The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1862-11-20

bullets, for the field Of honor Such
are the ridiculous demands Of toe accurs
sed and Internal code which even in our
day holds baletul sway. MAN Of
honor" vsinly canst thou imagine thai
this boas;ed word viii wipe on. the stains
Of a brothers blood, or calm a murder
er's conscience in this worll, or pardon
thee at the awful bar where the slayer
will surely meet the slam. Will Thy
code OF honor save thee from an aveng
ing conscience aud a righteous God p
DR., Rush* found, among the iucumbles
of a mad-house, a duelist, who had kill.
ed his man" A victim OF remorse, its
horrors preyel upon his soul like troops
of furies, by night AMI day, until his
miserable miai collapsed from its agou,
les, aud he expired in dehrun of dcs,
pair,
Had Aaron Burr been elected Presi.
dent Of the United States, be would new.
ef have challenged Hamilton, His am.
bjtioa disappointed, reyeogi seems to
have possessed his mind, with a deter.
mjoarion to relalate upon those who nj
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lagonis, Bat Hamilton, the master.
spirit of the political day. ha been his
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pol'''yl'"S'"Tu Tl u.s'ngu'Sned IN eloquence
"n Sa,'' ,.R i"Gy "er' oilNe ,'n STATUTE
ana ana u'ue''u pn'y year IN 'he'r ages
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nias and wbi,. tho osbor W. Iis rIi,. o,UU"s @ a;J
everlasting euilt unon his is som pnor ~"
Hamilton, brave at The cannon's mouth
in defense of his countrv. taJ mt N"
moral courage to resist tre bondogo M '"i Of
what is falsely called the code Of honor
Twenty wears before he had scrvoJ as
second in duel and il il known haJ
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