The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1867-04-24
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Abraham Lincoln's Duel.s

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abraham Lincoln's Duel.
AUTHENTIC ACCOUNT OF THE. eAUsEsos I1ll ga
81 QUARREL.
The: Csectna ati I Commercial has the 1ot
: lowing very interesting sketchsot an at
fair Chat has never: before been Pubhcly
narrated "a corresp spondent tells the story
Something more than a SCORE. Oh Heaf'
ago, Sprin gle ,SSthe capital of the. pralrrl'
State was the home of:1a maiden, wne
was sabright ssshe was .beautifuf; aI,t ai
assspiriteds and witty as she was graceIu
and gnod IS. Lsdo not name heryait IS pc
ea1dsesin her place fin my heart she IS toc
well hedged around by love. and reyerence J,
< tosbe brought tersh and presented &c. ene y.
8 profaue; gazeof the public. AS the VIE. .. .,
us.Senatorswhom-alls good men ana 1l Won,e1 =
too delight to honor, her conserving aiu
nlnlrifViinn,pow has since been. .sho oWn 10
:the h world sby the influence itsshas hao IN
helpines him to keep his life pure and no
Bile. =
her something, was the
i fstiend and lent MlssI Iodd, the at.
fan,ead ssoffs Mr. Line ON, no had, not so
.i,srifs sm1anysyears before thisa OFT split
taos raids te: try whatskilf he might have
in ii sspl ittiingl hairs nj laWy er's office IN
-Spring6elG id dgeys sShield ldsswass LIKEWISE
asdEeiler ifi the town sat this time, and a
5 hssqnenterk sssI, stihe society in which the
4 ksbr,1 f;snartieaI already mention
sseGf she'd their adiances,, but: has moral
character was not, afotgether immaculate,
el,ao reepaoort said: or this, or some other rea-
son: ma VAS not inclined TO regard him
with s,s.ii faEor. Once: upon a time, however,
scircE cEmstances compelled her to accept MS
escort from an evening party TO her father.s
house: Her spirit. was moved with ind,gs
nation Eys a tri1i ling ilcide dent which occurred
sssoit; tie akay, and :she determined upon: Sc
curing re3enge s7s.s
day orStwo afterward. .sonevers ap-
peared Sins the. literary luminary OF the
;place, the nameaof which ffathe time has;
s Ora tsanV rate q have dropped sfr0m;the
I scene The verses were addressed ito
Judge 50 obxionsly that he who ran l
ssmaY read, though his name idnot appear.
They were witty and sharp, and Though
sse3ery yboay knew at once to who they
referred, every body did not zknoW who
wrote the Among the unfo Fortunate ones
to- :Whon in this case, 1orance sEas: mot
Shfiss, Wast the sdisting g1ished Individual to
w6om sthey were ad dressed who might
naturany be supposed to have al more than
sScommon ilitereststo have Ignorance sup
ssplanfed by knowledge, IN converting the
unknown into theEknown. He set. about
the accom- pIishmentsof the desired end
b1t soon found that the pursuit Of knowl
sedgesony that line was mphatically follow,
ing alter it under difficulties. ~. :,
He ;MenG to the editoror printer-per
8 haps the quality was comprised in one per
s, son -and, : after; ii esmannerof the oldsman
iinthe pellilgs sbook, tried gentle measures,
which NOT aYaiIing, in; imitation of the
same ,iHustrions example, he proceeded to
try what virtue there was in seyerer ones,
Whichsseon brought the editor down, and
: he confessed that the verses were handed
to- him him in L be eshand writing of Miss Todd
He did not tell SShim, because hesdid not
know, that she had only copied them from
thesnanuscrpt Of her friend Anna.
Judge S. ungallantly attacked thesup-
I: posed writer in "a rejoinder, which zap
.peared in the next issue: of the same paper.
sSpringfed was not so large thensbut' 'tnat
ssevery bod u knew his neighbor's business as
well. as he did himself, If not a little bet
ter Tnef matter was discussed at every
freside, at every dinner table.
ss5ll 1T was we'll known that Miss Todd was
sbetroth he'd to Mr. Lincoln, and every priill.
. ciple of law and equity demanded that he
should be her defender against all. wrong
and iniuEtice. Heawould be: no loyal
knightsiif he should suffer his lady love, to
be publicly attacked and he not come to
the rescue: He therefore took up the cudgel
in her behalf, and the result was a chal.
lege fromsJ Judge Shieldsto meet him in
single combat and undo the wrong that
: had been done: by the pleasant operation
of.one shedding the others blood. What
ever maYss.haveS been Mr. Lincoln's feel
ingssab dueling in the abstract, in this
particular: case there seemed to be nc
Z ohoicesleft. him but:to accept;of theschal
lege. Miss Todd was a. Kentuckia The
friends with whom she. .litedswere of the
same ilk. Mr.. Lincoln himself had been
Graded under the same sky. The same
semblance of pusilanimity was something
thatfmust be put far. from him. He ac-
.cepted the challenge, and having the right
Of choicesin regard to weapons, selected
broadswords.
But theslaws, of Illinois was very sstrin.
gent in regard todueling. That kind Of
.galye for a mans wounded honor was not
!. among. the prescriptions contained in this
: code. Years before this the Legislature
haddeciarsd dueting a capital offence and
one unfortunate yiolator of the statute had
died at the hands Of the hangnan. Thence.
forth common men pocketed offences
which the law would not vindicate. The