Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-04-11

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cipIipc and subcrdnaiion az The "avy. A
report oil this sort, sir, coming from the
respectable and crediablc sources il did
could not tail TO arrest my attention, and
10 excite those feelings Which might nat
ura'i> be- expected 10 arise i'm the heart of
every man who prniesses 10 entertain
principles nj honor, and intends TO az, in
conformity with them. With ST. h feelings
| addressed a letter 10 you under dale OF
the 18Th June last, which produced a cor.
reSpondence between us, which | have
since b en- Informed YOU have endeeyol ed
10 use 10 my further injury, by Sealing il
10 Norfolk by a respectable officer of The
navy, 10 he sbewn To some OF my pariic,i.
lar friends, with view of alternating from
me their attachment. am also informed
that you have iauniingly aud hoas,ingly
observed, that you would cherrfuly meet
me III the field, and hoped would vet
act like man, or that you had used
words 10 that effect: such conduct, sir.
on III" part OF any one. but especially one
occupying the iniiH ntial station under
The government which you hold, towards
an individual, situated as am, and op,
pressed As | have been, and that CHIEFLY
hy your tncans, Is unbccomins you a. an
officer and gentleman and slitwsa
"ani ol magnanimliy which, hostile as
have found ynu 10 be towards me, | had
hoped for your own reputation YOU pos
sessed. II calls lnUily for redress al Nour
hands : consider yOH as having gwen
The invitation, which accept, and will
prepare 10 meet you al such lime and
place as our respective friends, hereafter
to be named, shall designate. also, un
der all tlecircuns'ances OF The case, con-
slider myself entitled TO The choice al wea
ponS, place, and distance but, should a
difference 0i Cpln!ou be entertained bv
our friends, ilalter myself, that Won
would dis'tain auy unfair advantage, which
your superiority In the use Of tlT' pistol,
aud The natural defect in my vision, in.
creased by agr, would give YOU | will
thank you not 10 pa; youi name Oh the
cover OF your answer, as | presume yCu
can have no disposition to give unnecrs-
sary pain 10 the females of my family
| am, sir, your obrdieni Ser,aut,
JAMES BARRON.
Commodore STEPHEN DECATUR,
Washington
(No. g.
WASHINGTON, 3ISt Oct. 1910
SIR-Y0ur letter OF the esd inst. has
been duly received. Prior 10 wing it
that reply which ! intend, lis contents
suggest III, necessity of fripIrng To our
June correspondence.
On the 18th of June last, you address.
sed 10 Ine a note, enquumg whether |
had said that could Insult you with
impunIly." On the 9Th June, wroie
10 Won IN reply, as follows =" Whate-
YER may have Mought or SAID ia tie ueyy
frequent and FIRE conversations hare had
respecting yOH and your conduct. | feel a
borough conviction That never could
have been guilty OF so much egoiism, as
T. say that I could insult you, or any
other nan. With IMMUNITY"
On The 25ih OF June, yon again wrote
10 me, That The report on which you had
grounded your query oi 10Th June,
could moi be traced 10 iis origin" and
your letter is concluded ia the following
words your declaration, il under
stand II correctly, relieves my mind from
the apprehension thai YOU had so degra
ded NY character, az bad been indnced
TO alirge. '-lmme,iaiely on receiving
YOUR icIi OF the 26ih June, wrote 10
you, goth jane, as follows: As you
nave expressed yourself dOublfullY ~ o
Your cnr'Sci understand lg - POS letter
+ iiII i7lh jnGe, have now to state,
and request you 10 understand, dis
| tIu, 'iy, that mean no mere Than 10 dis
| ella IN The specific and particular express
| sion, 10 whiriI your inquiry WAS directed.
! TO vii g that had SAID thai could IN
suit YOU with impunity." Here ended
! our June Jurisprudence, and, wilh II,
! all KIND OF communication, ijli the date
of Your letter OF the Odd inst. viii b
| snail now proceed L. notice.
| Nearly four months having elapsed
! since the da'e Oi our last COTSes pondence,
| your letter was unexpected 10 me, parii-
! cnlarII as the terms used BY YOU, in the
conclusion of your letter to me OF the
! 25ih June, and your silence since receIv-
| ing my le!terof the 20th June, indicated,
| as | thought, satisfaction on your part
! But, II seems that you consider yourself
| aggrieved by my sending The June cor
respondence to Norfolk. did not send
! our June correspondence TO Norfolk, UNI
| iil three months had expired after your
last communication, and not then, until
| bad bren Informed by captain of the
! navy, that female oi your acquaintance
had stated, 'bat sech correspondence
had taken place II that corresppn-
dencc has, IN any degree, alienatrd
your friends from you" such effect is
TO be attributed 10 the correspondence
itself. ! thought The papers would speak
for themselves, and sent them without
! written comment.
With respect to the court martial upon
you for the affair OF tie Chesapeake, 10
which you have been pleased 10 refer, I
shall not treat the officers, who compos-
ed that court, with so much disrcspccl,
az 10 attempt vindicajion of their pro.
cerdjngs The Chief magistrate OF our
country approved them Tie nation 40.
proved them and the sentence has been