Arkansas true Democrat., 1858-08-18
Hot Springs, Ark., Aug. 18th, E JOHNSON & YERKEs.

JOHNSON ~ l ERKES:
 It becomes necessary for me to hd you with short communication, in azus Dr. Gibson. l had thought that Qup qUllets and paper bullets of the brain,' "a be dispensed with, and if l were distilga at all with notice from that gentleng would be a simple call for satisfaction al the public would not be troubled with eias us any longer. It seems that the 0G,ri- ton now pending between US, is viii first given he ''lie direct" am not El of that distinction. felt degraded vi1 cumstances compelled me to use the dit! | and should feel doubly degraded fl il bsn my duty to prove that had first used l Gibson said on the Sd July, that Iwoud1 statements at one place and deny them next. had no other recourse but to deic that statement as lalsehood. l did So pl and emphatically, and 1 expected to give and emphatic satisfaction; never dreaming l should have to reply in words to any lie communication from him. am disapP ed in the man in two particulars, II II think he would make gratuitous and Hl statement, and having done so, and Nl nounced, that he would shirk the otenSV sponsibilty, and talk of my demanding AH tion of him. I lCas aggrieved, but ng avenged me. Yet, he wants all this passe and that 1 should go back with him to i July, and demand satisfaction for evenh occurring; and the satisfaction he prop@ render, would give him the entire adva and throw me completely within his poTs
 He proposes to go with me unarmed room, and when we have approached eacA within two feet, for my friend to hand loaded pistol and say, fight.
 Firstly, his tremendous rot,udity @F looutf pre0ent nay getting t0ithin t'oo t'de And secondly, before I could go thoug motion of cooking and presenting hs would cannon on my forehead, and ny l,' standing to either side, would be in m" ger than he, from the discharge of m caused by the shock of his blow. HeSF is not opposed to dueling under rq0g CIV stances. Does he regard this beanual @' ment as one of the proper circumstancS
 which he would engage in it. AgaA
 willing for our left arms to be dashed ~s' and then to fight with pistols on the s'~ word. Is that another one of the PF cumstances that his conscientious scraplS
 leap? What tie me to an elephant anu defend myself! Would not the unsodH
 sweep me to the earth with his snouh N' fall on, and smother me? But senoa'E'
 1 mistake when say that the result oi
 his propositions would depend on the tD' strength of the parties engaging in them occurs to me. If so, what chance wouu' in contest depending on such con'u' Is it possible that this was the view A'' him when he so boldly proposed them
 ture to say, that it was. Then wha' s'' friend can defend him? Danley can ~ his relief and pour forth another volalls. filth on my devoted head. Speaking ol 7, <. he says he has proven me liar 'n Y r townships in Pulaski county. He can " ford to be saucy. His cripple leg pfo's.@ ! from those physically able to chastlse D'' his conscience, from those who are eopif to appeal to another tribunal lven'ui'' that no citizen of any one of those ele''D. ,., ships, heard any thing of the prooi ," ",l speaks of. His witnesses were not ''' prove anything of the sort. They W. duced in each township, to prove tna' democrats who voted for Capt. Dail''' brutish beasts,'' and think he estaohsD'1a charge so satisfactorily to those lnlIio'~ ? that were g,ing to vote for him at Ll'''' . that they absolutely declined to do so V :, day of election, for fear of being classs' =