The Nevada journal., 1853-12-02
r, A. DAVEDGE

"a LIAR,' as the best card We shall review
his article in course, making such extracts as
are necessary.
"Whv. Sargent. you are incapable of com
pretending poIiteness, and our last article. be-
cause destitute OF slang, was taken as drying
up
The last article 'destifutc qf slang" CON
tained the following which is the !. Us po
ltencsS
I'VE presume this most silly idea never
struck i, on anv one else besides the roman
tic and Imaginative editor of that paper, unless
il be that some poor fellow whose finer scDsl-
bilities have been awakened by getting into
Sister Stoves Cabin, has had Il dream and i'll
his vayaries imagined that he "snlM niger
and thcreupon communicated hs fears to Sar-
gent
Webster defines Nqag as = ior, rmgar.
Does not the above meet the definition?
..You have virtually admitted that you have
violated solemn business compact entered III
to between us.
We stated, and as +. a, Daydgc knows, al
ter careful inquiry, can prove, that he violated
said contract one week after it was made We
made full statement Of this matter several
weeks since After obtaining full evidence of
his bad faith, of nieanness that no printer would
commit, we felt oursef no longer bound. His
charges in these matters fall on his own estab-
mcnt, with the added force that they are made
hy bad conscience.
You conceive this paper to be in the hands
Of clique. Upon what authority, Mr.. Sar-
gent is your assertion based"
Upon certain knowledge upon the knowl-
edge of the community upon the statement Of
men Of your own party; upon internal evidenc e
as plain as the sunlight.
You have confessed that you are stranger
TO truth
Did we wish to win the reputation OF u
blackguard, by using blackguards weapons,
we should say the author of the above is a liar.
As it is, we merely deny the assertion, leaving
the legitimate inference to be drawn. When g
line can be quoted from our paper that can be
forced 70 mean such confession we will fairly
meet it. Till that time we holdyou, and 80 will
the public, to be only actuated by the SANDER
Gus spirit thus described by the poet:
q.
Slander. the toulest whel lp OF sin. The
In whom this spirit entered was undone.
His tongue was set fire of hell, his heart
Was black as death, his legs were faint with haste
To propagate the lie his soul had framed
His pillow was the peace OF families
Destroyed,
Broken friendships, and the strife of brotherhoods
Yet did he spare his sleep, and hear the clock
Number the midnight watches, on his bed,
Devisng mischief more and early rose, eH
And made most hellish meals OF good mems names"
If our relations with you do not convict your
conscience of this vice. we refer you to your
slanders Of women Of religion, Of all who dif-
fer with you even men of your own party
Your sheet has been pcstilence dispenser, that
many families in Nevada utterly refuse to ad-
NIT within their doors
1T isa matter of notoriety, that, from the
code of honor YOU claim the benefit of clergy
I.e 1t is matter of notoriety' that we
will not fight duel Indeed Now mark
what follows After confessing to knowledge
Of this fact. we are called upon by r. A. Day
idge to respond, that is, to fight duel
Nothing will suit r. a. Davidge, he declares,
but duel witha man who he says he knows
will not thus meet him.
The editor of the Young .fmericd, in this
ease conceives what the editor Of the Nerada
Journal cannot comprehend that neither of
them are sufficiently distinguished to render
their private quarrels of public interest III abb
scnce of the graces of composition, and deems
a private settlement, less ridiculous and more
compatible with the public will
You offer private settlement, on the no.
torious fact that such q settlement will not be
thus accepted You wish to gain cheap rep
utation for chivalry.' There might be some
rncrit in your offer had you not 50 fully first
liked in your mind that it would not be taken
up. AS it is, you simply prove yourself, as you
also did by the manner of your interference be-
tween Mason and ..Gardnier-a corard You
arc right Wewill not fight duel with you,
cause also we will not hazard the happiness of
those dependent on US, aud because our princi-
pies forbid it. We hold that
they who most admire and understand
This honor best, and on its altar lay
Their lives most obviously are fools. For
Why should that be honor termed, which makes
Man murder man I
And there is another reason, furthermore,
Why We will not fight thus with you. We do
hot hold you to be generally accredited even as
gentleman. BY the laws of the code you ap-
peal to because you know you will not be taken
at your word, gentleman is required only to
meet gentlemen. That you are not gentle
teman in public estimation is shown by the
anresented insult you received when a gentle
man at recent ball quietly declined to your
face to introduce you to his wife. His reasons
cover she case
There is another way we wont settle it except
In sclfdefencc. We will not assault you in the
street. We pity your shockinoly diseased body