Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-06-02
Brooks and Wilssn-DrttIISe srrESr-FioHTs PRISON
The New York Courier has the following dis

Brooks and wisn-DrstIrso. .rrrsr-rroHrs Pra.OS-
AsCsE
The New York Courier has the following dis
patch
"wAsnrSoroS. TmRsp,r NIour.
NJ. Brooks nv Mr. Lane OF Oregon, sent to-day note
Ia Gen. Wilson, demanding that Gen. Wilson should
either Ietraet the words murerons, brutal and coward
", used by him in characterising Mr. Brooks assault
Mr. Sumner indicate where he would receive hostile
message from Mr. Brooks. Gen. Wilson, in answer, re-
uscd retract quality his words declined receiving
challenge but said he would defend himscl rom personal
violence For hours alter this correspondence had
passed. "A street fight expected as General Wilson
well armed, and waS surrounded 10y armed "nds-
Mr. Brooks however said he designed violence, and
il ugrecd to bring the subject before the House
Mr. Brooks lett for Cincinnati this afternoon and General
Wilson will 20 North Tomorrow. General Wilsan propo-
addrcs. Republican meeting at Newburgh On Sat
urdHy night
General WEBB adds the following Geographic
item
"icuersl Wilson = refusal fight Mr. Brooks, on
the ground that dueng is contrary the laws OF God
aud i approved, but there those who ccndenn
him lor inviting the challenge while entertaining such
tment- aud think he hiss lost gCuud by the affair, and
that Mr.. Brooks has benefited in the same ratio There
will b- bull,ng and husteting AMI the peace
~illnot be- disturbed 10y the principals the frieuds
We are not advised by whom Wilson's refusal 10
light is approved, and it is rather unntelligibe, in
connection with what follows that he had lost ground
10y refusing challenge after having deiicd it. We
suppose the meaning of it to be, that Wilson WAS
unwilling to engage in a far fight but NOT
averse To n row, surrounded by armed friends, in
which he might hope for some undue advantage. What
ever be the fact, not surprised TO hear that
even his own section is ashamed OF him. Wherever
English blood flows and the English language is spo
ken, who acts the bully, or INDUCES in person
al abuse of others, must suffer in public estimation
it, when called on for honorable satisfaction, he
fuses accord it. 1t is proper it should be SO. 1t
the right Of society make those suffer who out
rage the recognized laws of good breeding. We may
SAY what will of the abSurdity and immortality Of
dueng. and of its neiiectiveneSS mode of per-
sonal redress; but, human nature is constituted
there is alternative except street fights or secret
as>ss>inations, diSgraceful system of vtcation
and calumny, attended 10y SANDER suits. Poisoning,
or some other secret mode of murder, was the sys-
TEN in earlier times, and continued to a quite late
the chivarous nations of modern times; and wherever
tanned, speaking generally, high and courteous
bearing between man and man. Many individuals
may have lost their lives 10y it, but society reaped the
benefit. This the mode of adjusting private
wrongs, which prevailed throughout, our Republic
in its earlier days 1t then knew no North or South
it bore sway everywhere But in later times, a
great change has taken place. Mercantile caution
puranuc hypocrisy and the spirit of knavish attor-
ncys at the North, have combined ignore this mode
of adjustment, and substituted SANDER suits Our
intercourse with the North has atiecte Us somewhat
and under its influence, We have enacted anti-tue-
ling laws though popular opinion continues To damn
man il he does not fight, and then doubly damn>
him if he does. Society," however, still exacts its
dues here and insists that those who outrage its pre-
negatives shall pay the penalty Of their crimes and
from ten. WrbbS despatch it appears that they cam
not escape altogether unchanged even at the North