Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1877-03-24
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THE DUELLO.
Some So:ca American Dueis-I"eh
.on,Eenron. Burr ana Ham,
Ilton, Broderick and Ter
~ and Others.
THE DUELLO.

an r,u1ou. Burr and Ham,
iIton, Broderick and Ter
~ and others.
jackson fought a number OF duels,
sayera! oil them fatal, but not TO him.
Commodore Barron and Decatur met in
I~.in; the latter was fatally and the for
mer severely wounded. John Randolph
spoke ut the political union of Adams
and Clay - "a combination OF the purl-
IAN and the blacNleg. y challenge fol
owed CAY and Randolph met in 1926,
but neither WAS injured. Clay was the
challenger. Randolph's pistol went oil
before the word CLAWS fire WAS inctfrc-
tu9I although seriously intended. and
Randolph declined to take a second aim.
When Col. Benton WAS serving at the
head ot the regiment under Gen. Jack
>uu. they quarrelcd. Jack Sonrattempted
10 strike Benton with 4 h~orse-whlp III
Nashville. III 1913. and nearly lost his
lite by u pistol shot from Benton,s
brother. Benton himself WAS Il lighting
mar he was called out several times.
and one OF his competitors, n Mr.. Lucas.
furnished evidence nt the directuess OF
his shot. Gov. Dewitt Clinton ~exchang-
eI five shots with an obscure assailaut
III .Nl-. III was Ili.t'ir INV VI Z
York the following ear. The dUcl in
which Senator BrULerirk lost his life is
sill freshly remembered. He was very
f:uIl. N his characterization of the pro-
si-n,ry men. one at whom. Judge DAVID
5. Terry. challenged him. They met
near san francisco. IN September. 1917.
and Brodcrick did not survive. The
affair created 1 tremendous sensation n
the time. Judge Terry died recently.
In I>oI. when Philip Hamilton. then
IS wears OF are. and Just fresh from
graduation at Columbia college. wher,
h. had highly distinguished himself.
heard = tuurtil-ut-.Iuly oraIor deliver
some cNI>perating,y tat>c censure upon
LIS father. then secretary of the treas
ury: he became 50 indignant that he
determined To- remember the speaker
lie ~tw HIM ! few evenings Ia:er at til,
tAettvr; yuuug Hamilton and q compan-
ion bejnI i'll Il box. They proceeded.
in the hearing Of the object of THEN
criticism, to ridicu.r the speech. where.
upon the offended gentleman >ummuur,
the two into til" lobby. applied :. vulgar
epitAet To- hotlI. sliced Young Hamilton
by the coat collar. and turning III hi,
heel. tod them he should expect to heul
AAtiAA JUL "a g. tifNl l4flll d - us
graycd The manners Of the period LET,
tLem no alternative but Il challenge
IiIWi.tuu'~ companion exchanged iUul
SHOTS wiki the orator. neither suffering
hurt. and then generously sought to n,
RANG matters Tor Philip Hamilton.
pleading hi, youth, and 4 SON. natural
affection toy l great and atiectionate
father. The appeal was in vain the
ePjtJet applied 10 young Hamilton was
repeated, and Philip Hamilton then sen,
hiS challenge, StatIngthat he WAS averse
10 dutiiug. and anxious to repair hi,
~ovigiua. rau.t. 81 tar rs he could. The
brutality OF hi antagonist was not open,
however, to any appeal. When they
met. Hamilton acknowledged the i'm
pr"prIety ot his original conduct, AM,
expressed his desire 10 make any hon
vrab,r repatriation in his power. His op,
poucut would ..sten TO no protest. and
Hamilton, without disclarging his W
pistol received Il fatal wound.
Next ~ Benedict Arnold. there /. no
man in American history more sugres
tive OF what Is base in human nature
than that of Aaron Burr. 4 Grandson
Of the treat and rood Jonathan Edwards
and son OF an eminent Protestant divine:
q graduate OF Princeton COLLEGE, and
endowed with notable rlfts which eIahn-
rate education had finely developed h..
seemed To- lack nothing except manIiness
to make him a man. He served in the.
,A!',',.oI I,hnt'<ue"c anu was I'!Sc'i
Washington intuitiyc.y dislrusted him :
and hi- ,ra. lousy vi the preference OF
the CpmmanIcr-in-chiet for the young
able, and brave Alexander Hamilton,
then IN the lightning OF his career,
resigned and entered the LEGAL protcs-
sion. He was elected to the United
States senate in l79l. In lSnu he was
the democratic candidate tor v~icr-pre.i-