, 1881-10-18


TINT woult be supremacy lud1crous were it |
not fur tho profound gravity atnl deep
curnestness of tho actors. Every lnan III
that State WHO c1igaEes III politics voluntarily
s,lbscrlbcs to lin Implied pledge that It any
person during the campaign shall utter nny-
thine .!Isrcspectfut Of him llo will ilnnle-
sltately challenge such person 10 mortal cotn-
bat; and, further, hu assumes III obligation
tlat II he shall utter anything dtstasteful to
my utl,or person l,o silall promptly when
called upon present himself to be shot ut. 1t
Will be seell therefore that politics III Vlr-
glnEn nro subject to tho cole, aid TINT every
man wllu ,nakes II speech or writes letter
must prcuure hlnlsulf for contingencies. with
Il llnlf-tIozen friends 10 net rs seconds, and
with pistols, bulls, powder. aI,d cups, es-
pcclally tho latter.
Parties III Flrginta Mt present arc tho Dr'1l-
ocrats mud the Ncadjusscrs. Tho difference
llctwcen tl,e,n grows ont Of tho State debt.
! The Democrats insist tllat tho State debt
| amounts to Il ccrtutl, stIin. and that tito
honor Of Virginia demands that It bc paid,
principal afld interest. to tho last cent, Datt
they reject all legislation and all action look
lug to the payment Of ary part Of 1t. Tho
Readlustcrs insist that the public debt Is
many millions less than tl!o Democrats coll
cctlc, mil this a,nulllit they propose to pay,
! prl1,elpnl ans Interest. 1t Is question III
| Virginia which Is 1nost consistent with
l,onor, to pny tho less sim or to admit u
large debt u,ll itay no part Ut 1t.
Malone Wns n Democrat aid Confederate
General, but hot OF as buo blood rs tho old
Democratic ttynasty. lie has several native
Virginia lieutenants, Nil OF good blood. and
with then, he leads tho ltead}uster party.
Tile Democrats lament tho detection by
which VirglnEnns should oppose tue old
dynasty, alstl tho election canvass has bcen
marked With iarge degree Of personal abuse
utd ucnlllciatlon incidental to questions Of
blond and personal ''honor." Ono Of Mlt-
homes adj,ltnl,ts IL nnnled 1tlddlnbcrger.
Recently, Mr. lsi.lttlcberger published u lat-
ter pttrpurting to lnyo becn written by otIo
Wilson, charging tie0rge d. Wiso with
forgery, hut at tho sNlne tlme slisclRimtnE
any responsibility Tor Wilson's statements.
Wise tlleroupon denounced 1illdleberger NJ
"baso liar a1lll slandereg,' aiNl Kldtllcbor-
gnr promptly challenged llin At tho sumo
ttme ono II. +. Diorne MI editor, declared
that llitldleberger WIS unworthy Of beltof.
aiul lstddlebcrger also challenged lin.
Hath .luals Horn .txed for tile s,tAsn ,lay, MD
l,lerne md ltldtlebergcr met. Pistols wcro
plenty. but when the seconds undertook to
loud tho guns there WIS not q cap to
be found. The due Ind to be post
poncd, u1s! lslatlcbcryer posted somo miles
further down tl,o rond where l!o nel
Wise, Hero Wtso's cnr refnSnd to TX
J plo.lo; ut. tho sccoul slot, Wlsa's hullo'
undo holo through. the long tat! Ut Riddle
Mt tfr.I Ht1 ttslfl
missed. Then lllalIeberger advanced Mid
} held out his ha1,d to Wiso; council o1
i "lionor" was hu!.I. md It tlacldcd TINT Wlso''
: l,onor permitted him to nccept ls!ltlleberger'
5 hal.i, which ha did, antl tllo questions o
"forgery" altl "baso lying" though IN
t settled. were declared "oif," because "hon
!. 0rs" wero eunnt III both sileS. lii tho nleall
! Tins jIlerno was cooiag his heels alior
r distance away, and, cups l.aylng been prd
0 cured, lutl.'lebcrger a,1a l,a were about Il
:. trY their workmanship, wlen l'oltcu Jus
II tlce appeared md nrrcstod Nerno aud Ill
It second; Itl.ititohergur escapeal tho Justice
/ but at u later hour was also arrested. Bot
!, principals wer8 put under ball, and tho quos
y tlon Of ''llollor" between thenl Is yet u.ltlt
k ter,nlnstl.. A.lother of tho Wiso tat,ily In
y already fought t!lol this your, nllA seyorl
|, other st1lcls are in the wl1Af.
IL Those WIN remember tia stories Ut Marri
g. at will recal! the report lnatFo by }in. In 0t
10 of Ills books Of the cclutGtrsItul triAnKull
10 .lUul WHEN one OF tho parties challenged IL
two others, alnl they took positions at It
o. points Ut II triangle, eneh mun tIrtng at Ii
Is right hand netglbor Why ltltlllleberRer I'll
T. not urrlnge Ilts ttuels I'll tlls plan can olt
H. lo attributed to forgettNlnuss. Had lle dol
- no, thell Nlerne woNlIt have ',ad cl,ance
al get III n shot, even II ha lid not llro at b
10 challenger, In tho Virg!nla duel hla4l
le berger saved his honor by Il scratch, tho ba
touching only the tail 0f ILLS coas. Fn'
of lslorno Is the only disappointed man In Il
!e lot. lie WIS not shut ut, nor did he have
ba shot: aiNl THU Ii due 10 mt fighting the tt
y, ungular duel according tn precedent.
D. As II tilesu people haa not .lone ullough
50 make themselves asld tho cods the laughtn
le stock Ut tho country, and their moLs Vt +
1T adjusting their honor complete faree, the