr.. Clay's friends will hear with
profound interest, and we therefore extract few
passages:


= LExIsoToS, ky. Nov. 1s, 1874.


/" Last evening / visited Mr.. Clay at
Ashland and passed some hours with him, talk
ing over the events of the last few months, and
the prospects ahead. found him alone-calm
and self poised lie seemed TO Jorge. himself,
ard TO be anxious alone for the Country-and his
friends, whose fidelity and devotion, he observed,
be shouid neyer cease TO cherish as above al!
ea,lhly price. The various combinations against
hin,--tAe infamous frauds IN presenting the Ia
riff Question to Pennsy ivaala, &c.-the atroei-
Gus ca!umnies ON his private character-were all
alluded to, and stated some facts coming under
my own observation giving yet darker shade
10 tho picture of the maljgnlty with which our
great Statesman has been hunted down.


"lMr. Clay ,5ill neUer again return to public
life. His career as Statesman is ended. The
measure OF his fame is complete. His life viii
one day DO written by an impartial pen, and
while the calunan;es by which he has been de-
fsated in mis- las. appeal for justice from his
co,emporaries viii sink into oblivion, every page
of our Country'. recent history will be illumina-
ted BY his great$ t$deeds and glowing patriotism"