Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-05-30

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=. " vS 10 ga. sei"s tho
paillhs my htteGtOn again to the s,g,o,,'nhE, Ind
ed In your note OF yesterday. In ans,rn eontsIG.
ply reply, that my article published in -, WIZ sim.
burg" is .ucen.Iy ' eGs Signature Of men,
qu're any further explanation from ns ss' not to
most peremptorily decline MAXIM ,h therefore,
CURED Respectfully KO II. CR ea,1SSI'2n re.
" PLEASANT GROVE. Nav l,.b ,o..
. =, DK. 10. II. CRAwLEr-Sir: hay. rsna .3o.
VT >sHi your note. IN which you "most n, -. ny
lay uec'Ihe 10 r"'ract the insulting and fa ,p;'',
,nS nase applied to me- in your article over ,bs ~.
l,nns % LaIenGurg' which appeared in the cn.
April last ~ 'ie 18Th Of
nave now no other alternative but to resort J.,
ltat mode usual among gentlemen for the setrlemsu,
:n Such ui'icultles, and therefore request that yo
VIII name some time and place sutnp y,u- aa-i.
convenience, at which YOU will m,t ,ns ,r;,b -
. 10 'h' object Very respectfully ~"
JNO. r. CARDWELL.
PLEASANT GROVE, LuyEyBuRG)
NJ, t.. May lith, 1856.
. from you on Yesterday, challenging ME 10 mo,,,i
compat' which suppose WAS the winding I'm of ,Sa
ASK scene III the "strnnge, eventual farce which 90
enacted before II part of the citizens of Lur.nha ."
on yesterday, in which you aud myself YER ,b lug
cIpa actors. iou had acknowleds ed ySSlc-f =, w. w.
the author of The article published in the EcbmoOsS
wing over the Signature Of "Randoph, wherein ,bs
chizeHSo ' LuhehnnrS are spoken OF as Il, sub-c.s
for Barnun 10 exhibit When You Com. 70 49,
seriously upon thu occurrences of Yesterday and ~
day before You will discover the citizens of ,Ls c' $50
~ have retai!aed on you most Handsomely, and -,
the same time most harmlessly. - a'
What sort of Il ii cure do you supp0se vnu ,,I
self cut before the intelligent ci:. L.os Of , t!
on yesterday Two high spirited Young ,,sn,.r,1s
as va!orous as FalstatT, Gtdshiii II Co., ,rrn".n,
ii,'erciI"ls':is our csivarc notes a, apuhic
place, sometimes III the street and sornem.s :"
public house. with All Intelligent amiabe por,ly snS
exceedingly gnni naiurcd magistrate (wh0 is really
IN possession of genuine "plurk" than both u
us put togetherl IN between Us 10 = rom hur,.
| Ing ourselves. Does il not fDrcIby remind Won ~
the "dumb show in Hamlet think il decidedly
better, for whereas the poison was poured in the
"king's ears We had some of the 'crtter' poured
| in mouths. We make passionate action" bu,
at the same time both know the civil authorities will
interiors;, if necesSary-both OF us having acted in
such manner to lei them know what Was brewing,
had nothing 10 do with the introduction Of th.
magistrate upon the stage, who acted the part Of
Hamlet in our tragedy, all OF these things having
been conducted by of the fellows who "uos
hats and shawls." and who, it seemed, were defer.
mined you should show your theatrical abilities to
the citizens OF the county, no doubt Intending. your
performance approved 20 make an effort 10 Re,
YOU Gagged and keep You as substitute for them.
selves i'm case Barnum should be induced by YOU,
publication in the Richmond Wing 10 make a reQui.
sl,ion upon the county. The introduction OF hi.
magistrate gpon The stage, by those fellows WHO
wore hats and shawls" shows clearly III al they ara
able taciicians; for, while It made the scene much
richer v0u knDr u hrrG all restraint from US and
enabled US to indulge in our hsl-soundiug belge,.
ant notes with mpuni;y.
Alter VIVA, has been written, it ia hardly necessary
for me To tell you that | most respectfully decline
YOUR challenge II had had any notion OF lighting,
certainly would never have been guilty of the folly
o. conducting the prellmInares as openly rs they
were conducted bet" yesterday aud the day
before Ii Was well known most of nv friends ihs,
[ intended To act strictly on the defensive in hi,
matter from beginning 10 eEd. Whether you were
aware of thus fact, (Which is rendered probable from
my making effort 10 keep 1t n secrrt and how fsr
this knowledge may have influenced your cnurs-,
will not pretend to judge though am willing al.
init that you are a more comba;ive gentleman tnsnI
am which is the only laurel you possibly claim
to have won in this contest; mud a afford 10 10
generous to you am willing To admit that you have
more of the fighting propensity III You than any half
dozen men in my county.
Now are our your brows bound with victorious
wreaths" Per Contra, | claim that You have
shown Il disposition 10 change system Of wariss
first chosen by ynursclf-as yon have shown dispc.
sit;ou 10 lsy aside your quill aud take up your sword
that YOU have .cly admitted that you are unrGgs.
10 the contest ia winch you were engaged. AMI TIA.
I-,,le Of tia huublest citizens VI Lunehburg
-iii-ra;e barkwond--m-n, though you profess 10 |
consider Us H!!-hare proven myself more thana
match for you.
Nothing would lie easier than for Inc 10 show, thu;
the Code" does not bind ma Ia accept Your chaI
icnge under existing circumstances, but rs d. not
subsection 10 is requirements, and 4.
th, task would be somewhat tedious, / will not uu.
dcrruk. IT, thinking II entirely UNNECESSARY. will
simply reiuaik that do not consider that there
really any thing personal between US. | had been
by your friends that You had d..clnin-d
any intention OF rejecting upon the cI!ilrus al la.
uenburg in Your article, aud | Lad tho best OF
h,.t al y,L | laI -a
did not at the time my article written, know tia.
such gentleman no yourself WIS III cxstcnrr, ana
Of course could have mad M idea ~ Your being the
author of the article in the Richmond Whg the
s.nature of "kandoIph." Alter iearimg OF your dis
clauer, concluded that Your article MAS written
in playful manner, intended only to amu'a your I
self and Others, and intended To give offence !" no
one Under these circumstances nothing could have
induced me IN accept your challenge, hut the FEAR
nf b.iup considered Il coward, and after had met
Won in 81 hostile way, nothing could have induced
me to aim deadly blow ut you, but the FEAR,
lid NOT kin YOU, you would kill me. Here you see
,youId have been driven, step by step, By this low
feeling to do deed ut which humanity should shud.
Would not this have been cowardice-to have
been driven by feeling oi t'dr 10 do deed winch
NY judgment must have disapproved, and at which
ny moral sensibiIitles must have r-yolted How
many towards, with tears white milk" have been
Irven in this way 10 spill the blood of their fellow
nan! Is
L.
nal and il Possessed ty mar in CcT.mCn with tre IT,
crior animal, and the second is moral courage VIVA
s peculiar To man, and which IL certainly Of the "
ublmest attributes of his nature. The first lmpes
% combat aud carnage indiscrminatey, and is pos.
essed By animals in much higher degree that man.
The second is the result of chasteuei moral sentl.
nent governed by enlightened intellect aud I'M. IS
)es to do that Only which conscience approvrs-tO
attack error i'll every torm-to draw the sword and lie
throw sway the sCsbbar, in Ge!Gnce Cftrlth hGno;
and justice. Ii you claim it, willing TO admit lot
hat you possess the courage first described III great
.r degree than do, but will say, of my neigh III
)ors has game cock possessing it in o higher de- J
gree than you ! will not ask you TO admit that | J.
possess the courage last described, which Is prcuIa:
10 man III higher degree than you do, but will leave
for the public To Judge, when the whole of cor IL
.cspOndcnCe shall have been laid before them.
have always doubted the propriey of fighting II
luc, under any circumstances. My doubts have ~ 10,
creased with my years, until the conviction has fast
:ned itself upon my mind, that the pracce OF duel
ng is nothing more than one of the Inst relics 0t an
cicn 0arbaranism, and should be dlscOun enanced Do
oy all civilized nations entertaining these convictions
have, for the las. several years. determined, ami II
nave expressed myself in public and private when b.
aver the occasion required, that | would never ell
,age In physical combat i'll any way unless 1t "' fr
purely III self defence Though do charge you b
with having been apprized of this fact but n"verhe'
ess it is so; and but for this act you would have 0ee2
arrested by the civil authorities before you got out o
The county. Having determined that our corre'poa'
lence shall cease here, subscribe myself
Respectfully. 70. II. GRiWLEi b.
VALUABLE LAND ~ TIT. COUNTY OF
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