The true Democrat., 1856-08-19
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From the Pennsylvanian, July 9 The New England Duelist.

descendants of the PuritanS regarded duelst With unmlxed horror; second Cain; as one utterly forsaken of God and an outlaw among men. But since "the higher law'' has been lnaugurated in a portion of the public mind law which signifies an utter disregard of all moral fprincple and all the decences of life, corresponding change has taken place in the morals and manners of the people.
 Massachusetts, within few months past, has acquired an unenvlable notorety. Her two senators in Congress have seemed to vie with each other in the disgraceful rivalry of vitupe- ration, black guardian and insult Senator WILSON prepared himself to meet any respon. slbllty, to face any emergency, and then quiet ly left Washington city for his home in Mas sachusetts. The Hon. Anson Burlngame, gave unmistakable indications that he was qanae at any rate-true pluck to the backbone, upon paper-ln a crowded hall, surrounded by mul. tltude. He could eat fire with the best of them He was match for "the chvary" any hour in the day.
 He was respectfully called upon by the friend of the gentleman who considered himself az grieved by MT. B's remarks, when he very req dlly declared that he did not mean anything diSrespectful to the man, he only alluded to his acts He had used the most respectful an- guage towards MT. Brooks personal y-careful- ly '' dif tinguished between the man and the act" Certainly. All right and proper that he should under the tryng circumstances. We have got new idea. When we go among fighting men, we should be exceedingly care. tul to :" distinguish" We have large caution We shall hereafter know how to take care of No. l. We thank the Hon. Mr. Burlingame CD for the word We subscribe to the "code'' as well as he but we never shoot, and in that re- spect our character and disposition are similar. The smell of gunpowder is offensive to persons of delicate sensbities. Besides-noise is sometimes injurious to people of weak nerves
 This personiticatou of the black republican chivalry was taunted and jeered by the fanatics who are so heroic with the tongue and the pen when safely entrenched within the walls of the Senate chamber or printing office, for back ing downs so meekly and so lamb-hke. The Boston Journal was among the first to open its batteries of satire upon him, which 1t did in the following style:
 "We must confess that there seems to be a distinction here without a difference.
 And further
 As we look upon the matter neither Mr. Burngame nor Mr. Brooks had much stomach for a duel.
 While we heartily commend the bearing of our representative during his speech, we are sorry that we cannot in like manner commend his subsequent course. He has merely shown want of moral cour- age in thus evading by clever ruse, under the advice of friends, what he should have declined peremptorily."
 The editor of the New York Tribune, whom republican paper at Cleveland some time ago admoniShed very significantly, either to give a little less point to his pen, or put little more nerve to his arm, after eulo5zing the "sound and fury" speech of Mir. Burlingame in the highest terms holding him up to the admiring gaze of the negro advocates as pattern of be- roiSm, was forced to take the other tack. The | Tribune said
 Fewer words and more acts would have saved some of the sense of modification, which must now be realized by those who can draw the distinction between the decision which heavily confronts audacity, and those adver- tised proclamatons of war which subside into unexpected concession. The man who refuses to engage in g duel from principle, is to be re- spected, because more courage is required to decline, than to fight. But so much cannot be said in extenuation of those who entertain nc scruples and some anxiety for distinction on the field of honor."
 An eastern paper remarks, that if this was all exhibition of Massachusetts pluck, he trust
 
 sent. The Boston Courier indulged in some severe criticisms upon the course pursued by Mir. Birmingham and concluds as follows:
 "We cannot trust ourselved to characterize his conduct. Had his views of dueling beer honestly entertained and honestly adhered to he would in the estimation of large body o men in Massachusetts, been the champion of section, and living might have been hero o dying martyr As 1t is, he has disgraced hi district and his adopted State, and is no repre- sentative of the character and curage of New England If at the end of his Congressiona career, he shall be remembered at all it will b. only for the puslanmous discrimination whcl ], he has suffered himself to make between tn ) man ard the act'"
 Thus enforced MT. Burlingame recanted hi recantaton through the columns of the Nation ) al Intelligencer; this led, of course, to chal } lenge from MT. Brooks, who was complainec of, arrested, and held to bail to keep the peace MT. Burlingame after returning to Washington was placed iii similar condition.
 This matter is suggestive of some serious a we'll as udicrous reflections. Here is a ma educated with horror of duelling, instructed from his earliest childhood to look upon it a heaven-daring outrage, as barbarous, wlcke' and abominable, whom fanaticsm compels t violate all his conscientious scruples, all his no ble convictions of morality and duty, and L accept challenge to mortal combat. He careful, however, to annex such conditions the acceptance as to render it utterly mpoSs ble that hostile meeting could ever take place This however neither paliates the crime c accepting the challenge, nor does it shed yer great glory upon the chivalry of Massachnsett e on the record of true curage. The whole al r fair is too pitiable to laugh at, too rdculou s for sober animadversion. How the religion y portion of the constituency of Mr. Burlingam Q will look upon his endorsement of the duelin e code, yet remains to be seen Fanatlcsn like charity, covers a multitude of sins. O.. Sill1r nOffnnS dls