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i undri', would be very
carmct admit of a doubt.-
IV.e only pladEU objt&ioas a*e
two following:
1. That a judgement founded
p i prefumpeive proof, fuch r,s
. orn n rumor of an article in the
public prino, might condemn an
‘innocent man : and
2. That the meafuers recom
rvji/.i and may interfere with the free-
Ui'; of election.
Upon the firfi objection it h
fbfficienrto remark, that Ihouid the
{ale ever occur, that a candidate for
Office fhould fad in his election
rrorn an unjuft fufpicion of his hav
ing b n concerned in a duel, it
would ftill be much better that an
individual fh ruld be kept out of an
office ro which he has no right by
the people’s gif;, than that an atro
cious crime ihou’d go longer with
out coercion. The injury, if ary
would flow, not from the vets, bo:
in m the fufpicion which oxifted
prior to if, and therefore could be
no way occasioned by if. But fuch
a cafe would be fo extremely im
probable as not to be of any weight
in the contemplation of a grand fo-
Tkxnong all click to
general anc cenharent fuk
ur attached on this fahjrft,
in would he and fficult if no: irn (Ti
lde to point out an inftance of mif
t;;ke. And fhould a miftake hap
pen here after, the perfon accufid,
i{.nowir y: “hat the charge, if be! ev
ed, is to flint him out from the
people’s honors, wj] not be iUw in
repelling it, arid refeuir g his char
acter from unmerited odium.
With regard to the fecond ob
jection—lnfiead of interfering vvnh
the right of election* the expedient
propoftd is founded upon the
B-oideft and freed tx rcife of that
’ :ght. It is the prerogative or
pvtry fitdtor to give or to* deny
his vote to ary candidate for any
rrafon which to him ft If is fatisfafto
ry : or for no other reafon than h’s
own choice. He enjoys a control
over his own vote, which no man
n:r body of men qudtion. And
as lie may gNe or refufe it tef
w ham {never he p! cafes, at the brae
of election, fo he is at perftdc liber
ty to d’ dare beforehand what caufe
kail govern him in its applica*
ri t rj.
While the mcafure proposed does
ro manner invade the freedom
.k£Lon, it is recommended by
moft forcible motives of public
■ ‘.iky and virtue.
j
The clafs cfduellifts is tco fmall
•,o in.poverifh the councils or offices
of the Bate by their abience. No
thing will be left by leaving them
out.
The intended remedy agair.ft
their inroads upon fociecy, addrtfles
it hlf to the vei y principle on which
tin y pte fefs to build their pradice
-—as ferde of honci.—Cloie up the
ninnies to public confidence j let
ir be heard and feen, and ftlr, that
C\n ifirg and dueihlls are infamous
—•and their plea is gone. If, after
v \ any of cur citizens fhould per
il :’ i‘ the prsftice, they will convift
m- dvu in the face of Heaven
,and. e:r A, of fighting from the im
4. ekes of ferocious malignity and
tillclb of blood.
T :• political power of the peo
ple w 1 fo. arra ged ( n the fide of
individ A virtue, of dcoitfhc hap
pinefs md or public morals.
an unhappy man who
.w h r wife be hurried away
c r rs of fa lie honor, and the
• open icorn, will be pre
. • ‘ himfdf, his family and his
ft.titn of public opinion
thus eftUacioufly turned agai if: a
crime of dequeue occurrence and of
the blacked dye, will obliterate tl.-*
reproat h of cur name, and prevent:
the accumulation of both gu.lt and
foffering.
As no rctrofpedl is defigned
—what is paft being cefidered as
pall—an opportunity will be given
to fuch as may have been unwil
lingly drawn into duels, to declare
themlV 1/es in the caufe of their
conviction and of truth.
Such, fellow-citizens, are the
ientimencs which have given rife to
die Anti-duelling AJfociation of New-
York. You are earneltly entreated
to join in a genral and folemn
refolution never to confide the
interefts of your families and your
country to the hands of men, who,
by the future commiflion ot the
crime of duelling, (hall prove that
they neither fear God nor regard
man. Such a refolution will refute
the Hinder that your opinions are
really favorable to their folly and
their violence. It will put away
from you, as individuals, if faithful
ly kepr, the guilt of blood. It will
be as beneficial to the community,
as it will be c onfolatory to your
felvcs. It will fpeak to offenders in
a tone which (hey will not dare to
defpife-—and this magnanimous
conduct fhall not furniih an exam
ple, no example is ever to be. fur
niflierd in the courfe of human things,
that fk the voice of the people is
the voice of God.”
By order of this meeting,
“JOHN BROOME, Chairman.
LEBEUS LOOMIS, Sec Ty.
IQ THE PUBLIC.
The intrufin of private conten
tions on the notice of the world is
fckiornattended with beneficial t ;a
ftquences either to the public or
parties concerned ; but wh re au
thority ha3 been exceeded and pow
er proftuuted to the baleft of pur
pufes, it becomes tucutially necef
fary for the prefervatlon or our li
berries,’ to hold u| co view and ex
; poft the authors of fuch acts. Un
der tbefe imprefilons I beg leave to
fubuiit’the following ftatements of
fads to the public.
Some time in the month of Oc
tober la ft, I was unprovokcdly and
in an afihffi \ like manner, attacked
by Ifaac Hughes, E'q. one of the
Judges of the Infeiior Court of
Morgan County at February term
the Grand Jury of fa and county bro’c
in a true bill again ft him foralfault
and battery i he plead non guilty co
the charge, and the trial was conti
nued at his inftance at Auguft term j
he plead guilty and begged leave
to Introduce exculpatoiy affidavits,
which, on examination, were no
thing more than his own oath ; the
eauie was ccnfequently again con
tinued. The evidence which he
will adduce to fupporc this oath
will eventually be fhewn to have
been obtained by lucb means, as on
publication (which will be done in
a future number) will open anew
p.ege in the hi ft or y of infamy.—
During ibis term He Irrved as one
of the Grand Irqutlt cf the county.
Though bound by every rye of con
fcicnce and his oath, as a judge of
the Court, confidering himlelf
fhitlcltd from the danger of a prof
ecucion by his infiutnee over a rna
jority of the then Grand Jury, re
peated h:s ails of intuits and irju
nes at a time when our trial was
ftiil undetermined and depending in
the Superior Court, and w hen, from
a protracted ftace of ill health, I
was unable personally to relent his
cowardly attempts. Unwilling to
report to hardier ro failures, ar*d hiv
ing once applied to the rivil audio,
ruy f*r red rtf.!, I arpyln had recourie
to it by making application to that
body of which he was one. Tho*
teftimony the moft refpedabk, and
proofs in their nature inconcro /ec
tible were adduetd ar.d fubrnitted to
them, I was refilled artonement by
the rejeftlon of my petition and
difregard of any objedt but the
1 uppofed pre f r rvation of i he dignit y
of tbeir honorable body. Thus was
I ( ft dually debarred from the pri
vileges conferred by our confuta
tion on its citizens, which injures to
them the prefervation of their lives,
property and character. Thus had
I to drain to the dregs the cup of
humiliation and infult ; but fup
ported by the confcienciculneis of
‘.he r ‘Aitude of my intentions, and a
chat adieu at which the finger of ca
’u:r iv had never yet pointed, I de-
V n, : and however rdudtanily (hav
ing , wife and children dependent
on my exertions for a fupporc) to
have recourfe to the only alterna
tive let. me, namely, the law of ho
nor. Accordingly a note, of which
the following is a copy, was written
bv me are- delivered to my friend,
Diftsr Cannon, with a requtft that
he would take the earii,ft opportu
nity of preientingic to him.
Sep ember ipk, 1809.
SIR,
As von prefer! your ft If the fol
di< r and man of courage, you can
havf no obj dicn to giving rne
facir. iftion for the repeated infuks
and injuries I have received from
you. The nature cf the fads fac
tion required will be explained and
the time and place fettled on by my
friend Doffer Cannon.
ARDEN EVANS.
Ifaac Hughes, hfq.
This was an appeal to his cou
rage of which he had often beaded,
and given fubftantial proofs when he
could exerclfc ‘ton a victim unable
ro efcape his malevolence, or the
midnight attempts he might make
on his perfon or character. But
when fa: :sfaction was imperloufly
demanded, he fh'unk from his poft
where he thought himfelf fecure, 6c
bafely took refuge in the pitiful in
finnation, that my character rouft
undergo an in /rft gation previous to
his mretir.g ro *, which will appear
by the following certificate :
I do hereby certify that on Satur
day the 16th inft. at the requeft of
Mr. Arden Eva s, I delivered to
Ifaac: Hughes, E:q. a note of which
he demanded faiLfacftion from the
faid Hughes; after perufal he ob
ferved (hat Evans certainly could
not be in er.rnt ft, „and would not let
che bufinefs corn? to that iffue, but
muft have been ftimulated by fom c
perfon to carry it as far as he had.—
He alfo expn ff--d lome doubts re
lative to the hard writing; ray an
fwer that I believed he was ftimu
l.i ted by nor hi ng but a fenfeof his
injuries, and as for the writing I
was prefect when he wrote both the
contents and fuperfcrrption of the
note ; and I demanded a decifive
anfwer. He faid he fhould give
only a.verbal one, which w as, that
he did not feel himfelf authorifed in
giving him the iatisfa<sUon required
until the validity of his oath C/ vfo* ti
the grand jury was dererrnroed.
JAMES CANNON.
Madifon, September 19, 1809.
I now for the pn-dr- .the my
le .veof ad ■••s.:". a.ole p
leav*ng eve: y ; (r• ■ - <. r .<■. v a ;•>
irftge \\ hciher * .... a - . cue
cf the Judges of the in fe; ;G 1 Lour* i
of Mof ‘jfiu Cou.it •, is tijt 1 nw.vied,
to a.,d does rot ncnly merit tiig
eo'thets of coward, puppy and pak
iroon. —U he fhould not be fatisrLq
with th-s expe fidon of fuels, I card
inform him that 1 have in my pof'.i
feffion, & and fliall produce at the
next Superior Court of this county,’
documents which will render h. nfj
bla: ker than either of the above j
epithets implies.
ARDEN EVANS.
Morgan County,
September 19, 1809.
fwaanawiiiw*.-'. wi.<a3.Tarja>?gißm^aK9tta
ATHENS, SEPT. 23.
hi c. former paper aae notified the
voters of Clark county who were can*
didates 3 for the aunty officers, we now
inform, them that the Election for faid
officers will take place on Lacjday the
lyth of OSlobcr.
Mr. Jack fin, the new Britifh Mi
vifler. was received at STa (bin?ton Ci
* 7 vo
ty in the nth of this month as the
JucteJfor of Mr. Erjkine. The heads
of departments Separated hi three decs
after —The Secretary of the Treafury
went to the North war and, the Secretary
of State went to Baltimore— li r e
therefore conclude that there is no
thing very important in agitation ■
The Britifh Mmifiry will , no doubt,
appear humble again hi confequence of
the defeat cf the Auftrians , as they
did lafifprhig in confidence of the
defeat at Corunna.
By the lail night’s mail we have
the French Bulletins, Nos. 24,
July 4,6 c 25, July 3 ; —they are of
great length, and we can only fur
sain our read.rs with the following
extract from the 25th Bulletin,
which may Ersfy our readers that
the fortune cf this wonderful man
has not ye: deflated him :
“Such is the re prefer* ration of the
battle of Vvagram, the diftinguilhei
and ever glorious battle, where tram
3 to 400,000 men with from 12 to
15CO cannon, fought for 2 great
intereft, on a field which by the ene
my was ftudied & fortified for feveral
months. Ten ftandards, 40 can
non, ao,cco prifoners, among
whom are from 3 to 400 officers,
and among hem are a confiderabk
number of generals, colonels and
majors, are the trophies of this
victory. The fields of battle are
covered with dead bodies, among
whom were found the bodies o i
fevera! generals, and among the reft:
that of Mr. Nornun, a Frenchman
and traitor to his country, who
proftituted his talents againft it.—■
AH the wounded of the enemy have
fallen into our hands. Thofe whom
he was able to carry off at the be
ginning of the battle, were found
in the environs cf the villages. We
may a mome that tke icfult cf this
battle coft the Auftriin army in all
about 60,000 men ; cur lofs is es
timated at about 1500 dead and 3
or 4000 wounded.
At the moment when the duke
cf Iftria was ordering the attack of
the cavalry, ids horfc was killed by
s cannon ball. The fhoc ft ruck
the laddie and occsfioned him a
flight contulion of the thigh.
The guneml of diviiion Lafalle
wa? killed by a rnulkct balk He
v - .’3 an cfficerof great merit and one
cf tht hi ft generals of I'ght hone.
The Bavarian gen. Von Wrede
and the gens. Foias, Grenier, Vig
nolle, Sahuc and DUrance were
wounded. Cod Prince Aldbran
clir/a was ftmek 0:1 ‘.l? arm by a
mufket ball. The ro j ;>rs of CMC
-.. .u... ~ gj : '."}'c r ‘ ‘il ard