Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1854-04-07
Southern Bravado.

Tho news from Washington IL NJ rather !
stirring nature TO day: The cholcric and chi
valric member from KcniucLv has PLAYED
with the fire until he has burned his fingers
Those who had read the debate which ray,
rise 10 the quarrel between Mr. Outline and
Mr. Breckenridge, will remember that the rnr.
mrr moved the reference NJ the Nebraska Bill
To- the Committee oi the whole. Two dlv,
afterwards the latter gentleman chose tn makc
a violent personal attack IN our CITY member,
in a speech Overlooking with yindicali'e bit.
ierness, in which he impnVned Mr.. Cutting
motives in a manner as unjust as II was IN.
rrinciplcd and unrenilemauly. On Monday
Mr.. C.. replied TO these assaults in a warm
and emphatic, though siric,l, dccorous. man.
ncr, and permitted the helligcrenl kcniuck-
ian To interrupt him as often as he chose.
Mr.. eating kept his temper at the heat Of the
debate, though his blow came down with
slcdgc hammer effect. They biz 80 hard and
cut 81 close that the hot headed Suniherner
could no, stand H. lie slurmed like an eel
under the sharp aud "Cu'Iing" replies he re.
cclycd until he finally gave the lie direct to
Mr.. c.. who would not s,oop TO handy such
po, house cpitheis in the House, bu, merely
alluded to It in a proper parliamentary man
net, aud debated close with much excitement
ameuc members Of the House.
1t seems that a challenge is the result.
The whole thing looks like an attempt to
brow beat and bully northern members into
The support Of the Nebraska bill, aud Mr..
Cutting was selected as victim because Of
his known ability as 4 ready and effective de.
balor They feared TO have the weigh, Of
his influence lhrowed into the scale of the OPP
position, and also thought that iimid men
from the North thereby would be deferred
from provoking the hostility of the friends OF
Of the iului,ous bill Bot they never made
a greater mistake than when they pitched
in" to Mr.. Cuung AMI for their benefit wc
will post them a little IN regard 20 his quail.
fca,ons and autecsden,s lie rs The bcs,
she, VIC have in our pistol galleries, has carte
ard rcrcc at his finger ends, understands the
"mluly art" quite as well as any private
gentleman tia, We know II, and has UiIhal
the courage to stand square up to the rack,
whether In the RICH, or 10 The wrong.
To the proof Dr. lIosnck, the celebrated
surgeon, challenged Mr.. Cutting, Who faced
the music So readily, offering To meet him a,
any time or place. and with any weapon, that
the Doctor though, better Of IL, and let him
pass. Com. McDonouch, when a client OF
his, once cen, him an invitation to meet him
with ~ha;eyer weapons 30 might select.
NJ &. cho.c natures own, and. in HI, Of.
fec. afcr directing tic clerks to keep the
room clear. gave the Commodore a pummcl.
iu. ,hs, be long remembered. lie will make
Mr. breckenridge rue ,hi, quarrel, whether
he prefers pistols, rides, small swords, closed
dgi,s, brick bats At twenty PAGES, or "a"
hides at Two.
The fact is, NC Of the North have had
enough of,hs eternal Southern "chraly'-
this lucmp, to dDgoon men into the support
of measure, by Dragging and bullynggluP.
Though wc DO no, counsel or approve ofsuch
course, We, experience has shown that even
a, this game they are invariably beaten when
they tread upon our toes ton heavily Wit.
mes. the case II Colonel Baker, 1T Illinois,
Judge Ducr, oflhis State, when challenged By
''--a,, ,rv"s,oia, and Culnnc Dsscl, of
Illinois, when Goo, r-ssao, s-,.,,-,y q War
sen, him a polite note To practise mgskcl
,hooi.ng q, Bladcrsburgh-all during Ihc
first three weeks uf the stormy session Of 80.
when blood ron high, and the Union was
going To be dissolved, because a Speaker
could no, be elected. We repeat, that with
less bracsadocio there is quite as much true
courage N the North o., a, the South, and
,Ia, ,hl, case frrnr.hc, another proof OF the
Gc, New York Mirror.