Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-09-22
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county, approached my seat saying be
had a favor to ask OF me. ! replied
"Doctor, take q seat; it will afford me
great pleasure to comply with any re-
quest you may make or any favor you
NAV ask" The doctor said: II nave no.
ticed you for long time as being good
natured, kind-hearted, good-humOred
man. and have the happy faculty OF
smoothing over difficulties and asperities
and conflicts that have arisen amongst
Members ever Since we have been
associated tOgetherhere." | thanked him
for his compliments and asked him what
could do for him. He then told me that
Col. John H. Savage ana S. s. Stanton,
who was then Senator from his county,
mad difficulty and were about to fight
duel. and he was very much distressed
about the matter; that Savage was his
sisters son, and that she was old and in
firm and was in great trouble and deep
distress, and he feared it would kill her:
that Stanton was boy he had reared in
his town and thought great deal OF him,
and was proud of him as one OF the elO-
ouent and rising young Wings of the State;
that he had just been married and his
Young wife was heart-brOken with grief.
The doctor said for his sake, and for
the sake OF the distressed women, be
h0ned would undertake to assist In set
Ting the difficulty. even if cared nothing
for the men. | replied that l had very
little acquaintance with Stanton but that
knew Col. Savage we'll ever since the
Florida war, and that l would do any
thing | could to settle the difficulty,
which he had told me was political. The
doctor then told me that he wished that !
and Il. A. Bennett, the member from
Sumner county, being Wing and Ben
net a Democrat, would attend a meet
ing of Stanton and Savage's friends
that night at a certain room on the Public
square and assist in settling the difficulty
without fight. He said he had spoken
to Bennett, who had agreed to 90 with me
to the meeting as his friend, and the mu-
tual friend OF both parties. Bennett and
myself attended at the time and place
where we met MIR. Gadshall
and Bale Peyton as the friends of Mr..
Stanton and Gen. Anderson and Frank |
Chatham as the friends of Col. Savage. |
We explained our position and Tor what |
purpose we had come. We were cordially |
received and invited to take seats with |
hem.
l supposed that the matter would soon |
be settled and that we would leave. |
was anxious to go home, as my family |
Knew nothing of the cause of my absence.
In this | was greatly disappointed.
iadshall, who was the chief spokesman
II Stanton, and very smart and intelli- a
rent man, had the code OF honor in his b
)ocket, which he produced on all occa-Ir
ions, and demanded strict complIancech
With its rules, and that an ample apology nj
hould be made, written by himself. err
idiculed the code, and said we all kp as
vhat was far and honorable as wei Is W
ny code concocted in the dark'ees of
y halt civilized knights. l could laKe W
o sort OF impression on Gadshall, any st
the others that | could percee' lelt ia
iscOuraged and was about toretlre. se
ey ton told few anecdotes, ar asked th
lie if my family knew 1 was outs night
a council of duelists, and wit would m
~ church think of me if tn, should tie
earn where l was. l replied that my to
amily nor my church knew anything Of
bout it. | wish they did. / aIae In the es
interest Of peace, and L epetted the be
lessing promised the peaeenater. Pey- in
On thereupOn moved thai We adjourn co
meet at the same JIacs at the To-
anne hour the next pight As we were On
aving Peyton followed le 1ut and said gr
lat was wrong; that l would never an
love Gadshall by my mdeof procedures; br
lat the old code that le had was the as
Away code; it never lad been adopted TIL
' but three counties ID Ireland; 1t had re-
zen entirely supersedd even in those tn
rec counties of Irelad. Peyton said 90
! had several codes irhis library; that m,
would give me ON in the morning, in,
ID that l must stdy it, and then |
ould have a bette opinion of it.
omised to do what Ie advised.
Next morning mt him with his code;
pointed out to m, wherein it repealed
q lAoI uuo al nf nN6n
d that it had beenAdopted by all boards
honor in Englani, Ireland, Scotland
d America. Peytpn pointed out to me wi
1t If the provisions were strictly pur- 90,
ed there never could be duel between es
ave, honorable men; their difficulties 10
aid always De settled. told him that ST.
was so well posttd on the code that he no
ght to take thecode and discuss It's w
visions before tie board OF reference; =.
Vt they would receive i: from him 10
len better than from me. He said no; ~
lust take 1t and tell them, thought III
ter OF it since had examined 1t and ne
5 willing to be governed by it's rules, 81
that if any difficulty or question nt
'uld arise move its reference to him w ~;
1 Frank Chatham, and they would '!
Tie 1t. l agreed to his suggestion and az
X the code. | studied its provisions In
was delighted with its heightened n
rails as applicable to the class of se
Tor whom it was intended. oo
had meetings for several nights, W
KING progress toward settlement. We
got Gadshall to abandon his bloody IN
e and agree to the rules laid down dc
ne true code. | told Frank Cheat
that | knew his kindness of heart ca
ala never let him agree that these two
should fight that duel. / had seen po
40 an act at one time when he thought as
one saw him that convinced me that H'
lad heart overlooking with the milk IN III
human kindness, and that he had rather II.
II Gadshall, Peyton and every man in l..
crowd than to let these two men fight nv
re could stop IT. Tnat a war cloud was i ,T,
ut to burst over our heads which w
lld drench the land in blood, and that va
was bound to take prominent part va
me great conflict, and he would 20
a THESE two men to help him, ga
why let them endanger their OF
IS about little petty question as
ersonal opinions. / threw ali the pa tn
and emotion possessed into the de- al
Try OF this little episode. felt L had m'
ched every heart and aroused their WI
iQ0slty TO know what it was | referred IN
was pressed on all sides TO tell what III
W. declined TO comply unless Cheat
. would consent that / might tell it.
agreed might tell what saw. That w
impressed me / began by saying thatI
u tnree miles from the city out on the
iSerson pi6e at the time; was coming
he city In a buggy. AS | rose a hill
beyond where the tollgate now Ia
aus saw gentleman get out G.
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