EBOOK, THE CODE OF HONOR ***
This eBook was created by Holly Ingraham
Summary: Originally this was published by the author (1784-1849), a
former governor of South Carolina, as a 22-page booklet, in 1838.
Before his death he added an appendix of the 1777 Irish duelling code,
but this second edition was not printed until 1858, as a 46-page small
book, still sized to fit in the case with one's duelling pistols. This
code is far less blood-thirsty than many might suppose, but built on a
closed social caste and standards of behavior quite alien to today.
Transcriber's Note: In the appendix the term "rencontre" is used. In
British law (then covering Ireland) this refers to an immediate fight
in the heat of offense. A duel would be undertaken in "cold blood" if
not cool temper. Killing a man in a rencontre counted as manslaughter;
in a duel, as murder.
On more than one occasion, the author refers to "posting" an offender.
This refers to posting to the public a notice as to his behavior in
some central club or business spot frequented by all men of that level
of society; exactly where varied from town to town. It was the
ultimate sanction, making the challengee's refusal to either apologize
or fight a public stain upon his character.
THE CODE OF HONOR;
or
RULES FOR THE GOVERNMENT
of
PRINCIPALS AND SECONDS
in
DUELLING
by John Lyde Wilson
TO THE PUBLIC
The man who adds in any way to the sum of human happiness is strictly
in the discharge of a moral duty.
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