Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-03-07

ca him; his hand, though raised fell at the appal
mig sight, and refused TO execute the designs of
Xls mead! lie turned round, and rctreated to Now
iork' and concluded that it was more prudent to
PROSTATE his enemy with lard words than the hard
'i1ws nc had publicly promised him.
NO 10 you not rccollect. sir, that this same
Weob was publicly cowskinned in tho streets Of
Ncw YORK, some eighteen months ago. by gem
tieman, for dishororable attempts upon his lady?
nave you forgotten that this Webb came to
TINS city, few weeks ago, to attempt to wipe off
digrace, which his dastardly behaviour, two years
ago, mad thrown around his character? And do
you not know, that after his friend had been cow
hided on his account, instead of resenting the ag
gravatod insult, as all men of spirit and chivalry
would do, he still kept aloof, and dealt out, as be-
fore, hard words instead Of hard blows on the an
tagonist who haG signally disgraced him and his
friend on hIs account?
Surely, sir, by ordinary attention to the passing
events OF the day. you might have been apprzod
OF all these circumstances and ifyou have, would
wish to know in what school YOU acquired your
notions of the laws of honor and chivaIry. 1t was
certainly not in that Of Virginia The writer
of this article exchanged words with
either Gov. Moore, Gov. Miller or the Hero of the
Courier; but in common with tho whole communi.
ty has been disguised with the brazen impudencc
and unalloycd cowardicc which have charac,erize,
the demonstrations of the latter. Arc you yet, sir.
at n loss to know why Gov. Moore should not re-
cognlze MIR. Webb as gentleman?
CoMMENT.-Wo hardly expected to have been
drawn into controversy, the apologist of Col
Webb, q person we never saw, and with whom we
never agree But as the Telegraph has thought
proper to hold US up individually as the assertcr
OF proposition which it, Cor its correspondent,
who seems i'll this case to be the Editor himself }
deems so monstrous we may be excused for few
words.
We do know that the gallant Lii Lieutenant threat
ened to chastiso Green, and that he came on to
washington for that purpose, in 1880, when the
mahogany pistol scene took place in the purlieus
OF the Capitol. We however did not view that
affair so heinously as to imagine that by failing to
inflict the chastscment which he meuaced and
demonstrated, Webb had forever put himself ont of
the pale OF honor We looked upon il as farcical,
but not as disgraccful; nor do we now see, WHY
Webbs forbearance, both then and more recently
may not have been the result of some other cause
than eowardice. Perhaps he sbldes his time"
We know nothing of his having been chastised
In New York, for the assigned. We NAV
have seen some allusion to the circumstance but
no evidence. This however, will readily con.
cede to Gen. Green--that if Webb made the at
| .empt alledged, he deserved to be cowskinncd up
and down Broadway.
Webb exhibited the most honorable testimonials
of good standing in the army, from officers who
had known him from boyhood, and who stood
themselves, highest with their country For all
these reasons, and act of what we deem
sheer justice, said "we knew nothing in his
history which dcservcdly cluded him from the
pale of duelling honor" Webb is nothing to us
or we to him.