The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1843-11-16

HlSuf anu pdlIIollS Pl0te"Sio"N'
evade an invitation in which the dlgnity
of the party was so vitality concerned.-
AS this was, therefore, bona file point
of honor, upon the result of which 1t was
impossible 10 foresee what might be the
destinies Of our country, it was resolved
that should give him meeting, and
hight functionary of great courage and
discretion was fixed upon as my second t;
and [ answered the note in the most po-
lite manner imaginable, accepting the in.
vilalion, and leaving the preliminaries TO
be settled BY the polentares of the
high contracting parties Early In the
afternoon, a carriage drove 10 the door,
containing two of my particular friends,
with request TO lake ride. Surprising
it was Intended 10 talk over matters, and
arrange for contingencies, the weather be-
ing exceedingly pleasant spraug in, and
away we went as fast as two spanking
grays could carry US. In the bottom OF
the carriage case of pistols lay very
comfortably, and my friends Informed me
that we were going out of town to fire at
mark, supposing that | was rather out
of practice, which was really the case,
never having fired pistol in the course
of my life. We aighted in the centre Of
a field, and card was pinned to tree,
and the pistol loaded and placed in my
hand, at the distance Of ten PAGES. Moth
ing daunted, 1 raised my pistol cautiously
and firmly, and hit the card "Bravo !!
Capital Trv it again" said my friends /;
.u,l I .,,o., ~ 6rnr apd h min m tho mo rb
with all imaginable GOODNESS, iter~m
atque aterum. You are fist rate
shot," said one. Poor devil, he will be
killed." said the other; "there is no
escape for him. No standing such
shots" pray" said | to my friends,
"what sort of IA person is this, whom |
am 20 meet?" "A very clever fellow,
of great promise-a gentleman of fortune
and character, of large and ancient FAM
iIv, highly esteemed and respected"
And am TO kill him. said 10 my
self "Good Heavens man who new
er wronged me, and 10 whom, Of course
| entertain no i'll will-but the honor of
my party was implicated, and he must
die" could moi reconcile myself to the
morality or philosophy of this issue, bnt |
was in the hands of my party, and of right
honorable men as friends, and it was my
duty, supposed,o submit, The city was
alive with the projected duel-we were
both the lions OF the day. l had not the
honor of knowing my brother lion whom
| was 10 kill the next day; | was quite
sure that | had no i'll will towards him,
and if the honor of our respective parties
had not been question at issue, felt con-
fdent that we both could have adjusted
the difficulty over bottle of south side
Madeira. in the most pacific manner I'M
aginabIe. The police, with strict eye
to their duty, took special care to inform
all sporting characters, that the affair was
to come off at the race course, at four
o'clock, and all the gigs in town were en-
gagged to witness the exhibition. The la
dies sighed, and thought it a pity that two
such nice young fellows should run the
risk of killing each other; but finally |
they entered into the spirit of the contest,
and both OF US stood a chance of represent.
ing the dying gladiator, for the amuse-
ment of the audience in the Coliseum
Just at the very nick of time, when the
period for negotiation had been nearly ex-
hausied, my friend, E. S. Thomas, the ed,
itor of the City Gazette, believing that no
good political results were to grow ont of
This duel, at moment of great political
excitement, and when the country, at war
with grea! power, required union, con-
cert in action, and friendly feelings
among citizens, he called. early in the
on Heating Lewis Simmons,
Esq, then atthe head ofthe Fedora party,
and submitted various considerations why
his hostile meeting was uncalled for, and
he political as well as the personal con-
sequences which might grow out of it,
1t was fually arranged 10 call the high
contracting powers together in council,
and ascertain what could be done in the
premises. Alter a meeting and delibera-
lion Of four hours, it was finally agreed
that there should be no meeting--that
mutual explanations should be made-and
he affair was honorably arranged, accord,
ing to the most approved principles OF
lueling and the mos! popular require
ments of etiquette. [ was entirely sails
fed with the issue, having no desire TO
kill my antagonist, who, by the way, was
a very worthy person by the name of
Toomer, since dead nor had | any wish
10 be killed myself Bet the dear public,
it seems, was not 50 well satisfied with the
result-lhere was to be no fight after ALL
Pompey had harnessed the bays to the
buggy whips, spurs, and trolting horses
were all ready for the race course, to see
two promising young fellows shoot each
other; and so the affair 10 settled, and the
pistols are returned TO the case, and the
doctor was not called upon 10 prepare lint,
probestick, and plaster. This humane
disappointment, however, was coupled
with strong snsnicions. nrellu lnudLu ex