Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1856-07-26
THE PRESS ON THE BROOKS
AND GAN1II AFFAIR. !,
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AND BURLINGAME AFFAIR.
From the n. Y. Express.
FOOLS AND FoLLT-DuELLTSG.
Unpublished correspondence between Hon.
Mr.. Burlingame, of Massachusetts, and Colonel
Brooks, of South Carolina,-which, to us as
North men cannot but he Notifying.
MIR. Bnrlingame made, our readers know, a
fiery anti-Southern speech,-very well for Bun
kun, but Of no practical use whateyer,-and it
was given out that he would fight over what he
said The South Carolina Brooks took him at
thewort an substantially challenged him. Under
the advice of Mr. Speaker Banks Mr.. Buriing-
anne substantially recognized MIR. Brooks as r
gentleman, though he had beaten his colleague
Sumner, in a very mean way,-2nd took out all
the sting of his speech, to the complete satisfac
ton of the cT,tcr Of Sumner. Burlingame them
goaded and sncered at by his own Abolition poo
pie, because Of his own dirt eating, likes
fool withdrew his apology-nade for him by
Speaker Banks, and invited fight Brooks chal-
lenged him. Burlingame, like fool again, ac-
copied the challenge, in the very face of all New
England sentiments againstS duelling, and, like
a bigger, fool, lodged the responsibility of real
fight by naming Canada as the arena when there
arc all sorts of places for duclling in and about
Washington. Brooks secs though the trick of
nd66iHJ him route through Ohio, or New York
to Canada, and is well advised by Gen. Lane, of
Oregon, Northern born man, to drop the mat
ter, and published the correspondence.
To such Of our Southern countrymen,-as
will crow over this nattcr,--we suggeSt,-that
there is soinethingin the very nature Of Section
al Abolitionism, that Ntaha0ns a man. 1t IS q
disease that takes all real spirit out Of the victim
of it. 1T 6reHEe 8piMnLcOLuMB, and corJ.7iptS
The tehOte JIckdone. Hence Burlingame is no
true specimen of the man about Bunker Hill,
Concord, or Lexington. Sotrue Massachusetts,
man will ever fight or offer to fight a duel-for
the whole sentiment of the State rises in Chris
tian Indignation against the barbara and brus
tai ctIstom,-but every true Massachusetts, man
will defend himself, if attacked, with all the
spirit and courage God has given, more or less,
in common to all true men. The North is not
responsible for the Bnrlingames. u .is.
s,iH From tie Philadelphia American sai-1
= QUESTIONS FOR 't MEN OF HONOR
1. When q man says of his act-I approve it,
and glory in it'll hold it to be altogether right
and in similar easel would do the same thing
in the same way and manner again, does he not
thereby indemnity himself with his act and re-
! fuse to separate himself from itS
q How, when man. thus indentifies himself
with his act, can he require others to distinguish
in his case, between the act and the actor. and
is it not manifest absurdity for thcactor to say
"when such distinction is made by another, that
it is satisfactory to HinS7' ~ .tes.a -
g. Can ever so many duels change the circutn
stances or character Of a foregone actg
4. Is it precisely because an act is in itself
wrong, and cannot stand thcjudgment of man
kind, that duels arc required to prevent plain
speech about it? $500
8. If some onein England should say public
~ that the famous charge Of the Light Brigade
in the Crimea WAS mean, cowardly affair, could
Lord Cardigan, duellist though he be, feel CALI
ed to take any notice efsuch foolish utterance?
PoLIrtcAL.-A member Of Congress asbet ten
thousanddollars that Mr. Buchanan would carry
twelve northern statesS-A Maine, New Hampshire,
Connecticut, New York, iPcunsylv ania New Jer-
sey, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa. Wisconsin,
Michigan and California Bottom Times.
SPLITTING THE DIPFEREScE.-The Shawnee
town IlliHoistdH hoists the flag of buchanan and
Breckenridge, followed by the names of Bissell
and Hoffman, whilst its editorials favor the cleo
ton of Fremont
The n. Y. Couriersays: tsTwo-thir1s of the
voters of the Union. belong to the free States
Col. Fremontis already sure OF so largea majority
Of those, that even though he do not receive
vote at the South, (and yet he will have eIector-
al tickets in several of the SatesJ he already has
larger popular vote in the entire land In his ia
vor, than either of his competitors. But this
fact is not to determine the election. Ohio may
roll up for Fremont majority of fifty or seven
ty thousand, but that tells no more upon the
electoral college than would a bare plurality of
ten votes; and therefore so long there are free
States which, ike Pennsylvania, Mr. Buchanan
may get, or like California, Mr. Fillmore may get
by plurality, the Republican party have no
right to consider the result as. certain. =
There is something amusing in the sim
plicity of the little girl, who asked younger sis
ter to spell eat . and upon being told stieconld
NOT do il, desired her to try .kitten.!"
Ia Bruyere Essays: When person OF feel,
ing and risceruu1enf reads n book and II sSrita