New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-06-24

and Bis weapons. For exsmpl, Keitt is due,ist
AID 10 sais to have killed or winged his man. His
weapon is the pistol, his distance twelve PAGES.
Now any practiced pistol shot can hardly fail to
LIT an object Of the size Of man at any accus-
toned distance. To 90 out with Keitt. thea upon
BIS own terms, would be suicide. But WITH any
other weapon at any other distance the chance.
are about even. Mr.. Buringame therefore made
avery wire AID excellent reply to Keitt when be
said, II am responsible for what / say. and stand
by it, All that Keitt may sputter after that
Will be leather and prunella de promises 70
scold at Dir b., Massachusetts, and Yankees gen.
orally, an hour by the clock on Monday next.
IT must not, however, be supposed that the lie
is always fighting matter with the chvslry. |
recollect hearing Mr.. Benton state TO Mr.. Butler.
the Senator who indorses with such JUNCTION his
gallant relative that he lied in bis throat not in
" his teeth sir, for that he may spit out, but in
. his throat Sir. in bis throat" Mr.. Benton pro.
ceeded TO remark incidentally that be fought for
funeral. The most ssnguinary results were eX-
pected. The whole South was looking for its
prenx cheyalier 70 emulate pistol and make instant
iDcisiOn, but he did not and indeed, though eight
years have rolled turbidly away, there has been
duel, and 1t will presently come to be thought that
10 fight will grow out Of that painful occurrence.
Again, II is within my recollection, that Clsi-
borne OF Mississippi once pronounced in the ear
OF III. Achilles Wise the awful words you are q
liar, but no fight resulted; and once more,
William Duer Of New-York presented the same
compliment on the floor Of the House to Richard
Kidder Meade, and still there was no fight. Alas
the age Of chvalry is gone;
The Knights are dust
And their good swords rust
Cutta Percha and the lie are the weapons OF the
mock heroes Of our day. Honor and my lsdy's
eyes no more fire the soul Of any champion Of this
generation.
The Southern press, while yelling 10 drunken
triumph over BrOoks's exploit reminds US of the
real character Of the me1 with whom an evil for
tune has united US in political association. Were
the whole South den Of Infatuated sayages its
voice could not be more horrible or detestable to
the ear of the civilized and Christian world. Let
civilization and Christianity judge between US.
The KnewNothines of the Fillmore stripe did
not allow the old Wings TO go quietly through the
prescribed ealvanic process last evening. The
meeting was. it is true, peppered over with old
Whigs, but hardly thickly enough to give pungency
to it's proceedings. Jenny Jones, the little Ten
nessee agitatOr had been pitched upon to preside
but the opposition of the X. Ms nipped the bud
ere it burst and Col. W. w. Seaton of The Intel
hgencer an excellent and quiet old gentleman, who
never meant to do any harm, except to get round
appropriations for some heavy book contracts, was
put into the Chair The X. Ms assumed entire
control and the Old-liners put out Of the line.
The object of the meeting to get up q salsble
article, but nothing was effected TO that end.
The Americas mails were examined this morn
ing They contain nothing of Importance. Mr..
Dallas mentions that the Palmerst0n Government
will undertake to combine the questions growing
out of the dismissal of Mr.. Champion with those
concerning Central America. and will, perhaps,
try its streDaa in Parliament these issues before
taking any decided step in regard to himself.
PEMAQIID.