Great Excitement In Kentucky!: C. M. Clay's Press Threatened...

The account of the disturbances in Lexington and :he finnl resuli, involve statements so strange thttt we cannot reconcile them. We will t?ll the story as we find it in the papers, trusting that the next mail will bring us a key to the unnccountnble conduct of Cassius. The Cincinnati Herald says: "a mening was calledon the afternoon of the 14th, totoke measures for the suppression of the "True American." Cassius M. Clay, invalid as he was, repaired tothe Cotirt Hotise at the time apointed, and found some twenty persons there, all but one, political enemies, and three-fourths personally hostile. Two speakers proposed to dissolve the meeting. Captain Henry Johnson, a cotton planter, declared he would have nothing to do with it, unless the Whig party would come up, and incur also responsibility. Thomas F. Marshall was present as one of the actors. Several persons contending that the meeting was a private one, Mr. Clay left the place. - It seems that the tnebocrats then proceeded, and appointed a committee to wait upon him, to request thediscontinuance of his paper. VVhat followed, we quote from his extra, which Mr. Clay has forwarded to us. "I have received the following etter from the hands of Tlio. H. Waters, on my tic-k bed, at my uwn house:Lexíngton, 14th Aug., 1845. Cassius M. Clat, Esq. Sir: - We, the undersignpd fia ve been npnoinled as a oommiitee upon the pari ojf a nnmher of the réspectnbje citizens oí' the Uii v 01' Lexínglon, to correspóud wiih you, under tlie fuliowing resol ution: ResoJitcd, Thnt n Cnmmiltpe of thrpp he oppomted lo wait n()on Cíkssíus ftl. Cl.-iy, l'idilor r I he '-True Aine'ic.TD." and rrqursl iiim to discontinue ün píiblicotion of the pnppr cirlled the "True Ainericnn," ns itshiriher continunnce, in our judgirient, is dangorous to lhe poac óf our ronimuniry, and to lho safety ol' our hoinesítud fanijlie. Ín nursuance ol the ahove, ve Iiprebv requ'st vou to discontinue vour poper,nnd wouldseok to u)on you the itnporinnce of yonr ncquiescence. Your p.ipcr is .'igitniing ;mii exciting our cominunity to nn exlent pf yvhich you can scnrcely beoware. We do not approacli yon in the farm of a threat. But weowe it lo you to f-í.ite t lia t in our judgment. your oivn safety, as wel I as lhe reposp and peaqe ol' the eomtnuniíy, are in volved in your ansvyer. Weown.il your rpply, in the hope thal your own gond sense and regard lor the rensonahle wishes of a community in which you have mnny connexions nnd friends,vill induce you prompt!} to comply with our request. We are in?tructed to report your nnswcr to n niept'ng. to-morrow evening, atthree o'clock, md will expeot it by two o'clock, P. Al., if to-morrow. ' Resnectfullv, &e.B. W. DUDLEY, TH O H. WATERS, JOHN W. HUNT. To wtiich I have mnde the following reply, which will be delivered today, al the hnur nppointed. Sirs: - I received through the hands of Mr. Thomas H. Waters,one of yourcommittee, since candle-light, your extrnordinary letter. Iuasmuch as two of your committee and myself are not upon speaking terms,and wlien I ndd to this. the faöt that you have taken occasion to nddress me a note of this character, when I am on a bed of sicknessof more than a month's standing, from which I have only ventnred at intervals to ride out and to write a few paragraphs, which caused a relapse, I think thot the American people will agree with me, that your office is a base and dishonorable one, more pnrticularly when they reflect that you have had more than two monthswhilst l was in health, to accom[lish the same purpose. I say in reply toyour assertion that you are a committeenppointed by a respectable portion of thecommunity, that it cannot be true. Traitorsto the laws and constitution corvnot bedeemed respeclable by any but assassins, pirates and highway robbers. Your meeling is unknown to the laws and constitution of my country, it was secret in iN pmcfiedings, its purposes, iis spirit, and it.s action, like its mode of cxistence, are wiiolly unknown to and in direct violatiun of every known principie of honor, religión or governmenif held sacred by the civilized world. l trrnt them with the burning contempt of a brave heart and n lov;il citizen. I deny their power and defy their aclion. It ma y be true that those men are e.cited as ou say, whose interest is to prey upon thn excilement and distresses of the country. What tyrant ever failod to be excitfid when his unjust power was about to be fnken from liis hands? Rut I donv, utterly deny, and cali for proof, that there is nny just ground for this agitation. In everycase of violence by the blacks since the puliliontion of rny paper, it has been proven, and will be ngnin proven by my represen tai: ves, i f my life should fnii to be spnred, that there has been special causes fur Üieir ac'ion independent of, nnd having no rplntion to the Truc American or its doctrines. Your advice with regard to my personal safety s worthy of the source whence it emanated, and meets with the same contempt from me, which the purposes of your rnjssion excite. Go teil your secret conclave of cowardly assassins that Ü. M. Clay knows his rights and how to HfifpnH fhfim.C. M. CL A Y. Lexington, Aug. 15, 1845. Kentuckians: You see this atfempt of ihese tyranls, worse than the tldrty despols who lorded it over the once free Athcns, now to enslave you. Men who regard law - men who regard all their liberties as not to be sacrificed to a single pecuniary interest, to say the least, of doubt ful valué - lovers of justice - enemies of blond - laborers of nll classes - you fr whom 1 have sacrificed so muoh, where wil] you be found when this battle between Liberty and Slavery is to be fought? I cannot, I will not, [ dare not iie.stion on which side you will be found. If you stand to tne like men, our country shall yet be free, but if you falter now, I perish with less regret when I remember that the people of my native State, of whom I have been so proud, and whom I have loved so much, are already sla ves. C. M. CLAY. Lexington, Aug. 15, 1345. The Cincinnali Enquirer of Ihe 21st has the following:"We were yesterday ïnformed by ? gentleman who left Lexingtnn on Tüesday morning, ihat ihe cnll for .1 counu meeting at the court Iiousr was responder! to by the attendance of from 2,500 to il,000 persons. The meeting wnsorgönized by the appoinjment of a cha i f man nnd Seeretary. A commiltee of sixtv wns subscquently appointed to wait up'n Mr. C. lM. Clnv, and report to Inm ihe sentimfints ofthe assrmhled muítitude. - They did so, and Mr. Clay dtílivered tip li ís office into their hand.s. The printing rnqterinJa were fhén verv quietly packed nnd bnxed lip, shipped by railroad to Frankfort, and from tlience to this citv, 10 the order of Mr. Clay. Thus wns quelled the excitemenr which bid fair at ot.e time to end in bloodshed."r.ATKR. A rurtJierexplnnuMnn nf tlieníTiir ebrousilit bv liie ast muil, We hnve onlv room f'i n s nop.-is of ilie trnnsic ion. We wi'l ifiVH an rruralp history of il herenfirr. A mnss moeiiüg of :lie ritizens of' Loxingion Híj Favetie wiis c.illed lo m-et on Mondm nt I ) o'elork. On Fril;i}', C-ih-mus put fortlj a seconil liandhill. quitp moderato in ii s toiif. pnmi--inLr to re-lrict ilif lütitl d'1 üP3iiCS9iij(i in hie pnprr. Ót Snpdáj lie publiehed n other, fiialingf tliat he hiii hnd Ilie typhus ff ver saHnyf, and Could r.ciiher hplcj a pn nor pull a tfiirffpr, nnd )roieslmi llml tlio li.njruajje of hin paper had boen fjn8ïly niUin'erireted Ou SunHay cveninjrjie coti.-ed n Inrje nnmber of deaHly wenpons, wliicli hm' bè?n placêdin pïi officp. tobe remoied. Oi íSiindíiy nigll tliere vvnp much nlurm 'Vlfiugfi ihecity leat thorr 8hould be insuburdin'aton ' atnong the hegTÓö1. Uu Monday morning. Mr. Clay pui out j itiier ImmibiJI addre.ssed to the inass meeting, i In tuis, Mr. Clay tells tlietn tliat l.e was unable even to write: tbat he feit t just and prop sr for liiin to oi.swer at their bar: that he l Jisapproved of the last article in Jus paper ( ritten by another, and disavows the con y tructions civen to one of hia own: ihat the ( aper hns nt been conrJucted from the t ïinp as he wishpc?; and atsfied that freedislussion of 6lavery is liable to mnny objectinns ie had not aniicipated, he proposed in future t"very fnaieriully to restrict the latitude of discussion." He also Iplia them that he had diteoted t!ie publi.her lo irisert no líiore antislnvory matter til' he ahonld pet well: ontl nnnoiinces to them that his ofiice nnJ dweJImp nre in thpir handt). Mntiy thoiiglit this liandhill tt'Ould ppeose tlie inob: but they were of a different spirit. - An nssemblnge of spvernl ihonsand met n the Couri Housr ynrd, nnd nn nddress wns made nnd rrsoln-ions pro.epnted bv Tlios. F. Marshall, (the V.x. M. C. who formp.rly proponed to expel J. Q. A damp.) A connnittee of 60 wns appoinlrd by l'ie chuir to tnke pos?esinn of the office. On opproachin ii, n plv!-e wns offrreri in behnlf of Mr. Cliy,ihai if they wnuld not molpst his proporfv, t e pappi fshoild hr immediiiteiy discnfimifd. A mrmher of thp committpp rfiliprl thot il wnp too loto, nnd iho Ijpvr hnvinsr hpn .ñvpri them, the Fix'y entprpd the office, and hovirip ppnt for Foine master printprs, ovrry thinowns put np in pnod ordpr m hoxps. nnd shipned for Cincinnnti by wnv of F'%nnk'orr. Mr. Clav ie roprosenled as being yc' danpero'islv piek.