The Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1822-1829, 1826-06-29
REASONS FOR NOT FIGHTING
DIEIS.
Copy IF a letter 10 a gentleman q
Gp0rgei0lpn

GfOrgfI0ipn
My Dear Sip-Thc last time |
enjoyed the pleasure of yonr compa-
ny. ypn threw out an idea upon the
subject of 'luellig with which | WAS
81 much pleased as IN amplily it.
In doing go. have followed the can
on Of the Episcopal church respect
ing Marriages, in whirh are laid
down the degrees Of consangninity
which shall nterdict the cclcbr tim
of that sacred rite; beginning thus;
A man may not marry his grand
mother. DC. &c. DC.
The Duclling Canon onght To be
az follows:
LIST. A man may not fight with
his Grand father. his Father, his
Brother. his ,fncle. nor his Cousin.
Cd \ man with Il large, ar etrn
moderate fortune. ma, mi fight with
one whose affairs are 81 desperate
that he is medta,ing 10 take the ben
eft Of the msolscnt Law.
Sl..A man with a wife. aud pnc
child. ~ more, may not fight with
the BACHELOR who has no cndrar-
ing ties Ia attach him TO this world,
and WIN. of course, die when hr may,
will leave many II may CREEK be-
hind him.
4tlI A man who believes in future
rewards n pnnslmcnts may not tx ht
with one who belic,c s in nrither.but
who, like the Fire nCh Atheists, con-
sIdcrs death as an ETERNAL SLEEP.
5th. A man, the diameter Of whose
body is al least, 30 inches. may not
fight with Que whose diameter il not
more than 10 inches ; as tho dispro-
portion with which the BELLY-GRa-
ENTs enter the field Is too great to
admit an equal Combat.
9th A man may not fight with him
who IL t0r'nrntcd with a sc0lding
wife, unless he himself be laboring
under The same alllIction.
eth A man Of robust Constitn-
ton, and in good health, may not
Ii ght with one in the last stage Of "A
or in an acute fit Of
the govt.
9Th A man shall not fight with an
other. unless after three weeks at
least. from the receipt Of the chal-
lenge 81 that thr challenger may have
sufficient time 10 reflect on the ma.
turc Of their mcdlItated achievement.
rnminate on the probable result of
the combat IL one or The other, and
possibly Ia both.
9t'i 4 NAN Who Cannot hit barn
door nj the distance Of ten yards,
may mol fight with one, who from
long prar tict, can snhK a candle. nr
strike a quarter Of a dollar al The
same distance.
10th. A man in comfortable cir
shall not fight with one
who has had petition before Con-
gress not less than ten wars, upon
which the Com lnittce of Claims Gun
10 whose room. H0PE seldom enters
have ioreborn To report ; such a
mans lille being a torment, instead
OF a comfort 10 him.
18th A man may not fight at a
greater distance than three feet
computed from the muzzles of the
pistols by which arrangement the
ndmbcr of duelists will be diminish
ed tn the amount Of one, and proba'
bly, two in every case.
Should the foregoing TARIFF be
adopted it will tend greatly tn lessen
the Number Of dnels, the prohibited
cases being much more numerous
than those which are not interdict-
ed which is respectfully submitted
by Your Friend.
Mag 29M, 1926.
-..s9e..-
Canopa the Sculptor. There is a
very interesting ancCdote told oil his
first love.
"In the story of his earliest love.
if a juvenile aud vague aspiration
may be SO termed, there was SOME
thing of romantic and melancholy
interest, which seems long to have
shaded with perceptible cdIourins
his future musings. While pursn-
ing his studies in the Farsetti palace,
on first arriving at Venice, lie had
one day belleld female, somewhat
older than himself and very beanti-