The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1859-10-22
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Il The C0Ae Nue1l0.
Perhaps The most startling sermon on u
4 code dscllo afforded % the American peop
since the evil day whom Hamilton Vas atreichs
printed at lenRth Ia our columns this morninl
In the face Of 90 dambable Transaction, no
grandly eminent i the example Of lllino
/. whose FIRST and only dueiists were-the on
shot, the other hung! Let Us recall the ever
r Tor the reader. In the year 1920, Aiphons
0 Stewart and William Bennett fought with fihe
In st. Clair county, and Stewart fell mortall
j wounded On the Hrst Gre. Bennett made hi
, escape into Arkansas, where he remained ~
years. His Whereabouts was discovered, b
was arrested, brought back, indicted, tried
, eonvscted Of murder, aud srecutsd! Govefno
! Bond was bssieged for days and weeks BY th
barbarian disciples Of the code clamoring for th,
wretchs pardon. But he closed his doc
against petition and entreaty, and Willism Ben
nett dangled at 4 ropes end In the presence o
some thousand spectators who took in 4 gen
eral moral lesaon. This was the first and las
duel sver fought on the soil Of Illinois. AND
when the next one takes place, Ii there ever b
another, let us trust that be may come before
an equally honest jury, an equally upright Exc
outive, and that be may meet the common as
sassin's doom. GA
What is the case before Us Two public
men, the keepers Of great and important trusts
too great and important to be rightfuliy per-
iiled, though We make no account Of their lives
|-rithoat any quarrel, 60 out TO . secluded
wood before common people have breaktasted,
70 perforats each other with bullets on q punc-
lilo. One Of them, as in the case Of Burr and
Hamilton, the mere amiable. and by far che
more valuable Of the two to his State and coun-
try-lalls to the ground with his lungs pierced,
and sufocaiing in his own blood. He fingers
three days in dreadful agony, and then all il
over. A Senator Of the United States, whose
promise oi usefulness was high and grateful,
whose place in the affections Of his countrymen
was becoming daily more secure and exalted,
is the costly sacrifice to the butcherly practice
and medieval public opinion. What avail the
long mournful procession, the brilliant Grafton
pronounced BY sobbing speaker to sobbing
multitude over the cold clao, the decorations Of
grief, the columns Of eulogiums The man is
dead. The places which knew him once shall
know him no more forever. Public opinion 10
satisfed-or ought to be, in the name Of the
pagan gods!
Read the half dozen letters which passd be-
tween Terry aud Broderick before the duel -
We have examined them, to find, il possible,
the insult, the quip, the countercheck, or what
not, that called for the shedding Of blood. II
is not there. There was no quarrel between the
men. It amounts TO this, simply: zerry-"I
want to shoot at you;" Broderick-"With great
pleasure, sir" The dead man seems to have
recognized that there was no occasion for the
murder, and therefore in the semi~delium Of
his dying bed, he articulated that he did not
aim at the vital point; and the thought is for
tilted by the explosion Of his weapon before il
waslraised to the range Of his antagonist. The
murdered man went 10 the field in answer to
the biting Of thumb. His murderer was no
doubt led by the remorseess purpose Of his
party to put their enemy ou. Of the way, but
the immediate difficulty between the principle
70 fight was nothing more than . contraction Of
the eyebrows.
Perhaps it is too much to hope that this Is
the last duel, or the last between men holding
great official trusts, that We shall be called to
record. Indeed, the same mail which brings
the details Of Mr.. Brodericks funeral tells the
story Of another duel and other victim Of the
code ! Life is cheap in California, but it will
be cheaper unless an example ID shortly made
in behalf Of civilization like that which so ef-
fectualy quieted the dueling mania in Illinois.
The public execution of these mnrderers would
purify the atmosphere Of the Pacific in degree
which no other human agency could effect. ~
Let Us hope that the end Of the Broderick Terry
duel is not ye.l-[Press and Tribune.
Inq ue.t on the Body Of ahe Haonora bio
David q. Frederick.
On Saturday afternoon, At ten minutes past
o'clock, Or. McNulty, the City and County Cor
oner appeared in the Police Court room, where
were assembled the jury summoned TO investi-
gate The cause Of the death OF Senator Brode
rick The inquest took place at the Union
Hotel. where the corpse was lying in state, as
follows
Hon j. G. MckibbiD. saCorn-I witnessed q
duel on the morning Of the 1864. It took place
in San Matso, near the dividing line, near the
south end Of Lake Merced. Il took place about
O'Clock the principals in that duel were Sem
ator D. 9. Broderick and Chief Justice d. 3.
Terry the distance was ten PAGES, the weapons
du-iiing pistols; the friends of d. S. Terry had
the choice of weapons; the choice was deter
mined BY throwing mp halt dollar, and calling
beads and tails The parties, after declaring
themselves ready, were given the word which
was "fre-one--t~o; they were to fire between
the words fire" and ''one" saw the pistols
loaded with leaden bullets, in the presence Of
both seconds and friends Of both parties; they
were accepted as satisfactory the principals
took positions assigned them at ! distance Of
ten PAGES; their eyes were At right angle to
the line dividing them; after taking their posi-
tisn the weapons were taken up by the seconds
and cooked in each others presence each pro-
ceeded then to his principal and delivered the
weapon; thesseconds then tetreatsa some dis
lance out of the line, and the word thereupon
given BY q second Of Mr.. Broderick, ''6re-one
-two;" as near az could judge, Mr.. Brode-
rick discharged his pistol between the words
" fire and one." about one second intervening
between them; the report Of Mr.. Terry's pistol
was subsequent, but with very slight interval;
Mr.. Broderick appeared to look with surprise
ut the course which his ball took; was about
twelve feet from him, midway between the par
ties; Mr.. B. then seemed to gradually wheel
and drop; he lowered himself easily upon the
ground; ran up to him and tried TO assist DR..
Loehr 10 opening his garments; saw the wound
the blood was not flowing very freely; there
were no other shots fired /; the ball from Mr..
Terry's pistol wounded Mr.. Broderick; DR..
LoeLr then proceeded TO examine the wound,
and while doing so, the services of DR.. Ham
mond we're rendered and accepted; the physi-
clans gave him al the relief possible, and in
three quarters Of an hour he was taken up and
carried to the residence of Le0dinas Haskell,
ESQ.,; was with him up to the time Of his death,
which occurred yesterday at 20 minu:es past .
o'clock. D. S. Terry challenged Mr.. Broderick;
the pistols used | presume TO belong TO DR..
Aylett; they were lighter than the ordinary
duelling pistols; they we're near alike; looked
at them, tried the springs and found them alike,
as Us could judge; there was party
on the ground more cOnyersant with the weapons
than myself, and asked him to examine then. i;
be did SO, and pronounced them correct; the
pistols were loaded alike. Mr.. Broderick was
born in the District Of Columbia, on the 4th OF
February, 1919; the duel occurred about two
miles from the line; do not know upon whose
property we were not aware of any difference
in the pistols on the ground, and know nothing
to the contrary At present, We had . person on
the ground for the express purpose Of loading
the pistols.-San Francisco Paper.
Other witnesses were examined, but the
above 10 the most material testimony.
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