 I may have done, or, by inevitable circumstances, might be forced to do, no man in it holds in deeper abhorrence than I do, that pernicious practice. Condemned as it must be by the judgment and philosophy, to say nothing of the religion, of every thinking...  The Life and Speeches of Henry Clay ... - Page 194by Henry Clay - 1843Full view - About this book
 | 1825 - 444 pages
...philosophy, to say nothing of the religion, of every thinking man, it is an affair of feeling about whicU wo cannot, although we should, reason. Its true corrective...publication of my card, "another card," under Mr. Kremcr's name, was published in the Intelligencer. The night before, as I was voluntarily informed,... | |
 | Presbyterian Church in the U.S. - 1825 - 594 pages
...inconsistency,) he might " by inevitable circumstances" still be " forced" to fight a duel — " It is an affair of feeling, about which we cannot, although we should...ought to unite. in its unqualified proscription." We must declare that we consider this apology even worse than the orience. Yet it is the usual apology... | |
 | Henry Clay - United States - 1827 - 452 pages
...the judgment and philosophy, to say nothing of the religion, of every thinking man, it is an affair of feeling about which we cannot, although we should,...Eaton, a senator from Tennessee, and the biographer of general Jackson (who boarded in the end of this city opposite to that in which Mr. Kremer took up his... | |
 | Peace - 1827 - 548 pages
...pirates from the age of Nimrotl to the present time. MR. CLAY S CORRECTIVE FOR DUELLING. •' ITS tnie corrective will be found when all shall unite, as...ought to unite, in its unqualified proscription." This " corrective" for duelling was proposed by the present Secretary of State in a letter to the people... | |
 | George Denison Prentice - 1831 - 322 pages
...every thinking man, it is an affair of feeling, about which we cannot, although we should, reason. The true corrective will be found, when all shall unite,...ought to unite, in its unqualified proscription." We have strong doubts whether any possible combination of circumstances can justify a duel; but certainly... | |
 | Edward Strutt Abdy - African Americans - 1835 - 434 pages
...thinking man, — it is an affair of feeling, about which we cannot, although we should, reason. The true corrective will be found when all shall unite,...ought to unite, in its unqualified proscription." In other words, no one will practise it when — no one will practise it. Public opinion will triumph... | |
 | Henry Clay - United States - 1843 - 624 pages
...affair of feeling, about which we cannot, although we should, reason. The true corrective will be (bund, when all shall unite, as all ought to unite, in its unqualified proscription.' ! The hostile meeting between Mr. Randolph and Mr. Clay, occurred April eighth, 18:2t5. Their last... | |
 | Henry Clay - Vandenhoff, George, 1820-1883 - 1844 - 168 pages
...THE JUDGMENT AND PHILOSOPHY, TO SAY NOTHING OF THE RELIGION OF EVERY THINKING MAN, it is an affair of feeling, about which we cannot, although we should,...WHEN ALL SHALL UNITE, AS ALL OUGHT TO UNITE, IN ITS UNaUALIFIED PROSCRIPTION.* Address to his Constituents, 1824-5. * Mr. Clay's opinion and feeling on... | |
 | Henry Clay - Statesmen - 1844 - 648 pages
...the judgment and philosophy, to say nothing of the religion, of every thinking man, it is an affair of feeling about which we cannot, although we should,...found when all shall unite, as all ought to unite, in ita unqualified proscription. A few days after the publication of my card, ' another card,' under Mr.... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Cabinet officers - 1844 - 86 pages
...thinking man, it is an affair of feeling about which we cannot, although we should, reason. Its truo corrective will be found when all shall unite, as...ought to unite, in its unqualified proscription." When the bill to suppress duelling in the District of Columbia came before the Senate of the United... | |
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