Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1842-03-29
a rife By the lime p sscrIOed, time
shall bs aloud for that purpose.
..YOur very ohedleni servant,
.GEO. w. JONES.

The..t,Do otker friends" thus provided
IN the terms, here 10 be juinlly and ser
vsn,ly responsible with the respective Sc.
conds, and we're SO considered by the par
ties. except that the seconds we're 10 be |
s,med 10 see that the terms were com
plied with, and we're to be the spOkesmen
on the ground. Bu, as far as advice, or
counsel, or decision upon any question
nfhonor or chiValry was consern d, M4ssr',
Criltenden and Msnefec on oar Pri 'and
General Jones's two friends on Mr. = Hey |
mart. were considered clothed with the
sane authority aud responsibility as were
General Jones and myself
Before General Jones and myself con
eluded our interview, you sent Mr. Men
efee to me TO ascertain what the terms
were, / showed them to him, and as ne
aGetwards testified, 'auimadveried with
,severi,y tipcn their objectionable charac
ter.m Indeed, did moi then accept them
shut told General JOues that ! would de-
liberate upon them, and inform him OF
INV determination in writing. rs snnn ~ |
eo0ld, about 6JclOck. P. Nj, | went To
NJ. Claws room anh submitted them :"
him. ! think you we're present pro
tested thar they we're unusual aud habU
Gus; and should not be excepted MI
Clav said that yOu were "a ke1incklan'
and thai no Keniuckian could ba,k ou'
from arfle," "that the distance was greal {,
aud thai even if the terms we're unusual
aud barberous, the parry pr,Poslng such
was most likely TO Ay yifrnm them himself
Upon this view Of his. you determined to
Accop, them, and laccnrdingly 81 NOTIFIED
Gen. Jones, about q u'clock, L. Nj ~
the following note, to VIII:
"Washingop, February %. 1898
Sir: The telms arranging the meet
inq bsiween Mr.. Graves and Nj, Ciley'
winch you presented 10 me this evening"
though unusual and 0bjrcti,nfhle, are 40
c.p,ed, with the understanding that the
rAes are 10 he loaded with shgle hall,
aud that neither parry is 10 raise his wea
Dsn from The downward h0rZrn'sl phsi
iien until the word fire" ] will inform
You. sir. by the hour Of eleven o'clock
A. NJ, TO morrow, whether Mr. Graves
has been able to procure a a =, and, con
ssuusn,ly, whether he will req lire post
ponemea, of The time Of mseilng.
''Your very obpdien, servtnt.
"HENRY A. WISE.
"IIon. Geo. w. Jones"
After the delivery Of this note, il he
came my duty to PrePtre Tor the m 'e''ng
A weapan ives To be procured. and t@c
other friends" we're to he selected. NY
hupe was lO postpone the ddel, under ih'
prslex, of not helm able to procure f.
in order TO afford NJ. Clay, or s"Ine 9th
or of your friends, opportunity !" have
YOU and Mr.. Cillcy both arresie", through
col. Webb by The civil authorities. II
was with that view that caused the las'
clause in tho tOrms 10 he inserted;
and that added the last clause IN my
note to Gen. Jones. 70 frm an excuse
for getting NJ rh, that night, went I"
he'd about 10 O'cIOck, and WIS iasI s'eer
when Mr.. Menefee awOke me abnn' I"
clock Saturday morning, and informed me-
that Mr.. Crilienden had procured ar u"
for you from Mr.. Rives, the partner "'
Mr.. Blair in the Glnbe. In the IN IrnlnG
yOu had gone down to The ar4en'l To 'ry
the rife haGOre saw you, aud ! l1nHt
YOU and Massrs. Cri'trnden, and NJ "neIe'
and Hswss there. Y,n shot 81 awkward
", that yOul friends determined /" delay
the fgbi Eor yOn to practice, bh'' nn'or'n
nately, The meeting vas hsSened ny hnd
inQ On our return The r,A,, bullets, pow
der tlssk. Sc, rendered, as already de
scrbed in the published statement of gen
Jones' and myself, by the opposite pn'y
In the selection Of the "'wn O'he
friends" | urged that Mr.. CTiuend"I
should be one Ofthem. because he ~oul'
be most likely for cancellation, and h.
AGE, experience, and standing would b
tha best authority for anS adjustment Il
the controversy; he was selected At m
instance in preference To either Mr. Cd
hOno or Mr. IIawss. NJ. NJ melee W.
chosen BY YOURSELF Twas directed b
you 10 consult with them, and TO l"Se u
step without their advice and consent
And yOu directed US all there, p Tenpl
ogily 10 accept no explanaii ~ or "pnl"g
ss satisfactory, which id not admit 7
some form your siaiemen, Of what MI
Cilley said lo you in your 6lst ln'ervIe'
with him. This was your genera iLs'r'ic
ton. and given 10 us in consul alton
held before leaving tho ci'y; when lI'c
NJ. Criiienden proposed that he, Mr. NJ
efee, AMI myself should determine, beI"r
going On The ground, the principles I"
which we should attempt 10 acccmn"dn ~
the mattsr IN the event Of an ineIF Gus
sxchOnge Of shois. His motive he said
vas To place the propositions Of &C 'om
mediation In the most cORciliaiory form
ard languags, and 10 leave as lntle as pos
slbls to the hurry and inadvenancs OfIh