Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1856-08-06

My friend, under my advice, which was
sustained by his own Judgment, declined 10 90
to Canada under the conviction that ne couId
never reach there. We both apPrenehoeo
violence and insult from fanatics along the
way, and were we'll assured that we would be
subjected to arrest ana many ,hcJ hiss
be sent from this city by telegraph Nor
would we have been mistaken, as the follow.
ing extract, taken from Canada paper-the
Journal and Express-and published before
the day of meeting designated by Mr.. Burlin-
game, abundantly proves:
GA SHOOTING MATCH.-Those who can spare
time, and who have any inclination of wit
Messing a real Yankee fight, can be gratifed
All the arrangements for a duel between Sem
ator Burlingame and Brooks have been set
tied. The following is the latest by telegraph
from Washington The challenge has been
accepted by Mr.. Burlingame, who named the
terms as follows: Ground, Canada, near the
Clifton House time, IL m, Saturday next
weapon, rife PAGES, fifty Mr.. Burlingame
is en- route for Canada. Mr. Brooks, learn,
bad not left this p. m. H"
How many other informers have telegraphed
to other and how many places has not yet
transpired. Nor will the public fail to rec
onize in H" friend Of Mr.. Burlingame,
when it is remembered that both my friend
and myself were uniformed as to the tUeapon
or distance, each Of which seems to have been
determined upon before Mr.. Burlingame's de-
parture from this city, Notwithstanding Mr..
Campbell "declined any negotiation at that
time having reference to sceaponS as prema-
ture "
1 now come to the argument of Mr.. Camp
bell. The contradictions into which he has
plunged are numerous and glazing.
He says /" no hostile meeting was proposed
by the note, and (therefore) I agreed to rem
der the desired service,' and in the next
breath he adds that Mr.. Burlingame had au-
thorized him, in the event of our "objecting
to time or place in his absence, (Mr. Camp
belly should change either or both at my (his)
discretion" Again, when asked by me what
weapons were to be used, he declined any
negotiation at that time having reference to
weapons as premature" and yet Mr.. Camp
bell asserts that Mr.. Burlingame said to him
that if my friend was anxious to " negotiate,
&c he would, if necessary, go even to South
Carolina" If Mr.. Campbell really believed
that ''no hostile meeting was proposed" what
occasion was there to leave this city?
If, on the contrary a'hostile meeting" was
understood, how could Mr.. Campbell regard
" any reference to weapons as premature %
Could it have been his purpose to send my
friend all the way to Canada to fight without
any weapon whatever? Or did he intend him
to take an aTmory of every description of
weapon simply to negotiate?
And again Mr.. Campbell was instructed to
deliver the note OF his friend g. to Mr.. Brooks
an person, as soon as he could be found this
being deemed the proper course, because he,
(Col. Brooks had not named in his note ana
person to recetve st." So, it appears that it
was deemed improper to deliver to me the re.
ply to a note borne by ntySeif because mn
name tc0s not mentioned in the note of my
friend; and yet Mr.. Campbell, whose name
also does not appear in the note of his friend,
assumes to have been invested with plenary
powers-except in the very nntnp0rtant par
ticular of naming the weapon to be used.
The pretended willingness of Mr.. Burlin-
game to Ego even to South Carolina unless
for peaceful settlement, indeed) is contradic-
ted by Mr.. Burlingame himself; for he says,
''Where is o friends country for mo? Is it
here where my comrades are smitten down
without warning?" If Mr.. Burlingame re.
CARDS Bladensburg or the Delaware, Mary
land or Virginia lines, IS the ''enemy's coun.
try" and therefore designated Canada, it is
simply ridiculous to profess willingness to 90
to South Carolina, unless it was in reality to
negotiate
Mr.. Campbell, for political effect, charges
Col. Brooks, by implication, with stigmatizing
the entire North as mobs and assassips. &c
Col. Brooks never made so sweeping a denun-
citation, and his allusiOn was alone to free No.
groes and republicans
1t now remains to answer Mr.. Campbelrs
argumentative propositions. He effects to
scoEn tho "written code duello,' and vet
challenges authority for the following propo-
sitions
lst That the challenging party may, in his
message, make any restrictions either as to
tune or place of meeting
I'd. That in selecting the place the challeng-
ed party is clrcumscribed, geographically, by
any lines Of latitude or longitude
I'd. That when the place is fixed by the
party entitled to the selection, the challenger
may retire from the field on his objection to
distance, Off within one days travel0 or from
fear OF "bailifs and constables -
take pleasure in giving the "authorities''
TO Mr. Campbell, and trust that when he
reads the last paragraph that | quote he will
appreciate my lenity towards bis friend. In
the Sd chapter, on the 18th page of the ':Code
of Honor" edited by Gov John l. Wilson,
OF South Carolina, which book is the only
" authority" known and ACKNOWLEDGED in
America, and adopted by clubs in England
will be found the following paragraphs, nun,
bered z and 3, which seem to have some bear
ing on the points in question:
~. Upon the acceptance of the challenge
the seconds make the necessary arrangements
for the meeting, in which each party is emit
tied to perfect equality The old notion
that the party challenged was authorized to
name the time, place, distance, and wea. or,
has been long since exploded, nor would a
man OF chivalric honor use such a right if be
possessed it. The time must be as soon as
practicaDle, the ptGce such as had oritnarikv
eeen aSN tcheTe the parties are, the distance
usual, and the weapon that which is most
generally used.
90. If the challenge insist upon what is not
usual in time, place, distance, and weapon.
DO not yield the point and tender in writing
what is usual in each; and if he refuse to
give satisfaction, then your friend mav post
HIM" P0''
did not tender an aO,sting the usual place,
oeeouse Mr. Campbell regarded d" any refer
ence to weapons as premature" and thereby
impressed me with the belief that he was in
vested with no adequate power in the pre
mises. l could not make the tender TO Mr.
Burlingame an person, because Mr.. Campbell
mad SAID that his friend "could not be seen in
the District -
10 Mr.. Campbell s fourth proposition, which
Is that under mutual agreement not 10 olive
puDiclty, one party is authorized to publish