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But few months since. the locotoco par.
iy 10 mass. deprecated duelling, and scorn.
ed with a holy hatred the man. who was
once engaged ina practice so much a varl.
ance with moral and christian ethics Bur
no sooner is Henry Clay defeated. than the
hypecfisical cant is hushed, and their croc-
oIiIe tears dried up. Instead of the voice
of lamentaiion over human dePravfy we
were wont 70 hear, we now hear the shout
Of rejoicing from one end ofthe locofoco
camp to the other; not that there are no
duellis,s in their ranks, but because one o.!
their young men has given evidence that he
has a relish for such things. Mr. Yancey
is not not only justified 10 making his su-
perlatively blackguard speech in Congress s,
which gave rise to the duel, but is justif fed
by aImos. every loco in the land for enga-
ging in the iniq1itous practice He has
thus by an act which the whole party de-
nounced three months ago, acquired repu'
tation, and attained a position in the ranks of
the party, from which he would have been
forever de5arred, had he relied on his tai
en-. and abilities for Distinction We under
stand tha: Mr. Y during the late canvass.
was not among the most mealy ,mouthed ia
speaking Of the bloody hand of.the duel
ling Clay.