Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1836-07-28
Nv Edmund =. Hunter.l

town for twelve days? and could he not
have seen me at any time Or why not
assail me Immediately? 1t seems, he
did not like to make fuss on Sunday
and therefore discreetly preferred do
ing it in the DART, for fear of shocking
the moral sense ofthe community. He
told Robinson, that he, DR.. p, had
heard DR.. Hammond's remarks him.
self. Martin S. Brown says, that the
reason why Doctor Parran had not
attacked DR.. Hammond on the spot,
was, that he, Parran, was not made
acquainted with the tenor of Doctor
Hammond's remarks until after Dir.
Hammond had left the ground. Now
which Of these reasons be the true
one? To which of his two 'Squires,
the Quixotte of the piece, told an un-
truth, | pretend not to say; but will
leave him in the care Of those doughty
personages. (See Ap'r, Letter No. 1 y
| had forgotten the Manifesto, and
had laid aside all preparation for.
defence: Hostilities commenced on
Thursday, the 10th of June, at nine or
ten o'clock at night-wthout notice
to defend myself, or any intmation
whatever, from whom the assault
came-and to crown this daring act Of
chivalry, he assailed me when my back
was turned towards him.
On the following day. | sent him
note, (See Appendir, No. q, demand
ing satisfaction for bis attack upon me.
He accepted verbally and the matter
was turned over to our friends, c. NJ.
Shepherd and Col. Robt. Lucas They
cXerted themselves, and finally sue
ceeded in adjusting the matter to the
satisfaction Of all parties. The chal-
lenge was withdrawn, under positive
assurance Of Col. Lucas, that such
apology should be made as three disn-
terested gentlemen should say, ought
to be satisfactory. The gentlemen
appointed to define the extent Of the
apology, discharged their duty, in
way, at the time, to satisfy all parties.
But in the written account of the pro-
ceedings, they have overlooked, unin-
tentionally no doubt, a most material
circumstance. This brings me TO the
second particular: have already init
mated, that both before & after the as.
sault upon me, always said that | did
not intend my remarks for DR.. Parran,
inasmuch as | did not see him, and
could not, by possibility, have had any
allusion to him. From the published
statement, it would seem that these
remarks of mine, made before, were,
in the then state of the case, converted
into an apology-the broad basis of
all the after proceedings-so that | am
placed in the light of having made an
apology and withdrawn the challenge.
But the fact is simply this, as c. M.
Shepherds letter will show, instruct
ed him from the first, never, for one
moment, to allow these remarks of
mine to be construed into IN apology:
And his letter and Mr.. H. Shepherds,
both show, that he carried my instruc-
tons into effect. (See Letters, History
of the Adjustment, by c. ". and III.
Shepherd, Appendix No. 3 and 4.
| now proceed to the third particu-
lar, viz:
Nv statements to DIR. Dorsey. Gen
tlemen seem to think, that, in the ad-
iustment of this difficulty, | consented
to have neutrality-suspicious. | was not
to speak Of it. This view of it, how
ever, is clearly wrong: The adjust
ment was limited, simply, to the Pur-
suit of redress. | agreed to give up
the pursuit, upon certain conditions.
which | deemed satisfactory. But |
never was bound, either to be upon
terms, or change, or suppress any
opinion might entertain i: and so soon
as injured him, held myself respon-
sble to him. And if | had ever been
bound by my friend in some partial
engagement of silence, the breach of
faith, by the opposite party, as appears
by DR.. Dorsey's letter, (See APPen'
dir No. y, entirely frees me from any
such obligation. 1t seems they had
|
before | had mine. Those who know
DR.. Dorsey, know that he is incapable
of Calsehocd. In two or three partlcu-
lars Of an extended conversation, he
has misapprehended me, in that more
especially, when | am made to say,
that Doctor Parran acknowledged the
attack to have been ungentlemanly
and dastardly. He has also made me
intimate, that Colonel Lucas lived in
town-a statement that, Of course,
could not have any foundation. AL
though doctor Dorsey's memory does
still | shall place the whole matter
before the public, and publish his let
ters entire, together with my own;
| (Sec Letters Of DR.. Dorsey and myseg }
| Nos. 3. G. 7 and :.