Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1838-05-07

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returned to the citv Ia await the result. " II !
unnecessary To add, say they IN statement draw
up hs Webb. signed by Jackson and Norell, an'
published IN the New York Courier aud Enquirer
what would have been the course al Col. Webb
II Mi Graves, instead of Mr.. Glllcy, hid been muir
81 Suffice II To say. that IT was sanctioned by us
and however much we deplorrd IT, We could no
doubt but the extraordinary position III which h,
would have been placed would have rendered the
COURSE determined upon" IL IN difficult to imagine
what IL here dnfhly Swallowed forth II II be not that
had Mr.. tllley survived the encounter with Mr.
Graves, and had the Latter suffered in II. II would
,hon have been the tate of Mr., Galley have
| tered an assassin.
Such wcis The material facts aud circumstance
winch attended the death of Mr.. Cilley. The com
mtiee entertaining the opinlon that The cause al the
challenge was the cause Of the death oi Mr.. tillcy
have sought for II where it should be found IN the
most authentic form, in the correspondence OF the
pHrues.
Mr. tllley declined To receive the note OF Col.
| Webb. because he ".hosr 10 BE- drawn into con
nove,sy with hrm," lie placed his refusal TO re
eeWe Il demand tor explanation al the words spoken
! by INN III debate. solely on the ground ot hs own
voluntary election, without assigning Other tea.
sou. "llc chose To be drawn INTO controversy"
with Wobb. lie declared. NJ the sumo time, that he
/ neither alIItmed nor demcd any thing IN regard To
! Ncbb's character, ~ declining 10 receive the note.
/ Tie declared lniihcr thai he hid beinre stated and
now repeated that he nlcuded by the refusal. no
disrespee to Mt Graves. aud that he had sald this
only III reply 10 remark nl Mr.. tira,es, thai this
course miy hi place INN ~ unpleasant situation.
Nh. Graves, IN h,s second note, lakos but ole en-
ocption to tins first OF NJ I. Ciey. 81 does
dsealm ANY exception 10 hun tWebbl personally as
= gentleman" lie says; "lour uotc Of yesterday,
~ reply 10 mine Of thai date. Is uexpo'l, nnsati,
aelol,, and Insufficient among olhe, things IN tins
that, IN your declining TO receive Goloncl Webb's
communication, ii does not dlssIaum any exception to
h'ni, personally, rs II genllemap.' IL have. There
fore" he adds Ito inquire whether YOU declined 10
receive bls communication On the ground al any
personal exception To Inn gentleman or nan OF
houoff \ categoucal answer Is expected
MIR. tiley. III has SECOND lotc, regrets that his
first was u0satlsactory bat cannot admit the right
oi IN Graves 10 proponnd the question, and. THREE
lore, declines any further tcspousc 10 II. 1t ~ DIM
cult IN conceive thai Nj. Graves, upon tl's cores
pondenec OF Ar. tIlley, could have challenged him
ior intending dsrespeei To AR. Graves Tor an, such
intention WIS positively disealned, and, appears
IN a most uueAooptIonable and courteous manner N
reply to suggestion oil ms own, which caliedtor u
81 Tor ahnng or dcnWng any dung IN regard 10 The
Character OF Webb, N declining To receive his note
lut ANY such affirmation dcuhl ~ also disealned,
IN equally POSITIVE terms 4h, CilIey had Declined
10 receive call from james " atsun Webb. Tor OK
lanalIon Of words spoken ~ debate IN the House OF
Representatives aud had put ms refusal solely on
tie ground that he chose 10 be drawn into eoulro
sersy with him, but he pressed further, y mterro-
gated you'd tins nlt, which he had assigned TO hun
sell, X cltegorlcaI answers demanded TO theq acs
ton winch he deehued On the ground olany personal
exception Ia W cbb rs gentleman man OF honot,
lie denes the nght 20 ucnogatc Inn ~ tins man
ncr Cor d, chung call, winch his right, aud duty,
as member Oh the House al Representatives. aud
the Just maintenance nj the privileges ol that body,
required him 10 decline, aud denying the rigbt 10
ntcrogate, lie, therefore, refused 10 submit al nD-
swet any further And II was because be refused to
receive the note aud refused 10 answer any further,
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s,ne body.
The matter is not left open inference
gumen. The cause of the challenge appears III a
manner which prcclndes all doubt 1t Is sill fur
her specified aud avowed by Nh Graves himself, IN
hs note, winch contains the challenge II Is
stated CLEARLY, unrquspoally aud with the utmost
precision aud assigned express " aud in lofn,
the cause for which the challenge is given. - As
you have declined acceptnga communication which
bore 10 YOU from Colonel Webb. aud rs by your
note al yesterday, you have refused Ia decline on
grounds which would exonoraie me from all re-
spousihilly growing out of the Altar, ! am left no
other alternative but 10 ask that satisfaction winch
- recognized among gentlemen" Mr. Cdley. by
his "nsie OF yesterday" had refused to answer the
question 10 which a Categorical answer had been
demanded: That Is 10 say, " whether he declined to
receive Colonel Wrbb's communication on the
etonnd OF any personal exception TO hun As ageu-
llrman Of honor" The ground OF cha
enge. therefore. 49, by Mr. Graves himself expressly
stated to be, thai Mr. Galley declined 10 receive the
communication from Webb, aud by his note of
February I'D, refused 10 answer the question touch
mg the honor Of Webb TINS was the open and
ayownd cause, set forth and presented to Mt Gil
ley, by which he was guided, upon winch he acted,
IN manner involving tue utmost extremity OF hu-
man responsibility. For tins cause. aud for this a
alone, he was challenged, and fell by the hand Of
Mr. Graves; unless II be admissible 10 believe thar,
alter all verbal communication had ceased between
him aud his antagonist aud The difference had as