The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1877-01-15
THE PRoEM AND THE Ep1LoeUE.

THE PRoEM AND THE EPILoGUE.
Whether the immediate results of the
Benntt May duel shall prove a tragedy,
whether Frederick May shall have been
MORALLY wounded, simply scotched, or en-
tirely unharmcd, both parties wasting q cir
blank cartridges in the air, the whole afftlr
in its antecclcnts and cons, quents will re-
main one of the most stupendous and DIS
graceful of fa-ces. Tie engagement OF
Beln-tt; the trip to Canada to attc1d
Lord DlfTer.n's ball to which he could moi
obtain an Invitation the day appointed for
the nuptills the alleged spree which
caused b, nnet: to ovcrsleep himself s.
that he could MT put in an appearance; the
angry alteration with the father; III
be king of of the engagement by the ia
ther, while the young lady ''breathed un-
d" dying love and constancy'; the public
horst whipping Of Bennett by May an !
the consequsnt ch~allenge-all seem more
the parts OF a contemplate farce tat the
acts Of men calling themselves intelligent
All q these things are too contemplate
for notice, aud would, probably, have
pass d UNDECIDED, but for the prominence,
Of J mes tiutdpn Bennett on account Of
his cNun.c'ilu W ha ! aiding public our
nal-,he Nv Jrk Herald. Surely gross
iltoxjcation q IA a 1--we for notorieiy IN
Iils,IuVy an tta Mt Of II ADp,tf xypra fn
well known to excite surprise or commeLt
o" the breaking out of the di-ease in . no :
S,I;"L, w r.ny without instances OF pub
-. ,5whippings. Bat this family hi
.ury of the hOrsewhip is said to havr
caused the duel, if, indeel, there was Il
duel. Bennett psre delighted in being cas-.
tiga'ed. A public horsewhipping was ?
mint Of gold to him. He freely offered his
back to the whip. lie was a perfect non
resistant, for thereby he achieved a certain
dnbious kind of fame, built up his new
p9rer, advertised it and himself into toto
ri,ty, aud theicby gained a fortune. BIi
Bennett fills, on account Of this family his
tory, was peculiarly sensitive to he lash Of
tn n3isewh'p. While h, too, did not par
%ticulaIly objec to the notoriety obtained
ther, by, it W IS an affront 10 his ''honor'
wticn & ulI only be atonod by the shed
dir Z Of blood. AS if a man who, througl
bea lily lntoxtcalion, would allow the houl
of his nupliuls to pass without heed, haC
an, 'hun)r II" that could be wounded by {
castigAtion or other wise-but so his friends
cain, and let 1t pass.
Ii the duel was actually fought-wheth'
er 1t resulted more or less disastrously II
either party, or whether II, too, was turntC
into farce on the duelling ground-th,
Ia Ss VIC e grossly violated, and the arties
especially James Gordon Bennett anC
Frederick May, are amenable to the laws
The uuel, if fought, was fought in Mary
lald, and the parlic are liable to indicl
meDr, trial and punishment there. If thes,
parties left h state of New York Tor III,
purpose Of giving and receiving a chal
lenge, THEY are, also, liable to indictment
trial and punishment there-not exacll,
Ike our Rutland custom OF filming a man TO-
selling a glass If tut x%icating liquor, tbel
tlruging around and ining him for keep
ing The tane glass of liquor with intent t
sell the ane, and then finishing the thiDl
up ty prosecuting him and filming him TO
Keeping a Nuisance in that he kept tina
same glass Of liz lor for sale and sold it
THIS Rutland practice would fnd it's coun
terpart, If Bennet. and May should FIST b,
prosecuted for leaving tue state with in
tent, ETC., and then, again, Tor sending an,
receiving a challenge, and, finally, 70
fighting the duel.
Tuere is an ther broad distinction be
tween the cases. Here in Rutland, we fol
low the well known recipe for making bar,
pie, FIRST C .tch the hare; while in New
YORK an / Mary lald, they make no tffor
10 that direction. The only serious effor
tla. has really been made, was by the at
tornel general of Delaware, who went GU
vita "a party OF surveyors and run out III
state line fDr the purpose of showing |,
the country that even James Gordon Ben
melt had not dared violate the laws of t.,
STATE OF Bayard ald Salisbury. Tic line
were run, aud, judging from the tracks i
the SNOW 1t was found that Bennett an,
May had PLACED themselves Il few ioches OF
the MaIyl'nd side of the Delaware line
and SO his 'cclp-tion was gone.
But the auI uurtles Of Now York, Will
making no efrl'us endeavor to bring tn,
principal cri nlna If, indeed, they ar,
criminals, 20 justice, aud while, in fact
taking the very course TO prevent the r a
rest. made a show vi Extraordinary zeal h,
summoning before the grand jury Mr.. Ben
nett's Confidential attorney md his ply
siclan. The authorities should have know.
Tat the probabilities were thai no informa
ton could be Obtained from these sources
for by the laws OF every CIVILIZED counir.
except, perhaps, those represented b