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

Ting Mr. cIdVt5 loQ Il0t 41-1 *t<~ t@1s
procure rife and pit il III ORDER aI]f.s 4.
could not be ready at the appointed hou1. ri
lbut as he was d6sirous moi 10 postpofle
1.-The meeting beyond The day, noiic6
should be given to Mr.. Johnes al II ia
O'Clock, what further time would bc ra-
Iquired by Mr.. Graves.
In half an hour after this noiiceto M FL
Johnes, that gentleman sends note to---
Mr.. Wise, saying, ! have the p}sasuye
to inform you that have in my posses Il:
sion an excellent rifle, in good order, 81.
which is at the service OF Mr.. Graves, Go.
and at the expiration Of anotherhalf hour}he
namely, at eleven o'clock, through the %
poiteness' Of his friend. DR.. Duncan,
iMr. Jones actually sent to Mr.. Wise's
lodgings the rifle in question, with pow
der and BALL I'd
Thus goaded on, as it seemed, by the g
antagonist party, .Mr.Graves and Mr..
Wise had no alternative, but to fix the :
meeting as soon as possible. Yet at II
o'clock on Saturday morning, the onlyeiy-
rifle Mr.. Graves had procured-the I s. 2,
Of that so politely rendered to him being ~ 4,
Of course, out of the qestion- zwaS ID
the hands of the armorer, unfit for use. "
1t had been borrowed at III o'clock on
the previous night, and was In sucIi'sg sad
neglected state, that, although one offhes
friends of Mr.. Graves, skilledin the use
and construction of the weapon, was up
the greater part of the night to putt in,
order, it was still unfit for service, and,
as is said above,it was actually, at about
III o'clock on Saturday, in the hands Of Z
the armorer, the lock taken off and alte-
red, the breech of the barrel unscrewedy ys'
and undergoing thorough overhauling. eI
Nevertheless, after the receipt Of Mr..
Jones's second note with the rifle, Mr., /,
Wise Immediately notified him that bis
principal would be ready between LIZ
and 2 l-2 o'clock, at the appointed place.
The rest is known. The parties met,
and at the third fire Mr.. Cilley fell dead.
Having studiously avoided epithets
land exaggeration Of every sort in, this
plain narrative which we believe in all
| its essential particulars to be correct
we now ask our readers to weigh well
the whole matter, and then determiae
where the real responsibility should
rest.
Agreeing, as we do most cordially, in
the utter condemnation Of duellng--and
ready now, as we always have been, to
lend our earnest, though feeble ce-ope.
!, ration, to any practicable laws for re-
pressing and furnishing tive yet insist,
that even duelists are entitled 10 be- ejudg-
J. ed impartially, and that SO far as either
! principle or the conduct ofths parties are
S concerned, the mere fact Of n fatal issue
: should not be allowed blindly to enlist
our feelings for the dead, or bias our
0 judgements against the living. Under
:. these impressions we say, then.
lst. That as TO the cause Of the duel,
:, it was about as substantial, or unsubstan-
tial, as the causes of ducls generally.
Sd. That for all that gave atrccity
to the duel, in the choice Of weapons
:, and terms of the combat, the surwsing
party is to be held guilless; and
Sd. That he is to be held gniltless in
: like manner for the hot haste, which h,ir-
S rying the matter to an issic, defeated al!
: interference to prevent il.
: On the first point, it is sufficient TO say
that Graves thought there was equivo-
: cation on the part of CiIiey, a virtual
Y impeachment Of his (Grave's) veracity,
!, both in Cilley's not committing to wri
= ling the answer first verbally madesl5 l5sr
}, him, and in afterwards materially cha
0 ging the character Of that answer. We
g do not say that this was, underline cirs
Il cumstances, adequate cause for duel
: far otherwise but we repeat, it was a.
# bout as good cause as occasions half the
duels that are fought.
: On the second point: the choice OF
y weapons and the terms Of The contest
$ were wholly with Cilley. They were
l. deemed "unusual and objectionable"
though not absolutely objected to, by
e men coming from region Of country
Z, where duelHng is at least excusable; and
1 yet these "unusual and objectionable !"
:. terms were at once, and without leaving
7 any opening for consultation or confer
S ence between the seconds, so as by pos
slbility to give a less barbarous aspcctto
the contest, vigorously prescribed
r through his friend by Ciiley--a New
! England man, where duellng is held in
E just adherence. tits said, too, and we
fear truly said, that pending the cores
!. poneence, Ciley, under the auspices OF
!, some noted nersons II, bftfh Houses was