The Nevada journal., 1852-07-31


to encourage its press, or give them a
begsarly account of empty boxes
Conscious of our own rights in this
matter, we shall maintain them unflihch-
ingiy. The general impulse Of the pub
JIG mind, Furthermore, has been mani
tested in favor Of onr position -t
DuELiING. The San Francisco Whsg
o short time since, in an excellent arti-
Gle against duclling, said, although
the constitution Of California contains
a stringent provision against the code,
the press of California have either been
silent on the subject, or by prccept and
example given it encouragement and
support'' Although the above remark
did us injuticogin the premises, we let
it pass at the. time,3reaecting that the
recent date at which that paper entered
upon nowspap portal existence was per-
haps its Eest excuse for so swe eping an
assertion. Nyo should have thought nc
more about it had not the Christian Id
rocqte, in its last number, endorsed the
assertion SO far as regards the secular
press and declared that press is main
Ily responsible for the blood shed in
duels in the State.."o We have had the
necessity of rcoutting this charge made
more particularly against the Journal,
by the Adtoeate, before. a When duel
was fought ut Industry Bar in October
last in which one of. tho principals was
killed, We held the following language,
in reference to it
d" Thus one moro scene is added 10 tho
bloody drama of dueIlins -one more
soul has been sent into eternity to salts
the barbarous acquisitions of falsely
termed code of honor, For ono Of the
seconds in this case we have warm
personal friendship, and We should deep
| ly regret any evil that might ,befal him.
! But as long as men will act as midwiyes
to deliver these mons.rous iniquities, the
severest penalties of the law should re-
ward them. In moment of blind pas
sion, sma, ting under real or imagined
| insult, q man may crave the blood of his
adversary, butaif he seeks it by the
means the murderer employs, he knows
his responsibility in the eye of the law
and is thus deferred from consummating
his object. But when he can find will
ling agent to carry his messages and ar
range his preliminaries, under the shield
of public sentiment, he ceolly kills his
man, and is acooontedaa hero. There
fore the law should, be made to touch
the second, who is the real promoter of
the affair, for without his concurrence,
the principal in ninety-nine cases out OF
an hundred would rclinquish his design,
Every man Of honor should refuse to do
the dirty work of ducl, and every one
who consents to do il, should feel the
weight of the laws just vengeance as
fully'as the principal" sa Ci &a'y2a
In remarking upon this affair the
Christian Aarotate-
"IIopcd that in the next affair of the
\ kind one OF the parties would be killed,
another hung. and the rest sent to the
pcnitentiary." Els t,-t.... ..l
This wishing that the worst possible
results might flow from public evil, wo
acterized as un-"ehristiaa )" where.
upon the Aduocate asserted "the Nevada
Journal has great horror for piety, and
a great fondncss for dueliingt" 1t never
had the candor to do justice to our views
Iidpon daclling though they were reiter.
ated for. its special information. The
additional charge against the secular
press" made without exception, Of be-
ing responsible for the blood of those
murdered in duols, is rather too much,
We allow no responsibility to be imput-
ed to US for crimes we have invariably
reprobated., Will the Christian Adro-
cate tardily acknowledge its misrepre-
sentations? safsf'al ' uas' -0
The. Nevada Journal is hard to please.
1t appears to be very much mortified
and most feelingly regrets that Mr..
Me Connell, Of that city, did not receive
the nomination for Judge Of the Supreme .
Court. Mr. Mcdonnell was not can.
didate, and We presume is highly graft
fed at the nominations, Had lie been