••ii vita- note is to be considered of a hoe tife character, then 1 have this to reply: Re garding dueling as at variance with tbepre ceptsoi tbe Christian religion and thesenti ments of Christian people, and it being pro hibited and declared a crime by tin- laws en acted by the iK-dv of which we are members, I cannot recognize it as a. justifiable mode oi settlingdiflicullfes among men, even incases