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either grief or remorse, thore have
lived and died many whose perfect
peace Of mind had been forever at
terward shattered and destroyed.
The brilliant S. S. Prentlss, Of
Mississippi who fought a number OF
duels in Difference to public opinion,
ADMITTED great remorso.
His moral and religious training
and scruples were antagonistic to
tho custom, yet he once went upon
the field after he had become pos
sessed OF wife and children. Prob.
ably no gentleman of as natural
wit and sunshine walked so much
in tho "shadow of the valley Of
DEATH"
He once wrote to friend con,
corning one OF his meetings, that he
did nothing but "read tho Bible
and pray Tho possibility oil
leaving my family unprotected, "
said Prentiss, " or of killing fol-
low-being haunted me 30 that
couldn't sleep, and | tottered around
in the daytime like n worn out old
man."
Undoubtedly, Mr.. Graves, who
killed Mr.. Cilley, suffered much
from remorso. Just before no died,
he said it required a higher order of
courage TO decline than to accept a
challenge, and he declared that, il
ever he became involved in another
difficulty his moral obligations, and
not fear of public opinion, should
guide him in all his actions on the
premises.
AS vigorously and as humanoly
as Daniel O'ConnoIl deprecated du.
cling, and as reluctantly az no met
D'Esterre, whom no killed, he noy-
er got rid of his romorse OF con.
science from the day of the fatal
meeting.
The dying groan of D'Esterre
made a wound IN O'Connell'a heart
which no physician could heal.
He once declared in the House of
Commons that, having blood upon
his hands, he had registered q vow
in heaven.
And 1t has also been written of
O'Connell that ho novor ATTENDED
church after the killing of D. Esterre
without first wrapping up in a
handkerchief the equity hand" de-
claring that he could not approach
his Redeemor with the hand expos.
ed which had killed follow man.
Senator Thomas Hart Benton, OF
Missouri, (although it lras often
been stated that the duel was fore
cd upon bim) deeply regretted bis
meeting with Lucas, Gin which the
latter was killed. and some time
previous to his death Colonel Bon.
ton destroyed all the papers no had
in his possession, or that no could
obtain concerning tho affair.
Colonel John M, MoCarty, who
killed General Armistead d. Mason,
suffered groa: remorse up to the
time of his death over tho rcmcm-
branee of the unnatural encounter.
Mason and McCarty were Virgin.
ians, and cousins, and quarrollod
over politics, which ran high al the
time-lS10.
Captain Gillespie, who 90 second
OF Lieutenant Mckenzie in the duel
of the latter with William Barring.
ton, in Ireland, in TIT, assassina
ted Darlington during an alterca
ton, who became slterward an emil
nent officer in the British army, suf
tered good deal from what the
jury seemed to think was "justif.
able homicide"
IT has been said of Gillespie that
he always seemed TO court death
during his many engagements with
England's enemies, and that he at
last received fatal bullet whilo
leading his command into tho thick.
est of the fight.
Theodore Newcofri OF Wcstphalia,
the remarkable young jesuit who,
in 1876, gained the throne Of Corsi-
ca, never ovcrcame the grot he OK
pcrienccd after killing fellow stu.
dent, IN duel, in 1920, and died in
England, in 1856, Of remorso and
disappointment.
James Paul, who killed. SIR Fran.
els Burdette, in 1907, became fran.
tic with insomnia aftorward, and