Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1837-1839, 1838-05-26

issue, CaIcuSaSC0 10 exotic the most poignant RI
grets, not most on account Of him whose deaf
resulted from it-for he deliberately staked hi
life ON the hazard, and is now insensible 10 il
Ioss-hnt on account Of his surviving relatives
and, also, let US add, account Of his sCrvivin:
antagonist.
T None can have Iamenied, moro ihas We, III;
fresh and fatal instance Of . too common sacri
nee to public npinion-pubIic opinion distemper
ed, indeed, but not therefore the less cxactng
0bdurase.
| II our lamentations would have answered an,
usual purpose, we siould have poured them GU
upon our readers in copio"s effiisions. We SHOULD
certainly have done 50, had not our feelings been
viction that newspaper discussion Of this nsa
would only aggrsvate the mischief already
Wrought.
This course Of forbcaranco from the subject,
which thought prudential and respectful to
others. should not now depart from, il offend
ed truth and deccncy did not demand that we
should denouncc the wilful viOlaters Of both, in
regard to this very matter.
For the excited sympathics cf those connected
with the deceased member Of Congress by the
ties Of lricndship-evcn such friendship as par
~ association brecds-we have been and arc dis
posed to make every allowance. II we, who did
not even know his person, who indeed knew
nothing Of him but his name. gr;eved sincerely
for his death, We have thought it no more than
natural that the feelings Of his political friends
should vent themselves in decamatory discourse,
we'll ns private tears, on tho occasion. Ii was
to have been expected, also, we think, that the
occasion should be attempted TO be turned to par
~ account; and, although indefcnsible upon any
rational ground, We were not surprised that such
an attempt was made. We have been rather sur
prised indeed, that il has met with little sue
cess Its failure has materially strengthened our
confidence in the general soundncss of the public
mind.
1t might have bccn hoped that the failure Of
The attempt to make this affair successful party
topic at thu late election to fill the vacancy IN
Congress from the State Of Maine, would have !
discouraged the further progress OF that design.
Il might have been expected, also, We think, that
The vindctvc feeling, which was allowed to reign
Uncontrolled whilst il fresh and natural, would
,ayc exhausted itself before now in tho course of
nearly three months which have interviewed.
Tho language which we have quoted above from
party"-thc very mouth through which it speaks
shows that suci, hope and such expectation
would have been equally in vain. i
Still VIC do not question the right Of the Argus,
Dr. ''ihc partv,' to stigmatiZc the duel "auda-
cio'is,'' Or as "an outrage upon the moral sense"
n the community. These arc matters Of opin-
on, and are fair subjects for argument, spccula-
ION, and dcnunciation If the Argus likes ii, from
low to the day Of doom.
What we protest against, however, and do now $
cnouncc a wonton ard shameless calumny {
pon honorable aud upright men ever lived,
, the charge Of ga ncfarious CONSPIRACY" against
he life Of Mr.. CILLEy. Such n conspiracy, had c
existed, would indeed have been ''nefarious;'
ut even such crime that would have been !
10 blackcr an offence in the eve Of God and man !
han the act Of fabricaiing charge such this. =
rithout particle Of truth to sustain it, and which
oud only have emanated from diabolicaI malig- c
ity.