The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1839-04-04
SPEECH OF mn. WISE,

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Mr.. sPEAKrR: I did not intend 10 en-
Ter inis ihis debate. ! have slu1iously
sseidsd being drssn INTO 10 81 al. Bat
the gentleman from New Yo1k. fNr.
Gray.) has sddressed The house twice.
and zach time has gone out Of his nay.
0n purpose. il seems. 10 attack me.
Why. ] know NOT, care moi. This. 1
thought. Was one occasion. sl least. on
which Was not involved IN The strife.
and ] had determined not 20 be dragged
IN Batlhe gentleman seems 10 he equal
Nv determined that I sirsii mus srrsrs.
He has 6rst Condemned. or disciaimsd
justification Of. the conduct az his friend
(Dr. Dunean.) and then gore aside 10 al
lude 10 my ennsue, Cor ia justification.
or he parallel or precedent. When lhe
member from Ohio shall be put on his
Trial, I will folly express my judgment
upon him BY ms Yole; bun do not 10.
lead 10 DO 80 nov. II. however. he has
done wrong. how can any presiou. acts
Of mine JUSTLY him. and why am thus
unnecessarily and wanionly cited as an
example ~ justify his wrongs by tie gen.
leman from New York; The gentle
man can say. and I pause for him TO ex-
plsia shat bis purpose was.
Here Mr.. Gray in,erp0sed. lie had
con6ped himself 10 a simple statement
If fse.s. without the least invention 10 Of
fend or injure any one. If whs, he had
stated was fact. and IL was legitimate.
ly introduced as an illustration of any
position which ME-. q. had taken. the
gentleman from Virginia was not war
ranled 10 infer any improper intention on
The part Of Mr.. q. in slluding 10 H.
Mr.. Wise resumed. The gentleman
said he was bound BY his code Of morals
10 condemn the member from Ohio. but
then Immediately quoted nv acts to JUS
tify what. according 10 his principles, was
unjusii6able. The gentleman alluded to
The Cilley affair. Sir. how does that mat
ter siandi Is il case as yet 10 be cited
until il is sdjudgedi ls Il especially Ct
and proper that gentleman. who may
be called Immediately to Sc, upon il in
judgment, shall PREJUDICE il. and decide
the very issue Of Law and fact involved
befnp . hesrings - .........
sir. THIS gives me an opportunity which
has, up to this moment. been Withheld
unjus,ly withheld from me-io say .
word sbou, that affair. Hitherto, I have
been silently awaiting trial before my
peers. whilst many Of them have been
circulating SANDER, with all the bitterness
Of malice. from one extreme Of the coun.
Try TO the other. They have withheld
from me fair trial--sny trial at sll-and
have, by the press, appealed to every
passion and prejudice. to condemn nc
wiihou. hearing or The opportunity Of de-
fence. Such, in part. is the attempt Of
The gentleman from New York now. II
my case is 6rs. on The calendar. as he
has said. he should not allude 10 10 ex-
cepi 10 call i. up for trial. | am ready
TO be tried. | have been waiting anx-
iously for Q trial. Pu, me at your bar.
and | will plead Instantly. I sm ready
10 say on the spot. did on that occasion
Just what ! will do again under similar
circumstances. Let Puii,ans shudder as
they may-l here proclaim that | belong
10 the class Of the Cavaliers, not to the
Roun,lheads. The parties met on poin,
Of honnr and yeracity--they fought
fought fairly-one lell--and his fate
might have been that of my friend--it
was wonder II was not. Twas present.
second-I am amenab!e 10 the laws nf
Maryland upon Indictment and am res.
dy to submit TO any trial by this house
for a breach Of its privileges. have
again aud again demanded trial. / de-
sire il, | seek il. Icouri the sentence Of
the house. | repeat. that many Of you
have propsgated the viles, ISLANDERS con-
corning nv conduct in that affair. !
have been vilified By every species of
vi,uperatiun which malice here, aiming
yourselves. could invent. have been
s,igms,ized as a murderer; and ye.
challenge you, OH! jus, aud. righteous
Judges. who have thus demeaned your
selves in your high seats OF juslice, to try
me for what many Of you have condemn.
ed me already. The gentleman has HIM.
self named the horrld word-murder.
Murder! Sir, there are two sorts OF mur-
der. There is one description Of that
offence which deserves the hsngman's
knot. There is another form Of murder
murder by the law--whIch public sen
timent--higher than the law. the great
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. to be honorable.
Which does The gentleman mean!
MIR. Gray subsequently said he meant
thar simply which was murder by the
idm. and did not impu,e any thing dis
honorable in the CiIley duel.
BY the latter. life is taken by mutual
consent-with nonce--openly, fairly
by an equal mode prescribed. IL happens
in this case, by the party who fell--al-
ways prescribed, in a duel proper. by
gentlemen. Now, sir, by the later
mode was Cilley murdered-fairly, hn-