Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1842-03-29


he did not say to you what you alleged he
he said il your verbal interview with him
This be had denied in his 6rst note, afisr
requesting you to ask for II in writing.
I'd. The point Of honor; In psfusingto
give in writing satisfactory reasons for DE-
clining 10 receive at your hands . nois
from Col. Webb. .rf
The first was the point which seemed
TO weigh most in your mind, end I eonelu-
ded with you that it was the ground on
which you could be iustifabIe IN calling
MI Cillsy TO the field. Your ehlIsnRs,
at that time, was drawn conGormablg 70
this view. 1t was you know, afterwards
destroyed, and have no copy Of It now;
but, speaking from recollection its sub.
stance was a call upon Mr.. .CiIley for de.
nying your statement of rhGt he stGtd al.
ter admitting ittOy and req uSstORisg
you TO call on him for it in lOriting.
| admitted that this was your true cause
of quarrel, but demuTed TO hearing the
challenge, and still urged that something
might be done TO avoid it. Thought that
Webb ought not 10 allow you to 6ght
Cilley, or to be involved 10 a chalIanRO
on bis account, and that he might demand
to take your place. You seemed to think
that it was no longer Webb's, but your
own affair; that your word was disputed
and denied and bis character doubted.Wa
discussed this question somo time, and
you at last insisted that should accom-
pany you to Mr.. Clay's room, and be guild.
ed by his counsel in the matteE-You
boarded at the same house with him-aI
Mis.Hill's,a few doors from MissQueens's
| went with you to his room, about II
o'clock, A. NJ, on Friday the 23d, aud
we found him alone. You submitted to
him, in my presence, whether there was
any alternative then for you but to chal-
lenge Mr.. Cilley. He promptly resPOn-
ded that you had no other course left
You then submitted to him the form Of
the challenge you had drawn. He read
it, and did not approve it, and said that
your true point of fchallenge vas, that Mr..
Cilley had refused TO receive the note Of
Col Webb, which you had borne, and he
had refused also TO assign such rea-
sons as wou d exonerate you from res.
possibility. ] Immediately debated thi6
point with him, as TO the true cause Of
dispute, but he persisted his opinion, took
the challenge you had drawn, threw it as
de, and with his own hand aud pen, wrote
the following 10 wit:
washington City, Feb % 1888.
Gas you have declined accepting COM
munication which.I bore to you from Col.
Webb, and as by your note Of Yesterday
you have refused to decline on grounds
which would exhonerate me from all re-
sponsibility growing out of the affair,
am left no other alienation but 10 ask
that satisfaction which is recognized a.
mOng gentleman. Ny friend, Hon. Henry
A. wise, is authorized by me to make ar
rangements suitable to the occasion.
"YOur obedient servant,
w. ]. GRAVES.
"Hon. J. ClLLEY."
You accepted this form and adopted it
in lieu of your own, copied it in your own
handwriting, destroyed the manuscript of
Mr.. Clay, and then insisted that | should
Immediately bear TO Mr.. Cilley. Mr.
Clay sdded his persuasion to yours, and
| was Prevailed on TO beGr it to Mr.. Gil
ley, which | did a little before IL o'clock
NJ, on that day.
After tho adjournment Of the House.on
Friday, the 23d, at about half past O'elk,
P. NJ, you walked again with me to my
room. Expecting 10 have to fight with
pistols, you were examining my braces
about S O'Clock in the evening, when gen.
George W. Jones, the second Of Mr.. Gil
ley, entered and presented to you the ac-
ceptance of your challange. You imue-
diately retired. General Jones then SAT
down at my table, and drew up the follow
ing terms, to wit: .-.,,
"Washington, Feb. %, 1885,
Mr.. Ciley proposes to meet Mr.. Graves
al such place as may be agreed upon be-
tween us, tomorrow, at 10 o'clock, M
The weapons to he used on the occasion
shall be rifles, the parties placed side 10
side, at eighty yards distance from each
other; to hold the rifles horizontally AZ
arms-length, dOwnwards: the rifles to b
cooked and triggers set, the word to Be,
Gentlemen, are you readyr Alter which
neither answering NO. the words shall b
n regular succession, 'Fire-ons two,
lhree, four. The positions ofihe parties
IT the euds of the line to be determined
BY LOT. The second ofthe party losing
The position, shall have the giving Of tho
word. The dress to be ordinary winter
and subject to The examination
Of both parties. Each party may have on
the ground, besides his second, a surgeon
and two other friends. The seconds, f6f
the execution of their respective trusl1,
are allowed to have pair OF pistols sSdh
on the ground, but no other person SHALL
have any weapon. The sif1es Is 81 Ibaa.