An Essay on the Practice of Duelling, as It Exists in Modern Society

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Excerpt from An Essay on the Practice of Duelling, as It Exists in Modern Society: Occasioned by the Late Lamentable Occurrence Near PhiladelphiaThis permitted as an introduction to my essay on duel ling, I think that duels should be considered, first, m them selves, secondly, with reference to the causes of duelling, thirdly, with regard to public Opinion, fourthly, with regard to the law, which has reference to that crime.Duels would, perhaps, be set forth as a fatal evidence, that ferocity, or, in other words, barbarity, is the original sin of the animal creation, since the human kind preserves it in common with wild beasts, and birds of prey, notwithstanding all the civilization of which men are susceptible.Among civilized people, where falsehood was the most abominable vice, and personal valour, a sovereign virtue, and where laws did not exist, disputes, quarrels, and even trials, were decided by the sword.Where a prince, either by his awn valour, or by fortune, obtained royal authority over fellow chiefs, who being armed, and having followers, could not only with diffict be brought to submit to tribunals, but even to recognise a law, the settling of quarrels, and disputes, and title's by the sword was still a necessary evil, and kings found it to their interest to give leave to combatants, who could not be pre vented from fighting.Among civilized people, duelling is thought a necessary substitute to revenge those offences, which either are not punished by the law, or are deemed not punishable by law.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.