The southern enterprise. [volume] (Greenville, S.C.) 1854-1870, 1868-05-06
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serve lLcir ,snavi,y as being their only
virtue, and not tire less virtue because
.,hey possess &. a stronger charge
against tbs ingra,iaiipg manner l., that
both the acquisition and the exercise Of
il cost lime. 1t is Admitted; the boy
nrtst begin TO learn it young; the man
must lose by it several minutes day.
fes. that preciouspurc chase money must
be Paid, and tie only question is whelh-
er. tire merehan1ise is worth it. Let Us
not leave j, TO Brown, Who has Just
roared out, You lie ~ Let us leave
it TO tire insulted K RSbinson, who, with
bis feelings bruised by the assault Of
volgarily, eau see-ihe charms of suavi
laty. % 40 fA ~, !rssF e&
But The most serious charge against
this Southern grace of manner is that
it costs blood. Il is, undeaisble that
Que weighty reason why gentlemen born
below Mason end Dixon's line do not
pass each other without civil greeting,
is ti,arahey are anienab!e to the laws Of
the duel aud even Of The renconire Is
the virtue worth ibis pricei !" Mo-
answer Puiitanism. the democracy Of
our Northern States, respectable, com
mercial England; half-oriental Russia.
and the Turks. "Yes, INSISTS aristoc-
racy, whether feudal or <sabretache,
throughout Germany, France, Italy,
Spain, all hands of civilization and claim
ed rs. Christian. ii. -. e. "a
Il is a noticeable fact that the high.
toned gentleman of two thousand wears
agosknew no more of the duel than Of
Christianity. uewas model fighting
man, yet he answered epilhet with epi
ihet. tf Alcibiades and Critic had re
| paired TO some olive grove and speared.
each other because one Of them haG
called the other liar, we may be pref.
~ sure that Athenian society would
have set them down for couple of bar
harians, and that Aristophancs. would
have lampooned them dreadfully. Two
Roman youths caught in such an eccen
tricity would probably have received
some ign"mibious punishment from the
censor. The classic ancient liais 1.-THE
con- ciousu uess of the sacI edness of inIi
l-vidnaiity., lie WAS q, citizen ;.he was, a
-mere particle ofsihe l,atria; nhe AneJ
fn anything less than his country, il
\ was for his, s,caslo,! II. WAS not ill super
slition discovered the 'trial by battle"
znd castellsie,l. iso!a,ed~ f.udalism in
tsntedindf'idpality, that We bad the
duel. l. ,ssys,,s;,t '...,-.. ...-.j.. -
What is the rationale of the duel,
Inow that the faith insa divine decision
has 'iroPped away from IL B." IL slthe
consciousness" answers Count Sabre
tache, "ttia, the blood of the soul is
more precionIs-than that of the body (;
IL is,thsnbeli-f, in, other w ords. that 4, j..
better TO leap out of the world than To
remain in IL with stain upon. honor.
/ Reveugejs not the foundation. idea. an =
NOSE than in abari kari, al,hongh..prac,
tically, asdesire forsr rengearcs may have
produced many a challenge, 9boesn.
iral notion pf the duel is simply "a, put
an end 10 iDtoIeIable spiritual, suffering
by destroying either The person who en-
dures il %. The person who infiicls il.
And one OF the benefits ofibis codifitd
lragedy. probabls by far the e,ea;e,t
benefit that has flowed from it, Is that
lystanders learn 10 be cautions how
hey impose such suffering, The ques
tion how much d.corum society has &C
quirsd from the duel. Is worthy Of medi
'aiion," concludes the count, with a firm
countenance.
So muchfor fair play :, now for prac.
tieal wiSdom. Shall Robinson le,
Brown aionesas advised by QW.ker> /;
or give linn back his evil names, sfter
the AIhenian fashion or biz him on
the smeller," under the direction Of the
young iuans JJiPn - for call him o,it
and shoot him, according 10 the prs
seripiiop ef The higbsto6sd geh,lamani .
We fnd MI shese options so phplsasan,
that we sca,c.ly know whick 10 ieccm-
4 mend. We. believe that Browns are
still too numerous for us 10. get along
comfortably under the Qnaker doctiips.
| The classic method Is Objectionable as
being no cure Tor vulgar insolence, bui
rather a continuation, CT, ,it.t As fos
kn9cking him down and going along y
as ouf'1yeuRg man sometimes. puts il.
\ she sfoe mas pick himself ,up. sod. knock
4 you down; ;.~hefeopoa You not only do
not go along, bot have srongh and
tumble '6gh.f ON your hands, sw!,ich i.
1'undignified, attracts crowd, and vgeGs
4 one carried TO the station. house. Duel
/ ling also, is contrary TO the laws Of tbs
land, and. moreover, savors Of breaking
the Decalogue-on ones own RESPONSE.
bility, for'Nwbich reasons we dec;d,
against it. Ouslhe whole, 'it.ssems lha
@e are puzzled. ~ sls - .liag z
tssssia tJesfs - - o., -, A.,
But as Robinson Is importnnate, W.
will nerss, oarselyes to,s decision, anc
/ will refer him, to our frieEd John. Yes
III kit Brown on tha ,smailsr. ,Neyer min,