The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1822-10-22


Nv exhibited, as in Mr. George M'Dufile on
that occasion. Ills eadaFerons looks, his
feeble whine. his humble crawling over The
field, reminded me of some unhappy enl-
mt, whose soul Was swooning Hiibin bun,
al the approach Of The fatal cord. The
establishment of his reputation as man
of courage, would have redounded to my
honor, hut alas thu was hopeless. lie
IS naiteisisly spoken of II Is true IN GER
tain statements bat al late, the world re-
enivcs sarh docllnents rather drly ai,d
has wicked disposition 10 suspect, tbai
your hero hy AFFIDAVIT Is very insocent
Kind of person.
lie and his friends 80 fatty centradicted
both Themselves, and each othcr,fhai II vas
difficult to ascertain tfe precise nature of
his wound. incline To the opinioa, thai
Ia initiated a certain polite title animal Of
our woods, which falls and lies stih Al The
slig, lest blow, wisely considering il more
eNpedient 10 seemsdead, than run the risk
of being 81 in fact. Whether this was so
or not, had he deported himself, with
the silence and humility that became
bis retreat from such II field, | might
have been content But scarcely was he
secured against tie danger oi second shot,
by his tragic demonstrations, when letters
were written 10 Charleston, whose publica-
ton was probably, both expected aud de
sifcd.--Thrse represented his wound IN
such A manner, that their obvious tenden-
cy, ifnot design, was To- impress the ptibllc
with belief, that had been very easily
satisfied. A small but industrious pack Of
yelping ours raised correspondent cry.
One day we were soothed By hearing that
hc could stand alone the next, he paced
the foorwlth steps OF proper emphasis and
cadence aud soon, the renovated knight
had again yaulted into his saddle. A sa-
pient parsonage even discovered, that my
ball after penetrating, had actually reboun-
ded and gone into the sand, ~ keep courpa-
ny with Mr.. I'DaEe's Indeed, If The re-.
ports of his bodily condition We're to be
credited, his letter at the Ferry might have
been copied from that ol Francis, al Pa,ia,
with the alteration Of u single word--he
could have said " all is Satt hal our honor"
As crewnlng lmprriinence, certain ed-
tors, or their correspondents informed MS,
that both parties had been as fcarlessy
brave, and cxqulsltly polite, as two chcya-
Hers of romance in short that Mr.. NJ
Dulie was n very clever fellow, and
Col. Cumming WAS very clever fell
low too. Now if any thing is abso-
lutely intolerably 10 man of honor,
II Is TO see bis name coupled with
that of pollroon, in this compulsory fell
lowship, Of lnpudent falschood aud mawk
llh I,t.t 1.
II, aud gave the pubic AN authentic acconnt
Of The interview Except the concluding
expression Of my opinion, 1t was a perfect
ly dry narrative which has not even been
controdict,di in any particular of Importance.
| would MOI suffer the generosity of my
brave friend, to assume this duty of nara
ton BECAUSE ii necessarily included that
OF an aceuscr and While ii is possible, no
feud of mine shall ever extend beyond my
own person. The most painful oil all spec
tacles To AN honest man, would be the
blood ofauothcr flowing in quarrel which
belonged to himself We shall perhaps
discover in the sequel, who is the heartlcss
fecreant that leaves his friend in the
breach, from which his own coNardice has
shruhk
Several conductors of the press were
pleased 10 crnsnre my proceeding. !
know how 10 respect sentiments which dil-
Ter rom my own; especially when they
originate IN bcne,Uicnce, or sincerely claim
Tor ihelraulhorty, the prccepts of religion
and morals ; bat who regards with any
thing but contempt, hypocritcs that profanc
those venerable names, hy making them
the cover of personal favor or political ma
lignIy Prudent Editors abstain from
the discussion Of such q subject aud those
who are honest al leafs wait until they have
learned it, merits
Most persons c0niectured thatifM NJ
Duilie intended TO fight at all, he would
challenge the author of the "Authentic
Account" Their reasoning was Obvious
The laws of honor in no case more impcri-
lousy require a man TO accept a challenge
than TO give one, If impuiations of coward
ice are thrown on him. When therefore,
instead ofadoptins this regular course, he
replied with statements full Of palpable con-
traditions and impudcnt nyectyps, il was
manifest thai me again meanly sought the
advantage of receiving rather than sending
a defiance. Indeed when Col. Montgo-
merry bore my note to Edgefrld, on the 5lh
of July, Mr.. M'Dufie was inconsideratc
enough to say, that he had thought Of sue
costing the eNpcdiency of my challenging
by aa'i To avoid publicity. He certainly
Then mus, have lateadcd to elicit a challenge
BY publication which it seems he wen
knew would produce one. II any thing
were wanting To the demonstration, it
would be furnished by the event itself,
which has also betrayed his reasons for cs-
tlmating 50 highly, the advantage which he
produced by his cowardly manruyres.
After what had done, il was not indispen-
sable TO notice him farther, than by an ex-
posure of his ialsehood but being deter
mined to strip the noisy daw of his last rea-
Their, Sent him second challenge, the day
alter his abusive publication appeared. it