Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-07-30

,cosid be responsible for NM decision. Mr.. Bnr'
llngame then eeqoiesced stating that II a oom-
mnncaiinn was presented 10 me obiecting To the
fims or place in his absence, | should change
either or both a. my discretion. deem a knowl
edge Of the facts ON this paot alike due 10 Mr..
Burlingame aud my self. ia view oi The unexpected
publicity which Col. Brooks has given To the
matter through The press.
From the spirit of Col. Brooks note, ! was in
duced to hope that no hostile action wnttd result
from the meeting which he invited l believed
that the retired place ! had designat ad-hring
accessible by one days travel. in cool, health.
iul and magniieently picturesque region. remote
from the exctements oi metropolitan hte--would
be far more appropriate IN the hot season. than
any point in the region Of the District Of Colnm'
ba
But Mr.. Brooks seems 10 set cut with the as
sumption that his noto WAS in spirit. II not in
form. hostile message" or, III either words. "A
"chaiitngt." What right had he. in this view ot
tho matter. To drive the challenged party outside
OF the District II the answer be ITO eyade the
laws of our country" then that answer admits
the place 10 have been well chosen, because there
is no State, North or South. in which the Inv,
do not forbid such hostile meetings, under heavy
penalties.
After assuming thu, the note was u "chai
isnpe." he says that he could not reach the Falls
Of Niagara without running the gauntlet 81
mobs, assdssins, prisons. and peniftntidries bai-
IFS and constabtts." II appears, by the note
oi Gen. Lane 10 him, that he Ind informed MIR
Buringame Mt the outset TINT "he had III" right
of selecting the place for the meeting Nc; and
vet after it was chosen. he objected TO it IN the
! ground that Il was "too far Distant" and would
sublec-Mr Brooks ITO 80 many hazards Of nv
| resi-" and therefore advises him "to take no fur
| Their notice of the matter" | will not stigma.
! TIE the people Souihward MS ''moha," "assns
SINS" &c hut, in behalf of the people between
this poin, aud Niagara Falls, | assert tina, Col.
brooks would have been quite M secure north
of "Muson. mud Dixon's lino" us Mr.. Burngamo
would have been south of H.
| know nothing Of the rules of chivalry except
as nature has taught me; nor have studied, nor
will ever waste time in studying the written
code dufiio," but, my action IN the premises
seems 10 be- rebuked, leave the parties To show
the authorities" TO justify their proportions
lst That tho challenging party may in his
message make any restrictions either as 10 time
or place of meeting
I'd That in selecting the place tho Challenged
party ia circumseribed geographically by any
lines OF latitude or longitude.
81. That, when the place is fixed by tho party
entitled to the selection, the challenger may 10
tire from the field on his objections 10 distance
(it within one days travel) or from fear of "bai
lids and eonst ables."
9TH Tint. ander mutual agreement mol I,
give publicity, one party is authorised 10 pub
lish the affair through tho press without tbs
knowledge or consent Of the other.
My completely in this alnir was induced sole
ly by private friendship and the hope that NIGH
be Instrumental, in some honorable way, in res
toring amicabe relations between the parties.
now dismiss tho whole matter, rs far ns mn,
be possible, from my mind forever. oonsoled by
the reflection that, whatever may have been IN,
errors in the prem. Sos. no brothers blood hu,
been shed or life sacrificed by reason Of any Nc
OF nine. LEWIS d. CAMPBELL.