Lincoln telegraph. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1836-1846, 1838-08-16

speaker, ana TWO tnrds oil It's NUMBER we're selected
from among the accusors of Graves and Wise.
They were selected without doubt to make partial
investigation, as they did, and perform the
farce of condemnng part Of the guilty and letting
the greatest offenders escape from Justice.
7 he article goes on in the following strain s'The
conspiracy on the part Of some of the leaders of
tile wing party, to compass the death of man
whose eloquence it would be more easy foi them
to silence by the pistol than answer in debate -
We ask the Patriot to publish from the evidence,
any thing that appears like conspracy-any thing
that appears like desire on the part of Mr. Graves
or his friends to urge on the duel. On the contrary.
did not Mr. Wise through desire TO bring about a
reconciliation delay the meeting so long as TO suffer
his friend to be tainted and insulted, by having a
RIFLE and AMMUNITION sent to him to provoke
him into an immediate conflict, before time could be
had to heal the unfortunate difficulty. But the most
remarkable of any thing connected with the whole
affair is the cause which, according to the tories led
to this wicked conspiracy" namely, that Mr. C.
was too powerful an antagonist 10 be met in de-
bate and he must be silenced by the bullet. This
silly and ridiculous story ought not to be charged
entirely to the Patriot, have it in few 9TH
er papers abont equal character for truth, and
heard the collector of this port, communicate the
same astounding information at Cilley meeting in
this town. Poor indeed must be the cause that re-
qulres the aid of such props to uphold It. We shall
not attempt serious refutaton of these senseless
charges, for should only be laughed for spend
ing time to disprove what every school boy in the
land knows to be false. The Patriot SAYS 1--WE have
taken every possible occasion to caumniate the
character of Mr. Ci!leyr' We pronounce this false
and call upon the Editors Of that print to max" good
the accusation. 'Tis true no new light has broken
in upon us, since the deah of Mr. CilIey. We have
not all at once discovered that he was the most
mighty man in the land and the intellectual Co.
lrh, whom the wings dreaded and looked upon
with terror We have not purchased his like
ness, TO hang up in office idol, delivered
eulogies to his memory, or got up elecioneering
meetings to hide his fittings and divert public atten-
ton from the TRUTH by pouring out torrents of SIAN
der on better men. We feel 10 disposition to defy
a"y man. merely for disappearing the wishes and
feelings Of his constituents by fighting duel. Any
thing less than all this, will not satisfy the pretend ed
friends "of the maryred Cilley." Every person is
required to sit like Nobe is tears. and pour out
melancholy wailings over the loss of the pride Of
New England" The wings are required to stand
like petrifed statues. and hear themselves accused
of comprising the death of Mr C" Without raising
their voices in their own defence. II only much
of the truth is tod ia necessary for self defence
the cry ia raised of inf loneliness, falscheod,
injustice &c. &c. against the dead. In short, we
not allowed the privilege Of opening our mouths,
while they claim the light Of vilhfying MS in every
possible way Rut the real object Of all this is very
apparent; It's nohng less than to the cold
corpse of their dead friend to further the interests of
party This subject has been the standing theme of
tory defamation throughout the State for The last
six months The last Of this speculation in human
blood which has come to our knowledge vas at Wis
casset where the mangled corpse was lugged before
loco foco Convention by lover ofthe people from
his region But it seems it was no go, for some of
his own political friends said it was rather tno late 10
make much out Of that matter.