tranquility of my whole Life is al stake.
Very respectfully Your ob't. servant, T. Jefferson Chambers.
Louisville, Oct. 24th, 1836.
In a short time afterwards the subjoined decision was handed to each of the parties, and accepted by the friends of Messrs. Wilson and Postlethwaite. "The unfortunate controversy existing between Col. Wilson and Gen. Chambers having been submitted to us for decision, by the friends of those gentlemen, we are of opinion, that the proposed hostile meeting may be avoided with honor to both of the parties. We are the more anxious it should be done because the loss of the life of either of those gentlemen, under existing circumstances, would be a calamity to be deplored. The cause of the difference between those gentlemen, originated in a publication of Col. Wilson on his return from Texas, in which he made the statement from information he received there, that the authority under which Gen Chambers purported to act was not recognized in Texas. We have satisfactory proof, that Col. Wilson received this information from the highest authority in Texas. And we also have satisfactory proof that Gen. Chambers did not assume any powers in Kentucky to which he was not entitled by the laws and ordinances of Texas. As a consequence, the misrepresentation made to Col. Wilson in Texas, has been the unintentional cause of his doing injustice to Gen. Chambers; and has been the means of producing the personal feeling between those gentlemen. We give it as our opinion, that every thing of a personal nature, in any of the publications made in relation to this controversy, shall be withdrawn by the respective parties in the order in which they were made; and the challenge of Col. Wilson to be withdrawn. In deciding this matter we have entirely divested it of its political bearing, and we do not consider that any personal difficulty should arise in relation to the political condition of Texas. And we leave the parties at full liberty, to make any publication in defence of their conduct they may choose, but to abstain from every thing personal. We state that the conduct of both gentlemen during the pendency of this unpleasant affair has been characterised throughout by a high sense of honor and g-Jllantry.
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