The Arkansas advocate., 1832-05-09

lures inspires them with an oyerv cen ing conviction of their own excellence. and renders them susceptible of the slightest attack upon this fancicd quail | lty; they attach :. value te themselves which others will not admit, and un- hesitatingly fling life upon the hazard of die, in support of their cxtrava- gance.
 There are likewise in every society, a number of gallants, as they are con- sidered by tie fools of tine day, who not remembering that sslhe better part of yalor is diseretion," assumes a loHi- ness of demeanor, and all impertinence of character, that strangely jars with the sobrlety of society; these arc the professed duellsts; men who trade in blood, and find their account in it, by the consequence they derive amongst those who arc deluded or intimidated by their prescription:
 I"Some fiery flop, with new commission vain,
 Who sleeps on brambles till he kills his man;
 Some frolic dlsinkard, reeling from a feast, Proyohes broii, and stabs him for a jest. These are the hornets of a. community, that nothing can destroy, but whole. some application of legal correction ;an honest man should scorn either 10 put up with their folly, ofplacc himself up on level with them; ;he is degraded by theirapproaeb, and should consign them to their country 5 ehastisement.
 How serious have been the evils of this pernicious practice in ourcountry, within the last few months; the repre- sentative returned by his state to repre- sent its high interests in Congress, the fair soldier with except in this instance) untarnished fame, the father of nu- merous family, the son of anxious pa rents, have fallen victims upon a field that lends no glory 10 their fate; their latest acts have violated the laws Of God and of their country, and their graves have received honorable crimin- als.
 Thepresent lime is portentious of du- efling,i we may believe its signs; cow-hiding has been psactiscd, sundry letters exchanged, and a variety of an- tics performed, as though the pantomi- me must come before the tragedy. We can imagine one of the embryo heroes, exclaiming with Casea Against the Capitol met lion
 Who glard upon nc, and went surly by, or with Falstaff-ssSince l play'd tru- ant, and whipp'd top l knew not what
 twas to be beaten 'till lately;" but we would sincerely hope that no exhibitions on the falsely called field of honor, will place any of the illustrious characters of our country in an unsecmly light be- lore the American people. Oar sena- tors and representatives are the ma kers of those laws, under which we have attained a degree of moral eults- 0otaon. never surpassed in any land; we look up to them as examples, and will not as their constituents consent to the sacrifice of their nobility of soul Oil the base shrine of a slavish custom. "He's truly valiant, that can wisely suffer the worst that man can breathe.o If there must be qualrclling, let if be left to the undcrlings ;they perhaps may be spared without lnconyenience-at ali events, let them not drag nobicrspiritsinto their controversy, and its tsconsequences. We shrewdly suspect however, that if the arena be not occupied by generous en- enlies, tiie minor combalanis viii take wit in their anger, and be conteDted with what they have already got--if we are mistaken, we can only say, athat some lions have particular way of i'm itating the sound of the creatures they would ensnare.
 We cannot but look upon the at tempts, open as we'll as insidious, malx- ing in various quarters, to bring into question, and consequently into con- tempt, the authority of the Supreme Court of the United States, as in the highest degree criminal. The occasion afforded by the late decision against Georgia, seems to be eagerly seized, inl order 10 vent upon that Court many boarded resentments; al.d unhappily