The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-06-10
CHIvALRY-N North AND souTH.-In reference

to the letter about Brooks aud Webb dining
together the Courier and Enquirer remarks =
We speak aevissdy when say that the letter is s
tissue Of misrepresentation. Tie dinner at Gcse.cot
Axin's instead Of bling given for the express pup
OF Bringing item (Weob ard Broohs) togs.hero tnos
pscs apon the oath of May, upon Invita- Issued and
accepted two Gays before Brooks assault upon Sumue
Again, that diele: vas Saturday the "a b, while
O. neral Webbs istter was not mailed ut Washington
Until sunday, aad not published un ii Tues FAY
Dgl ON this occasion i. so ha ed that General Webb
and Mr. Brooks od not meet until after dinner
and the guests about 10 separate, then only the
oIdi Isry civiies inte-chapged Mr. Brooks akip
approach ara speak TO General Webb before the guests
ushee into Inner so ruh for the faeh od that
Mr. Brooks has made any public boast whca we venture
We are equsy certain that Mr. Brooks never male, or
carted to " made, sIy such communication TO the
Cbarleston CoT,er because the writer of this he I'D
Goyenor Akin Say tat he letter satisfs tory and
bees know that The Governor repe s.edy ed IL
the House Ct without Aoy res,rv. aat
he htu con- Duncaed 10 GsLefal Webb tast Mr. Brooks
tex 10 exceptions TO tina. letter. We also knox-
indeed vs. have i, fom General Webb hiusslf-thst
ed Brooks letter nqu'rirg whether he wrote soi
hell tims Ell. personally responsibe for tie article
ing Of Beo. essrdy sssu hs va. Spa
ne mad net writer anything up N the 50 jsct unu!
Saturday; and that Tussdays Courier and Enquirer
copy Of which he had directed sent Brooks
c.ntsin his opinion Of the affair his tigoa.ars,
which veud superede the necessity Of all inquiries
totbe author lis responsibility. This was his precise
20 Brooks letter nee convsrs .tion then fol
loved between the psrtes, in wnish General Quitnsn
sale ne hac ventured TO M Books that General
Webb bad not cbers cterzeo his assault dastardy
TO which General Webb replied, that to used
fuca term would have been inviting q challenge and
Iedeisg mself TO accept it, whereas, all his nercoa
With Mr. Brooks had been Of t,endly Character and
although be had described and condemned the outrage 10
me senate chamber In the strongest language he could
cetern ed to guard against all per sona affairs 10
future and combat solely for principles.
This is putting an uncommonly fine point
upon it. Colonel Webb cannot deny that he
dined with Mr.. Brooks two days after the as
sauit (Which took place on the 221); nor does
he explain away his conduct at the dinner
table, in interchanging the ordinary civilitiss
with Brooks. The only point in fact which
the Colonel really denies is that the dinner
was given by Governor Akin for the purpose
of bringing the two together. The invitations,
it seems, we're issued two days before the as
sault, and consequently before the estrange.
ment between these types Of chivalry.
Brooks, it will be remembered, sent Quit.
man fan old school fellow''-to Webb to ask,
did he say the outrage was "dastardly?, Aud
Webb, with fine Pickwickian sense of honor,
replied that he did not use any such term; that
che had described and condemned the outrage
in the strongest language he could use, but
had intentionally avoided personalities Upon
this Brooks declared himself quite satisfied,
though the letter which Colonel Webb did
write, without using strong words distinctly
indicated that Brooks was coward and ruf-
fan, and couldn't be anything else, brough. no
as he was.
Some time since, famous New YORK poll
ticisn, in political speech delivered in this
city, sneeringiy alluded to brother in the
craft as "a man whom a woman kapt.u TIE
"msnn was abroad at the time The speaker
shortly went abroad, too, and thsy net. The
"manr sent demand for explanation. The
politician replied gracefully and smilingly
sbat lie really meant nothing personal. Aud
With this the "ran'-like orr friend Carolina
Brooks expressed birEeif perfectly satisfied.
AZ Iouchssone says, "Ali degrees you NAV
AVOID cut inc lie direct ard you may AVOID
thas. too. with az IL" NAsn the oarsi-s ware
neT ,Lsnsslyes ore % them thought bat Of az
IT, as III raid 20, sheD Jon said 10 ard they
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