The Vault at Pfaff's

An Archive of Art and Literature by the Bohemians of Antebellum New York

The Code of Honor

"The Code of Honor." New-York Saturday Press, March 12, 1859, 2.
Electronic Source Available
Type
newspaper
Genre
commentary
Abstract

Tongue-in-Cheek criticism of “The Code of Honor," which makes it "not only respectable to kill, but respectable to be killed." The author denounces people who follow “The Code” at all costs despite the fact that their instincts tell them to do otherwise.