The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-01-18

6Drtstu or saAa =. YfckNteexaaH Da9se.
Diaarence SD manners atnong civilized
and ciose,y.psatea nations Is conspicu ously
shown la the sact that Ms aambeita, in
Ffanee, recently felt fanseif constrained Dy
pebilc sentiment like Alexander Hamilton
In this country nearly seventy tive ago, 70
Grit duel. &c world be Incredible tnag
General GarEeld, or Senator Bayard, OF any.
s,essticai cnief Ia this eounfrys saouia Ises
that pubic opinion Npclled hin 20 take sNse
the field. IGdeed. II any such !eaaer snoh Y
engage In q duel, tnstead OF satssi yinG puIisc
onSr,ion n would undsabtediy prevent hss
f.Irfher strh promotion No dueliist could
he elected President, u0r fail most seriously
~ ip3uru his influence. Yet Ganbetta fest
si,st his influence was In peril II he did
nfA = 70 OUT M. De Tourtou asserted IN
the Chsmber that IL dEambetfn had made 3
sYSeerh syhsch declared war on ever
Errrchuaa, not OF she old republic. -
VIA anlieubsedly yery sxasperatiag 10 hear
such falschOod. ana Gambetta shoHDe0,
4sTlrar II 10 q iie!7 the words were re.
sracteli, hot apparently be wonla aot
anssoafxe. and when 1oeF ourton challenged
rim ne acoeCted, ana they fought y 80
flat rather than apologize Tor Wcfds
which. by retsacting, he confessed that ne
<arSft not to- have used, Gambetta ex-
,,oseA che cauNs which he believes to betEnat
Of his conntry. aad iifEuitely superior 10
ixi,noatapce IL oil peFafK1al consideratae1s,
sathe risk OF his death and consequent
srlrnease INJURY. No doubt Gambetia
fho,apht that De Fourteen did lte,e and al
1hosich acknowledging tkxt he ought not 70
have saM 80 ID the CbanfSer, be could noe
honestly say thai be was cory to nave saau
what he beiieHea Butiaa sonnder condi-
ton Of ,epinion he woliaa not have Eel!
obliged to give DE Fottksou enance OF
killing him for saying so.
Such scenes in parliamentary assem- ones
ore sell bnswn. aeae OF the most noted is
that betweea Cannsng and BeouSham IN the
Honse OF Commons. Cannsng had joined
The ministry of Lord liverpool, when 1t was
agreed that fhe gSestion 'R the Roman
Catholic clains shoHsd be left open, be-
cause ii was practically impossible to
form a ministry which should be
,,Banin,ots upon that subject. During
a debate upon the question. which had be-
come very warS, Lord BrouSh ham 1nde-
Gently said tiiat Canning conduct in JOIN
ing divided Cabinet was The most in
credible speciaen OF monstrotls trucking
for the prrpose Of obtaining service that the
whole history OF political regeneration
could Saraisb.'' Canning rose in the
midst OF BroughaH,s sentence aud said
alphabetically, bat Is false ~ There was
profound silence for few moments. The
Speaker then said that he, hoped Mr.. Gam
ming would withdraw the words. Canning
replied that nothing on earth should per-
suade him to do so. There was more 81
lence. Then motion that both OF the
offenders-thc most eminent minister and
the leader OF the opposition-should be
committed to the custody Of the sergeant Mt
arms. But dexterous gentleman, Sir
Robert Wilson, evidently yersed IN
the etiquette Of honor" relieved Can
ming, Rrougham, the Speaker, the sergeant
alarms, the House, and England, of the
dilemma. He suggested that what Brougb-
am had said referred to Cummings official
character, while Canning had erro-
neously supposed that the imputa-
ton was meant to be personal! A
statement to this effect from each OF
the honorable members he was very sure
would be mutually satisfactory. Can
ming and Brougham assented, and the mat
ter ended. The latest narrator Of this
story, Mr.. Spencer Wulpole. says that this
was the event which Dickens afterwards
heard from his fellow-reporters when he
went into the gallery, and which he repro
duced with all the richness OF his humor in
the celebrated quarrel which was composed
because of q timely agreementtha offensive
words had been used only in a Pickwick-
ian sense" Had some friendly Sir Robert
Wilson been present in the French Cham
Der he might have saved Gambettathe ne
cessity Of fighting duel, which, as the dis
lance was thirty-fiye PAGES aud the exchange
of shots harmless, cost him more 10 .ridlcule
than his refusal to fight could have cost him
in infIuence.--Editor's Easy Chair, in RaT~
per's Maqaztne for February. II, y.