New Hampshire Statesman

THE CLAY AFFAIR.
We copy the foregoing. (says the Essex Register, alluding to Mr. Clay's Card, published in our last) from the N. Y. Commercial Advertiser. The Boston Courier of Saturday last has furnished us with the letter of the Pennsylvania member of Congress, alluded to in Mr, Clay's note, together with the introductory remarks of the editor of the Columbian Observer; which, if it were not for the notorious character of that print, rendering utterly harmless the vile slanders, and despicable scurrility with which it constantly abounds, were well calculated to goad Mr. Clay to the highest pitch of resentment. The editor of the Courier observes, that he republishes these remarks as a mere curiosity, " that the reader may for once see a specimen of the style of the leading Jackson paper in Pennsylvania-requesting him, at the same time, to bear in mind, that Gen. Jackson is not responsible for the ravings of all his supporters." Of the letter from the Pennsylvania representative, the Courier also remarks, " that the temper of the whole composition, the epithets, and the ridiculous grammatical blunders, unite in pronouncing it. (not, perhaps, what Mr. Clay calls it-a forgery- but)a near relative of most of the letters and editorial paragraphs of the Columbian Observer. The common origin is too strongly denoted to admit of any doubt."