Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1867-11-26
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Yours, very easy,
Associate Editor, Rome Commercial. /"
Colonel Farrow,did not reply to this letter
until several others from the same scource COM
neled him to answer it. He was a mere en-
plovee,'' de deemed the chief editor the re-
snonsible person, and the chief editor had re-
tracted. This was all he wanted. In addition
he said :43s3 z3.,,t OK. s@r7. = .,la -" .s>
81 have been, informed by those who have
seen aud know something of,~you, that from
an unfortunate accident wh en- quite boy, you
lost the use Of your left leg; and from that
day to thisyous have gone upon crutches. -,
For me to demand you, in your. crippled
condition. dissatisfaction which Is due trom
one gentleman to another, would justly damn,
me forever. Think, sir, for moment, OF the
overwhelming and merited infamy which.
would come down from an outraged people
upon me, and upon my children after me, were
| to challenge and take the, lite OF q crippled
man. Irecognze 3thel scode, i and were 1T
not for your crippled condition you should not
complain of being ignored No, sir, no waiver
on YOUR part can enable you to stand before
me perfect man. And | say TO you 10 the
most positive, emphatic, and unqualified Ian
pnape. that under no circumstances, for no
language which it. is possible forIone person to
use towards another, could l6be induced to
commit 60 crave an error, to commit an act
so u;olot;Uo of This sscode so revolt lting to true
manhood as TO challenge to the field OF honor
onn wbois sustained between crutches, 49,.
Mr.. Nevin at once replied to this as ne
termed itl lengthy and achrymose epistle. =
He accnsed the Colonel ofhypocrisy and eva.
sion. and therefore proposed to close the cor
respondencc:: The Colonel rejoined that ne
obiected "a closing it. According to- the. code
(6fth section. second division, first chapter.
WILSON, Mr., ,Nevin's second must tender him-
self in his principal stead. aaa,If., - 2&a
ILwasDr Nevin s turn to rest amoment on.
his oars. Iplthe next icommunicat the fol-;
lowing passage occurs -, 80. .,Ig.i.
Your. "a jpDrietext is that am ..:cupple, and
suspended between crutches.'?. To one so con-
yersant with the ss'code's asyourselt, you must
confess toiisnch9 balderdash. Generals? Hood
and Evil ara hoth onelepged men, and each
commanded 4 corpsl after their misfortune
Yet. under yo1lr construction of the sIcode,
YOU conld not and would not. recognize these
gentlemen as being within the pale OF honor,
because sisusnenaed dbetween crutches.' These
are The nopnlar conclusion under the 'eode, ~
as understand it; and though you refuse IS pos Pc:
itiVely, "under any circumstances Whateyel, g
by your decAratiops, , and my duty to my friend,
Captain O'Conner, i With hdraw in favor of the
latter: vet I do so under solemn protest against
apy such Interpretation of the scode. "!'i2%9 2
The UNHAPPY second now appears in the scene
in the following:
ATLANTA. Ga,,. October H., l867-lO:3o.o' o.
o'clock-Co1oNET, r. P. As
Won have % eeen. f;tsto adopt o strange subterfuge
in order totavoia . meeting, with my friend Mr..
NJ. A. Nevin, and intmated q Willingness VI 81 70
receive challenge from me, have authorized
my friend. Colonel K,.A. ,Alston, to make an
arrangement for an Immediate meeting. ~ (
Respectfully, THOMAS o. CONNER; :
Colonel sFarrow accepted this challenge the
same day, and proposed to fight the next mora y