The Trinity times., 1855-07-28
The Late Robert Tevis

which is published at Downeyillr, hat :.
remains Of Mr.. Teyis were brought to Dow
Neville on the day following the duel IN
which he fell, and were buried under the di
Feetion Of the Sons Of Temperance. followed
by the largest funeral cortc2c ever seen in
ihht County. The number Of persons who
joined in the procession was estimated a,
about eighteen hundred
At meeting Of the citizens Of Downio.
Vile. held upon ,he subsequent evening. re
folutions were passed, approving the course
of the deceased. and saying that th,re wa.
mo manner in which Robert Teyis could
have n1fdLy declined the challenge -
that ia his death, the community has lbs,
one Of its brightest ornamcnis, and one
whose dearest interests were the interes.s oC
his country, and who died glorously adyo.
eating the same"
The O o. u. speaks Of efforts that were
made to settle the difficulty. but which
proved unayailing, and snys that the death OF
MIR. Tevis "was directly occasioned by the
accused party spirit which has made men
mad ~ Il also soys -
The hiial occurrence was occasoncd by
m astiels which appeared IN the Democratic
columns "f the Sl'rta Citizen, written by
Dr. L'ppincott, rehcctnV s'nnrwhat severely
81. \
Of July. and ntinatina thai his remarks ON
that day were Of a political character. and
that they were the ucoHson Of n Disturbance
which alierward. occurred 10 this Mr.
Tevls replied by n card ia Til. paper, pro
nouncing the authors Of that article liars
aud rlandcrers.'
Now. when We state that the 81 RIA CUi
zen and the old Oak,n B0cLd are conducted
by one and the same individual, MIR c. B
Mcdonald, we think that the community will
agree with us in the opinion. that there is
terrible weight Of responsibility IN his mat
ter resting upon the individual who allowed
the publication H the communications re
ferred to above. If DR.. Lppncot's remarks
in the Sierra Cuiacn were Incorrect, aud
not warranted by the circumstances Mr. Nc.
Donald as editor Of the paper should not
have allowed them to be published. If on
the other hand they were correct, this same
Mr. Mcdonald, rs editor Of the OIL OIkcn
Bucket. should not have published the card
of Mr.. Teys pronouneng the authors to be-
"liars and slandcrers" If he was. ns he says
he was, on terms Of The closest friendship
with both parties, he must have been aware
Of the consequences which must have resulted
from the publication Of the articles Was il
not his duty 10 have suppressed one or both
of theml We sicken at he heart when We
read such remarks as these coming from such
source. lie SAYS:
at is no time Cor us 10 cxclnm against the
bloody code which has laid our brother low
IN the ground, and ou'lawcd one of our dear
est friend. 1t may do for cold bloodrd, sto-
ny hearted Politicians 10 drag two honorable.
high.souled men into the ring, aud feed their
baser passions by watching their deadly !
strife: they may afterwards howl over the |
manel,d corse aud opostrophlze the mancs Of
the dead
Where was the "broiher l"-where was
the friend l"--where WAS the cditnrl Had
he no means in his triple capacity o. brother,
friend, and editor, to have prevented this |
terrible TRACED, Are "co'd blood, d, stony
hearted politicians" alone To blame in this
maticrl Has the thought never sure, sied !
itself to the mind of he brother" friend y
and editor, that some responsibility rested
upon him. and that he had something to do
with dragging "two honorable. hgh-soul,d !
men into tho ring ?" Does he not " after
wards howl over the rrnuglcd corsc and apos
frophze the names Of the dead p We would |
suggest to the gentleman who is ready 10
throw the blame Of the whole affair on 10 the
shoulders of " cold bhnd,d, stony hearted /
politicians" the propri,ty Of his pcrrsing .
certain portion 81 the Gosp, Of Luke, and |
particularly the forty FIRST aud forty second
verses OF the sixth chapter.
BoAnD oE SureRNI.oRs.-O On the first page
Of our paper 0lA be lound the proeecdin cf |
the Board Of Super, sors Tor this county, ar
their lat s,s,io".