"What is this Squatter Sovereignty?" en
quired one. "And is it you that oomes
from Ireland and asks?" replic^Jbe other.
-y0°
-substantially the same charge against Mr.
taken from his speech on the
with British
gold. You desire me, if these statements,
or either of thorn, were mnde by Judge
Dougks to my knowledge, during tbe can
vass alluded to, that I would inform you
"when and where they wero made."
Yours is not the first communication that I
have received on tho subjoct, and as much as
I regret to be mixed up any way with the
politic il excitement of tbe day, my respect
for you as personal friends and neighbors,
and the faot that you address mc as the
friends and supporters of Judge Douglas,
have ro such distinct recollection of the lan
guage u«ed by Judge Douglas on the oooa
sion referred to, in the speech made by him
in Carrollton, at tbo close of the canvass be
tween him and myself, as would justify me
in giving it to you. As you do not, howev
er, confine your inquiry to that particular
time, but direct it to any other during the
canvas, I tnuut in candor $ay that 1 DO
RKCOLLECT THAT JUDGR" DoCGLAS
USED on that or eome other occasion or
occasions, during tbe canvass, SUBSTAN
TIALLY THE LANGUAGE ATTRIBUTED
TO 11IM in tbe first part of tbe paragraph
first referred to. I do not recollect, howev
er, that be said that "Mr. Clay was the first
Amori,™ lUtenm-in who erer .ttenipted to
..II h» country for Britt.h gold," nor do
recollect bis using the language attributed
to him in tbe eharge referred to by you, that
"Henry Clay is a black-hearted villain," Ao.
