The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-07-15

sons who had come out to witness th'
spectacle, as the people all along the wa.
he had come knew the place and hour Q
the meeting, and Gen. Cash had will
difficulty escaped arrest on the way
The same information was given to mi
subsequently by Gen. Cash. As soon a
I arrived on the ground 1 called Col
Watts aside and acquainted him with th'
fact of your arrest and cause of you
absence. He seemed, as lawyer, Il
consider the arrest illegal, and said tina
you could be bailed and proceed with tht
purpose of our meeting without pecu
mary risk to your securities, and, in fine
generously proposed that Gen. CAST
would be your security for that purpose
and, taking at the moment his own view
of the matter, that it could not be at
tended with any pecuniary risk to Gen
Cash, promptly accepted the romantic
and chivalrous proposal !; but Col. Watt!
requested time to consult Gen. Cash, anc
on his return withdrew the proposition
informing me that Gen. Cash took diff
ferent view of it.
then assured Col. Watts that you
would respond to Gen. Cash's demand al
the earliest moment you could be re-
lieved Of the legal impediments. He
asked me when that would be. I an
swered at year and a day, when your
bonds would expire. he replied thai
you might then renew the matter by
making demand on Gen. Cash that
Gen. Cash would not pursue his demand
on you any further, but publish the cor:
respondence. T asked to be Informed
explicitly what he meant by this, and he
told me that his purpose was simply to
publish the correspondence which had
occurred, to which could offer no objec-
tion. All these COMMUNICATIONS were
verbal, but my recollection of them is
clear and strong, leaving no room for
possible error or mistake.
Gen. Cash, in his placard, states that
no friend of his caused the arrest. Far
from me be such a suspicion! But this
is perfectly apparent to every one: That
while We proposed, by every means in
our power, to obviate the effect of the
arrest, aud ultimately Though with
necessary and unavoidable delay to
bring about the desired meeting, Gen.
Cash, by aplacard, unprecedented among
gentlemen, and unjusti6able by the facts
and circumstances of the case, has rem
dered it absolutely effective, placing it
out of your power ever to accord to or
demand from him q meeting on the field
of honor, and depriying himself of all
redress on you other than by the fulfill
ment of his implied inconsiderate and
rather extravagant threat--a threat
which I dare assert that neither he nor
any man will ever execute.
With considerations of high esteem
aud regard, am, my dear sir, your
friend and obedient servant,
1. ". R. BLAIR.
In conclusion Capt. DePass says:
And why did Gen. Cash, when I had
been thrice arrested, without fault of
mine, refuse to wait until I could be re-
lieved from liabilities which would have
seriously embarrassed my family in the
event of my death, when he himself,
under frivolous pretext, for it is moth
ing more. had deferred the challenge for
nearly seven months after the alleged
offence, and thereby entitled me, under q
peremptory rule of the Code, apart from
arrest, or any other contingency, to take
twice that period to respond to his de.
mand? I shall not condescend to i'm
pugn Gen. Cash's character as a gentle
man or man of true courage, certainly
not after having accepted his challenge,
whether it be vulnerable or not upon
those points. But I can certainly smile
most complacently at all his scurrilities
until he gives satisfactory answer to
these questions, and explain conduct
which, throughout, is the most extraor-
dinary that gentleman aud man of true
courage ever fell into.
THE ANTI-DUELLING ASSOCIATION.
The article on the Camden Anti-Duel-
ling Association, mentioned by Col.
Blair as published in the Carolina Sun,
was prompted by the formation of "The
Camden and Kershaw County Anti
Duelling Association" on June 8, with
Judge Kershaw as President. The OBJ
jects were declared to be to educate and
organize "the public opinion and moral
sense of the people to true perception
of the criminality of the wicked and
pernicous practice; )" to take measures to
procure an adjustment of personal diff
culties which might tend to induce q
duel "and to use and enforce all legal
means of preventing duelling."
COL. CAsH's VIOLENT CARD.
The card of Col. Cash is as follows:
CAsH's DEPOT, S. c., June s.
I have seen the Neaus and Courier of
this date, containing report of the pro-
ceediugs of body of men in Camden,
who style themselves can Anti-Duelling
Association" and have also observed the
editorial remarks on the same subject.
AS my name is closely associated with
these movements desire to notice them,
but feel confident that were I to apply
for the use of the columns of the NeaUs
and Courier, l would meet with refusal.
I, therefore, beg you to allow me the use
of your paper, hoping that other papers
in the State may copy what / have to
say. No one will doubt that the editors
Ol tue NeUS uHI COUFteT aTc III lull Sylu-
pathy with the anti.duelling movement
their past records and private charac.
ters are such as not only to qualify them
for full membership to such an associa-
ton, but would Justify their elevation to
prominent positions in the same. We
are informed that this Camden Associa-
ton is composed of men who will do
their whole duty, and put an end to the
criminal" practice Of duelling.
Camden has grown pious very slow,
very AS long as her men would fight
we heard not one word about the "crim-
inal practice of duelling." For years
that section has been regarded as the
Galway of the State, and only short
time ago Williams and Cantey were per-
mitted to leave the town to fight duels
there was no bowling on those occasions
Williams and Cautey were willing to
fight and were not molested; but just SC
soon as two of the leading citizens of the
town strike their colors and take to their
heels lin order to divert attention and tc
hide their tracks) up pops an anti-duel.