Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1849-03-01

Still fingers virtues gimmerng spark I'LL,
Plead with limits the nobler part, -
Bring to his mind the early time,
Fer sin had stained his soul with crime; IL
When fond affection bless'd his hours yseg
And strewed his joyous path with flowers;
| When sportive jest and harmless glee 81 35"
Bespoke a spirit pure and free; 5a3g l8t
a,, Plead with limits the nobler part
There's something good in every heart!
There was time that head did rest, qa..,f.,
Close to mothers yearning breast
"A time his ear the precepts caught, &s5t''a !
I'd A kind and virtuous father taught; i fE, tg
1t matters not what treacherous ray, {,.s,s,;s.,
First lured his steps from virtues way
- Enough to know thou yet mays't save #s=.
| = The soul from sims enguphing wave; faa f#E
Plead with limits the nobler part.
- There's something good in every heart!
b. AL -3tte48s liz ~
\ HENRY, CLAY AND JOHN RANDOLPH.
/ 4, The account Of the duel which we ex-
tract has been given in letter 10 General
Hamilton, who accompanied Mr. Randolph
10 the field on this occasion in conjunction
with Colonel Tattnall, then in Congress
from Georgia s-es ...I 1..r,
"The night before the duel, Mr. Ran
dolph sent for me. / found him calm but
| in q singularly confding mood. He told
me that he had something on his mind, to
tell me-" ,.;s,a~ ~--t Nh ,ff1
| He then remarked-sH amilton, i am de-
termined to receive, without returning,
Clay's FIRE; nothing shall induce me to
harm hair Of his head l viii not make
his wife 4 widow, or his children orphans.
Their tears would be shed over his grave;
but when the sod or Virginia rests on my
bosom, there is, not, in the wide world an
individual TO pay this tribute on mine. =
His, eye filled, and resting, his head upon
his hand. he remained silent. Ireplied-
l,"My dear afisnd,"'' (for, ours, was j pos
thumous friendship bequeathed BY onr, mo-
theirs, )-ss1 deeply regret that you have
mentioned this subject to me, for you call
me to got the field and see you shot down,
or TO assume the, responsibility, in regard
e. your own lifs, il sustaining you,5I deter
mination to throw it away, But on this
subject, a mans conscience and his: bosom
are his best monitors. I viii NOT advise
but under the enormous and. unproyoked
personal insults you have, offered. Mr. Clay
cannot dissuade. feel bound, howev-
sr !o communicates TO- 70 Col ' Ta,tnall your
f. He begged p,e 10 do 50, %, and said he was
very, much afraid that ,Tattnall lwonldtake
the studs and refuseto go out with him.
however, sought Col. T,aNnall, and re-
paired about midnight, #, the lodgings, 81
MI Randolph, whom We found reading
Millions great poem., For, some moments
he did not permit Us, to, say a word in re-
lation to the approaching duel, and at once
commenced one Of those delightful rcriti-
cis%, which ,ht BE- wa. went 50 sntlhusia,ti-
Aflsl pause, COL ra, ii m, remark
"Mr. Randol PHI, I am told you, are, deter
-mined pei iolbesnrnl Mr. Clay FIRE; must
!. tsaNtoIye,himy dear sirs ii / smto only going
:, fsvtto sseI you, sbot downs y osh must 6nd
!, satne ether frieni.,. III ISL, yGe 81 hauoJ
+o7Nrl Randolph remarked that such wa.
ibis deterhinstidn.lo Acknowledgements
: ton onItheI.i,bject, / induced Cbhs Tattnal
to allow Mr. Randolph TO etake his CIV,
course, as, ACKNOWLEDGMENT, az, one Of hi
!. friends. might lead to very injurious mis-
teonstruetjens. At last Mr. Randolph smil
4 tss6sy eeatu ID ~ aEE -I49I attf33'#s Y iG
bin We'll, nattnslln III promise y oil one thing
HuI see the devil in, Mr. Clay's eye an
that with lnaliceiprepense he means to TAX
my life, | may lchange, my imind''-ra re
i mark he,nsde merely to proritiate the aux
) sietyi Of, bis friend.isj 81 afidl9n3s ayad
: bi sMr Clay and himself metat four o'cloc)
: the slcceeding eyening, scnbthe banks q
The gsPotemaeu But he saw in04sdeyilri
J EElay'to eye,l'1 but man fearless and sex
!, pressing the mingled sensibilily5 and firm
ness which belonged to the OCCASION. ID
DO lishaA aeyeraforsss thisaoese 80 Tonga
| live. It has been my misfortune TO- wit
tness seyeralsduels batI neverasaw one, .
i klea,t its sequel, 50, deeply affecting. ai oil
EoaiThee sun sinking behind the blue hills .
!, Randolph's. Virginia. Here 'were,tw
, Of the most extraordinary men our couatr
IN its predigality ohad produced, about t
{ meet in mortal eambat.lb & honods sysw
DO While Tattnall Ma,l loading Randolph
!. pistol, eIapproached my friend, / believe
for the last time. 10 / took ohis hand, Their
WAS not in histouch the quick ening Of on
pulsation. He turned to me and said. g la,
! iafoalm, but notvindictiye. hold my put
Epose, Mr. Hamilton, in any event, remem
Der this."s 5ToI sd' a4iessr d ,F4stHr3t
! I1iiQnt handing him the pistol Col. Taitnal
), Esprang the hair trigger; Randolph said--s
1 5 l,tsTattnall, althouehlI am 6neOfIthe bes
shots in Virginia with either4postol or gun
yet Ieneyera fire with 1aahaira trigger; be
| sides have thick buck-skin glove on
which will destroy the delicacy of m,
touch, andIethe, trigger may fly before 8
know swheTeI am. Yfee 5iuaw aao sorI
I sa But from the great solicitude of hi
friend, Tattnall insisted upon hairing th
trigger. afOn taking position, the fact turn
Iedtout ssoNf Randolph anticipated hi
;. pistol went off before the word with tn
! mqzzleg DOWN. 4oa ss3ni@aa 10 atatr8i
il The moment, the event took place, Gen
!essup, Mr. Clay's, friend, called out tha
he would Instantly leave thet field with hi
Ettiend,l il it occurredf again. Mr. Clay .
once exclaimed, that titawas entirely an &C
cideni,a and begged that hegentleinan Nigh
LIE allowed to 60 on.il On the,word 'beih
given, Mr. Clay fired without effect--M
, Randolph dischstgea his pistolin the air
benIhe noneaf that N Clay SAW that Ran
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