Maumee express. [volume] (Maumee City, Ohio) 1837-1838, 1838-03-31


side personal attack and petty jealous
les, they would not unite as one man,
and with one mind and one heart, apply
themselves sedulously to the internal i'm
prevement and development Of this beau
Et.ful Province. Its value is utterly un-
known, either to the general or local go
vernment, and the only persons who du-
| ly appreciate it are the Yankees.
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THE LATE DUEL AT WAsHtNGToN.-
For the first time editorially--and would
it might be the last--we are about to
offer to our readers some remarks on
this affecting tragedy.
Being at the time in Washington, and
with some opportunities of fknowing the
facts, we begin by saying that all the
letters we have seen in the New York
and Albany papers, including those o.
the correspondent Of this paper, written
before the publication Of the statement
signed by the two seconds, are more or
less inaccurate and that those. of the
Journal of Commerce, and Albany Ar
gus-the former especially-appear to
us malevolent, as well as inaccurate.
. So again, since the publication of that
statement, pretended facts are given in
some letters, in direct contradiction with
that record, signed in behalf of both par
| ties.
Public opinion, therefore, which is
prone to leap TO rapid conclusions in such
matters, has, to great extent, been mis-
led, or at least BIASED, by these errone-
Gus statements. The narrative we sub
; IIjoin-corrcct, we believe, as far as it
t goes-may possibly disabuse some
| minds.
On Wednesday. 2lst ult., Mr.. Graves
/ carried to Mr.. Cilley,a note from Mr..
j Webb, asking ifhe, (Mr. Cilley.) had
. been correctly reported by the Globe in
q the debate Of the 18th February. On
i learning the purport of the note, and
: that it was from Mr.. Webb, Mr.. Cilley
q after some conversation as to the effect
i of his refusal to receive the note, decli
,. ned doing so, on the general grount
h that he could not consent to hbld himsel
I responsible to sditors of public journal
for what he might say in debate, profes
,r sing at the same time, entire respect 70
: Mr.. Graves. and an unwillingness to d.
y any thing offensive towards him. Mr.
II Graves declared himself satisfied witt
10 this answer, as one that Mr.. .Cilley
i j, standing on his privilege, had an un
l. doubted right to make, with5ut offence
j to him, (Mr. Graves j and then, for the
if sake Of avoiding any misunderstanding
- - proposed that Mr.. Cilley should, in re
=. ply to note from him re-capitulatins
! the conversation, put his answer in wri
=. ting. To this proposition Mr.. Cilley i
II understood to have asented, and the par
i ties separated without any ill-wil or un
:, % kind feeling.
!, Uuhappily, as is believed, before an
% swering Mr.. Grares's note, Mr.. Cile,
. look advice, which induced him TO shift
70 or in some material degree depart from
a the broad and general ground first taker
r r and in his reply to limit his objection t
I the particular case-thus, in fact, raisinI
+ question in veracity between himsel
- and Mr.. Graves-and rejecting indi
=. rectly at least, upon the individual fo
j whom Mr.. Graves was acting.
: This was the fatal cause of all that fol
: ;, lowed, and Mr.. Cilley was advised b
others to this course, upon their head
), rests the respon sibility OF the fearful ira
/. gedy that ensued.
MIR. Graves Immediately accepted th
Of issue rendered to him by Mr.. Cilley
n and required that Mr.. Cilley shoule
il now disclaim any disrespect to his (Mr
,c. Graves's) principal. Mr.. Cilley decli
lie ned, and the challenge from Mr.. Grave
II followed.
D. And here a word as TO dates and per
r sons. Mr.. Cilley's, refusal to answe
If categorically was written on Wednes
S, day, %, before the adjournment of th'
y House Of Representatives; Mr.. Grave
1t instantly determined TO challenge MI
IT Cilley, and for that purpose applied +
d Mr.. Wise. This gentleman, hot an
1t hasty as he is represented, postponed ac
/ ting till he should have considered an
,e slept upon the matter. Hence the cha
- lenge was not delivered till Friday, 23t
s. about twelve o'clock. The acceptanc
IS, was announced about 5 O'clock. and i